History ValuesDissonance / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'': Triss takes advantage of Geralt suffering from amnesia to establish herself as Geralt's love interest, not telling about Yennifer. When ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' was released, many gamers did not want to pursue Triss' romance, seeing her as having committed rape by deception by not being honest with Geralt.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': In the past, Lee has received a lot of dislike from Western players, as so many people perceived him as CampStraight or even MistakenForGay because of his very feminine manners and bright costumes. Such an attitude arose because of the fact that, that in Japan there are different from the West view of men's beauty and ChickMagnet consider a rather feminine man with a gentle appearance, while the Western ideal is considered rather rude.

* ''VideoGame/SuperGemFighter'': [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Sakura]] writes a letter to [[JokeCharacter Dan]] during the latter's ending, describing how she's going to completely disregard everything he taught because "All your moves look retarded". While the word was commonplace in 1997, it is now regarded as an offensive slur in the modern day for its ableist connotations and can make Sakura come across as UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.

* ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'': Bombo is a ''very'' poor depiction of a Saudi Arabian, having a stereotypical accent, scorched {{red|is violent}} skin, and most unfortunately of all, [[MiddleEasternTerrorists being specialized in bombing]]. The ''[[VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy Reignited Trilogy]]'' attempts to alleviate this by having him be renamed to [[{{Bowdlerization}} Bob]], removing the accent, and redesigning him to look more like a [[JackassGenie genie]], but he regrettably still retains his proficiency in bombing.

*** Any mention of [[WouldHurtAChild inflicting corporal punishment to children]] was changed for the English localization:
*** The game features one scene where Porky and his brother are spanked by their father off-screen. This was censored in English translation by changing the sound effects that play when Porky's father follows his sons upstairs (the original sound, which made it seem like he was hitting the kids, was changed to one that resembles yelling). Porky's line after the scene when you talk to him is changed from his butt hurting to his dad telling him that he gets no dessert for the rest of the decade. While there are many parents that still believe in corporal punishment, it's rarely portrayed positively or for laughs anymore due to the implications of child abuse. Of course, this didn't stop players from imagining that's what was happening either way.
*** When Jeff attempts to escape his Boarding School in order to save Ness and Paula, his roomate Tony warns him that he'll get spanked if he is caught. This was changed for the English release, in which Tony simply tells Jeff that "[he]'ll get punished big time".

** This trope may also account for why Dahlia Hawthorne repeatedly makes mean-spirited jabs at Mia's age, calling her "[[MaamShock Madame Fey]]" and a "spinster". At the time of her death, Mia was twenty-seven and ''very'' attractive, leading these insults to seem pretty out-there to Western players. In Japanese culture, though, a woman tends to be considered [[ChristmasCake past her prime when she's over twenty-five]] (though this is becoming a less-common view). Similarly, during the flashback episode of Mia's first trial in ''Trials and Tribulations'', Edgeworth calls Armando an "old man", despite the guy being only 27-years-old and Edgeworth himself only being seven years younger than him--and even though Edgeworth will then turn around and call ''Mia'' an impetuous youth. Like Mia, Armando looks ''damn'' good for his age.

*** Manuela being a ChristmasCake and being unsuccessful in finding a romantic partner is a bit more {{Downplayed}} compared to other examples. Being in her thirties at the start of the game and the stress she feels about her love life comes from Japanese traditional views of marriage; a woman is usually pushed to get married as early as they can (usually closer to their early twenties), so her still being single makes it look bad on her part. This doesn't make as much sense from a western perspective, where this kind of belief is not really present socially and has been slowly dying.

* ''ValuesDissonance/{{Danganronpa}}''

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''

** The Guru is portrayed as a magical Aborigine who is in touch with nature, possesses supernatural powers and does not speak English, though the other characters can still understand him. These stereotypes of Indigenous peoples would be very hard to put into a kid's game today.
** The game ends with [[spoiler:Sly faking amnesia and Carmelita lying to him about his true identity. They later enter a relationship.]] This is rape by fraud from ''both'' parties and would likely be heavily scrutinized today.

** When ''VideoGame/Sly4ThievesInTime'' was released, Carmelita is portrayed as the only wounded party [[spoiler:of Sly's lie]], with no mention of her seemingly committing rape by fraud by lying to Sly about who he was.

