>>450 >ironic weebs I see cuckchan found this board too

Menhera Farm has been rejected for sale in the US on Switch according to its dev over concerns that it might damage the "brand image". He's contemplating whether or not to alter it specifically for the west, alter the game in general to cut corners, or simply not sell it westward. It is also slated for release on Steam and DLSite and the dev says the PC version should be safe. https://archive.md/F3CtP https://xcancel.com/maya_zbrs/status/1915614951752016268

>>535 Update: The Japanese Switch version is censored as well. The typical burqafication treatment for any skin showing. And it still won't release west. Nintendo is an absolute no-go zone for anime bishoujo games now. Literally Snoy is better at this point and that's fucking depressing. Nintendo should be sued for blatantly persecuting specific cultural expressions and denying developers their First Amendment rights.

Repost from Sleepy/v/ This is a big one. Hundred Line Last Defense Academy has had at least two CGs censored on Switch. Even the fujo pandering CG couldn't escape. Someone on 4Cuck said the Japanese version is a separate SKU, so I'm waiting for confirmation of whether or not the Japanese version is the same. Either way, Kodaka's live-or-die outing according to the man himself, and Nintendo can't help but shit on him as he's struggling. Even if I think the trooncalization is partially his fault, Nintendo are pure fucking scum for going out of their way to undermine a struggling developer like this. There was never any statement about this censorship, no one is talking about it on Xitter or R*ddit, and journalists like Gematsu aren't covering it. I'm starting to believe blackmail is being employed to suppress discussion of these censorship policies.

>>545 Repost from Sleepy/v/ Update: The Japanese version is censored too, even in spite of it having a separate SKU with no English. So there's no explanation other than that Nintendo Japan directly ordered this censorship. Which I believe they've been doing from the beginning, as the bans/censorship on western releases of games were blanket-applied everywhere outside of Asia at once, which does not suggest separate approval processes from NoA/E, but rather one western approval process, something like which I can only really see Nintendo in Japan handling. Here is a Youtube playthrough. Link comes with timestamp. https://youtu.be/59i8YyQXdY0?t=14344

>>536 The ZZZ thread hit reply limit, and the last two posts were of course Niggerpill. Not sure what I should do over there, but anyway... Update 2: Dev got a response from Nintendo's western branches, and it's literally fucking "head size of consent". Nintendo is just mask fucking off discriminating against Japanese art style and expression now. I want a fucking lawsuit brought against them for this shit. I want to see Nintendo try and defend these blatantly absurd and anti-Japanese policies before a judge and jury.

>>588 Meanwhile, Nintendo's Fire Emblem mobile game promotes and sells shit like this. More and more I genuinely believe there is a concerted, industry-wide effort to herd gamer weebs onto the gacha plantation, which further contributes to my refusal to ever embrace it. Fuck gacha, it should NOT be the only permitted outlet for moe and fanservice like this!

Wanted to update the list in the OP with a more refined version, also adding in the new games: >2022 <Hot Tentacles Shooter (Canceled) https://archive.ph/rAxny <Duel Princess (Pulled after release) <Massage Freaks (Canceled) https://archive.ph/akc2e This 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://archive.ph/zgN9M <Gungrave G.O.R.E. (Censored) https://archive.md/OgghW <The Fox Awaits Me Hana (International release canceled) https://archive.ph/nJYPL <Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami (Censored) https://archive.ph/sbO4m >2024 <Amairo Chocolate (International release canceled) https://archive.ph/cgHH8 <Death end re;Quest: Code Z (International release canceled) <Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1/2/3 (International release canceled) https://archive.ph/u5ldz <Maid of the Dead (Censored) https://archive.md/J2tKd <Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos (Censored) https://archive.ph/KZLzO <Prison Princess: Trapped Allure (Censored) https://archive.md/RMjG3 <Redneg Allstars Swing-By Edition (International release canceled) https://archive.ph/pmkv4 <Rubber Hose Rampage (Canceled) https://archive.md/NQRMr <Sakura Melody (Canceled?) <Sakura Succubus 7 (Canceled?) https://archive.ph/9VCBD <Tokyo Clanpool (International release canceled, censored) https://archive.md/H45gs >2025 <Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (Censored) https://archive.ph/dz0It https://redirect.invidious.io/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://archive.md/c0RVX <Menhera Farm (International release canceled, censored) https://archive.is/F3CtP <Moe Waifu H Fantasy (International release canceled)

