Editing MENA Versions (section)

==== Implementation of the changes ====
The changes are expected to extend over all of the content of the SKU. They're not to be toggled off either through options or alternative languages. This is why '''Middle East versions often come with a unique modified English localization.''' (And stripped off multiple language options as a result). The changes will range from text to entire sidequests and menu options removed. Some graphics will be blurred, swapped, covered up with geometry, or removed altogether.

In some cases, the game developer might decide to prepare an altered Middle East version without any Arabic localization options - it will be just the English version with the Middle East adjustments. Sometimes the English ME localization isn't given much thought (cut text / audio) and the bulk of the changes goes to the Arabic text. And sometimes, the developer prepares alternate versions of the game with no ME adjustments whatsoever and an uncensored Arabic translation with all of the objectionable content: these are usually only sold in European storefronts.

On the unofficial side, there's Iran's situation. No games are sold there so the government gives its blessing to pirate releases selling those games, either with Persian localization or not. However, the government (and the population to some degree) require the same kind of those ME changes, so you end up with a TON of Middle-East patches dating from the PlayStation 1 all the way up to the Switch and PS4. Said patches are often distributed for free by other modders either from Iran or the pan-Arabic sphere, and as of late since the 2010s they mostly cover topics terribly similar to the ones featured in this wiki, but are largely undocumented for now.