NES Box Art — The Regional Showdown

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Duane Dibbley wrote:Regarding Ninja Gaiden's European cover art and name change, I'm assuming it was because of the same rule that caused the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to become the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK.

That is so lame. Censoring a foreign word that merely means "sneaky/secretive person".
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I've always wondered what the reasoning behind censoring the word "ninja" was.
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AppleQueso wrote:I've always wondered what the reasoning behind censoring the word "ninja" was.
Ninjas were more dangerous in Europe than anywhere else in the late 80s and early 90s. Say it 3 times aloud and you were likely to keep over dead with a throwing star in your forehead.
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Added a pretty cool alternate European box from Germany.
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