Kotaku reports that a Fallout 3 side quest involving the possible detonation of an unexploded nuclear bomb has been edited out of the Japanese version of the best-selling game.
Developer Bethesda has made changes to the Japanese Fallout 3. The side-quest The Power of the Atom has been changed. Non-playable-character Mr. Burke has been taken out of this side-quest, removing the option of detonating the nuclear bomb.
That's not all, the name of a weapon was changed as it was deemed "inappropriate" for Japan. Smart money says the weapon is mini-nuke launcher "Fat Man" for obvious reasons. The online reaction from the Japanese users seems to be largely disappointment to these edits. Fallout 3 goes on sale in Japan this December.
Japan, of course, is the only nation to have been attacked with a nuclear weapon to date, so cultural sensitivities to the issue are understandable. The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki at the end of World War II was nicknamed "Fat Man."
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Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
What exactly does baka gaijin mean? Oh well if it insults them then they're free to insult me back, although really I don't see what all the fuss is about.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
"Baka gaijin" means "idiot foreigner."
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
Baka Gaijin means Stupid Foreigner.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
Yes and just because nigger used to have negative conotations we should be able to use it now... ooo how about frog and kanuck(sp) or yank etc ...
Just because you don't think it has negative conotations doesn't mean it still doesnt go under the guideline of racist words but whatever stay close minded those are the best people in the world.
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
I'm talking specifically about Jap, which as I said is short for Japanese person not any other word. Oh and yes people take offense to yankee and canuck all the time, which is why we name professional sports teams after them. Frog is a reference to a green, warty, slimey amphibian, it's supposed to be an insult even if you don't aim it at the French.
But thank you, you clearly know what people consider racist.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
kanuck(sp) or yank
I have yet to see anyone take offense to being called a Yankee, or a Canuck. Heck, I think this is the first time I've seen someone claim that they're racist terms.
-Gray17
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
I'm not too sure about the first one, but "Yankee" was used by the British to describe Americans with an air of disgust. That is, until the Americans turned it around and used it as a term of endearment and wore the name "Yankee" like a badge of honor. They used it to their advantage like blacks turned the n-word around and use it as a compliment or non-hateful description today. I'd actually feel glad (and have a small sense of pride) if someone called me a Yank.
Game on, brothers and sisters.
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
I believe everyone that doesn't like the new york yankees dislikes being called a yankee...
What the hell is a Canuck?
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
What the hell is a Canuck?
A Canadian. Likewise Yankee is a generic slang term for an American.
-Gray17
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
If your from the southern US "Yankee" is also used for someone born north of the "Mason-Dixon" line.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
Did you just call Japanese people 'those people'? Really?
I'd put Jap as offensive as Brit.
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
Not sure if you are referencing my post but I said
"but whatever stay close minded those are the best people in the world."
That would imply that I feel that close minded individuals are the best type of people in the world (obviously this is sarcastic).
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
I'm sorry but I come from the school of thought where intent means more than the actual words.
Now go away you myopic short-tempered imbecile.
The intent of that sentence was 'Fuck Off', take whichever choice of words you like even though they still carry the same thought with about the same level of hostility. Because after all clearly you have to avoid using whatever words we arbitrarily decided were bad when talking about someone.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
My reaction is that it kind of sucks for them, but it's understandable why they wouldn't want it like that, and I'm not complaining.
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
Re: Report: Fallout 3 Nuke Quest Nixed for Japanese Market
I'll say I'm sorry about Hiroshima and Nagasaki when they say they're sorry for Nanking.