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https://archive.md/vlzDm >Games with no official announcements This 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://archive.ph/Qk20t#selection-3317.1-3317.14 <Hookah Haze (International release canceled?) https://archive.ph/K9xml#268285 <Night to meet Chu! (International release canceled?) https://archive.ph/Qk20t#selection-3435.1-3435.19

>>590 Also attempted to repost the thread on /v/ last night, and it was immediately shitposted to death before being deleted for being "console warring: https://archive.ph/puybJ

>>591 This thread likely wouldn't be here if it could be on Mark /v/. I tried posting about this at the beginning of the year and all my posts got deleted, including the big-ass effortpost I spent at least 15 minutes typing up. Thankfully, I saved it before I lost it. More recently, 4Cuck seems to be deleting threads about it as well. I got a thread pruned and warned for "console warring/fanboying" when I was doing the exact opposite. Ironically, I used that same image (because it's a great image). So good, I guess, that jannies feel the need to SHUT IT DOWN when they see it. Also, I expect this thread will be a bit more active in the future since I never got an answer from the ZZZ guys about whether they'll let this be a general, so I guess all future posts will go here.

>Nintendo Switch’s infamous “Hentai Girls” series gets renamed due to possible shadowban by eshop https://archive.ph/04lJ4 <In an official announcement on X, publisher Pakotime announced that the upcoming entries in the Hentai Girls series will be renamed to Kawaii Girls, starting from July this year. However, they clarify that previous Hentai Girls games will not be subject to renaming. Furthermore, they advise users looking up Switch 2 versions of existing Hentai Girls titles – including Hentai Girls: Charming Chef, which released on June 19 – to use the keyword “Pakotime” instead. <I was able to confirm this myself – the games show up without any issues for Switch, but are very hard to find for the Switch 2 – they will only come up if you search the publisher’s name. This means that “hentai” and other similarly sensitive words are possibly being shadowbanned by Nintendo Switch 2 store’s search engine.

This may be relevant: https://archive.ph/thjQM >Former Santa Monica Studio producer Hannah Foell becomes Senior Manager of Partner Management at Nintendo of America 17 December 2022 <Video game producer Hannah Foell has announced that she now has a new position - Senior Manager of Partner Management at Nintendo of America. This means that she’ll be working with 3rd party developers to help build relationships and get more of their games on Nintendo platforms. Foell’s previous credits include working at Harmonix on Rock Band 4, and most recently at Santa Monica Studio where she produced God of War Ragnarök for Sony. Hopefully, she’ll be able to leverage her connections to strengthen Nintendo’s relationships with third party publishers and developers.

And we have our smoking gun: >Nintendo Rolls Out New eShop Publishing Guidelines for Switch 2 in Asia, Seemingly to Curb Spam Games https://archive.ph/1feBU <Many of the new guidelines discuss “sensitive content,” and include specific rules for what qualifies as sensitive content in the first place. Listed criteria that “would be considered damaging to the Nintendo brand” include sexualization of children, overly sexual content, discrimination and hate, exploitation of social issues (“Content that clearly exploits a topical and controversial social issue, tragedy, or catastrophic event”), instructing criminal activity, and political statements (“Content that overtly supports or criticizes real-life countries, organizations, or ideologies”). Nintendo states in the guidelines that it reserves the right not to distribute a game, but claims it offers the guidelines to help developers understand its reasoning in certain situations. “We encourage you to take this information into consideration when developing content for potential release on our platforms and before submitting such content to Nintendo,” the guidelines state. It also disclaims that the guidelines are not an exhaustive list, and that sometimes “determinations may be made on a regional basis.”

>>710 The more things change, the more they stay the same.

