>>42944611I don't believe you, Advanced Wars came out just a few years later and got an E-rating several other games around the time had guns despite being marketed to children.The anime was different because it had to work with TV-standards which were quickly changing coming out of the more violent 80s era action cartoons.
The most likely reason for the change was because the design team thought it was too on-the-nose. Which in the case of Remoraid it most certainly was.
>>42944722Imagine Proto-Girafagrig in 3D making him animated would be a nightmare.