Another LOOCALIZATION Fiasco/Censorship story that immediately springs to my mind , is how Hitler No Fukkatsu: Top Secret on Famicom by Capcom , was butchered and Censored , when it was made into Bionic Commando. The Change fundamentally destroyed the game along with worse sound ( Because the NES was inferior to the Famicom when it came to overall hardware ).
They changed any references to Nazism ( The Bad Guys are actual Neo Nazis who want to resurrect the 4th Reich using Modern Sci-Fi Tech ) or even the main villain being Adolf Hitler himself , Fundamentally ruining the actual POINT of the game itself. But hilariously Hitler's Exploding Head Gory Death scene was intact even in the NES US Release , So the Entire Censorship was fucking pointless to begin with. SO STUPID.
Also hypocritical is if a Western Game Developer Scumbag makes a game with a similar premise , it NEVER Gets Censored. But when Japan makes something similar about Fighting Neo Nazis like Hitler No Fukkatsu; Top Secret , they have to Change and Censor it EVEN THOUGH THE NEO NAZIS ARE THE BAD GUYS
the same happened with so many Older 80s and 90s Japanese Titles like SNK's P.O.W - Prisoners of War , Where the Bad guys are CLEARLY Communist Scumbags , but SNK was forced by their US Division to change the villains into No Name Guerilla's.
Loocalization Scumbags I'm convinced are just the Censorship Wing of the Murican Govt.
Murica's " ONLY WE HAVE THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO MAKE GAMES WHERE COMMIES AND NAZIS ARE THE BAD GUYS " was absolutely a thing in the 80s and 90s , as a way to Censor Japanese Video Games dealing with content where both Ideologies were bad guys , and you had to fight em.
This was the case with Anime , Manga , Japanese Live Action Films as well during that time. the 80's and 90's are Today Loocalization scumbaggery on steroids. atleast in the modern age we have the option to play , read , watch those contents without any strings attached ( for the most part ) , so even if things are worse today societally , I'm still glad I'm not living in the Olden era where it was , FAR FAR , WORSE.
Also Obligatory video for reference lol
Ahh Yes the most Evil Villain in Contra Rebirth , Chief Adolfin Salamander
Also side note , Contra ReBirth absolutely made a Jojo Reference with " Chief Salamander " ( Fucking LOL ) doing the Jojo Pose.