O maestre said:
maybe it is nostalgia but I miss 90's gaming, movies and music may have been shit during the 90's but games were fun with no politics.
There were politics, even back then; the difference being it was not as obvious. Remember Nintendo, and the censorship brigade? The no hitting girls rule in beat'em ups, the removal of religion, and MK1. Sega had some moments too, but nowhere near as bad. Their most confusing one was in Street of Rage 3 in changing the heroes normal colors to make them "gender neutral". It still makes no sense and I have no idea who they were trying to cater to on that one. Then there is Resident Evil 1's removing some of the violence in its live-action intro, and removed Chris smoking a cigarette. You have point of politics playing a bigger deal now, but this is nothing new.
Me personally, if they're gonna remove Roger, Namco might as well remove the bears too. I don't know why animal rights activists (other than PETA, but fuck them) would go after a game they ever heard of, nor cared for to begin with.