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinOfKings'': Triss takes advantage of Geralt suffering from amnesia to establish herself as Geralt's love interest, not telling about Yennifer. When ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' was released, many gamers did not want to pursue Triss' romance, seeing her as having committed rape by deception by not being honest with Geralt.

** ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' has the Guru being portrayed as a magical Aborigine who is in touch with nature, possesses supernatural powers and does not speak English, though the other characters can still understand him. These stereotypes of Indigenous peoples would be very hard to put into a kid's game today.

** [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore The various overseas localizations]] of [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001 the original Nintendo 64 game]] have become notorious in later years due to the villagers' treatment of the player bordering on WorldOfJerkass. Villagers tend to get upset over the smallest things and will insult you as a result, with cranky, snooty and peppy villagers in particular coming out as flat-out [[TheBully bullies]] at times. Some of their insults also seem to imply that they think of the player as mentally disabled (with some examples being calling the player a "freak mental case" or sarcastically asking if they were "the mental runt of the litter"), which would definitely not go unnoticed if the game was released today due to the lines' obvious ableist nature. Later installments of the series are much more loyal to the original Japanese scripts, and thus heavily tone down the villagers' behavior, with each personality (especially cranky, snooty and peppy villagers) becoming far more polite.
** The first game features two villagers that resemble Native Americans; a Chicken named Leigh and an eagle named Quetzal. Neither of them have appeared in any subsequent games ever since, most likely because some people may find them to be an offensive representation of Native Americans. Similarly, in the Japanese version one of the gorilla villagers, Jane, has white fur, brown skin, tired eyes and large lips. Due to this being too similar to an offensive depiction of African-American people, the overseas versions redesigned her completely, giving her purple fur, pink skin, irritated eyes and smaller lips, which was a change that was kept in [[NoExportForYou the Japan-exclusive]] ''[[UpdatedReRelease Dobutsu No Mori e+]]''. Interestingly enough, Jane hasn't appeared in any subsequent game in the series, just like Leigh and Quetzal.

* ''VideoGame/TheSpongeBobMovieGame'': The final driving level in the home console version is named ''Drive of the Knucklehead-[=McSpazitron=]'', after a line in [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie the movie]]. While this went by without issue in the US, among UK audiences it can raise eyebrows thanks to "spaz" being a highly offensive ableist slur over there.

** Marina's DubPersonalityChange most likely owes itself to this trope -- the average European and especially American player wouldn't recognize Off the Hook's SempaiKohai dynamic and would just see a black woman acting in a clearly subservient, almost fawning way towards a fair-skinned woman, so the international scripts give her more sass and cheek [[{{Woolseyism}} while keeping her close relationship with Pearl intact]].

** Godot, a character in the third game, is viewed by Western audiences as sexist and patronizing towards women. He refuses to take Franziska seriously and tends to refer to her by condescending pet names, not to mention his insistence that Mia needed to be protected, if not by him then by Phoenix, even though he had no idea she was working on such a dangerous case. While it is still presented as a character flaw in the Japanese version (given that his guilt over his failure and resentment toward Phoenix [[spoiler:led him to make a plan to protect Mia's sister Maya that results in him killing their mother]]), it's not presented as a serious flaw; as a result, he's pretty much universally beloved in Japan (in the West, he's [[BaseBreakingCharacter more divisive]], especially due to his actions in the final case).

** [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore The overseas localizations]] of [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001 the original Nintendo 64 game]] have become notorious in later years due to the villagers' treatment of the player bordering on WorldOfJerkass. Villagers tend to get upset over the smallest things and will insult you as a result, with cranky and snooty villagers in particular coming out as flat-out [[TheBully bullies]] at times. Some of their insults also seem to imply that they think of you as mentally disabled (with some examples being "freak mental case" and "mental runt of the litter"), which would definitely not go unnoticed if the game was released today. Later installments of the series are much more loyal to the original Japanese scripts, and thus heavily tone down the villagers' behavior, with each personality (especially cranky and snooty villagers) becoming far more polite.

