Seriously? Wasn’t DOA Xtreme 3 enough? Hope we do get more context in the future though. There’s quite a bit of interpretation from the tweet.

Y’know the phrase “This is why we can’t have nice things”?
Next time you hear a whiny Feminist or SJW use this phrase, follow these simple instructions.

1-Cease what you are doing
2 Turn to person who uttered these words
3 Point
4 say “You. You are why we can not have nice things”.

Because they are. I will bet that the entire reason the west won’t see this is because of the danger of “offending” some stupid cunt.

Be he a she or be zi a he
We’ll all go crush Patriarchy

So how many people have you said these cringe-worthy lines to?

“Implying any of us actually go outside and that we talk to people when we do.”

QFT

Honestly that is pretty much the best powerball money plan I have heard.

I was just going to keep the money myself but this is a better plan.

Asia release please or i commit Sudoku.

Does the game feature a patriarchy of some kind? Seems like lesbians becoming powerful weapons to take down society, would be something a lot of SJWs would be all about.

Yet their idea of a good game is a house cleaning simulator staring a black woman !

Last of Us and Cisquisition

Yup. Nothing but hypocrisy. The only thing SJWs are really interested in is getting their way, no matter how absurd or contradictory it may be.

Need we remind you how it works with SJW?

This is the most basic of basic facts about SJW: They are not really activists for any cause and have no real logical views, they do not follow a cause and effect goal based mentality.

They are a self serving political group whose only goal is to create problems, present themselves as the solution, and use that as means to get more funding or more authority in the public and private sectors.

View http://i.imgur.com/dFOd4yB.jpg for a good example.

There is no winning move with women

The anime showed that all these girls are brought into multiple remote islands (named Mermaid, Bhikkuni and Siren) by the government because of their powers are deemed to be dangerous.

I feel like most people will conveniently ignore this because “Steam.”

But yes it sure would be nice if Japan could find their balls again and put money over outrage on their list of “things to care about.”

For now.
We must stay with our eyes open, ready to spot and alarm any possible problem.
They did almost get Hatred out once if it wasn’t for based Gaben getting involved, and that would have opened the door for more games censored out of Steam.

You poor naive soul
Where is my Vertiminde Steam Review pic when I need it

UNCENSORED MONPIECE?! I may have to buy this game a second time!

Well, they haven’t added adult/hentai games yet. Maybe they’ll create a red light district for that later on, I dunno, but there still is a lot of games that gets edited on Steam. Criminal girls first one coming to mind because their added censorship is… Wait for it… Steam!

Aye, you are absolutely correct. PC/Mobile has a marked monopoly on those things. I remember you stating in a different thread that PEGI ratings and such doesn’t censor games, which is true isolated. However, all the major consoles actually don’t sell AO rated games on them, which is why erotic/hentai games only exists on PC, if I remember correctly.

I personally have not taken much part in that industry, though considering the porn industry is in fact bigger than the movie industry, it wouldn’t be unrealistic to see some rather big dollars being rolled around the theme. With the implementation of VR just around the corner I don’t foresee it to become any smaller as the years pass by either.

We live in… interesting times.

They just rebuilt their rep with Yakuza 5 getting much higher scores than 4 and Dead Souls did. Even if they didnt you got to realize there are time constraints in Xseed. Lets wait and see, even if I dont plan on buying Bhikkhuni I wstill wish for otbers to be able to play.

As far as I can tell, Marvelous Europe (the publishers who said they want to release the game) just release games translated by XSEED (Marvelous USA) in the PAL regions. If they don’t have anyone to actually translate the game, they can’t do much.

Senran Kagura 2 was possible to buy it from Amazon. We’ll have Amazon at least.

Thats inside the UK though. Not even the gaming chain over here that also carries imports has copies of SK2.

Amazon UK stopped being intresting for folks outside the UK when they killed off free super saving shipping outside the UK for some reason and i trust GAME about as far as i can throw them.
Than theres also the crappy exchange rate between the Pound and Euro with how weak the Euro is ATM.

My issue is that after the exchange rate the shipping costs from Amazon UK are about as or even higher than those of Videogames Plus. And their located in friggin Canada.
Funny enough ive also had packages from VG+ arrive sooner than those from Amazon UK even when they shipped around the same time.

I believe Marvelous Europe has translated a game themselves. Can’t remember which though.

