History Main / OrwellianRetcon

** Done in reprints of the volumes to Whitebeard's flag as the Nazi swastika [[NoSwastikas was off limits to use]].

* Given the nature of Website/{{BZPower}}, wherein players can edit their own posts at will, this has taken place every now and then in {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs such as ''Roleplay/AlphaTeamMissionDeepFreezeRPG'' or ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'', usually when a player is adding in a piece of information he originally forgot or when a player is decanonizing something he wrote. For example, in ''Dino Attack RPG'', Dr. Cyborg's revelation of Pterisa's origins vanished without a trace after [=Andrewnuva199=] asked avmatoran to retcon it.

* In the original airing of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Team Homer", [[NoodleIncident Homer is shown having somehow stolen]] the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor given to Dr. Haing S. Ngor for ''Film/TheKillingFields''. [[HarsherInHindsight Only a month after it aired]], Dr. Ngor was murdered, which could make viewers think that Homer killed him for it. [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents In syndication and on the season seven DVD set, the scene was changed]] to show the Oscar being the one given to Creator/DonAmeche for ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'', who had died a few years earlier, but of natural causes. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The original version of the episode showing Ngor's award has never re-aired]], though some Website/YouTube users managed to upload the scene.

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** In one scene in the original [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc releases of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', a dust cloud kicked up by Simba seems to form the word "SEX." Although the animators claimed that it actually said "SFX" (special effects), the scene still got edited in later editions.

* The phone number in ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' was not originally an example of the FiveFiveFive trope; Creator/{{Universal}} digitally altered all releases after the original theatrical print because the original number turned out to actually belong to people in various area codes. Even more confusingly, although the English audio track was overdubbed to match the new number, the French dub on the UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} ''wasn't'', no doubt leaving many Francophones confused as to why the number on screen didn't match the one read out by Bruce.

* The original showings of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' had dialogue describing the VGER cloud as being "Over 82 A.U.s in diameter." Subsequent prints and the DVD release edited the dialogue slightly so now it is described as being "Over 2 A.U.s in diameter," which better fits with the established canon for how fast the Enterprise travels under impulse power over the timeframe of the movie. (Earlier video releases, such as the widescreen UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of the theatrical cut and the 4:3 extended TV cut, do retain the 82.)

* ''Stay With Me'' by Sam Smith, James Napier and William Phillips had similarities to ''I Won't Back Down'' by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, who were retroactively given co-writer credit on ''Stay With Me''.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': After Creator/ChrisNiosi broke a NDA over voicing Male Byleth, Version 1.0.2 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' and Version 3.7.1 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' patched out Niosi's voice, and Creator/ZachAguiler redubbed Male Byleth's lines.

* Ever since the World Wrestling Federation were forced to change their name to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]] in 2002 following a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, they've made sure to remove all references to the letters WWF and the "Federation". So they wanted to make the rebranding as absolute as possible. Which means that older wrestlers like Wrestling/RandySavage are referred to as "former WWE wrestlers", even if their runs with the company took place long before the name change, and making edits whenever a wrestler or announcer mentions "WWF" on DVD releases of pre-2002 footage. Averted on the UK licensed [=DVDs=] which, through some legal loophole, can be released unedited. Averted with the release of the WWE Network, as footage from the WWF days can be found there unedited due to a licensing agreement between them and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

** In Chapter 389, Cell originally announced that the Cell Games would take place on "M 17th". "M" cannot stand for May, as it's been several days since the Androids arrived on May 12th and the Cell Games are supposed to take place nine days after the announcement. The kanzenban and full-color editions changed this to the more reasonable May 26th.
** The kanzenban release also added new pages of material that expanded the end of the manga. What's unusual is that , as of 2022, the only place you can find this ending are the Full Colours and the kanzenban itself in Japan. It has never been translated into English, with most publications (including Toei themselves) content on reprinting the existing tankōbon versions instead.

