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[rockyt]

We've come a long way baby

Well look at this way if not for this game and the fiasco involve. It was because of this game that Nintendo is the least likely to censor any 3rd party game.

 

[MagnesG]

Well look at this way if not for this game and the fiasco involve. It was because of this game that Nintendo is the least likely to censor any 3rd party game.

There's also the fact that at that time, boards ratings are not so reliable compared to today - some people still think otherwise, see Reera's triggering at every angle. Nintendo tried to manage it on their own and got the flak and for f that, they're learning.

 

[Norse]

Amen, Nintendo.

 

[Ol'Scratch]

Sadly I expect that the impotent masses are probably foaming at the mouth writing up petitions and youtube/twitter rants to battle this

 

[Rran]

Nintendo once again proving that they're the best game company <3

 

[DansDans]

We've come a long way baby

Um...

The very next year after this game was released, they changed their stance...
This isn’t a good example

 

[Meesh]

Nintendo:

Forward thinking when it suits them.

Lol

 

[Danjin44]

Nintendo once again proving that they're the best game company <3

Well........they themselves did some stupid ass censoring.

 

[Doom85]

Nintendo: We will go full fanservice!
Customer: Err, okay, but about letting us cloud save Splatoon 2 and Animal Crossing New Horizon-
Nintendo: Whoops, look at the time, gotta go!

 

[brap]

Nintendo: We will go full fanservice!
Customer: Err, okay, but about letting us cloud save Splatoon 2 and Animal Crossing New Horizon-
Nintendo: Whoops, look at the time, gotta go!

im sure releasing games as is doesnt take much effort. youll get your cloud saves in 2034 when we can finally play nintendo games in 1080p.

 

[Azelover]

Well look at this way if not for this game and the fiasco involve. It was because of this game that Nintendo is the least likely to censor any 3rd party game.

Well, I'm not one to always defend Nintendo. But this was a legitimate problem back then.

There was no ratings system, and Nintendo had to protect their business in some way. After the crash, it became clear that some form of control was needed. We know Nintendo over stepped there. But it was a legitimate concern.

And Nintendo wasn't the last platform holder to do things like these. Apple has done it, Sony is kinda doing it to a lesser degree. It's not just about the "fiasco", like you said. Today we have a real ratings standard.

 

[lock2k]

Quoting for posterity.

This is beautiful
Fuck the U.N.

 

[Ulysses 31]

or a while since the Mortal Comabt on Super Nintendo fiasco. Since than Nintendo has had Adulted rated games uncensored on their system since the N64. 1st party games are a different story though.

Well something made them censor Wii U games like Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Maiden of Black Water and Xenoblade Chronicles X in the west.

 

[Paltheos]

There's nothing creative about stealing other people's character designs rather than creating your own.

You can do things with those character designs that their original creators didn't think of or weren't willing to do. Protections on copyrights expire for a reason - They give artists fair protection over their ideas but they're not entitled to monopolize an idea forever.
Regardless of the ethical considerations, I'm glad I live in a world too where AM2R exists too.
Disagree hard here - I think you're oversimplifying.

 

[Rran]

Well........they themselves did some stupid ass censoring.

Fair enough, although that was more the doing of NOA than NCL (the main branch of Nintendo in Japan). Glad to see that the backlash on that (and other titles like FE: Awakening) was enough to get NOA to rethink their censoring policies.

 

[Barakov]

Well........they themselves did some stupid ass censoring.

Yup. They did. They also learned it was a bad idea.

 

[Jubenhimer]

You can do things with those character designs that their original creators didn't think of or weren't willing to do. Protections on copyrights expire for a reason - They give artists fair protection over their ideas but they're not entitled to monopolize an idea forever.
Regardless of the ethical considerations, I'm glad I live in a world too where AM2R exists too.
Disagree hard here - I think you're oversimplifying.

There's a difference between making a fan project, and making illegally distributing said fan game to the public. The concept of copyright infringement is admittedly messy and people have their own view on it. But regardless, Nintendo's not the only one who does it. Taking down fan games distributed to the public is standard practice by most gaming companies. Sega's the only one who allows this with Sonic, and that's only because their own games are garbage sales wise.

 

[JSoup]

So for the fifth time in so many months, I say:
*glaces at Sony*
Well?

 

[Ivellios]

Give it time, the cancer will spread to Japan too.

Somehow i really doubt this.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Well done Nintendo keep this move!!

