Angry_Megalodon
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You don't find it quite the coincidence that the "updated" versions add more clothing while none of them have less? And that the ones that add clothing add it in specific areas that are typical to censoring? Or that none of these newer versions were updated in late trailers?
That's a fair point (more clothes) but they also changed color and nobody is commenting on that. In the SoP trailer, they showed the bunny suit for a split second and it was pinkish, barely distinguishable from the skin. They made it black, and more visible. But the only thing that matters is the book window. Same as the yellow outfit, which now it's red. The alleged alterations have not been only about covering flesh but style-wise too.
Besides, the timing is illogical. If they were to censor something, they would have done it after the flash demo dropped. They can't cater to the woke media after they got review-bombed by that media. The damage is already done, so the motivation is gone. And I don't believe that people with normal functioning brains do things randomly. Specially, things that might harm business.
This reminds me of Tifa in Remake/Rebirth. In Rebirth she has a jiggly swimsuit, but they retroactively added a bra to her design in the flashback. I know Tifa in Remake also got a lot of criticism (initially) for adding leggings and a sports bra to her design, which Nomura said was a result from Square's ethics department.
I don't see that as censorship either. In the flashback scene, Tifa is a minor, and mainstream games don't portray teenagers with cleavage or big boobs. I reckon there's a subtle line between common sense and censorship but we should be able to tell one from the other, or else we end up being the "dark side" of REEE.
You guys have to understand that at the end of the day, this drama is doing nothing but backfiring on us. Grifters don't care if Shift Up sells millions or go broke. They are in it for the clicks. I would be mad if they changed the skinsuit being that the only lewd one. But come on now. This is not reasonable at all.
it's about promises of no censorship in all regions being broken,
This is factually incorrect.
The "no censorship" tweet referred to two things:
- Violence and gore in Japan.
- All versions would have the same content, with no changes among regions.
In some countries marketing gore and dismemberment is forbidden. To them, lewdness is not the issue, violence is. So, they haven't lied.