Bullshit.
The localization cost would not outweight the sales cost, so it is profitable and they’ve brought much more niche games.

People need to stop underestimating how much a company fears the bad PR from the SJW journalist cabal and their witch hunt.

Because they’re not a hivemind.
They might take some actions here and there that aren’t all part of the same line of thought what with many different branches or executive teams leading different projects that might start and end at different times, but it’s the trends over time that should tell you where they’re heading or what they’re up to.

For all we know they might carry on with SK but for whatever reason find Valkyrie Drive a different case.

But for games so low on text and properties they fully own there would not be that many costs associated with a localization, there’s no way the cost would outweight potential profits.

I really hope that Marvelous Europe can pull it off and get this game localized

And yet they did an absolute stellar work on SK2’s locallization and (unlike XSEED) haven’t failed to properly promote EV’s release. So they have more than earned my trust.

“Could not even be arsed”

Or, you know, they’re a small company and they didn’t want to risk going out of business from a retail copy not selling well?

Games being digital-only pisses me off too, but if you seriously think there was no retail release because they “couldn’t be arsed” then you’re an idiot.

I just looked it up, apparently Marvelous Europe didn’t even have anything to do with the European release and XSEED were the ones who published it in Europe.

You’re complaining about the wrong people.

“it was the exact opposite for for SV. ”

And again, that is exactly why I have no issues whatsoever with them. Shame you had a bad first experience with them but is frankly absurd to keep holding that as a proof of their supposed incompetence when their more recent projects are the total opposite of that.

What a damn shame, I was ready to dust off the Vita for this

Westerns that like Japanese games have to deal with games not coming at all, censorship, and dialogue that have the latest and dankest memes. Thank Madoka the vita is not region locked. Maybe one day I will be able to play these games in their true form.

Well, here’s hoping for favorable a change of heart soon at least. Who knows…

That would be something, the menus have a lot of English and clear imagery already so it isn’t a SK2 Labyrinth.

Importers among us would be happy but it would be a lot of effort for folks who may just buy a second hand copy along with the patch for free. How would they guarantee a decent pay day for themselves?

You could import a second hand copy to avoid paying local releases in any case bit the language/region lock is normally a reason not to.

I guess. Wasn’t Anarchy Reigns/Max Anarchy in Japan dual audio everywhere and super delayed outside Japan? Definitely region free on PS3

I can name a lot of games with multiple languages despite not being released in another region yet. All of them are basically the international version meaning that other regions will get the same game very soon.

I highly doubt that outside of very specific cases when you don’t know how long till the game gets localised that people would buy in notable numbers. Maybe it would only be a few thousand people too.

Anarchy Reigns sold 22K first week on PS3 anyway. Take that as you will.

The Legend of the Dark Witch 2 – It has English and Chinese along with Japanese. English is rough though.

Gyakuten Saiyan 1 – 3 on DS: They are pre-final translations but optional regardless.

Ace Attorney Trilogy on 3DS: The same as above but Japanese was actually an option for the localisation as well.

Pokemon X/Y: Simultaneous release in all regions, so it has options.

Resident Evil Revelations: Even the Japanese demo has multi-5 support.

Yeah, I know a lot of 3DS examples since that is what I play. A trend that I see is that games which have multiple languages despite not leaving Japan (yet) are simply making one version of the game which has a different set language in other regions. Rather than cutting things out, it also means that the localisation must be an early or cancelled plan.

Same probably goes for this. English Trophies probably mean that unlike that Takaki vocaloid thing that they want it to leave Japan.

Not if you are someone with a Japanese 3DS looking for games with furigana to help you learn Japanese: http://www.gaijingamers.com/showthread.php?t=5299

It obviously isn’t as useful as it would be if the system was region free but yeah.

Trophies have also accidently hinted to Vita versions for games which weren’t going to be made too. That was a rare spasm of enthusiasm from me, but I still think that writing all of the trophies in English or getting English names for merchandise is a strong implication of the goal of localisation or planning it.

Why not both? I’m doing them all. Interviews, manga, novels, games etc. I even buy all of them because I’m crazy.

Yeah, then we can buy it from Play-Asia.

I’m unfamiliar with this, but this seems like more a problem that they just need to support it better then. I stand by it conceptually.

I thought he Japanese version also received a feature later on that lets you see if there are panty gathering nodes on the map.

