Time: 2025-05-09 06:07:10
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Archive of previous thread: https://[redacted]/K9xml The purpose of this thread is to document and discuss Nintendo's recent actions towards censoring third-party games released on their platforms. As in, games that Nintendo has demanded that companies alter despite having no participation in any step regarding the game's development and release. This point on the subject needs to be emphasized because of two reasons.
The first is that people try to deflect such censorship practices for the purposes of so-called "regional differences", such as different regional laws and restrictions on game releases. This is not that issue as these are games that may have been released previously in the region sometime in the past decade or two, or the game is still being released unaltered on a competing platform like PlayStation or Xbox that still follows the same restrictions and/or even has their own. Second is that, despite censoring their own games, Nintendo actually has a history of leaving third-parties alone regarding what content is allowed to be inserted into their games, a topic I will be getting into in the following post. Regardless, if you <span class="bold">JUST want a list of “all” instances of games being censored on the Nintendo Switch (And the upcoming Switch 2) regardless of reason, I suggest that you look at these two following links:
https://[redacted]/S0pfkhttps://[redacted]/oaP9TBut why make this an issue? Back in 2019, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa made the following declaration in response to a question about restricting content present in video games released on Nintendo’s systems:
https://[redacted]/RkxJm>Q11: <span class="em">Regarding restrictions on expression. Some other platforms have their own restrictions other than third-party organizations such as CERO. How about Nintendo?<A11: <span class="em">Nintendo entrusts a third-party organization with the task of providing objective ratings for its own products and third-party software prior to its release. If the platform operator arbitrarily chooses to do so, it would seriously impede the diversity and fairness of game software. The parental control function also allows for restrictions to be put in place.In addition to this statement, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser recently made the following statement less than a week ago:
https://[redacted]/nrYHD<<span class="em">We always want to attract the best talent we can and retain that talent. We also believe it’s important for that talent to be diverse in terms of their backgrounds, their experiences, and their understandings because our players are diverse. So we strive to have diversity that reflects our players in our organization.In some ways, it mirrors a similar statement that Sony had made back in 2018 when they were in the middle of their own scandal for censoring games released on PlayStation:
https://[redacted]/X2wGzThere are also indications that this is an official policy coming down from Nintendo proper in Japan, based both of the list that you’ll see below (That includes Japanese exclusives and Japanese versions games being effected) and other people researching into the matter confirming details with other industry insiders:
https://[redacted]/ApYH8#post-1477584On top of this, there are other strange policies going into place such the obscure region-locking of the Switch 2, which has one version exclusive to Japan (And Japan alone) and another version for the rest of the world, including regions neighboring Japan like South Korea and Taiwan receiving this “worldwide” version of the system:
https://[redacted]/I9KmIAnd thus, it is the purpose of this thread to make people aware of Nintendo’s actions regarding this entire matter. What you choose to do with this information is up to you.
Now that that is out of the way, here is a list of third party games known to be censored and/or had their release canceled on Nintendo’s systems. This will be sorted by year of announcement/release, with the effected titles being listed in alphabetical order:
>2022<Hot Tentacles Shooter (Canceled)https://[redacted]/rAxny<Duel Princess (Pulled after release)<Massage Freaks (Canceled)https://[redacted]/akc2eThis year is considered to be an "outlier", with some arguing that these releases should not be considered a part of Nintendo’s recent actions given the large span of time between them and later events happening. I disagree on this matter, and think they should be included since they are effected by the exact circumstance being described, but I wanted to make this consideration known.>2023<Christmas Massacre (Canceled)https://[redacted]/zgN9M<Gungrave G.O.R.E. (Censored)https://[redacted]/OgghW<The Fox Awaits Me Hana (International release canceled)https://[redacted]/nJYPL<Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami (Censored)https://[redacted]/sbO4m>2024<Amairo Chocolate (International release canceled)https://[redacted]/cgHH8<Death end re;Quest: Code Z (International release canceled)<Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1/2/3 (International release canceled)https://[redacted]/u5ldz<Maid of the Dead (Censored)https://[redacted]/J2tKd<Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos (Censored)https://[redacted]/KZLzO<Prison Princess: Trapped Allure (Censored)https://[redacted]/RMjG3<Redneg Allstars Swing-By Edition (International release canceled)https://[redacted]/pmkv4<Rubber Hose Rampage (Canceled)https://[redacted]/NQRMr<Sakura Melody (Canceled?)<Sakura Succubus 7 (Canceled?)https://[redacted]/9VCBD<Tokyo Clanpool (International release canceled, censored)https://[redacted]/H45gs>2025<Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (Censored)https://[redacted]/dz0Ithttps://[redacted]/watch?v=59i8YyQXdY0&listen=false&t=14344<Kanon (Censored, Western release receiving additional censorship on top of the censorship already applied to the JP release in case there is any confusion)https://[redacted]/c0RVX<Menhera Farm (International release canceled, censored)https://[redacted]/F3CtP<Moe Waifu H Fantasy (International release canceled)https://[redacted]/vlzDm>Games with no official announcementsThis is an extra category where no official statements or responses have been made on games that are "mysteriously absent" despite their releases elsewhere.<DAYMARE: 1994 (International release canceled?)https://[redacted]/Qk20t#selection-3317.1-3317.14<Hookah Haze (International release canceled?)https://[redacted]/K9xml#268285<Night to meet Chu! (International release canceled?)https://[redacted]/Qk20t#selection-3435.1-3435.19