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I don't understand why there are always three different kinds of wrong people in these threads. It doesn't all seem like pretending to be retarded either.
Gambling was taken out of the game for Europeans as early as D/P. Japan was fine with gambling up until HG/SS, they still had slot machines. We had voltorb flip. Then in ORAS we had Mauville completely taken out, probably because they couldn't make a satisfactory compromise between giving every region the same content and censoring only Europe, while occasionally having America get hit with the backlash.
There's tons of "localization changes" that avoid any kind of sensitive material. Religious symbols(even the most tame of them, like spiritual beads), any references to drinking, and several instances of smoking all have been removed from the games since Gen 1. Even back in Gen 5 we had Lerona have to change her outfit because she might not sit well with people thinking she's racist.
Have none of you really heard of shit like the Jynx controversy? Censored TCG art? 4kids in general?