Well, once all the games I care about are Asian releases, having to switch becomes a non issue as ill have no reason to go back to my US memory card 😛

I spotted a good list on a forum for DS and 3DS games (it mentions others too) though it is only a starting point: http://www.gaijingamers.com/showthread.php?t=5299

I might start a list myself for all kinds of games since information seems to be pretty hard to come by.

I don’t care about what people call that “flavor” bullshit. I just want to know what’s being said.

It really depends. I’ve watched English dubs for anime that recognised how they can enhance the performance or jokes in places. With text, you have a lot more freedom to maintain those types of things and even provide translation notes (not so much for a game but still possible).

Don’t think so. Are they looming perhaps some even pleased that this won’t be coming potentially? Maybe.

This is still Marvelous who have bought over SK Burst, SV, 2, Bon Appetit and EV worldwide. They also had a part I assume in approving Seven Seas and FUNimation to bring over the manga and anime respectively.

They wouldn’t be spooked by that sort of influence.

Well with billions of people on the planet, I can’t say I didn’t expect a few people in Spain on the Internet to say that.

As a Brit, we’ll be sure to send some of us over the holidays so those prudes get to see some shameless people.

Anyway, if it isn’t a lot of press pushing against it or legal restrictions, it isn’t really worth thinking about. At most share your opinion.

Si, lo se, yo miro meristation, vandal y 3djuegos, sobretodo 3djuegos. Y este tipo de juegos pueden sacar 100 comentarios dedicados al eterno debate de juegos y tetas. Creo que me explique mal y puse todos cuando queria decir que los que hablaban no les gusta este juego.

I’d probably never buy it or play it even if it were offered to me freely, but I also think it should get a release for those who would. As there are probably many who would, either for the happy boobs or even just because they think the game looks fun, it’s not a lack of demand keeping it from a western release.

Congratulations to the gaming media for having made the western market appear so hostile to sexuality, sensuality, cheeky naughtiness, and fun in general that Asian developers are now not merely allowing their works to be censored, but flat out choose not to release them to our market at all.

Not sure about that. Both are Vita games but Uppers has a different market which may end up being less niche. We also don’t know how their marketing is planned to go.

If they have an anime which FUNimation simulcast/dubbed, that would be a great headstart even better than having multiple manga around.

Alright, people, repost this on other websites. Talk about it on social media. Email marvelous games and express your interest. Create petitions. Etc. We might get this if we show there’s interest in the West for this game.

I heard if you can summon Tom if you say wyrdwad 3 times in a row.

Yeah I’m not inclined to believe this. I wouldn’t take their “no comment” as a nod to future business decisions.

They just got done releasing TiTS SC and Sen No Kiseki. They’ve got 3 PC ports lined up for early 2016. Estival Versus in March, and Nitro+ blasters at the end of Jan… This year JUST started… If I had to take a guess, I’d say it’s more likely that they are negotiating licensing rights for more games atm.

You know I’m probably missing some titles… Have a hard time keeping up with all the new releases between PC and my handhelds (3DS and Vita.)

Translate it via Asian like DOA XBVB3 and I will import it. Even if it’s stuck in jp I’ll probably import it anyway and stumble across the game one way or another

I really wanted this too,they should at least have some sort poll to see how much interest there is.I am even willing to buy a couple of copies for the cause.

I REALLY want this. Please come over. Don’t want to have to import :<

Something look really off with the combat animations. Its like they lack the impression of power behind them.

T_T I always knew Oneechanbara had potential! Thank you for showing me this!

I have no idea what that guy is saying. That accent is so thick I could spread it on some dude’s bread.

You could always ask him more questions, I went back and forth with him myself and watched his first hour playthrough too.

What info are you looking for?

It would help if you gave me a time specifically to check out but briefing things from memory.

The girl who has a bow has an super easy time against bosses since they are mostly short range. Platforming and camera management aren’t well handled even by SK standards.

The harder boss encounters near the end of the game demand use of advanced mechanics but end up feeling more annoying since so little of the game encourages it and you don’t get a chance to build up the drive gauge in those fights. So basically you have next to no energy and it is a massive difficulty spike from prior fights being mundane.

I think that covers things.

I assume Mana/bow girl doesn’t play a part in most of the fights since her bow made things easy.

Unlike other bosses, the final three missions don’t have a level before where you can build up energy to power up or do special moves.They actually hurt and have quick movement/range too.

