I think it's dumb, but it doesn't affect my interest in the game.
One thing I want to know is whether this decision was made by Nintendo or by the Treehouse. The fact that the European version is also edited may indicate that it came from the top, but I'm pretty sure the NoA and NoE versions have the same (American) voices, meaning the Treehouse handled the localization for both versions, right?
I mean, it's still stupid either way. But if Treehouse is meddling with the actual content of games they're localizing just because they disagree with something in them, that's worrying to me. What kind of Fire Emblem: Fates are we going to get? What if face touching and skimpy costumes in those make Treehouse members uncomfortable? Cut a bunch of content from the game, replace all of the outfits with Nintendo-themed costumes, drastically change dialogue etc?
Why don't you just release the goddamn game the developers made and let the players decide which parts of it they do or don't like?
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