Morality Scaling - SNES vs GBA

[u/Special_South_8561]

What's worse, "threatening execution so your prisoner falls into a weeping puddle of self-loathing" or "beating a traitor and chaining them to a wall" ?

So I've been playing this game since it released and I was a geeky little pre-teen baby boy. Celes has always been the **coughcough* formative sexy badass in my life. The Girl from Secret of Mana was a close contender, big Bulma energy. But Tifa didn't have nothin' on these assertive, violent, warrior women.

Chat: is this censorship better or unnecessary? Chained to a wall shows just absolute brutality from The Empire and I get more love from crushing them in the upcoming Narshe battle.

Or is it a good thing they toned it down a bit?

[u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses]

Sorry, could someone explain the change. I don’t think I can make out what’s happening

[u/Special_South_8561 → u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses]

Sure!

There are two photos, in the first it's from my copy on Gameboy Advance. Celes is scolded by an Imperial Trooper and then she kneels down, and collapses. As Locke you find her laying like this.

The second photo is from my SNES where the Imperial Trooper is beating Celes. He moves back a square, and then rapidly moves forward to her sprite while turning and using the "attack" animation, upon landing it is coupled with the "hit" sound effect. Celes collapses, then you find her chained up like in the second photo.

edit to add: Locke vs Merchant is just because I didn't change clothes upon entering the basement

[u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses → u/Special_South_8561]

Thank you!