These are fights where the boss can pull out their final drive with 75% HP and one shot you (he inferred that). It demands skills that the game didn’t encourage you to develop and ends up being best played if dodge to raise your gauge and use that to win. They also don’t flinch or take knock back from your attacks.

That should be it. One bit I didn’t understand so I’ll ask.

Feel free to do so. At least for the first 30 seconds or so.

To the contrary, I think the character models and are more detailed than SK

I have the game and I can say that is false. Bhikkhuni is a fantastic action gane on its own right and way more deep than any SK game to date.

That review you linked isnt a particularly good one. It doesnt talk AT ALL about the Phantom Drive mechanic, and that is the core of its gameplay. The reviewer also fails to mention the launcher attacks or the multiple ways to use the phantom drive to deal with enemies.
This is real odd because the game spends the first ten missions with tutorials about its mechanics. The guy also got wrong the way secret missions and collectibles work, failed to mention that the game has two endings or the fact support characters influence your character’s stats

The phantom drive is somewhat of a mix between SK’s chain kunai and the aerial rave. You use it to move fast between enemies and in airborne enemies enables different attacks that are timing sensitive. The idea is to launch enemies and the pummeling them by mixing your inputs between, weak attack, launcher, drive and strong attack.
With proper timing you can move flawlessly between enemies, otherwise you will drop your combo and lose the flow of the battle.
The phantom drive also enables you to retaliate if you’re knocked down and to evade attacks normally unavoidable.
The evade is crucial against bosses and mobs since not only builts your meter, it also lets you positionate to use the phantom drive.

Characters also have well defined weight, range and techs. Just to name one example, Ranka is somewhat slow but she has multihit attacks and she can charge most of her attacks to deal more damage.

The support character perks rely on both their drive level and affection with you character. Some of them offer well balanced stats increases while others lean toward one stat in particular. the maid triplies your attack but reduce your defense to 0 for example

The difference here is that in the second video the player is not only exploting the boss’ AI to lock it in place but is also going explicitely after the achievement for destroying every core within the boss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guMe7gL6DhU

Also the enemies used on those videos (and in the review you linked previously) are from the first levels where enemies are used mainly to familiarize the player with the game mechanics. In that sense they’re no different to the fooder on the Versus’ games.

Players exploiting the AI is nothing new and even that requires a considerable amount of skill to adequately pull off (the timing to do most of the stuff on the video is pretty strict) There aren’t a lot of videos about the game in YT but these ones should give you a better idea

This video is from the same guy who made the Rinka exhibition and should be proof enough of every character being distinct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukc1G3tfpBU

These are from the true ending path of the game, are pretty long due including all the dialogue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eEOf-Xk49I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuTC4ptqAA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoGhGpNJOy8

It isn’t really more extreme than anything in any of the Senran Kagura series though. It makes no sense to tolerate cuts about content which they have released multiple times this generation.

Fair enough, at this point it seems too soon for them to be contacting rating systems and the content seems in line or behind SK games which have been rated T (basically 12+), 16+ and M consistently.

Oneechanbara Z2 was rated 16 in Europe too.

My answer would be to keep the game in Japan till they can get it on Steam anyway. I don’t want to support a cut game and don’t feel the market benefits from cut versions roaming around.

Senran Kagura is unchanged unless you know something I don’t. >_> I don’t consider ages being hidden to be notable.

There are hints to potential lesbian relationships in probably every Senran Kagura even without counting Yagyu and Hibari. The actual lewd factor seems behind some of the recent SK games too.

Any examples of AO games rated that for having lesbian characters? None of the Marvelous games are H games so they should all be far away from that category.

That is a TV airing on Cartoon Network. They cut tons of things here if you ever feel like checking out what we got instead of Adventure Time. A decent show but not one I’ll watch cut.

Video games seem to get away with nunchuks in the UK, buy TMNT and Bruce Lee didn’t for a long time.

Compare the same mediums to each other.

Oh that is a game and I remember the video. And I don’t want to be the guy to say “Lol mobile games aren’t real games”.

Hmm, I guess this counts. On the condition that it was probably a (cowardly) publisher who wanted to reach an audience without drama, much like how seeing Zangief slam people with split legs into the ground is fine but not R. Mika.

Fortunately games targeted at adults avoid this… Usually.

like those lines of dialogue in Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus.

Except that was never the case. Someone emailed the USK and they claimed they never received a build with dressing room subtitles in tact.
In other words Marvelous EU lied and self censored.