You must Maintain the union of the third companies and with free content without censorship.

My Respects for Nintendo, curious that in such a short time my perception has changed.

The worst thing with Sony of how i spoke well to it, now does things in a disappointing way.

[/QUOTE]

Prise to Kimishima!!


He was the only one who started improving Nintendo

 

[TheDuskwalker]

In response, Furukawa reiterated that Nintendo would leave content regulation of third-party titles up to ratings boards like CERO and the ERSB. Alternatively, he stated that responsible parents can still use the Switch’s parental control functions to protect their children from suggestive content.
Furukawa even took an elegant jab at Sony after that – by stating that ‘platform-holding companies’ would hurt the diversity of games in the industry if they chose ‘arbitrarily’ what gaming content should be allowed into the market.

Nice, Nintendo saying what I told some Sony fanboy in a thread weeks ago, who called my argument "weak" with his reputable being comparing Steam allowing broken shovelware to Sony's policies......

 

[rubenburgt]

I guess it's time to sell my ps4 and buy a switch then.

 

[Shouta]

Fair enough, although that was more the doing of NOA than NCL (the main branch of Nintendo in Japan). Glad to see that the backlash on that (and other titles like FE: Awakening) was enough to get NOA to rethink their censoring policies.

It still happened in Fates though, as I recall. It was more story censorship, I believe. Taking a hands off approach for 3rd party titles is good but first party is going to be a different boat. We'll find out later this month.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Censoring 3rd party games is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Well........they themselves did some stupid ass censoring.

1. NoA did that.
2. It is using the FE property and on their consoles Nintendo censors their first party (or second) games.
3. SMT games on the 3DS aren't censored so yeah fuck NoA for doing this shit.

 

[Danjin44]

1. NoA did that.
2. It is using the FE property and on their consoles Nintendo censors their first party (or second) games.
3. SMT games on the 3DS aren't censored so yeah fuck NoA for doing this shit.

Thank god for that! There we might see my beloved demon in UE4 with all her glory in SMTV.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Thank god for that! There we might see my beloved demon in UE4 with all her glory in SMTV.

Yes

 

[YukiOnna]

I just wish they would stop doing so for first party titles and stop employing Treehouse because their localizations are weird.

It's good they have the stance on 3rd party that Sony should though.

 

[Codes 208]

Here’s hoping Bandai takes the hint. Im still salty about this stupid censorship for DBF on the 3ds.

 

[Cleyra]

I just wish they would stop doing so for first party titles and stop employing Treehouse because their localizations are weird.

It's good they have the stance on 3rd party that Sony should though.

NoA can't stop employing their own internal localization studio. But they did show they're willing to get rid of people who fuck up too much.

 

[levyjl1988]

I think the audience grew up. In a world where we are desensitized to violence and porn. A healthy mind is where we can access them, but not abuse it. Forbid it and we become suspiciously curious which is bad, have it just there and we often can neglect it because other priorities. We are seeing headshots in movies and games so easily, human life cast out quickly and youporn, youjizz, xvideos, hentaigasm accessible on any mobile or laptop computer. I think the audience does not care for censorship anymore. People just want a great game. Micro transactions and loot boxes are the devil.

 

[xool]

I think the audience grew up. In a world where we are desensitized to violence and porn. A healthy mind is where we can access them, but not abuse it. Forbid it and we become suspiciously curious which is bad, have it just there and we often can neglect it because other priorities. We are seeing headshots in movies and games so easily, human life cast out quickly and youporn, youjizz, xvideos, hentaigasm accessible on any mobile or laptop computer. I think the audience does not care for censorship anymore. People just want a great game. Micro transactions and loot boxes are the devil.

mmh

 

[The Mad Draklor]

It still happened in Fates though, as I recall. It was more story censorship, I believe. Taking a hands off approach for 3rd party titles is good but first party is going to be a different boat. We'll find out later this month.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 also had stuff like sexual innuendos replaced with something entirely different. The changes were nowhere near as bad Xenoblade X, but Nintendo should definitely be more hands off with their 1st party games, too.

 

[nial]

Welp.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy and Death end re;Quest: Code Z for Switch canceled for the west [Update]

The Switch versions of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will…

www.gematsu.com

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Welp.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy and Death end re;Quest: Code Z for Switch canceled for the west [Update]

The Switch versions of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will…

www.gematsu.com

I wouldn't be surprised if this is another of those situations where the games get an Asia release that has English on it, and people just buy it there.

