New Criminal Girls 2 Trailer Introduces Mizuki Kurushima

by Brandon Orselli on September 23, 2016 at 2:51 PM, EDT

NIS America has shared a new trailer for Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors.

Featured above, the new trailer introduces one of the game’s main ladies, Mizuki Kurushima.

Mizuki is described as being full of energy, and capable of putting everyone in a good mood. However, she oftentimes forgets her clumsiness.

Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors is currently available for PS Vita in Europe and is set for a North American release on October 11th.

Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors, Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America

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89 comments

Eldhin Hellknight
September 23, 2016 at 2:56 pm

Well, another trailer to dislike XD
Alistair
September 23, 2016 at 2:56 pm

Censored girls 2 unfavor party out Now.

Fixed.
Minuteworld92
September 23, 2016 at 2:56 pm

NUH UH. YOU DO NOT CENSOR MY LOLIS. PREPARE TO GET RAINED DOWN WITH DISLIKES. AGAIN.
BurgerUnit
September 23, 2016 at 3:07 pm

The video posted above is the European video, so make sure to thumb down the NA one as well. Maybe NISA will get it through their thick fucking skulls we’re not interested in this hackjob.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRUE0N4VVPA
Scoobs & Doobs
September 23, 2016 at 3:08 pm

Why even censor lolis.
If they really were so morally against them, they wouldnt even bring these games here. Its fucking stupid.
Scoobs & Doobs
September 23, 2016 at 3:10 pm

HELL, if they were so morally against it, they wouldnt even do busines with the developer in the first place.
Feniks
September 23, 2016 at 3:43 pm

Make degenerate game
For degenerate people
Censor it

Does not compute.
SuuLoliBoob
September 23, 2016 at 4:37 pm

Fun fact. A petition was made, and endorsed by one of NISAs employees on their forums to get the Steam version uncensored https://www.change.org/p/nis-america-release-criminal-girls-2-party-favors-uncensored-on-steam
Tristan (Chili1)
September 23, 2016 at 4:49 pm

It is currently against NISA’s policy to release games unrated. According to NISA, ESRB is why they censored the game. PC releases do not require an ESRB rating to be published. A NISA employee suggested making a petition to try and help create an argument in favor of making exceptions to said policy for games like this on Steam. In response to this, Censored Gaming made a petition:
https://www.change.org/p/nis-america-release-criminal-girls-2-party-favors-uncensored-on-steam

I encourage anyone and everyone upset by this game’s censorship to sign it. While there is no guaruntee that the game will wind up getting an uncensored Steam release, the only possible results of this petition are either that nothing happens, or that we get uncensored versions of this game. (and potentially future NISA games).
Alistair
September 23, 2016 at 4:55 pm

At last here the poison chalice PEGI 16 last time it was sexual violence this time its nudity of sexual nature.

That the real reason isn’t it NISA for wider audience but why 16 it still got no audio like the 1st and that without audio still considered sexual violence.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c34030ceaaaff98e4e71309b6ef63b68dab5be0fdfb0e8cf1b25858049707806.png
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 4:59 pm

Causa perduta.

I’m done negotiating with terrorists. NISA kept promising that if the first game did well the second one will be uncensored and we saw how that turned out. Plus do you really think that they’ll keep their word and invest the extra resources to uncensor the game and go against their policy because of a petition?
Jigsy
September 23, 2016 at 4:59 pm

I personally think they’ll trot out some “We saw the petition and considered it, but ultimiately decided it was unfair to Vita gamers to have a completely different experience than PC gamers.” excuse.
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 4:59 pm

That time again huh? Have a dislike.

I can’t be bothered by this game given how Valkyrie Drive is releasing next week.
Tristan (Chili1)
September 23, 2016 at 5:10 pm

I believe that they may or may not.
But ultimately, I can only see either nothing happening or a positive outcome resulting from such a petition and thus that there is no reason not to sign. Even if you don’t want to support NISA, you can still sign it to try and help video games get proper releases.
Tristan (Chili1)
September 23, 2016 at 5:10 pm

They might, but it doesn’t hurt to try and make something happens. That’d just be an ending of nothing changing.
TsukuyomiMagi99
September 23, 2016 at 5:14 pm

I wish I could dislike this video more than once. A dislike for every edit that they’ve made and another for their lies.
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 5:18 pm

The most effective way to do that is to vote with your wallet – support publishers who do not censor games. If Valkyrie Drive dwarfs the sales of Criminal Girls 2, it will make them much more aware than a petition suggested by the community manager to deflect the Internet’s anger.

