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Neodegenerate on 01 January 2017
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Neodegenerate said:

I do understand the difference and was using the whole "it isnt censorship" argument that you created to the extreme on the other end.  Before I report your post though, let me explain exactly what I mean in a way that you might understand.

This is an example of Localization: Changing Post Office in a jRPG to Bank.  Why?  Because in Japan they do banking business in Post Offices.  In America they do not.  Therefore, to say someone robbed a Post Office in America doesn't make sense.  Change Post to Bank to localize.

This is an example of Censorship: Changing a shirt that shows cleavage to one that doesn't.  There is no reason to do this other than to censor the image.

See the difference? 

Changing a shirt is still localization if they're changing a shirt from a minor. Like Lin in Xenoblade X. That wasn't censorship, that was localization. It's a very controversial thing to have a 13 year old girl in those outfits. If it was a rated M game and she was 18, yet they decided to change it, then it would have been censorship. Localization seen chanhes to fit the culture. It doesn't matter that they're Japanese games so they shouldn't be "butchered". Changing an outfit can be localization or censorship. Depends on the situation. Be lucky we get Japanese RPG's in general. And all in all, if you are upset about boobs getting covered, you really need a different hobby. 

 

1. I agree on the fact that it can be one or the other depending on the sitaution.  However, I am specifically talking about situations where it isn't necessary.  Like the large breasted clearly old enough girls in the M rated Criminal Girls series. 

2.  We live in a global economy, I don't consider myself "lucky" to receive products that are created outside of my country.

3. Nowhere did I say I got upset about anything.  I am making a choice to play the game without paying for it as a way to tell the developers/decision makers that I am not OK with unnecessary censorship in my games.  It has actually taken more time and energy to respond in this thread than it has to think about the censorship thing outside of it in the past like 4 years.

You can spit out all the exceptions to the censorship that point to localization all you want.  It is a weak defense for unnecessary censorship either way.