Are you sure that wasn’t the male homosexual content instead? Or leering camera angles? Or that a rating system being out of whack means much?

Ace Attorney 5 was rated M.

I heard about SV but some comments below implied that it was incompetence rather than a deliberate cut. Again, all of the other SK content was spared.

I’ll have to dig to know whether it was really necessary to avoid making it since I haven’t actually heard of PEGI refusing games. Ever.

… You probably aren’t wrong though I’ve never ran any statistics. Germany is a minefield but publishers can still make uncensored versions for the rest of Europe.

In practice, it is reusing assets from the NA or JP release in many cases but keeping the languages.

I get that impression too, they did release copies in other parts of Europe but I never got the impression that they did unique subtitles or Multi 5.

A good sign that they don’t have the resources to attempt it and/or have doubts that they would earn that much more sales.

It is a 100% sign that the games are fine to be released in Europe in general. The UK is fine but Sweden is strange. I actually did some reading into why DOA:D had trouble and it never had a official push against it. Police said it was fine, but stores were perhaps responding to a manga translator with concerning images of manga getting in their news.

I don’t remember whether Sweden got SK or any recent DOA games.

The funny part is it was proven a few years ago that the images the translator had were legal in Sweden.

Germany’s USK is only strict when it comes to violence and anything World War 2.

I have friends in Germany and many of them have noted that Germany is not too friendly with LGBT at all… sexual content is not seen in a very good light there in general, but LGBT is worse. I know from a bit of research that, for example, in Germany, they still use the archaic “Real-Life Experiment” as a gateway to getting hormones if you are trans… and even then you can still be denied because you didn’t “try hard enough”. The LGB part is still looked down on and my bisexual friend gets shit about 10-15% of the time he’s in public with his boyfriend, unlike the USA, where that is ~<1% of the time.

So yes, Germany is very prudish from what I hear. I have no idea why. They may have had a female chancellor, but as far as LGBT and sexuality goes there, it seems like it's nearly as backwards as 1980s USA.

They dont want the bashing from reviews. They want the same equality reviewers give in Japan vs the ideological bashing reviewers lace in their scathing review. A lot of Japanese games from IF lost points vrcause the reviewer disliked non gameplay mechanics

Censorship is least of the problems. Its the reviewers refusing to put aside their ideals for the review in an faux attempt at intellectual enlightenment

But does it need 3s and 4s just because the reviewer hated certain non gameplay details?

Professional reviews which consist of the loudest voices a dev will hear first. I am sure you will be happy if you are a writer and someone reviews your book and directly calls you a sexist pig

It is a mindset that is developed over the last five years. As localizatiin of staple games dwindled from big publishers who made the decision to go mobile. CH and NISA were the only ones still localizing games for us and they struck a nerve with the big journalist devs who didnt like what they saw. Japanese devs saw this as a growing hostility from the press and was working behind language and cultural barriers so didnt know what was going on.

So we see STTP trying to salvage Japan’s reputation. It has worked so far since the usual naysayers shut their mouths about their usual complaints. Last I have seen Y5 got way better ratings.

A similar example is jpop and AKB48. People working for the press uses AKB48 as an outstanding example of what is wrong with the Japanese music biz.

Sony Third Party Production. Mind the typo

Help bring games over that would fix Japan’s reputation in gaming by improving the quality of the Third Party Library. Remember as much as Niche loves the Vita, the library isnt healthy in the eyes of executives. This was a big problem during the jrpg droughts during 2011-2014

Dude don’t overreact. I just simply said that if this is an age rating thing then I would gladly have them censor it if it means it will release.

Choice A – I get no game because I won’t let them censor it which means the game will never be released because it will be unclassified or AO.

Choice B – I let them know that if this is the only way to get the game then I’m happy if they have to put a bit of smoke or mist in places.

I don’t want the game to be censored if it doesn’t have to be censored. I probably hate censorship way more than you, I’m not buying Street Fighter V because of what they’ve done to that game, so I suggest you calm down before you make yourself look like a fool.

That doesn’t solve the problem of the game not being localised.

How so? If the game can’t be released because localisation won’t censor the game then how does that help anyone? I’m not saying they should censor the game I’m just saying if this is an age rating thing then I’m ok with it being censored. For all we know it’s one little scene that could be causing it and a little bit well placed smoke makes it an 18 rated game. Problem solved.

If this isn’t age rating they shouldn’t censor it.

