| Snoorlax said: When Xenoblade Chronicles got localized for Europe to my knowledge the game was left uncensored in terms of dialogue and in game content. After the game proved to be succesfull it was ported over to the Americas and was left uncensored. Both NoE and NoA had censored some dialogues in Fire Emblem Awakening but when the bikini DLC came along NoA just couldnt resist and decided that the image of Tharja in a bikini must be censored. Bravely Default has been censored as well by making the skimpy costumes to be "less revealing" the argument for this one was that the game was rates for teens and the main characters were underage. I can understand this but wasnt Xenoblade rated for teens and had teenage protaganists as well? Things get even more stupid with the recent Fatal Frame 5. Lingerie costumes? Can't let you see that, Star Fox! A game which is rated Mature gets censored... Argue all you want but this is just getting out of control. NoA/E are basically deciding for you what you are allowed to see and what not. And finally religious references, skimpy outfits and what not is all getting "slightly" censored in Xenoblade Chronicles X. |
This is not censorship, that's a product of localization - replacing content that most of the Western audience will find cheap and tacky in order to improve the game for the market. It's the same reason why they pull out Japanese text and replace it with English, German, French, or Italian text.
Censorship is when regulations on certain media, such as daytime TV when channels are forced the distributed to beep through profane language on rap songs, or when they blur out nudity or scenes that can be considered sexual. Or when governments cut access to certain news media because it could be seen as dangerous to their regime. It is not when a localization team decides to change art to make it more marketable for a specific market.
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