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In Pokémon Go, "CP" is an abbreviation of "Combat Power"—a level system in the game, and "CP" is an abbreviation of Club Penguin, but it was believed that YouTube's filters had accidentally interpreted it as referring to child pornography. The affected channels were restored, and YouTube apologized for the inconvenience. [161] [162]
EverQuest is banned because the player is able to go on quests for both good and evil. [25] [27] Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City was banned in Barueri because it uses music by the Brazilian composer Hamilton da Silva Lourenço without proper permission. [28] It has been resolved and was lifted in 2012. [29]
The Pokémon franchise's logo. Pokémon is an anime television series that originally debuted in Japan on April 1, 1997. Throughout its run of over 1,300 episodes, specific episodes have been pulled from airing, banned from airing in certain countries, or never aired at all.
One notable example of censorship in Germany is that of Call of Duty: WWII. In the German version of the game, swastika symbols are removed and replaced with Iron Crosses. [23] Another censored video game in Germany was Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, where Hitler's famous mustache was removed and swastikas were replaced with triangular symbols.
Bionic Commando – The game was renamed from Top Secret: The Resurrection of Hitler (ヒットラーの復活 トップシークレット, Hittorā no Fukkatsu: Toppu Shīkuretto), the character of Adolf Hitler was renamed "Master-D", the Nazis are renamed "The Badds" in-game and referred to as "The Nazzs" in the instruction manual and all swastikas were edited into a German eagle insignia.
December 2016: Pokemon fan hack Pokemon Prism receives cease and desist four days before release. [54] [55] December 2020: Removal of 379 fan games from Game Jolt. [56] [57] January 2022: Removing videos of Second Wind mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. [58] January 2022: Removal of YouTube videos for fan-made Pokemon first person ...
The proposed TikTok ban could embolden censorship abroad, experts warn, and shatter the U.S.’s reputation as a free speech champion. ... “If we go forward with this and we ban TikTok, that is ...
Go ' s release resulted in a resurgence in popularity for the Pokémon franchise as a whole. [315] The Pokémon Sun and Moon games for the Nintendo 3DS, released later in 2016, was the best-selling video game for the 3DS with over 16 million copies sold, and this was partly attributed to the new fans to the series brought in by Go. [316]