I do not want to sign it, because I’m tired of NISA’s empty promises of uncensored releases. They have been doing this for decades and I’m done asking them to be reasonable. There are enough games out there that will get my money instead.
Fear Me I Am Free
September 23, 2016 at 5:25 pm

That fact that this game is rated M should mean it should never be censored.
British_Otaku
September 23, 2016 at 5:32 pm

The Ubisoft “We want system parity” school of logic where everyone gets subpar service.
Alistair
September 23, 2016 at 5:56 pm

Coming from UK live here the latest tally only 3 off a 1000. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/78814a0aca21563eabc7db5cfffbb4898f95654d563d7312c629fe7a6db0338a.jpg
darkgamer001
September 23, 2016 at 5:59 pm

Looks like we have a “grow up” spambot on both the EU and NA trailers. Absolutely laughable.
Guin
September 23, 2016 at 6:00 pm

This game is for grown ups.
Alistair
September 23, 2016 at 6:01 pm

This is NISA st the last chance saloon, if they mess this up then no one would ever trust them again so a petition is never the answer because it’s emotional blackmail.

Because why should we have one when there no case for censorship.

But having one still shows true feelings from people & if NISA don’t deliver then they screw over.
Alistair
September 23, 2016 at 6:04 pm

Petition is not perfect & NISA will probably just laugh this off but I get the point. NISA knows the stakes are really high now if they don’t deliver there no trusting them ever again.
Jigsy
September 23, 2016 at 6:15 pm

Is it Jesse? It’s Jesse, isn’t it? Totally calling it here…
darkgamer001
September 23, 2016 at 6:17 pm

I see he has quite the reputation already. Seems like I missed a bit of fun
Brandon's Polezniye Duraki
September 23, 2016 at 6:39 pm

Not really. So long as Press Pandering exists. Part of the reason why they censor is so they appease the weebs who are Polygon Cucks and they chose their side.
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 6:42 pm

Well they are free to choose their customer base. If they want to cater to the perpetually offended like they did so far then I will take my money elsewhere. Simple as that.
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 6:46 pm

His impotent rage and despair are indeed quite humorous.
Brandon's Polezniye Duraki
September 23, 2016 at 6:47 pm

Its a case of push and pull. There are two types of weebs. The SJW cucks who are weebs because they “like” Japanese culture. And then there is us who are pissed off when shit like this happens. Said cucks only go to safe spaces like Polygon and Kotaku and get offended by everything while. Of course devs is forced to cater to both sides or they either get shit on by us or the press.

And who has more influence in the market? It begins with J
larverto365
September 23, 2016 at 6:54 pm

dead and gone
enog dna daed
Jigsy
September 23, 2016 at 7:07 pm

He’ll probably come to disqus later: https://disqus.com/by/disqus_1HpL8rN8ww/
Chocolate ISISCream
September 23, 2016 at 7:40 pm

This wouldn’t happen, for the same reason CG1 isn’t getting uncensored on Steam.

MUH QA COSTS
sanic
September 23, 2016 at 7:55 pm

Sometimes I wish these comment sections were less negative but there’s not much to be positive about with this game.
Furluge
September 23, 2016 at 7:56 pm

They censor lolis in the US because of this law
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1466A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_Act_of_2003

The comic book legal defense fund has already cataloged a number of cases regarding it
http://cbldf.org/criminal-prosecutions-of-manga/

Wikipedia articles also track a number of cases. You can in may cases even verify that the convicted are on the sex offender registries in their state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_cartoon_pornography_depicting_minors#United_States

You can find cases in the UK too
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anime-fan-convicted-over-illegal-7958896

Some more supplemental links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/virtual-child-pornography

Just because a law is dumb and makes no sense doesn’t make it not a law. Pretending it is not real is foolish. I have collected all these links because people don’t believe prosecutions happen because of how dumb the idea that the US and some other western nations are prosecuting people for drawings, but they are, it’s a verifiable fact.
Furluge
September 23, 2016 at 7:59 pm

Yep, and even if they didn’t get slammed by the ESRB theiy then have the protect act of 2003 in the US to worry about.
There are so many reasons why not to release these games I often wonder why they bother. I think they are trying to see how far they can toe the line.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1466A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_Act_of_2003
Scoobs & Doobs
September 23, 2016 at 8:00 pm

No, I mean, why even bring the game here.
Jigsy
September 23, 2016 at 8:02 pm

People really need to stop being terrified of the big, scary judges and stop pleading guilty or taking plea bargins.

