Japan's all about the face rubbing and other stuff, yo.

That's why I'd prefer it if all Teen and Mature games be localized by NOE because they, quite frankly, do better work than NOA.  Hell, I'd rather the whole NOE staff move to America since they treat their customers a hell of a lot better than NOA treats theirs.

Of course it's going to be censored, americans don't like that kind of shit on their games.

I don't really care about this, since from what I have heard it wasn't an important part of the game. But I hope they don't change the personalities of characters.

You mean i can't rub the faces of the characters now?

What a tragedy, the game is completely ruined.



Why even have face rubbing in a tactical JRPG? that garbage should be in senran kagura games and stuff like that.

The source is from Kotaku, so I will wait for a official confirmation.
But if this is true:

Famitsu, Vol. 485
“Don’t Need This, Don’t Need That”

"Many years ago, a certain game review organization awarded unnaturally high marks to a thoroughly unremarkable and uninterestingly simple puzzle game. It was the epitome of the demerit system: in other words, because the game had no extraneous features warranting demerits, it ended up earning a high score.

One could hardly call this the proper way to review a game. Suppose a convenience store stopped selling all beverages other than water. Even if we don’t like everything they have for sale, I think we’d all like to see some variety.

I recently took a look at user reviews for Fire Emblem Fates, and what stood out to me was the overabundance of comments saying “I don’t need this; I don’t need that, either,” especially in comparison to reviews of other titles.

One such feature users commented on was the ability to invite your companions into your house and stroke their heads and faces to raise your affinity level. Basically, you bring them into your room—regardless of whether you’re married or not—and give them a rubdown. Even I chuckled to myself the first time I played: “What is this, Pokémon? Nintendogs!?” Some reviewers, however, went one step further and said, “We don’t need this!”

I’m not a big fan of dating sims myself, so I can’t say I don’t understand their disinterest to a certain extent. At the same time, however, the feature in question doesn’t have any impact on one’s ability to complete the game, so if it bothers you so much, then don’t use that feature.

Say you buy a boxed lunch and it happens to contain a variety of foods, including one you hate. Even if you love everything else about the meal, are you going to single out the one food you dislike and lambast the entire meal for it? What about the people who happen to love that food? Is a meal only worth it insofar as it caters to your each and every preference?"

- Masahiro Sakurai

Dont really care since this was a stupid feature to begin with.

I, by contrast, hope the "Onii-Chaaaaaan!!!!" girl gets tuned way the fuck down.

Which is unfortunate because the gameplay is great. I like how accessible Awakening is for me personally. I've hesitated at trying previous games due to permadeath and having to restart chapters (which is a pain). However I was able to get over that and prove myself that I could play strategy games with higher stakes. Awakening remains one of my favorite games of all time, even after trying out the other games since I played Awakening. Sure the pair up is broken, but I liked the ability to improve characters almost endlessly. I like being able to experiment. Unfortuately, the fan service sorta gets most of the attention and it's despite the fact that there really isn't much of it in Awakening (besides Tharja, even though she is pretty badass).

You're right.  I'll also wait for confirmation from a more reputable site and not listen and believe news that originates from a site that's the definition of click-bait.  I forgot to take my own advice in doing research first before reacting.  Also, I love Sakurai and even though he doesn't 'officially' work at Nintendo, they need more people like him.