Kulturkampf

[HaughtyFrank]

"Many representations which were normal in Japan in the first Like a Dragon games are no longer acceptable today," says Masayoshi Yokoyama, the series' executive producer. "We ask our teams in the United States and Europe to read the game's script, and they tell us if they see things that wouldn't be acceptable in their country."

Changes often focus on "alcohol, politics or religion," Froget adds, while cultural reference points also differ.

"When there are people dressed in black boots and big leather coats, in Europe that could bring to mind a Nazi uniform," he says.

Slippery slope where it becomes homogeneous and loses the idiosyncratic quirks people liked. Dead Rising 4, basically.

"When there are people dressed in black boots and big leather coats, in Europe that could bring to mind a Nazi uniform," he says.

What? No. That's Neo from Matrix