Are they afraid of offending Nazis?

What part of "Never Forget" don't they understand.

it's understandable.

How is having an "anonymous genocidal, occultist, trenchcoat-wearing master-race" any better than having Nazis? At least if it was Nazis, they could say it was in some way historical and therefore pass it off as edumacation.

God forbid we offend any Nazis.

Because, as we all know, pretending Nazism never existed makes it all better!

Wait, no it doesn't. Why wouldn't you want to include Nazis as such obvious villains? I mean, teaching kids that, "hey, Nazis are bad! Look, Indiana Jones beats them!" That's cool in my book.

Teaching kids to hate people wearing trench coats? Now that's just stupid.

You be suprised how many little kids with their parents came up to me at work asking if we got the lego indiana jones game for wii in lol. I wasnt aware they were making one till i saw this post.

Nazis... I hate these guys.

This is probably more for the international market. Some places in Europe still can't seem to get over WW2 from what I gather.

So that means the poisoned prunes are out too?

Didn't the nazi's wear trench coats?

This makes no sense, Are kids not supposed to know about Nazis?

@The Amazing Exploding-Man: Do Call of Duty games and Medal or Honor games come out in those "places in Europe" *cough*Germany*cough*? If so, are the Nazis somehow edited out of them? And if so, who are they replaced by?

lame

@dowingba:

crab people?

Actually, yes, Nazism is edited out of games for the German market.

It is about the fact that in freeplay, you can use the bad guys as playable characters...no way in hell they are going to make a game like this where a kid can play a Nazi.

I understand their issue.

@dowingba: Actually in Germany all swastikas and Nazi references are taken out. Its the Americans, British and Russia against the evil Grey people.

No Lego Hitler signing Indy's book? Aw!

those were dates erwin...

even the new lego sets have nazis in their khaki desert uniforms, just no swastikas- i'd assumed it would be the same for the game.

that just stupid, Nazi is a part of history, good or bad.

@Erwin: Bad dates.

@KosherInfidel: I never thought of it that way. It actually makes sense to leave them out, in that case.

makes sense, likely this is going to be released all over, which means for the European one they would have to change it since Germany has a ban on ANY nazi symbols anywhere.

Darn, guess I'm stuck with every single Star Trek series for my alternate-universe-Nazi-fix. Ach, ist ein Plasma Kannon, YALOL!

Either way. I'm buying this. The lego games are usually pretty damn good for some reason.

-You have to beat the game with only your tongue left foot and another apendage to unlock nazi's.

No Nazis? I thought only the Germans made a habit of ignoring that period of the past.

They better not have taken Wolfenstein out of the game, too.

wow... now come on... Indiana without the nazis? Quite a drastic change to the movies =/

This is from last months GI, which I despise but the pictures are pretty and toilet reading material can run thin, but mainly cause it was free.
"No swastikas - they don't really play 'cute'" Eanes observes.
This is from a caption and I don't care enough to figure out who Eanes is, but he seems to be in the know.

The reason why there are no Nazi's is because of Spielberg's "heritage" - even though tons of Nazi's in Schindler's List...

@Molbork: Is there any reason to actually pay for a gaming magazine subscription anymore? The internet just kind of kills that need. Game Informer probably loves the deal with GameStop they have to get their magazines sold. I know I would never have a Game Informer subscription if it didn't come with the discount card. It is nice to be able to read the magazine on the crapper, though, even if there is only enough good material to make it through one dump.

@tme2nsb: How does that make any sense? The Nazis were in the movie.

Isn't this kind of like having Star Wars without stormtroopers? Batman without henchmen who can't aim? Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers without oversized rubber monsters?

@MrPerson: That was one of the things to which I was most looking forward.

@NPlace: Cheech without Chong?

For Marvel comics fans, this reminds me of the current One More Day contraversy, where [SPOILER] editorial feel Spider-Man getting a divorce is WORST than him making a deal with the devil. What is wrong with adults nowadays???

