Censorship in BEMANI: Difference between revisions

BEMANI is notoriously notable for its censorship when the game are ported to console or overseas, specifically South Korea and the Americas.

The videos for [[Last Message]] and [[Sense 2007]] were removed and both songs were replaced with the 6th RAVE generic video. Both videos featured suggestive themes that are considered inappropriate and are not cleared for the "A"-rating in the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization Video Game Rating System (CERO) rating scheme. However, despite the console version of [[CS 7th style|7th style]] was released after CERO was established in 2002, Last Message's video was intact.

[[satfinal]]'s overlays that featured [[Acty Aries]] have been modified by toning down the breast physics to keep the "A"-rating in the CERO scheme.

The ARCHIVE MODE, which features artworks from past beatmania IIDX games, excludes only Bikini images so as to pass the game with the "A"-rating in the CERO scheme. These images however, are still retained on console versions from the previous games up until the last appearance in [[CS 9th style|9th style]].

Rche, the character in [[Todestrieb]], was implied as a male due to the marking in the body despite the feminine appearance. Hence, its gender was not disclosed in the supplementary material.  

Korean versions for [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] and later have the videos for [[Click Again]] and [[New Decade IIDX Edition]], replaced with the generic videos for tricoro CYBER and 7th TECHNO, respectively, likely due to the a part of video showing resemblances of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag Rising Sun Flag] in these videos, which is de-facto banned in South Korea.

 

Similarly, [[FAKE TIME]]'s overlays are also removed to likely remove any violent or ethical themes as the overlays feature Yakuza.

* The soundbite "call me leader, cocaine" in [[Brain Power]] is present, but it was censored in the Nintendo Switch version of GROOVE COASTER WAI WAI PARTY!!!.

In an update on December 28th, 2017, many of the songs debuted after HEAVENLY HAVEN were censored and replaced by a generic jacket (credited to '''-'''),  in accordance to the Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC). Between July 24th and August 9th, 2018, songs added after the November 16th, 2017's update were temporarily unplayable, also due to GRAC; similarly, songs added after the July 24th's update were added on August 23th, 2018. The same applies for other BEMANI games as well, with songs from some jackets being replaced by a generic jacket.  

The list of the songs below are the songs which jackets are affected (including songs released after HEAVENLY HAVEN):

The list of the songs that were also originated from SOUND VOLTEX but its jackets were not censored, instead censored in other BEMANI games:

And the list of the songs that were not originated from SOUND VOLTEX, with jackets censored:

And the following song where jackets are either modified or altered:

* Phalanx, the fifth track in the album, appeared in the Andamiro’s Pump it Up XX 20th Anniversary Edition, under the "RS2018 edit", a censored and shortened version of this song.