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Ed Boon on the censorship of Mortal Kombat on the SNES

by rawmeatcowboy
21 April 2011
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“The controversy with the game originally was because there was no rating system in place, and people were objecting to the fact that a game that was as violent as it is, did not have a rating. I agree with that idea. The rating system is great. The censorship with the SNES version was a response to that. Nintendo felt like they had an obligation to not offer something like this to a system that’s played by many young players. But after we had the rating system in place, they felt, OK, if there’s a rating on the box and people understand it’s a violent game, then it’s OK to sell it because it’s intended for an older audience.” - Ed Boon

You can read more from Boon and the early days of game censorship here