 

[nial]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is another of those situations where the games get an Asia release that has English on it, and people just buy it there.

For Nep, they were already released in Asia without any sort of English support (or so I've read). Probably the same case with Der;Q (which is actually getting a Western release on PS4/PS5).

 

[Shake Your Rump]

The true test will be Xenoblade X definitive edition.

 

[Power Pro]

Welp.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy and Death end re;Quest: Code Z for Switch canceled for the west [Update]

The Switch versions of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will…

www.gematsu.com

 

[BlackTron]

Wait so the game was cancelled on Switch for content but it's still good for PS?

I wonder if the PS version will be censored. Nintendo, being above smudging a creative's work, will just cancel it completely instead. lol

 

[RoboFu]

Looking at all the soft porn dating sims on the eshop.. maybe they could censor .. just a little ? lol

 

[Stitch]

they don't seem to have a problem with all the AI hentai bullshit in the eshop

 

[ReyBrujo]

Welp.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy and Death end re;Quest: Code Z for Switch canceled for the west [Update]

The Switch versions of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will…

www.gematsu.com

So, will they remove the entries from the shop? Because some of them (I only checked the Neptunia 1 and 2) are available there. And if they censor Neptunia what about Moero Crystal H and Moero Crystal Chronicles?

 

[Ridicululzz]

Looking at all the soft porn dating sims on the eshop.. maybe they could censor .. just a little ? lol

I'm a little confused on what guidelines these games broke, because like you said, there's a bunch of shovelware games on the eshop that look like they shouldn't have passed themselves.

 

[GHound]

Welp.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy and Death end re;Quest: Code Z for Switch canceled for the west [Update]

The Switch versions of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will…

www.gematsu.com

Yeah this completely rules out me buying a Switch 2. I already have enough platforms that like censoring third parties.

Also it's something that's happened more than once and recently at that.

 

[nial]

Looking at all the soft porn dating sims on the eshop.. maybe they could censor .. just a little ? lol

they don't seem to have a problem with all the AI hentai bullshit in the eshop

I'm a little confused on what guidelines these games broke, because like you said, there's a bunch of shovelware games on the eshop that look like they shouldn't have passed themselves.

Those games don't really have anything problematic despite their names, they're usually random AI-generated puzzle games.

So, will they remove the entries from the shop? Because some of them (I only checked the Neptunia 1 and 2) are available there. And if they censor Neptunia what about Moero Crystal H and Moero Crystal Chronicles?

This stuff is never retroactive as we've seen with several examples in the past, but we still have IFI, eastasiasoft and Redneg's developer all confirming the existence of these new regulations across the platform.

 

[nial]

Project lead at eastasiasoft, works on localization and (dare I say) fanservice advocate:

 

[nial]

Wait so the game was cancelled on Switch for content but it's still good for PS?

I wonder if the PS version will be censored. Nintendo, being above smudging a creative's work, will just cancel it completely instead. lol

I really doubt this because, generally, the guidelines apply the same worldwide, which means that the Western PlayStation versions must be no different from the Japanese one. Switch, on the other hand, isn't getting the game in the West, AT ALL.

 

[nbkicker]

20-30 yrs ago nintendo censoring stuff and sony putting everything out, roll to today and sony scared to put anything out that could slightly upset anyone, nintendo just let everything go out unchanged. To be honest only played astrobot on my ps5 this yr, honestly think im looking forward to the switch 2 then anything thats coming on ps5 in next year. Moral of the story japan should take back ownership from the western playation that incharge

 

[StreetsofBeige]

When did Nintendo become the posterboy for uncensored content? Way back they were the ones all about censoring blood in fighting games to keep that family friendly image. Was it GC or Wii era?

 

[nial]

20-30 yrs ago nintendo censoring stuff and sony putting everything out, roll to today and sony scared to put anything out that could slightly upset anyone, nintendo just let everything go out unchanged. To be honest only played astrobot on my ps5 this yr, honestly think im looking forward to the switch 2 then anything thats coming on ps5 in next year. Moral of the story japan should take back ownership from the western playation that incharge

When did Nintendo become the posterboy for uncensored content? Way back they were the ones all about censoring blood in fighting games to keep that family friendly image. Was it GC or Wii era?

I love how you guys make it clear that you haven't read the latest posts in the thread, lol.