Judges, at the end of the day, only decide sentences. It’s the jury that needs to be shown how borderline fucking retarded it is to punish anybody for drawings.
Furluge
September 23, 2016 at 8:05 pm

No idea, I am starting to believe they should not either. I think these games need a new business model. Maybe sell english patches or something. Then at least if things go bad the corp has clean hands.
Furluge
September 23, 2016 at 8:08 pm

Yeah but then again have you seen how the USA public starts foaming at the mouth when they hear the term pedophillia? I am pretty sure they could make it a death sentence and lots of Americans would cheer.

Also in those links the CBLDF did win a case but legal fees were $100,000. I do not know about you but being out $100,000 is still losing. Instant bankruptcy.
Tristan (Chili1)
September 23, 2016 at 8:19 pm

The Protect Act has been successfully at least partially deemed unconstitutional in court.
Furluge
September 23, 2016 at 8:29 pm

I have heard that but have never found a citation and I still see recent prosecutions. Point is it is not safe in the USA,
Ferny
September 23, 2016 at 8:50 pm

Even if it the petition is considered a lost cause, I do really believe that petition will help us a bit. Every vote/sign could be viewed as a potential customer, and yes if we vote with our wallet too that could help NISA understand the money they are loosing and the money they could make, and if it money doesn’t ramble their business, then yes NISA is a causa perduta.

Also those data statics could be helpful against happy censoring companies.
Scoobs & Doobs
September 23, 2016 at 8:58 pm

Of course, but the SJW dont want this game to exist, and the other weebs dont want them censored. Normally in these cases there is a third side, composed of people who are either blinded by fanboyism or just plain dont care. But not this time.Because its a bdsm game. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c695d9479afa547489f0edde0fef605c0ba967f0f0b3acc971680da8700087c2.gif A bdsm loli game. Anyone who wants to play it already chose a side.

No one wants this localization to exist.
It is a mistake,
A blight upon creation and its inhabitants.
An insult to the magnificence of our lord.
It must be purged
Scoobs & Doobs
September 23, 2016 at 9:00 pm

Of course, but the SJW dont want this game to exist, and the other weebs dont want them censored. Normally in these cases there is a third side, composed of people who are either blinded by fanboyism or just plain dont care. But not this time.Because its a bdsm game. A bdsm loli game. Anyone who wants to play it already chose a side.

No one wants this localization to exist.
It is a mistake,
A blight upon creation and its inhabitants.
An insult to the magnificence of our lord.
It must be purged
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c695d9479afa547489f0edde0fef605c0ba967f0f0b3acc971680da8700087c2.gif
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 9:05 pm

This particular one wouldn’t. It will just show that there is some demand for that particular title at best.

I would sign a petition against censored games in general that we can show to publishers, but submitting to that one NISA’s employee diversion tactic is not a good strategy. It is essentially used to divert attention from the butchered Vita release, while painting NISA in a good light – “look they are listening to their consumers”, even if (read when) they make up an excuse to release the exact same game on PC.

I’m not giving them the satisfaction of begging them. There are other uncensored games that deserve my money and I choose to support them rather than expecting anything from NISA. They’ve been pulling the same tricks for decades and I’m tired.
Ferny
September 23, 2016 at 9:26 pm

That’s cool if that what you want, as I said before, you can vote with your wallet and hope for NISA to go bankrupt and cease to exist.

