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@Vyacheslav333 at least Qureate always has released english subs even in their japanese releases.

It's Shiki from Senran Kagura. the series that HAD a perfect opportunity to make a comeback on the Switch, but Marvelous kept sitting on it and now thanks to NoA's new phantom guidelines, that door is closed.

@Vyacheslav333 I was very concerned when I read about that Ikuno game being censored so I decided to check the official website: https://qureate.co.jp/ikuno/en/

From what it says there, it seems that "sensitive mode" is an optional toggle to 'help avoid social media account bans... maybe".

Just hope it isn't the ONLY mode on the swotch version.

@BTB20 thats fair, to each their own. Personally, I was very upset when the it was revealed that the switch version got censored because I would've not bought the switch version if I knew it beforehand.

@BTB20 its more about the principle of it man, doesnt matter if its one image or 100, censorship is bad on principle and should be called out. SPECIALLY when it's arbitrary. Letting it go only gives the people making the decisions to censor room to push it further next time.

@MarioLinkSamus no, they had 11 writers working on it.

@Lizuka dont try to downplay censorship mate. Doesn't matter if its one CG or if its a side route, the scene clearly wasn't risqué enough that the ESRB had to give it an AO. so there's no reason why a Mature rated game filled to the brim with blood, crass humor, ans sexual jokes should have risqué imagery toned down.

I bought the game day one cuz I wanted to support Too Kyo games but I legit wouldn't have bother buying it on Switch had that censorship been known before release (I wound up buying it on steam as well).

Now I've been trying to find out whether the japanese or switch version also got censored.

@PolitiClank hm, I guess as long as it works with the switch 2, thats all that matters.

@PolitiClank I'm pretty sure there's already 1TB microSD express cards no?

Honestly, im gonna get the switch 1 version. And ill do that to every game that has an unjustified game-key card.

I was fine with Game-Key cards cuz I thought they were a sorta elegant way to get around codes in a box. being that they're digital games you can lend and sell. and I thought it was reasonable that they were mainly used for games too big to be in the cartridge or games that get constant updates.

and the Square Enix put a 3DS game into one and everyone else seems to be following suit now suddenly I'm not as okay with them as I was. I hope a lot of those are actually in the cartridge when they get their western versions cuz it's getting ridiculous.

@BodkinDQ You could always try out the free Demo. (on both Switch and Steam).

this one is a day one for me. I'm a huge fan of Danganronpa, loved Rain Code, and AI (of the 999 series, I only played Virtue's Last Reward).

@Orpheus79V he did also bring that up, but he also pointed out how the game was disrespecting Japan. (Just to clarify, the game did gey mentioned by name by the other parliament member who raised the issue, and the PM was responding to that. So it was part of the conversation)

@roy130390 Here's the thing mate, at one point it was.

Sure, it's historical fiction, but early Assassin's Creed games boasted about making their historical settings as faithful as possible. They famously removed Altair's Crossbow from the early versions of the first game because such a weapon didn't exist at the time, and I recently replayed AC2, and there's little windows you can open to read up on the REAL history of landmarks and people, and it's been said that it's recreating of Venice was worthy of being in a museum.

Sure, they added things like Leonardo da Vinci messing with the apple (an alien device) but they didn't drastically alter what he did as a historical figure, they just added the fiction to fill in the gaps.

I have no idea what are the vague whataboutisms you came up with are referring to, but AC had built a reputation of coming from a place authority in making sure their settings were well researched and represented. they went as far as adding the Islamic call to prayer once a day (in game) in Assassin's Creed Mirage. So the better question is why the same attention to detail not afford when the game was set in Japan?

And, Yes, Japan itself has created many works where they take historical settings and play around with them, but when they do, they don't pretend to be historically accurate. When William Addams fights Yokai in Nioh, they're not saying he actually did it, while Ubisoft, early on ACS's development was pushing the narrative that Yasuke was a real-like Black Samurai. and the people defending this historical falsehood went as far as locking wikipedia so people couldn't edit it to say that he wasn't.

@the_beaver This game has been embroiled in controversy over how poorly (and disrespectfully) it handles Japanese culture. it's a VERY long list of historical inaccuracies, but the TLDR is that it's gotten to a point where the game got brought up by name in Japanese parliament over it's disrespect for Japan's history and even the Japanese Prime Minister spoke out about it.

Here's a short list of some of the more significant controversies:

• the use of the real-life Itate Hyozu shrine, the player is able to destroy the religious artifacts inside the temple, and Ubisoft did not ask permission to recreate the location. (it's a shrine that still exists and operates today)
• 2 of Yasuke's romance options are real life figures: Hori Hidemasa and Lady Oichi. Hidemasa would've been around 16 at the time. and there's no historical record of him being gay, and Lady Oichi is a revered figure to this day in Japanese culture, remember for her honorable conduct, her beauty and determination, being a loyal and faithful wife who cherished her husband and chose not to flee when her family's castle was invaded, chosing to die with her husband instead. She would've been married already during the time the game takes place, meaning Ubisoft picked a cherished historical figure known for her honor and loyalty and made her an adulterer.

There's MANY others but this comment is long enough as it is.

This is one of those "just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should" moments.

