RE0 & RE4 cut german versions

[kevstah2004]

Does anybody know if they included any extra bonuses as a consolation for the games being cut?
Also what is cut in zero?

[Anders]

What would that be? I doubt Capcom would bother to make extra material for ONE country.

[Helegad]

Yeah, I agree with Anders. It would be very strange for a company to do that.

[kevstah2004]

It wouldn't be the first time

http://www.onlinegamesdatenbank.de/index.php?section=game&gameid=19646

[Helegad]

I doubt that would be a consolation prize.

[Anders]

I thought you meant bonus content on the disc... I haven't heard about any extra items added with RE0 or 4.

[Iron]

Does anybody know if they included any extra bonuses as a consolation for the games being cut?
Also what is cut in zero?

The german RE4 have no "Mercenaries" and "Assigment Ada".
RE0 is in german uncut.

[Anders]

The german RE4 have no "Mercenaries" and "Assigment Ada".
RE0 is in german uncut.

Uncut:

http://crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases/re-game/re0_dol-p-gbzp_germany-un.html

Cut:
---Link removed, doesn't exist---

[Iron]

@Anders
Both Versions are Uncut.
Both Versions have a yellow USK-Sticker = Restricted for those below the age of 16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USK

The red sticker is there to insure that the game is uncut.

[Anders]

Yes, I know what the USK thing means. But the text in the red square on one of them means "uncut version", while the other does not have this text. So why would there be two different inserts printed if there were no differences?

Red is the color on USK 18 ratings - it's weird that it does have the yellow 16 rating if it's uncut (assuming a cut version exits), but the square with the "uncut version" text is still in red, maybe that means something...

[Dot50Cal]

Ah, I wish I had those. I'd be able to rip them and confirm if they are 1:1. My guess is, they are. Its very rare these days for Germany to get a special cut. Usually, they just build a game with Germany in mind, rather than going through the process of making a special version for them.

[Helegad]

Unfortunately, that almost is never successful, as heaps of games are banned in Germany anyway.

[Stu]

Yes but a lot of games are just going to be banned from the moment they're even thought of. Other games are then just thought of with the Germans in mind so that their game that could go either way makes it through unscathed.

[Anders]

The red sticker is there to insure that the game is uncut.

Editing a post after being replied to is not allowed!

It's not a sticker, but printed. It's still weird that there is one without the red square? Why two different printings?

BUT I think the source of the image (without the red) is a Capcom press site, so perhaps that was the artwork initially created for Germany, but they later decided to put on the red square, meaning no copies with yellow square only really exists...

There are Germans here, aren't there? What do you have?

[Carnivol]

If they have the same catalog ID printed on the disc, they "should" be identical.


And as Dot50Cal said, it's getting more and more rare for Germany to get special treatment. Probably 'cause of how publishing companies are going more and more international and don't want to handle multiple SKUs for games (already "bad enough" to deal with multiplatform releases and multiple translations/languages. Adding content differences to the mix makes things even more complicated).

It's usually just easier to either don't publish in the countries where censorship is causing trouble, or cut things down to make sure you can reach out to everyone.
(Though, if the word on the street turns out to become reality, Europe will see two versions of the planned No More Heroes sequel.)