Knowing a bit of how business work, some thick skullheads numbnuts executives only listen to numbers, rather to enraged fans. Gotta tell you I really dislike censorship of any kind and I hate with all my existence SJW, libtards and those privileged NeoFemenists.
BurgerUnit
September 23, 2016 at 10:09 pm

Dude frequents ANN. What do you expect from that joke of a website. Granted it wasn’t always that
GameZard
September 23, 2016 at 10:17 pm

We will have to see but if this succeeds than I’m sure CG1 will be unconcerned as well on steam.
GameZard
September 23, 2016 at 10:21 pm

Why not do both. Sign the petition and don’t buy the vita version. That’s what I am doing.
Mr0303
September 23, 2016 at 10:29 pm

I’m not signing the petition, because it’s just a diversion tactic used by NISA to paint them as the good guy. They will get the image of listening to their customers and then make an excuse as to why they won’t uncensor the game.

I’d rather keep my pride and spend my money elsewhere than beg NISA to act reasonable.
FreshSnug
September 23, 2016 at 10:31 pm

What is ANN?
BurgerUnit
September 23, 2016 at 10:33 pm

Anime News Network. It’s overrun with obnoxious people that find content in most anime ‘problematic’

It was an alright website 10 years ago.
landlock
September 24, 2016 at 2:16 am

in the end if the games sells they’ll bring it over, people will still want to play it censored or not.
landlock
September 24, 2016 at 2:18 am

The game is uncensored in Japan so it was Nippon Ichi Japan that dealt with the developers. NISA only handles it in the west. They pretty much pick up anything that Nippon Ichi Japan releases nowadays.
landlock
September 24, 2016 at 2:20 am

How do you know it won’t in the future? At this point NISA are mainly doing there old PS2 games on Steam like Disgaea and Phantom Brave.
Smug
September 24, 2016 at 2:47 am

“ESRB is why they censored the game”

this meme again
Feniks
September 24, 2016 at 3:20 am

Well they’re not getting my money that’s for sure.

I’m going to play some Euphoria to get the taste of censorship out of my mouth.
Feniks
September 24, 2016 at 3:24 am

Did someone say despair?
Feniks
September 24, 2016 at 3:31 am

That’s how I would fix this.

Sell the censored game. Give out a code that lets you DL the uncensored patch on some website.
Tristan (Chili1)
September 24, 2016 at 4:05 am

There is a reason why I say “according to”. And learning Japanese doesn’t fix the problem, it just makes you immune to it
Alistair
September 24, 2016 at 4:13 am

Well petition has reach over 1000 now with about 444 for next target to reach.

I do see this is our last chance, if NISA Screw us over by not doing a steam uncensored then noting will, i think the sales from the last game reach just over 3000.

And NISA Said that pretty good for a small dev, if the petition reach that same amount too then NISA should do the right thing and cut out the rating boards altogether.

And release it uncut on steam i buy it on day one. What other way we can fight this censorship farce Well i rather have the games on steam why, you dont just cut off the ESRB, but also the big three too “Sony microsoft and nintendo” less games goes though the ESRB = Less money for them.

less games on those big three no money for them the consoles will have 1 less type of games and will make them sit up.
Furluge
September 24, 2016 at 4:34 am

In regards to running into trouble with the law that is perhaps worse. Your best case would be to leak assets to an underground source to make such a patch or to make it easy to do so if you are brought up on charges you can claim you had nothing to do with it and someone altered your product in an unauthorized manner.
catazxy
September 24, 2016 at 5:39 am

perhaps there is a bit of hope for the PC version

https://www.change.org/p/nis-america-release-criminal-girls-2-party-favors-uncensored-on-steam
Guin
September 24, 2016 at 7:43 am

Doesn’t help that its staff are cut from the same cloth and think they’re the shit just because they worked low wage jobs in the industry.
Alistair
September 24, 2016 at 7:50 am

I think it still a gray area, okay UK Got the tougher law when it comes to child abuse.

And that fine by me, but the games senran, gal-Gun and CG 1 and 2 all on the bonderline as what is accepted or not. Then there nutaku a hentai game site in that got girl that may be too young. Here legal in UK.
grgspunk
September 24, 2016 at 11:04 am

Enough with the armchair lawyer bullshit. If companies like Mangagamer can release hardcore pornographic eroge titles with loli characters and have no legal issues, there’s absolutely no reason to assume a merely risque title like CG2 would have such issues.