No longer needing to rely on localisations still doesn’t solve this problem.

“5+ years process”
I managed to learn most of the language in 6 months (I left out the extra-modest and humble expressions yet and I still need to practise loan words in katakana because I’m not a native english speaker). Pretty sure you can do this in one year if you’re actually as serious.
“By then, the SJW watchdog shit might be gone”
You’re going for a wild ride if you believe social justice is going away anytime soon, thanks to the rampant feminism and political-correctness degrading western societies.

“overreacts a lot”
Funny thing is to hear that from people who literally advocate for censorship or justify whatever practise a localization team does the moment a game will be released in english

I agree if the game is an 18 don’t censor it.

I need my lesbian action game. SJWs want progress yet deny me Lesbian action game

Calling it again.
It’s the dark ages of videogames, either games get censored, not made, or not brought over.

But the true effective level of freedom in the medium is at its lowest since the late 80 early 90’s times of blue sweat blood.

Getting mixed signals here. A broken English tweet that could mean almost anything, while Marvelous themselves are tweeting multiple times that they are willing to release it.

I think it’s too early to jump the gun here and assume anything is set in stone.

To answer the your question, yes I would like to get a worldwide release with our own LE/CE items like what Marvelous Europe have been doing. Failing this, an Asian release with English subtitles will be just as good.
Takaki, if you are reading this, PLEASE don’t forsake your western audience. I know it is just speculation at this stage, but I don’t buy the business decision argument, especially as Marvelous EU are willing to bring it over, and they know their market better than anyone else…

Contact them. Seriously, Japan is more open to critisism than we realize. Tell them what’s going on, and ask for (at least) Asia-English or english menus/subs options.

This is some smart stuff.
It’s some next gen tactics we gotta adopt if we want to keep our games.

I want to release, too, but apparently this series is not coming to the west.

Same here.

I see we’re already playing the “let’s throw baseless accusations at SJWs” game.

Isn’t it based on an anime? Could there be licensing issues? Plenty of games don’t get localized for different reasons. SJWs are not at the top of the list.

IF didn’t say that, they just said they’re not gonna release games if they have to censor them.

It’s still jumping to conclusions. Isn’t the game based on an anime? Couldn’t licensing issues be a problem? Or do I have that backwards, and the anime is based on the game?

You are right, there is a anime, a mobile game and this game, it is a franchise that launched these three in the same year. They have different plots and maybe in a dlc the anime girls come to the game.

The franchise is property of marvelous, I don’t think there is a problem with it, and the author said that they wanted to launch it to Western.

I really hope that IF’s words mean that they want to step back and take translation very seriously without being hampered down by petty localisation things.

I REALLY do.
I love Idea Factory games, and maybe that’s because I’m a weeaboo… I mean I’m playing Omega Quintet right now between typing this, but they seem like a pretty comfy company.

And after people blew their lid over Monster Monpiece… I kind of think IF’s problem isn’t so much with SJW shit (I never see it on their Facebook at least… keep in mind SJW aren’t gamers so they literally only ever normally see AAA titles), I think their problem is more with their niche fanbase who will bitch them out over minor mistakes. It must be VERY tiring to IFI to deal with that onslaught of shit… they bring us niche games we would never see otherwise, then get shit on when they feel they need to censor loli and other types of questionable content.

It is a damned if you do censor (fans) and damned if you don’t (SJW/ratings board) situation that must make them feel like they’re between a rock and a brick wall at times. I was honestly really upset over their announcement, but I hope it means a positive change (less localisation, more translation) rather than a necessarily negative one.

I think that reviewers matter less than your own fanbase trying to destroy you for making a mistake or censoring things due to having a better knowledge of the ratings board than to think lewd lolis will pass with an M.

At least, that’s how I feel. I don’t know about others. Maybe you’re right, but to me, I’d care less about Jimmy-boy and more about my own forums blow up from previous buyers bitching and whining about things.

Agreed, we really don’t know anything yet, and there’s a bunch of other plausible reasons;
There could be voice actors or music licensing problems (assuming the anime and game share some of them)
The tweet itself is vague and in broken English, and he could just mean that he wants to release it in the West but right now it’s just Japan.
IRC Marvelous said they want to move away from just doing fanservice games, and other companies may not want to bother with a niche, ecchi, Vita exclusive.
Etc…

I agree and we should wait for their official word on why. Simple as that. I know SJW is an easy scapegoat but come on, don’t be dumb.

