Assuming you know why the graphic was originally changed for the Japanese release of Abe’s Oddysee, then the new Mudokon Pops poster was used in AE so that they wouldn’t need to change it when localizing the game for the Japanese market. Same reason we got the three-fingered Mudokons, although that has a little more Oddworld philosophy behind it. If you want an in-universe explanation, Xavier rightly points out that RuptureFarms would not have stuck with their gory prototype. A severed head does not good advertising make. The redesign makes it as ostensibly cartoonish and appealing as the posters for Scrab Cakes and Paramite Pies, while retaining that on-edge undertone.
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