* At the beginning of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' Season Three episode "I Am Sylar", the "PreviouslyOn..." segment shows a scene in which Danko instructs Sylar to shapeshifter into Agent Taub for a while. However, this never actually happened "Previously on Heroes". It was, in fact, an entirely new scene that according to the writers was written and shot for the sole purpose of being placed in the recap.

* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' inserted a line in a "Previous On..." wherein the character of Cherry who had been explicitly [[PutOnABus Put on a Bus to Canada]] is told she will be "safe in Ireland," to set up her [[TheBusCameBack three episode guest appearance]] while the club goes to {{Oireland}}.

** The original dubbed airing of the Dungeon Dice Monsters mini-arc of the anime used the original designs for the Dice Crests. For no adequately explained reason[[note]]but possibly for the same reason that the card images are altered for the dub[[/note]], all subsequent airings used CG dice with a completely changed set of Crest markings. Fortunately, the American board game version and its UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance adaptation used mostly the original designs, with only the Magic Crest changed to a circle with a lightning bolt in the center.

** Some of the more recent releases of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Creator/DCComics titles have been altered to remove content that would be deemed offensive today. For example, certain editions of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] were edited to remove offensive caricatures of African-American and Japanese characters.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Following the January 2023 controversy over Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast's attempted changes to the [[UsefulNotes/D20System Open Game License]], Creator/{{Paizo}} announced they would be divesting ''Pathfinder Second Edition'' of remaining material held over from Wizards' SRD. This results in a lot of retcons to established lore of the Lost Omens setting: among other things, dragons have been thoroughly reworked away from the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil chromatic]] and [[AlwaysLawfulGood metallic]] breakdown of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and the drow are being deleted altogether in favor of expanding the role of the serpentfolk. The latter basically means the ''Second Darkness Adventure Path'' is now CanonDiscontinuity.

** In the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and most later ports of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the scene in which Locke meets Celes is censored to remove the Imperial soldiers beating her onscreen, which Squaresoft considered necessary in the age of video game ratings systems in order to get the desired rating in Japan.

* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' was slightly edited after ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'' was published to remove reference to Dr. Malcolm's death, to support his retcon back into existence for the sequel.

* The ''Literature/NancyDrew'' and ''Literature/HardyBoys'' series underwent a major retcon of their first stories beginning in 1959 (the first 34 for Nancy, 38 for the Hardys). Ostensibly to remove dated slang and racist stereotypes, and also to make the stories shorter and faster-paced, this led to a realization that some stories simply fell apart otherwise, so more than a few of the books were completely new stories with nothing but the title being the same. Purists of the two series have criticized the revised books as being bland and sanitized. The original volumes can be found through reprints from niche publisher Applewood Books.

* Ever since the World Wrestling Federation were forced to change their name to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]] in 2002 following a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, they've made sure to remove all references to the letters WWF and the "Federation". So the wanted to make the rebranding as absolute as possible. Which means that older wrestlers like Wrestling/RandySavage are referred to as "former WWE wrestlers", even if their runs with the company took place long before the name change, and making edits whenever a wrestler or announcer mentions "WWF" on DVD releases of pre-2002 footage. Averted on the UK licensed [=DVDs=] which, through some legal loophole, can be released unedited. Averted with the release of the WWE Network, as footage from the WWF days can be found there unedited due to a licensing agreement between them and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

* The original printing of ''ComicBook/WeCanNeverGoHome'' #3 had a CostumeTestMontage where Maddie was seen dressed as trademarked heroines like ComicBook/WonderWoman, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/MsMarvel, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Silk Spectre]], [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Judge Anderson]], ComicBook/TankGirl and [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Death]]. A number of the outfits had to be omitted in the trade paperback, but were replaced with the costumes of ''other'' recognizable characters, like ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, and ComicBook/TheMightyThor.
* The first ''X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda'' collection removes two pages, adding two new pages to eliminate mentioning a subplot. Fixed in the later hardcover edition.