It is a game license first. Senran Kagura had a manga come out before the original 3DS game in 2011. Gaist Crusher had an anime which aired weeks before the game release. Still a game license belonging to Capcom with next to no strings.

Licensing issues are likely to be minimal especially since there are many recurring voice actors and less characters.

I’ll agree that “SJWs” shouldn’t be on the top of the list, but your first suggestion is probably off the mark as well.

Truly, this is a loss for LGBT representation in gaming.

Oh wait, silly me, it’s Japanese. Good thing such misogyny can’t disgrace these shores with its presense then :^)

Maybe it just didnt sell well enough to warrant an overseas release?

I dont get the reaction people are having, this happened well before SWJs were poisoning the well that is our society, Senran Kagura is just as risque as this game, Im sure bad press isnt what they’re afraid of.

We really need to band together on this one, and not let them have their way. Operation Rainfall worked in the past so if done correctly we can have Valkyrie Drive too.

Of course I’d like to see it get a worldwide release! What kind of a silly question is that?

If they are on the fence, it would help if they had a bunch of voices but we’ll see.

The staff does seem to have a preference for localizing games they have an interest for. See: Trails, EDF, and Brandish localization blogs.

Eh, that could be a result of the aforementioned interest. Or it’s a corporate move – can’t tell ya which.

Quite the surprise, the game isn’t really hot. They’re only kissing on Last Drive, otherwise it’s completely similar to Senran Kagura series: ripped clothes, ending nude with rays of light, … On the other end, well… After 10 (out of 16) chapters, i have mixed feelings: the game is not bad, but only 7 playaable characters, boring story with tons of boring texts… But the gameplay is more elaborate, saving it from failure, imo.

Well, i’m not a puritan. Of course the girls end in underwear or naked, but nothing to scare me. Senran Kagura series, especially the two Versus on Vita and PS4 are in my opinion, better. Why? Better characters, better story, better comedy and ecchi parts overall. Valkyrie Drive on the other hand, has better graphics (very slightly better), better maps and new interesting gameplay features. (even though mashing square is enough all the time) To me, VD is like Senran Kagura 2 on 3DS: improved fameplay but the rest is poor. VD story is sloooooow. I’m at chapter 11/16, seems it’ll finally become serious… The characters, even though likeable, aren’t really original. Thos in the anime were better imo. So overall, i enjoy the game but i’m slightly disappointed. (Note that i’m also a bit disappointed by Estival Versus, it lacked a bit of contents, and the DLC were just okay (why not adding Kagura and Naruku story from SK2 too?))

Why offer an official english translated version of the trophies then?

Maybe it’s for an asian release, but Takaki specifically says there’s only going to be a japanese version. I feel like there’s something fishy going on here.

I simply don’t know why the West likes shooters. Honestly, games like this one is much better.

Fuck you sjw cucks. Inb4 sjw dusguised as a “normal person”.

Not getting the game is censorship. And that includes being forced to import

I agree that it is highly unlikely to be “SJW influence” or whatever and even that it is likely an internal sales concern.

I don’t think no Japanese companies are bowing down to pressure for censorship though, we’ve seen cases of localisation teams making the decision to adjust content frequently to widen the audience even from Nintendo published alone in the last year.

Companies not just 8-4 have had the initiative and been approved to make adjustments thinking that it improves the reception of titles. There are even localisation team folks who attempt to take praise from cutting content or disguise it.

Some people here are jumping the gun, but you may as well address their points rather than making a broad claim like this.

Not finished the anime, but it appears to be one of the weaker Marvelous lewd portable games of late according to this review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKdTF14GDU

You might like it if you played the SK series, but I personally like SK Burst and 2 the most (some people Burst over 2), while some people like SV/EV (some people SV over EV). Weigh it out from this video.

“but nobody is trying to taek ur games away, guys!”

I honestly can’t say I remember a time when video games had a collectively easy time getting localised back in the “open minded” days. We’ve had cuts forever as much as it pains me.

Genre? A beat em up with long visual novel like dialogue segments (two endings too). The fifth/sixth Bakunyu Hyper Battle game produced by Kenichiro Takaki and Marvelous, but the first to be outside of the Senran Kagura series and to be developed by Meteorise (who previously did a spinoff): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy9OEwWcpaM

This game belongs on Steam. It would probably make a good return.