Ew...
Brother, EEEEEEEW.....

@GoldenSunRM its a shame that a lot of people got that impression. The original was a really fun game, the mech customization was amazing and battles were exciting. But people just didn't care to even check it out for some reason.

Damn, didn't even put Daemon X Machina on the list?

@Specters slightly off topic for the article, but they also recently took credit for screwing over the localization of titles back when they were still with Nintendo.even saying that they waited until Nintendo trusted then enough to "stop looking over their shoulders" before they started making unwarranted changes to English localization.

My disdain for these two individuals aside, I really do doubt Mario Kart World will have DLC. Nintendo doesn't really do DLC for Mario games because their philosophy is to pack them with as much content as possible (they drop the ball sometimes with the sports games on that front, but when they do, they fix it with free updates, not paid DLC.)

Mario Kart 8 took 8 years to get DLC, I doubt world will get it any sooner.

@Mattock1987 Tariffs have nothing to do with that. cuz if they did, it wouldn't apply worldwide.

Game looks amazing. BUT WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE THAT?!

@TerribleTerabytes these devs, while being the creators of Danganronpa and Zero Escape, don't own the rights to either. This is their new studio they opened together, independent from Spike Chunsoft.

I really loved the demo. I'll be picking this up day one.

@N00BiSH okay, first off, the shoes are drip incarnate.

Secondly... I don't actually have a point. I was just appaled by the shoe disrespect xD

I gotta say, it really caught me off guard when Elma suddenly stripped and started to **** Tatsu in thr middle of New L.A.

He is, of course, 100% correct.

Japanese games are unique because they're made by Japanese people with japanese sensibilities. when they try to appeal to western sensibilities, they lose their identity.

@Samalik not only that, there's archives slack messages between Mariel Cartwright and the other woman (I forgot her name) outright stating that they KNEW Mike's weirder interaction were because of his autism and not some type of malice and he always felt terrible about it and worked to correct his behaviors when they pointed out his misreading of social cues... yet they still very deliberately chose to throw him under the bus and ruin his career and reputation in order to take control of the IP.

Good. Hope they go out of business for what they did to Mike Z. The man deserves justice (and it looks like his lawsuit is going well too).

I tried the demo and it was great! definetly one of my most anticipated games this year!

considering y'all got hands on in the game, can you confrim whether or not all the elements of the character customization are there? or did you not get to make your character).

I'll get the game regardless, but I really would like to get that confirmation.

Xillia and Abyss are my favorite Tales of games. And I'd love to play Berseria. Heard good things about it.

@JohnnyMind I'm still holding out hope for that breast slider.

@Debo626 probably means it'll get dlc.

I really wanted Tales of Xillia and Xillia 2 on Switch, but at this point, it's looking like the dream will have to move on to the switch 2.

Imma be real, I f*cking hate this game and everything it stands for.

I know I'm gonna be in the minority here, but to me, this the embodiment of "we want our anime game to be taken seriously by the west".

So the colors became more muted to look 'serious', the most over-the-top aspects and designs were heavily toned down (and I'm not even talking about female characters here, I'm mean in general, from character designs to even the UI), and every aspect seems to have taken a step back to try to be taken seriously.

For those who enjoy it, have fun.

but for me, I REALLY wish they had ported Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-. but for some reason, 3D modeled fighting games always get ignored in re-releases.

I just played Return to Crookback Bog, and, while it's a great quest, doesn't really belong on this list. It's a main quest, not a side one.

@8bit-Man I mean, we'll only know if it's a "mid-cycle upgrade" once we get more information on what it can do. if the rummors of it being as powerful as a PS4 are true, that alone warants it's existence.

@Dogorilla I guess we'll know more when they do a proper deep dive.

Ideally, I'd like to see Sonic's world merge with earth for good at some point. kinda like how Sonic X season 2 did, brining more animal people to earth and making them more commonplace. that way you don't need to create an excuse to introduce more characters, while also keeping the setting relatively grounded.

I was very interested until I saw that they once again went with the "Type A and Type B" instead of just saying Male and Female like normal people

Truly a shame they're still pushing that agenda that literally nobody likes, Now I wonder if anything got censored.

@KociolekDoSyta Good.

I'd love either a new DoA (hopefully going back to what made DoA5LR so good, and NOT being afraid of infusing fanservice into it) or a new mainline Ninja Gaiden so we can finally pretend we're getting Ninja Gaiden 4 and that Yaiba never happened.

@Elbow I'd say shadow generations was kinda proof that they learned the right lessons. It's overworked was basically a more polished and compact version of Frontiers's island, and the level design was (in my opinion) the absolute best in the Boost era (the fact that the levels had good length and a proper separation between 2d and 3d helped a lot).

All they gotta do now is stay the course.

@Serpenterror you can thank Sony not giving a sh*t about their Japanese IPs for that.

dammit, the ONE game I wanted a second chance to get the icons are the Xenoblade 2 ones.

I feel like, if they're gonna add Rouge, a Shadow project (whether a mini series or a movie) would be the best way to go.

I'm glad I got Samurai Jack when I did. sucks to hear it got delisted.

It's a fantastic RPG. definetly my Game of the Year along with Shadow Generations.