This seems awfully relevant, all things considered: https://archive.ph/TasXu >Nintendo of America really did suggest giving Pikachu large feminine breasts at one point, Japanese media confirms

The next game to fall victim of Nintendo's censorship is Merry Bunny Garden First of all, it should be noted that the original game released in both the U.S. and Japan on the same day when it launched last year in April. <Video is the English trailer of that first game, which you can find located at: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=Vmn9By4IOzA However, a recent change was added to the website of the sequel to show the differences between the Switch version of the game and the Steam version: https://archive.ph/K3fzN#selection-1203.0-1203.19 A change that is even present on the English page: https://archive.ph/CpepT#selection-1147.0-1147.19 Here's the page as it was back on September 18th, which lacked the section: https://archive.ph/7DxOv Now you may think this is a change made to comply with CERO, but the game's website, the Japanese Steam page, and the Japanese eShop page all indicate that the game is receiving a CERO D rating regardless of platform: https://archive.ph/08nCb#selection-702.0-710.0 What this inidicates is that these changes are platform exclusive and made at the request of Nintendo.

>>910 Top JeJ. Did tubby talmud take offense to this already, or are you just posting here for parity? Because in the latter case, he'll take offense to that as well.

>>912 >or are you just posting here for parity? Parity >he'll take offense to that as well. I really don't care. This shouldn't be an issue. The fact that it is says more about Mark than anything else.

>>910 >What this inidicates is that these changes are platform exclusive and made at the request of Nintendo. *NoA >>710 Didn't this turn out to be literal fearmongering from IGN due to purposely reporting the guideline update on the switch 2's release which basically did jack shit to stop either spam or porn?

Corpse Party is the next victim of Nintendo's content policies A bundle of the four Corpse Party games was announced for Switch back in August. Preorders were exclusively opened through Amazon. However, last month, the preorder page mysteriously disappeared, now showing a typical "this page doesn't exist" error: https://archive.ph/nKxLN Furthermore, there is still no page for the games on the eShops despite (according to Amazon) targeting a release at the end of October. Today, XSEED just released a statement and it pretty much confirmed that Nintendo banned the Western release: https://archive.ph/6svrZ For reference, the original Corpse Party and Blood Drive both saw Western releases on the 3DS and Switch. On top of that, it should be noted that all recent versions of the "original" Corpse Party, are based on the censored PSP remake. You see, there are two remakes of Corpse Party. The first remake is the 2008 PC release, referred to as "BloodCovered". It is a reboot made by the original developers and incorporates elements from the discontinued mobile game NewChapter. In 2010, Mages developed a second remake for the PSP called "Blood Covered: Repeated Fear". It's this second remake that all later versions are based upon. However, compared with the earlier PC versions, Mages actually censored the PSP version in order to make the game compliant with CERO ratings. And keep in mind that CERO is much more restrictive with content than the ESRB. Where BloodCovered was graphic with it's content (Although pixelated), Mages outright refused to depict the more graphic content in the CGs for Repeated Fear. And it's this "censored" version, that was ALSO the basis for the prior 3DS and Switch release, that would be included in the Tetralogy pack.

>>966 So glad I didn't buy the Switch 2.

Little late on posting about it, but here's another recent victim: https://archive.ph/ORj8Z >Japanese blackjack-based RPG denied Switch release in the West after launching without issue on Steam and PS5. Characters flagged as children <Publisher Rideon Japan recently announced that the Nintendo Switch version of Brave x Junction has been barred from releasing in North America and Europe. The company is still in the midst of working out the details, but it seems the game was flagged as containing “legally problematic sexual content involving children.” <Released in October 2025, Brave X Junction is a blackjack-style fantasy RPG where you defeat monsters through one-on-one turn-based card battles. While it does not depict adult themes or explicit content (it was rated ages 15 and up by CERO), the game features characters in revealing costumes and suggestive defeat screen illustrations. So far, Brave X Junction has been released on the PlayStation store, Steam and Japanese Switch store without issue. <However, a problem has arisen with the game’s western Switch release. Rideon reported back in early October that while the Japanese version would launch as scheduled, the NA/EU version’s status remained unclear. In a new update, the developers have confirmed that the release has been blocked. <They attached a series of parodic images explaining the situation, in which the game’s Magician is informed by a soldier that her design was judged as “legally problematic sexual content involving children.” The Magician responds with, “Huh?? They’re calling me a child?? What kind of judgement is that?”, no doubt reflecting the developers’ opinion on the matter. A poster in the background of the illustration reads “We won’t stand for sexual content involving children.” <It seems that Brave x Junction’s characters were flagged as underaged, contrary to the creator’s intent. It's basically a repeat of the entire Dragon's Crown situation.