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' has a lengthy plot about how [[spoiler: Phenotrans]] is keeping life-saving medicine from the public due to the cost exceeding the benefits from giving it. This is just plain strange to countries where medicine is a government-provided service.

** Similar to one of the ''Mariokart'' games, the Sailor trainer class sprite had to be altered in localizations due to the use of the BicepPolishingGesture.

* The entire ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' franchise can be enjoyed by non-western players despite the constant use of symbolism and imagery regarding the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Gods]] (and [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse Gods]] in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'', thanks to them already being characterized in-game and lore tidbits. But the plot twist at the end of the [=PS4=] entry revealing that Loki [[spoiler:is Atreus's true name, the ChildHero and son of Kratos you've been following up until now]], is insignificant to non-western players since they may not know about Loki's nature the same way they'd know about myth and legend in their own culture. However anyone familiar with the Franchise/MarvelUniverse or watching Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies would know Marvel's version of Loki, and ''could'' make the connection.

* Jynx likely counts as an example as well. She was based on a Japanese subculture called ''ganguro'' that’s characterized partly by dark skin and light blonde hair. However, she also had an uncomfortable resemblance to blackface, the derogatory shows in the U.S. where white actors would color themselves black and act out derogatory stereotypes of African-Americans. Japan never dealt with this sort of thing, and so the developers there would’ve been less likely to recognize the potential problem in the design. Jynx was recolored and given purple skin to negate the issue when the games were exported.

** Simolar to one of the ''Mariokart'' games, the Sailor trainer class sprite had to be altered in localizations due to the use of the BicepPolishingGesture.

** Simolar to one of the ''Mariokart'' games, the Sailor trainer class sprite had to be altered in localizations due to the use of the gesture of flexing a bicep while grabbing the arm with the opposite hand being offensive in areas of Europe.

** The ''Pokémon'' series usually treats children leaving the house at a preteen age to become Trainers as perfectly natural. In some other countries, as has been addressed throughout the page, an 11-year-old leaving the ''neighbourhood'' unsupervised can cause mass panic, much less walking around the country. Starting from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', where the regions start to be [[FantasyCounterpartCulture based on Western countries and locales]] [[note]]''Black and White'''s Unova is New York City and New Jersey, [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Kalos]] is France, [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Alola]] is Hawaii, and [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Galar]] is the United Kingdom[[/note]], this aversion to FreeRangeChildren is acknowledged, with protagonists now being ambiguously between fourteen and seventeen. Even then, ''Black and White'' has Bianca's father as very apprehensive about letting her go off by herself, and appears to try and bring her home when she reaches Nimbasa City.

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', Ophilia addresses her adoptive father Josef by his title of "Your/His Excellency". The few times that Ophilia refers to Josef as "Father" is [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious when something really bad is happening]]. This comes across as oddly formal to a Westerner, especially when the story emphasizes [[SoProudOfYou how proud Josef is to have Ophilia as a daughter]], how Lianna instantly grows attached to Ophilia when they first meet, and how [[HappilyAdopted Ophilia is aware that she's adopted, but still unconditionally loves Josef and Lianna]]. In Japan, orphans have a long history of being in a socially-awkward position, and are encouraged to be constantly deferential to their parental figures, [[JapanesePoliteness even more than is usually considered appropriate]]. Traditionally, taking in an orphan was considered a huge act of charity on the part of the adopting family in Japan; the adopted child was expected to treat their adopting parents with almost reverent gratitude. Ophilia's deferential behavior and language are thus in line with how an orphan is expected to act toward their adoptive family from a Japanese perspective. Likewise, Josef and Lianna insisting that their kindness toward Ophilia is just what family members do for each other is meant to show them as exceptionally remarkable and compassionate people in Japan, whereas this attitude would be expected towards an adopted child in the West. So while a Westerner would still see the three of them as a loving family, Ophilia's overtly formal behavior towards her adoptive father and sister would be seen as a bit odd.

*** Rise has a similar situation with ironically the opposite outcome, whilst at an extreme low point on her route that has brought her to tears choosing to hug Rise immediately initiates a relationship. If that isn't the player's goal then the protagonist must instead stand and watch her breakdown which might come across as incredibly cold to a western audience.