So what you are saying is a country like China doesn't censor anything they just localize it?

If something is changed because there is fear that there will be backlash, it is censorship.

I don't buy games that are censored in ways that I find ridiculous.  For example, Bravely Second.  I will play it by renting via Gamefly, but the game company isn't getting my money.  Best way to send my message and still play the games I want.

Pretty divided results in the poll so far, but most responses are saying it's probably not a significant reason. I guess Nintendo probably doesn't think it's a big deal since they keep doing it.

Oh so Nintendo isn't the only one doing this, guess I coulda put this in gaming discussion then.

lol whut, you don't need to be an otaku to enjoy TMS.

Well 250k is not all that terrible for Atlus standars tbh

It did pretty decent on NA for such a niche game with limited released.

I dont think censorship affected it so much.

This is one dumb post. You don't know the difference and it's baffling.  Your China example is beyond stupid and not even comparable to video games. No Japan and USA have different mindset in many cultural things. What might accepted ine one place may not be accepted in another. Could also affect ratings in one region or another that another would not be affected. Sony changed in Grandia alcohol to coffee this would have affected the ESRB. Localization is not always in games either,it can be hardware changes. In Japan O & X are reversed. When we play a PS controller we use X to confirm something and O to back out. Japan X means No or Cross. So O is confirm and X is back or no. There are something people in the US would not get or not like that are changed. Censorship is removing the buttslap in SFV but it doesn't affect the gameplay so unless you are a horny 13 year old. Why care? Real censorship is what Fox Kids did to One Piece. It adds nothing. Bravely games suck anyway. You sound petty and spoiled. Get over it.

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People tried to convince me to not buy Criminal Girls 1 and 2. It was too censored they said. Too much has been removed they said. But I stuck to my principals, and bought those 2 games with the hyper-sexualized teens/pre-teen. Would I like to hears their moans as I slap their asses in hell? Yes. But I still have something. I'm still slapping their asses in hell.

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? 

If the changes are significant, it can sway me not to buy it. Often times the "localization" of games makes them less palatable. People understand that many games are made in different cultures. When you warp a product to try to make it "click" for another culture, often the result is something that makes little sense for anyone. Nintendo's localization leaves me scratching my head more often than it clarises something, and when you're just covering skin, that's no localization, that's censorship.

Fixed! Whether or not you believe Fates' split release was shady has nothing to do with buying censored games.

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. 

This! 

At the end of the day their the ones who are going to miss out.