2 HOT 4 GAMEPRO: Working Designs' "Iron Storm" (Saturn) Ad

People remember controversial print ads like, say, the one for Daikatana, but this ad was so subtle in its flouting of basic morals that hardly anyone noticed. But I noticed it, and so did someone else apparently, because a change was made.

The ad in question was for Working Designs' World War II strategy game Iron Storm for the Saturn, a localization of Sega's World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu. An airplane is prominently featured, with nose art typical of the era — a pin-up girl appears naked with her legs in the air (see link below).

The image is small and fairly detailless, but that's how she appeared in Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM). If you were reading GamePro, however, you saw something a little different: the pin-up girl now wore a red outfit (see image below). Scandalous! (It should be noted that this same issue of GamePro also contained the Sega Saturn "naked woman" ad.)

Ad as seen in EGM (18+)

Ad as seen in GamePro