* Ever since the World Wrestling Federation were forced to change their name to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]] in 2002 following a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund, they've made sure to remove all references to the letters WWF and the "Federation". This is partly because of not being allowed to use the acronym for legal reasons, and wanting to make the rebranding as absolute as possible. Which means that older wrestlers like Wrestling/RandySavage are referred to as "former WWE wrestlers", even if their runs with the company took place long before the name change, and making edits whenever a wrestler or announcer mentions "WWF" on DVD releases of pre-2002 footage. Averted on the UK licensed [=DVDs=] which, through some legal loophole, can be released unedited. Averted with the release of the WWE Network, as footage from the WWF days can be found there unedited due to a licensing agreement between them and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

* Ever since the World Wrestling Federation were forced to change their name to [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]] in 2002, they've made sure to remove all references to the letters WWF and the "Federation". This is partly because of not being allowed to use the acronym for legal reasons, and wanting to make the rebranding as absolute as possible. Which means that older wrestlers like Wrestling/RandySavage are referred to as "former WWE wrestlers", even if their runs with the company took place long before the name change, and making edits whenever a wrestler or announcer mentions "WWF" on DVD releases of pre-2002 footage. Averted on the UK licensed [=DVDs=] which, through some legal loophole, can be released unedited. Averted with the release of the WWE Network, as footage from the WWF days can be found there unedited due to a licensing agreement between them and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

* This is a possible explanation (besides FakeMemories or TheMultiverse) for the [[https://infogalactic.com/info/Mandela_Effect Mandela Effect]]. But it requires a fair amount of belief, because the level of organization is far beyond what is considered normal (think Eastern Europe during Soviet times). In order for this explanation to work, essentially '''every''' copy of ''Berenstein Bears'' everywhere needs to be replaced with ''Berenstain Bears''. While this plays out easily when there are few copies, as in the picture of Stalin and Nikolai Yezhov, replacing hundreds of thousands of copies of a written work is another matter. This also fails to take into account the fan backlash[[note]]Seen most recently at proposals to retcon the works of Creator/RoaldDahl[[/note]] to any change to canonical texts, which means second or third hand copies of the original source material is sought after and guarded jealously, in preference to revised modern editions. This also applies to video copies of films and TV shows; the original politically incorrect version of ''Series/FawltyTowers'' is always going to be out there somewhere. Fans will see to this.

* Some of the {{Missing Episode}}s in ''Series/DoctorWho'' have been reconstructed with animation, which was used in at least one case to do this - the "Bad Wolf" ArcWords from the 2005 series actually show up in "The Invasion", a 1968 story.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' loves to reprint their older stories in their newest issues. You'd be hard-pressed to find even one of these reprints that hasn't had a good portion of the dialogue rewritten or panels redrawn in order to avoid sexism, racism, UnfortunateImplications, to maintain consistency with [[SuddenNameChange characters whose names had changed since the story's original publishing]], to give a dark story a happier ending, or even to change a Walkman into an iPod, or alter a fourth-wall breaking line to remove a reference to Dan DeCarlo.

* Given the nature of Website/{{BZPower}}, wherein players can edit their own posts at will, this has taken place every now and then in {{R|olePlayingGame}}PGs such as ''Roleplay/AlphaTeamMissionDeepFreezeRPG'' or ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'', usually when a player is adding in a piece of information he originally forgot or when a player is decanonizing something he wrote. For example, in ''Dino Attack RPG'', Dr. Cyborg's revelation of Pterisa's origins vanished without a trace after Andrewnuva199 asked avmatoran to retcon it.

* ''VideoGame/TheRevengeOfShinobi'': The four pop culture reference bosses suffered several changes in the various revisions: Franchise/{{Godzilla}} was changed to a dinosaur skeleton, the Franchise/{{Batman}}[=/=][[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] DualBoss was changed to make Batman resemble Manga/{{Devilman}} instead (while Spider-Man infamously now looked ''exactly'' like the real deal, and the battle was even altered to make the two fights be separate characters instead of a shapeshifter, [[SpiritualCrossover implying you really DID fight Spider-Man]]), and the [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800]] had [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers no alterations whatsoever]]. The Virtual Console version changed things yet again, as Spider-Man now has a pink costume.

