Editing Role-playing video game (section)

====Controversy====
[[Christianity]] is a minority religion in Japan and depictions of Christian symbolism and themes in Japanese media are fraught with potential controversy. This tends to be problematic when JRPGs are exported to Western countries such as the United States where the topics of religion and blasphemy remain sensitive.<ref>{{cite book |title=Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life |pages=206–207 |chapter=Lost in transration: This game are sick |last=Kohler | first=Chris |publisher= [[BradyGames]] |isbn=0744004241 |date=2005}}</ref> A JRPG can exhibit elements that would be controversial in the West, such as ''[[Xenogears]]'' or ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' featuring antagonists that bear similarities to the [[God in Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic God]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5794922/how-one-man-stopped-square-enix-from-letting-gamers-kill-yahweh|title=How One Man Stopped Square-Enix From Letting Gamers Kill Yahweh|author=Cohen, Drew|publisher=[[Kotaku]]|date=2011-04-22|access-date=2015-12-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222075924/http://kotaku.com/5794922/how-one-man-stopped-square-enix-from-letting-gamers-kill-yahweh|archive-date=2015-12-22}}</ref> and the [[Catholic Church]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Xenogears, FFT, and Religious Controversy | work=RPGamer |url=https://archive.rpgamer.com/editor/1998/q3/070998pb.html |date=July 9, 1998}}</ref> respectively; negative depictions of organized religions; and "characters banding together and killing God."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/features/clash-cultures?pager.offset=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124041904/http://www.1up.com/features/clash-cultures?pager.offset=7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |author=Kalata, Kurt |title=Cultural Differences |website=1UP.com |publisher=IGN Entertainment Games |access-date=March 26, 2010 }}</ref> Nintendo has made efforts in the past to remove references such as these prior to introducing their games into the North American market.<ref name="barton_evw" />