According to Square Enix, the Japanese version will have one cutscene modified because it shows a character’s internal organs. In an area of the game, there’s a “sexual object”, which will be removed in the Japanese version.
These are the two major edits, and Square Enix notes that they fall in line with the Japanese rating agency.
While Japanese movies can be racy and outrageous, Japanese games are subjected to far stricter regulations, because video games and video game consoles have traditionally been sold in toy stores in Japan.
PC-only games are subjected to different ratings than console titles and can (and do) feature far more explicit content.
重要なお知らせ [Square Enix via Siliconera]
skitt
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 9:11 AMhmmm this doesn’t sound like anything to do with strictor game regs. It sounds like the ‘sexual object’ is phallic in nature, which for whatever reason is censored in any Japanese media, even their porn.
Chazz
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 12:24 PMPriorities.
Japan doesn’t have them.
Reoh
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 3:16 PMYou know, just throwing this theory out there, but maybe if they let them see sexual objects in media they wouldn’t have the highest instance of random public groping for any country in the world.
villainsoft
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 4:10 PMJapan, hypocritical much?
Oh, the atrocities I have seen in h-games…