** ''Marvel Tales'' reprinted early ComicBook/SpiderMan stories and occasionally updated topical cultural references in the dialogue. In the "Marvel Mails" section of #159, someone named Vincent Gonzalez wrote in, asking the editors to go all the way in terms of these updates. It's followed by a sequence from "Spidey Strikes Back" (originally printed in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'' #19) humorously updated to TheEighties. [[http://assistanteditorsmonth.blogspot.com/2011/06/marvel-tales-159.html You can find it here.]]

** The character Xemnu the Titan was originally called The Living Hulk (or just The Hulk) in his first appearance. ''Monsters on The Prowl'' #11 changed most of these into "Living Titan/The Titan", the former of which [[FridgeLogic doesn't make as much sense as the original]] since a 'hulk' is supposed to be a dead ship, hence the main character calling the partially-mechanical Xemnu a "living hulk" after resurrecting him with electricity. Perhaps this is why he was never referred to as a Living Titan again.

* The original Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean ride at Ride/DisneyThemeParks was refurbished to include characters from the film adaptations, with dialogue rerecorded for several of the ride's original characters referencing Captain Jack Sparrow and the like. [[BrokenBase Fan reaction was mixed]]. Many years prior to the movie, the ride was altered to give all the women being chased by the pirates plates full of food to tone down the implications of the scene by attempting to provide a G-rated motive for the pursuit. (They're just trying to steal the food! And the women are trying to prevent them from stealing the food! That's all).

* ''Webcomic/BustyGirlComics'' changed a few words in an [[https://bustygirlcomics.com/post/25633202221/bonus-comic-because-i-had-to-do-my-take-on-this early strip]] to try to be more inclusive of [[https://bustygirlcomics.com/post/26104828446/your-boobs-are-something-youre-supposed-to-be-proud diverse feelings]] on busts. Since Tumblr archives previously uploaded versions of images, you can compare the [[https://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60b0pkhJD1rone1bo1_1280.jpg original]] to the [[https://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60b0pkhJD1rone1bo1_r1_1280.jpg more cautiously framed]] version.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' quotes from a book called ''The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries''. Originally, this was ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates'', until Franklin-Covey, owners of the actual ''Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'', noticed and sent what can only be described as a very polite [[ThatWasntARequest cease and desist notice]]. Luckily, Tayler took it in stride since the change meant he could finally make [[TheMerch Merch]] based on the quotes without a potentially harsher letter.

* In ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'', Bogroll's special ability was Regeneration and Deletionism was a school of magic for Naughtymancy along the Numbers axis, but was completely changed in the archives and books so that Bogroll now had Fabrication and Naughtymancy/Numbers was now "{{Retconjuration}}". Deletionism and Regeneration now only exist in the memories of fans (and the wiki). WordOfGod said that this was [[http://www.erfworld.com/2009/08/the-ultimate-naughtymancy/ because he hadn't thought the special abilities system through at that point]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' was originally called ''Starshift Crisis'', but copyright issues with ''[=StarShift=]: The Zaran Legacy'' caused the starshift (the in-universe [[FasterThanLightTravel transportation method]]) to be [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] as the "starslip", and all references in the archives were changed.
* The author of ''Webcomic/MeatyYogurt'' had previously written [[Webcomic/YumeDream another comic]] featuring a character with an odd eye. After feeling that an eye scar in Meaty Yoghurt was too reminiscent of this character, she redrew all the character's appearances with a lip scar instead.