Copy-pasta from Sleepy/v/ Pretty much solid proof that the mindset behind this censorship spree is soy-addled faggots and whamen is Nintendo now having just banned The Great Rebellion, a game with mild political satire themes (specifically toned down for the Switch release) literally a day before it released because it "damages the Nintendo brand". Yet it somehow releases on the Japanese e-shop despite not having themes really relevant for the Japanese audience. I concur with the dev here that this really feels more about who rather than what. They banned this game because of what they feel it represents, not for any actual content reasons. I also sympathize with his feelings that his livelihood has been damaged by this decision by a platform with unchecked power. I honestly think the reason for the Japanese game bans and the ban on this game is fundamentally the same; "this appeals to people we don't like". It also shoots holes in the idea that they're being pressured by any outside force to do this; there is no non-shithole country where this game would be illegal, and if anything it aligns with the values of the current American political climate, yet Nintendo banned it anyway, if anything precisely because it aligns with said values. Meanwhile they'll happily platform the most degenerate and shitlibby games as long as they feel they don't appeal to chuds. Nintendo is pursuing an agenda here and the ban on this game makes it obvious.

And one more game... https://archive.ph/16ulh >Right there with you guys. Our game was taken down 5 days before release: https://archive.ph/WAsds <Important information regarding Glory Hunters' launch on Nintendo Switch. https://archive.ph/rzztU >I believe we are under NDA and cannot coment details, but let's say we might be in a very similar situation like yours. Hope all gets resolved with both our games. This is the worst that can happen to us indie devs. <So the only way to buy your games is through Steam. I understand. It honestly really sucks how Nintendo is stopping those releases out of the blue. That was a wasted potential. I sincerely do not understand why they didn't allow your games to be released. I am so confused. >Ours will be out in the European, Australian and Japanese eShop as well as on Steam. We were mainly getting ready for the American storefront since we don't have the resources for coverage in the whole world. @gr8_rebellion are in a far worst position. But it still sucks lol.

>>1363 >>1362 >few days before release Someone definitely gets a kick out of doing this.

>>1362 >It also shoots holes in the idea that they're being pressured by any outside force to do this >Meanwhile they'll happily platform the most degenerate and shitlibby >>1364 >Someone definitely gets a kick out of doing this. It's highly likely that it's one, or a handful of likeminded people, with a lot of power at Nintendo of America behind all of this. Specifically, someone with extreme beliefs similar to the typical Xitter user, who's taking advantage of Nintendo's trust when it comes to approving these third party games. NoA and Treehouse have proven time and time again how biased they are, how willing they are to try and push their personal agenda instead of provide a fairly translated version of a Japanese video game. It's not far out of the realm of possibility that the team behind approving these third party games for the shop are using the chance to fuel their own egos. With Nintendo's public support of ESG and DEI, the fact that they may have hired an unqualified, mentally unstable person and put him or her into a position of power is completely realistic. >>1361 ><but it seems the game was flagged as containing “legally problematic sexual content involving children.” This is the first time I have heard of this game, and I tried looking to see if there was a list of characters, to try and determine what character Nintendo may consider to be a child. I didn't have much luck finding anyone but a bar NPC and the three main characters. If anyone looks at these ladies and thinks "that's a child", they truly need to visit a doctor, because their brain isn't working. Considering where this game is from, there may very well be some loli in the game somwhere that isn't shown on the cover. But it could very well be that some employee thinks that one of the main girls has a "young looking face" and is thus a child. Who knows. But it really would be like Dragon's Crown again. Except this time it goes beyond some idiot's forum posts.

