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NEWS: Fire Emblem Fates RPG's Western Release Will Not Have 'Petting' Feature

Remember guys they don't want to change or take your games.

What a joke, games have been either unreleased/censored because of the politically correct/feminist agendas. This is just another example in a long list.

I didn't make a list, I was just commenting on the games that ikillchicken had already mentioned. And I'm surprised you think those games are obscure titles, since they're critical darlings and have been reviewed and discussed fervently in the gaming community over the past few months (next you're going to tell me that you've never heard of FNAF). These games aren't AAA titles sure, but indie gaming has become a big scene in recent years, and I think anyone who has a pulse on Western gaming should have heard of those titles by now, so it makes me wonder how unfamiliar with the Western gaming community otaku actually might be.

Well you get the gist of what I meant, otaku might not be mainstream in Japan, but they're a much bigger pond than the old-school strategy RPG fans Nintendo had previously been catering to.

Hell they took out the Gambling feature in Pokemon because of the "think of the children" outcry in the west. The last game to even have it was Pokemon heart gold/soul silver "Japanese Version".

Now keep this mind keep this in mind as well. Say game-freak deiced to ever re-remake red/blue for the 3ds guess what? The Casino bit run by team rocket would have to be cut out completely because it's not longer acceptable in the gaming community.

Great now I'm just rambling on like damn fool.. I hate it when my thoughts are so clouded I can not articulate them well so i'm out.

A lot of people don't like otaku-pandering, myself included. And in the end, this was a business decision by Nintendo, it's not like forum-dwellers are actively trying to deny the game from being enjoyed by Western otaku (though I will say, "suffering" is a bit strong of a word to describe not being able to drug love interests or treat people like pets).

Most of Nintendo's releases are made for an international audience in mind, so anything that would not be okay in a major market won't be in the game in the first place. Nothing was removed in localization in any recent Super Mario game (or any of its spinoffs), Pokémon game, Legend of Zelda game, Donkey Kong game, Pikmin game, Splatoon, Metroid game, Kirby game, or Animal Crossing game. The only thing removed from the Smash Bros. games was a playable version of EarthBound from Brawl due to music rights issues

Imagine if this was about Nintendo removing the same-sex marriage feature, and I could easily use the "A lot of people don't like same-sex marriage... This was a business decision by Nintendo, this kind of outrage is unwarranted" argument.

You would be singing such a different tune if that were the case, even though it could have happened for the exact same reasons.

"Thanks for contacting us. I can certainly understand your concerns about this situation. At this time, the removal of the petting mini game in Fire Emblem Fates has not been announced. More importantly, we do not have any information that tells us this will or won’t happen, but I will pass along your comments to the departments which make those decisions.

If or when we do make an official announcement about Fire Emblem Fates, we will share all the exciting details on our website (www.nintendo.com).

Sincerely,

Nintendo of America Inc.
Richard Woolslayer"

I don't get it. Outside of circles about video games and anime/manga, people are proud to call themselves feminists. What happened?How did the word "feminist" become a dirty word in these groups, and these groups alone?

apparently Kotaku lied:
https://twitter.com/SDC_Batz/status/692499937028874241?s=09
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/114533-fire-emblem-fates-conquest/73207592

Quote:

"Thanks for contacting us. I can certainly understand your concerns about this situation. At this time, the removal of the petting mini game in Fire Emblem Fates has not been announced. More importantly, we do not have any information that tells us this will or won’t happen, but I will pass along your comments to the departments which make those decisions. If or when we do make an official announcement about Fire Emblem Fates, we will share all the exciting details on our website (www.nintendo.com). Sincerely, Nintendo of America Inc. Richard Woolslayer"

I've also seen a post on tumblr stating that someone with a review copy of the game told them it wasn't removed (but wouldn't say any more than that, so it could have been altered a bit but not removed).

additionally we have preview footage of the North American release that shows the treehouse with an ! over it, which only happens in the Japanese version when you can do the face petting. that indicates it's probably still there, or at least there in some form.

I don't think anyone is denying that Awakening had many of the elements of past Fire Emblem games. As I said before, the difference that started with Awakening was all the newly added otaku-pandering tropes and trappings (which even fans of the game have admitted in this very thread as being there).

It's not technically video games but video game websites did report on Cartoon Network censoring an alleged same sex couple in one of their shows. They were indeed upset by it despite usually defending games being censored due to localization.

I think there's a difference between something that international audiences won't mind and making something for international audiences in mind. Splatoon is kid friendly but still heavily based on Japanese culture and marketing. Marie and Callie are getting their own live concert ala Hatsune Miku, who most Americans still don't get the whole holographic idol thing. I'm not sure how international audiences feel about Marie and Callie in general. They might be seen as too girly.

@leafy sea dragon

Yeah the original Pokemon games are being re-released around the world digitally, for the twenty year anniversary. What I am talking about is a full blown remake of Red and Green for the 3ds/NX

Third-wave feminism happened, which also wants to censor lots of things outside of anime, manga and video games, and shame people who enjoy things they don't like.

Third-wave feminism happened, which also wants to censor lots of things outside of anime, manga and video games, and shame people who enjoy things they don't like.

Do you mean, then, that it's specific to anime, manga, and video games? (I'm not trying to make any snide comments our anything like that, but as someone who hangs around forums about older media, I'm genuinely curious. It feels weird to me to have such different attitudes about feminism at a place like ANN compared to something like IMDb or Tilt Forums.)

Torrin wrote:

What a joke, games have been either unreleased/censored because of the politically correct/feminist agendas. This is just another example in a long list.

I don't get it. Outside of circles about video games and anime/manga, people are proud to call themselves feminists. What happened?How did the word "feminist" become a dirty word in these groups, and these groups alone?

It's sad really. A lot of the same people who likely spent years arguing that games weren't just kids toys and should be treated like a serious medium. Now that they are, they're mad. It's not really surprising though. This is what happens when you have a bunch of people who think "gamer" is their identity, let them stew in a bunch of regressive bullshit until they think that's the norm, and subject them to years of living straw men until they're paranoid and clueless about what real criticism is.