** Another race incident happened after one of the a-racial, DeliberatelyMonochrome human characters got a "ridiculous game powerup" that involved a wacky palette, including peach-toned skin...and described it as feeling "Caucasian." This was initially done deliberately by the writer [[LampshadeHanging to poke fun at the issue]], but some readers took it as an excuse for harassment, leading him to rewrite the line as "[[{{Pun}} peachy]]".
--->'''Andrew Hussie:''' [[http://web.archive.org/web/20130114104615/http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/40461873904/more-so-i-just-dialed-down-the-joke-on-page ...what motivates me more to revise it is noticing more than a few unsavory individuals using it as justification to harass [=POCs=] or anyone who, reasonably, wanted to voice their concerns.]] On reflection I’d rather not have my decisions serve as fodder for the arguments of such people. They don’t speak for me. As a humorist, and someone who writes a provocative and unpredictable story, there are many types of unpleasant responses to my stuff I can easily accept. But some types...maybe not so much.

** And again with [[spoiler: oil being zapped all over past points in the comic by the same]].
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'''s "Issue One Half" and "There Is A Raptor In My Office" originally had Doc dealing with a villainous Ronald [=McDonald=] and the [=McDonald's=] corporate empire. [="AWOL MD"=] has him showing up again as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Donald McBonald]] - going from EnemyMime to straight-up MonsterClown as a result - and both the previous issues were altered to feature [[BlandNameProduct "McBonald's"]] references.
* Invoked but averted when Bedivere stops being {{Gender Flip}}ped in ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''; the characters say it'll only happen as long as no-one expects the management to go back and redraw all the previous strips he appeared in. A later retcon establishes he's trans, so the previous strips of him appearing female ''are'' in continuity.

** Currently being {{subverted|Trope}} with [[http://redux.troutcave.net/ Troutcave Redux]] in which the Trout is reposting the entirety of her original archives, one strip a day, with [[CreatorBacklash often brutal commentary on her past self's failings.]]

* An early strip in ''Webcomic/BetweenFailures'' has Thomas using "queer" as a pejorative, which was later edited to a different insult. The creator discussed his reasons in that page's comments section - mainly that Thomas was planned to have a bad tendency to "kick down" due to his general anger and frustration in life, and that he was supposed to eventually confront and grow out of such insults. In practice, Thomas mellowed considerably faster than originally planned and so the bad habit and planned storyline went way out of tone for him and had to be discarded, with the creator going back to snip off the dangling thread.

* In ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'', Blair using an ArtifactOfDoom to make Brooke and Nina [[GirlOnGirlIsHot make out]] got such an outcry from the fans that it was changed to him forcing Brooke to do a cheerleader routine instead.
* In ''Webcomic/DangerouslyChloe'', Abby originally looked significantly younger in her first appearance; the comic in question was edited before the next update for unclear reasons. Also, Lacy's dialogue originally suggested her lesbian parents would be disappointed with her if she started dating boys - this was changed after fan outcry to her just wanting to emulate them.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Jerkcity}}'', a number of strips, dating to its debut in 1998, were updated in 2020 to reflect the comic's name having been changed to ''Bonequest'' a couple years prior. The strips featuring the Rands character were also changed, either with another character (usually Atandt) being put in his place or with the strips being replaced wholesale. Some oddities occurred as a result, one in particular involving [[https://www.bonequest.com/971 a strip originally featuring Rands]] asking Deuce to be his "smooth buddy". After the update, Rands was replaced by Pants, who in [[https://www.bonequest.com/972 the strip immediately afterwards]] asks if he missed "smooth buddy week".

* In "Space Pilot 3000," the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', a man using the New New York tube system originally requested "JFK Jr. Airport" as his destination, an obvious joke on the real NYC's JFK International Airport. A few months later, the real JFK Jr. died in a plane crash; subsequent U.S. airings changed the line to a different parody of an NYC location, "Radio City ''Mutant'' Hall".
** A quick gag in "The Cryonic Woman" had Bender applying for a job using the career chip embedded in a severed human arm, which when scanned reads "Prime Minister of Norway." Following terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011, reruns on Comedy Central and [=SyFy=], as well as (eventually) the streaming version on Netflix and later Hulu, used an edited cut where the career was indicated as "Chainsaw Juggler." Cartoon Network's reruns left the joke intact.