>>1365 >If anyone looks at these ladies and thinks "that's a child", they truly need to visit a doctor, because their brain isn't working Someone lazy could take a glance at the cover, not take into account the characters are positioned at different standing heights, and misconstrue the shorty in the center as a teen. And it seems that character according to the social media post, is the one primary issue was taken with. The joke/complaint in the post being, that also the Magician was flagged as well. So ultimately, yes, only someone mentally ill could believe the Magician is a child. Truly a Jason Schreier moment. >This is the first time I have heard of this game, and I tried looking to see if there was a list of characters, to try and determine what character Nintendo may consider to be a child. I thought the social media post, in spite of broken English, was very clear? The Magician is reacting with shock that the Figher, pictured in the background poster and centered among the main characters, was considered a child. Then she's even more shocked to find she was considered a child as well. Seems pretty plain that they're stating these are the characters that were flagged. They might be violating an NDA doing this. >But it could very well be that some employee thinks that one of the main girls has a "young looking face" and is thus a child. It's right there in the picture, <With that baby face, bikini armor is impossible

>>1366 >Someone lazy could take a glance at the cover Which is a shame, because someone who works with approving video games and determining their ratings shouldn't be lazy. >and misconstrue the shorty in the center as a teen. It's just so strange, if this is the case, whoever is doing the approvals must have never consumed Japanese media before. Because if the devs wanted to sexualize that stage of life, they would have given her features and clothes that made her actually look like one. >I thought the social media post, in spite of broken English, was very clear? The broken English was indeed throwing me off, especially since I didn't know the main characters were called Fighter, Magician, etc. But with your post, I am looking again, and I understand it now. It's actually kind of a funny image, sadly it's actually based on a real situation affecting a game's release and the company's profits. Maybe I'll try and find the original Japanese post and make a less broken translation, just for fun. >It's right there in the picture, Well at least I know my intuition is correct. I promise I can read.

Might not belong here, but Nintendo taking down a relatively harmless custom skin (and the most popular one in the game) in Kirby Air Riders confirms what kind of company it is now. Chef Kawasaki “micro bikini” ride deleted from Kirby Air Riders Machine Market, immediately replaced by succubus Chef Kawasaki NO FUN ALLOWED https://archive.fo/CFqeq https://archive.fo/RUCPt Mark will not be having a good time seeing Nintendo becoming the unholy spawn of Crapple and Yidsney. On the other hand it's good to know Japan still has a healthy sex drive.

>>1397 I'm sure this dead horse has been beaten enough times by now, but there's no spirit behind the menu design. I'm tired of seeing it.

>>1398 UX design is dead in general.

>>1397 It's freaking Kirby. That shit's super PG, and a microbikini in any context is a bit much for that series. This probably wouldn't have flied even if Nintendo wasn't in a censorship tizzy. On second thought though, the same could be said of the PG-13 stuff that Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door got away with.

>>1397 >On the other hand it's good to know Japan still has a healthy sex drive. They should hurry up and have more kids then. >>1400 I agree. Is removing the custom skin censorship? Yes, in a way, but in this case it's more along the lines of enforcing content policies that the player likely agreed to when starting up the game for the first time. The game is rated E10. It's hard enough to work out online interactions while also keeping things kid friendly enough so the game can stay under a Teen rating. Even if its some silly star shaped blob with a funny face, it is still clearly wearing skimpy clothing, and that just isn't going to fly. Some innuendos in the text of an RPG are one thing, but this is a visual thing that has an undeniable sexual undertone. Say, for instance, back when Splatoon was popular, you drew some image of Marie's cleavage and posted it in that text bubble other players see in the overworld. It would make sense for Nintendo to delete that.

>>1402 >The game is rated E10. It's hard enough to work out online interactions while also keeping things kid friendly enough so the game can stay under a Teen rating. I feel like that's not an excuse for whatever reason. Even the beach episode for the original Pokemon anime under 4Kids made it to air (Three years later), with only James crossdressing being censored.

>>1406 Those bikinis are not micro. You could see all of those normally at the beach.

>>1406 With beach episodes and video games that take place at beaches (like beach volleyball, surfing, etc.), swimsuits are expected. While the characters will usually look good in their swimsuits, they are not necesarily being overtly sexualized. A skin for a vehicle in a Kirby racing game that has a microbikini is supposed to be taboo and lewd in a silly way. People think the skin is funny because it is pushing Nintendo's rules to the limit (and breaking them). It doesn't make sense for the setting or fit into the plot of Air Riders. The only reason it is there is to test Nintendo, like a kid trying to make his parents mad by saying a swearword at the dinner table over and over again.