Aww, but that was my favourite part of Indiana Jones!

Maybe it's because of all the Nazi's that melted at the end of Raider of the Lost Ark?

:( Jesus, I dreamed I have a Indy set last night, and HOLD IN MY HAND AN SS FIGURE!!!!!

So that I can build up a torture room.

shouldn't we be teaching youngsters our history, and not b.sing to them?

and what's with the paranoia over using swastikas? can we please get over that?

Guys, remember, in Germany, any references to Nazism is frowned upon. Lego is a German company (ever wonder why there's no official Lego M16 or AK-47? There's your answer.). Thus, it only makes sense that Lego's higher-ups would see fit to omit any references to Nazism.

Then again, we can always hope for a developer patch in the States that makes them Nazis again.

"how many five year-olds know who the fuck Indiana Jones is? Surely the target demographic for this game is the 20+ market."

You just answered your own question.

This is Lego Indiana Jones. What better a way to turn on legions of new youths to the franchise than a video game based on toys they DO know and love? Do you hear that, Plunkett? It's the Cash Train. And kids eat free in the Dining cart.

@RedRaptor: "Lego M16 or AK-47? There's your answer."

Gee...I would think the fact that they're M16s and AK-47s is enough of a reason.

Lame!

It seems a bit of an odd omission, but for the sake of a game like this, whether or not the Nazis are present in full form is beside the point if you ask me. This is not Call of Duty 5 starring Harrison Ford, it's Lego Indy. Legos. The image of a Lego Hitler permeates my mind and makes me giggle incessantly. I think that's the kind of thing they're trying to avoid: an endearingly comical portrayal of one of the most vicious regimes to plague the modern world.

@vincevl: I highly doubt this will make all memory of the atrocities of the Nazi regime just vanish from memory. I also highly doubt this is a sign of "forgetfulness" either.

The devs seem to be damned if they do or don't.

Legos are always going to be a childs toy at its core. Does that mean adults playing with them is childish? Not at all. That doesn't change the commercial nature of the product, however. Nazism is a 'mature' subject, and just because you're keeping it away from the young demographic of Lego, doesn't mean your cutting out history. Sure toys can be historic, but everyone learns about WW2 and Nazi's eventually. The concept of the Nazi party is just too much of a 'grown up' idea to put into a kids toy. I don't get why any of you complain about it. When kids get older they hear about these things at the proper time. Or would some of you prefer to teach your five year old about how people were burnt alive in ovens?

@Luke: "Surely the target demographic for this game is the 20+ market.

As I'm sure has been stated, twenty-somethings these days have kids playing video games. So it can be both.

Whatever you do, don't mention the war!

You know I was very disappointed when they had "The Dark Side" in Lego Star Wars, I mean clearly that is some kind of evil expression and while we are fighting terror you can not talk of the tools terrorist may or may not use, because if you do then you become a terrorist. So I wrote them a letter asking for less virtual plastic on plastic violence in their next Lego themed game, I included a picture of Jesus on a piece of toast, and a photo of my twelve toed innocent and impressionable son/cousin, and clearly they heard my message, the world is now safe for all time.
So with world peace solved, I now have to find a way to get Jesus to ride on a dragon smiting people with his sword, clearly this is a mission for the RIAA.

@bnpederson:

So what difference does it make whether you beating up Nazi's, or freaks that look like Nazi's in trench coats?

It makes sense to me. Since this game is based on the Lego license as much as it is the Indiana Jones license, the developers are of course going to follow Lego's guidelines. (i.e.: No Nazis.)

As long as the references to the film remain strong and the quality of the game is up there with or above Lego Star Wars, I really don't see any reason for anyone but the most ardent Indiana Jones fanboy to be upset about this.

Well, Indiana Jones fanboys and supporters of the Nazi Party, at any rate.

@EnigmaNemesis:

The kid playing that is!

@RedRaptor:

lego is a danish company not german.