* In the original cut of the 1933 Disney short, ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs'', TheBigBadWolf attempts to trick the pigs into letting him into the brick house by disguising himself as a stereotypical immigrant Jewish peddler, complete with skullcap, beard and exaggeratedly big nose. In 1948, the studio reanimated the scene so that the wolf was now disguised as a Fuller brush salesman. However, he still had a Yiddish accent. In subsequent prints, especially for TV, the audio was overdubbed to give him a [[SimpletonVoice generic "dumb guy" voice]].
* In the original airing of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Team Homer", [[NoodleIncident Homer is shown having somehow stolen]] the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor given to Dr. Haing S. Ngor for ''Film/TheKillingFields''. [[HarsherInHindsight Only a month after it aired]], Dr. Ngor was murdered, which could make viewers think that Homer killed him for it. [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents In syndication and on the season seven DVD set, the scene was changed]] to show the Oscar being the one given to Creator/DonAmeche for ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'', who had died a few years earlier, but of natural causes. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The original version of the episode showing Ngor's award has never re-aired]], though some Website/YouTube users managed to upload the scene.

* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': A couple of changes were made to ''VideoGame/Portal1'' for its AlternateRealityGame leading to the announcement of ''VideoGame/Portal2''. Specifically the ending was altered and a series of radios were added to the game with an accompanying achievement to find the locations where all the radios received a signal.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': All the re-releases of ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' since the 2004 Japanese feature phone ports renamed many of the characters specific to those two games. The re-releases of ''Metal Gear 2'' in particular also changed all of the realistic character portraits into ones drawn similarly to the style of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' illustrator Yoji Shinkawa, since all of the portraits in the [=MSX2=] version were [[ComicBookFantasyCasting trace-overs of real-life celebrities]] (which could've led to Konami facing legal problems if they were kept due to the unauthorized use of people's likenesses). Dr. Kio Marv's broken Russian in the second game was also rewritten to more closely resemble actual Czech. Even the Japanese Virtual Console release of ''Metal Gear 2'', which is otherwise an emulation of the [=MSX2=] game, uses the Shinkawa-style portraits.
* The [=10th=] anniversary re-release of the Wesker's Report in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' documentary removed the line in which Wesker claims that Sherry is in his organization's custody. This was meant to {{foreshadow}} [[AbortedArc a plot development for a future game that was later abandoned]].

* ''Videogame/{{Submachine}} 1: The Basement'' is actually the third version of the original ''Submachine''. Amongst the changes are the inclusion of a teleporter device and a Wisdom Gem, both fundamental concepts in the later ''Submachine'' games.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** In the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and most later ports of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the scene in which Locke meets Celes is censored to remove the Imperial soldiers beating her onscreen, which Squaresoft considered necessary in the age of video game ratings systems in order to get the desired rating in Japan.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
*** This trope is what fuels the fight between the Ishgardians and Dravanians -- [[spoiler:the Ishgardians and Dravanians lived in peace after they saw the awful price Hraesvelgr paid when he was forced to eat the human Shiva. However, King Thordan I and his Knights Twelve, seeking the power of the dragons, slew Ratatoskr and ripped out the eyes of her brother Nidhogg. The king and half the knights were killed by Nidhogg and the remaining knights stole away with Nidhogg's eyes and claimed Ratatoskr's power as their own. When the Dragonsong War started, the Church lied as to who started the war, claiming the dragons betrayed them instead. This remained a secret for [[ForeverWar a thousand years]] until the PlayerCharacter and the remains of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn make their way to Ishgard to hide from the Brass Blades and Crystal Braves after they are accused of regicide.]]
*** Patch 6.1 adds a few small retcons as part of its effort to shorten the infamous Praetorium dungeon down from over an hour long to half an hour. The player character now [[spoiler:only recognizes the suit of Magitek armor they bonded with, "Maggie", ''after'' it's destroyed]], and the party encounters Gaius for the first time earlier on in the dungeon.