Goddamned paranoid fucktards, man. You guys are part of the reason why these games keep getting censored in the first place. We don’t need assholes like you in the weeb fandom.
Neojames82
September 24, 2016 at 11:37 am

I just looked up that guy, I remember this fucking retard…
Neojames82
September 24, 2016 at 11:38 am

Yeah it is kinda sad. They say love anime yet also want to mock Japanese culture as well…how the fuck does that work?
Neppers
September 24, 2016 at 12:24 pm

Reminder that if you see LordNuminor in the YouTube comments, that’s actually Rednal from NISA’s official forum.
TomatoDragon
September 24, 2016 at 3:30 pm

Well, according to that list, at least for the US, it’s 5 cases over a span of 7 years. :-/
Honestly, this seems like one of those laws that is probably extremely hard to enforce because…there is no victim.
Alistair
September 24, 2016 at 3:49 pm

A matter of intreast I wonder what will happen if people who has censored drawings. Because most games have been censored.

Would a person who has censored drawing fair game to get arrested?
GamesGoodMeGood
September 24, 2016 at 11:24 pm

Nothing more than SJW ideologue retards seeking to ruin and destroy Anime, like they try to do for any other entertainment media.

If that’s not bad enough, you also have the gullible white-knights and manginas who have bought into feminism, and also the bitter fujoshit fangirls who immensely dislike female fan-service (they have no problems with Yaoi though of course) to deal with.

Group all of the above together and you have Anime News Network. Pretty much a mixture of cancer and AIDS.
Jettythesunfish
September 24, 2016 at 11:31 pm

Well that explains a lot.
Jettythesunfish
September 24, 2016 at 11:39 pm

Time for a dislike!
GamesGoodMeGood
September 24, 2016 at 11:40 pm

Indeed. It used to be an okay website, where the fans actually talked about Anime, such as the shows, storylines, plots, etc.

Now it’s about utter retardation such as how Ryuko and Satsuki are sexually objectifying women and bad for girl’s body confidence.
BurgerUnit
September 24, 2016 at 11:48 pm

These people seriously need to get piss off and find another hobby if they don’t like what Japan is putting out.
Neojames82
September 25, 2016 at 12:52 am

Yeah its pretty pathetic. Instead of them adjusting to another culture’s point of view they want the culture to adjust what THEY want. Sorry, doesn’t fucking work that way.
randomdude
September 25, 2016 at 10:52 am

ok, that’s demented stuff there, agree with the sentiment,but damn….
Shiroken
September 25, 2016 at 1:24 pm

The Mugen Souls shitstorm was more than enough for them to lose a faithful customer. This shit right now caused me to unsubscribe from their newsletter and to try to forget they exist anymore.
Feniks
September 25, 2016 at 2:08 pm

Japan is an inspiration to us all ;)

But it’s just a videogame at the end of the day. Make belief, imagination, pixels, ones and zeros.

What REALLY haunts me still is that tor link I copy pasted from 8chan/b once. Real CP is what should concern normalfags. Last time I was on /b incidentally.
NeoTruth
September 25, 2016 at 2:08 pm

How did you figure it out?
Neppers
September 25, 2016 at 2:30 pm

His way of typing is obvious, and if you check the NISA forum for CG2, he discusses an exchange he had in the YouTube comments with a user of this site. It’s definitely him.
Rhithen Shtred
September 25, 2016 at 3:03 pm

Jesus fucking christ these are 2D DRAWN CHARACTERS, why the fuck are tons and laws and morals and shit around this if is NOT REAL, fuck NISA and his stupid penguin
randomdude
September 26, 2016 at 9:19 am

Yeah, Japan is willing to explore the most extremes of humanity.
Furluge
September 26, 2016 at 7:22 pm

If you’re talking about the CBLDF’s page that isn’t an exhaustive list. Thankfully yes the prosecutions are low but as a business you are more vulnerable simply by being more publicly visible. It’s the same reason why most bars don’t flagrantly disobey no smoking bans.
Furluge
September 26, 2016 at 7:23 pm

MangaGamer.com is operated by:
Japan Animation Contents Inc.
2-3-11 Kaminarimon, Bigben Bldg 9F
Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0034
Japan
Web: http://www.jp-ac.com
Tel: +81-3-5827-3063

Of course they don’t have a problem they’re in bloody Japan.
grgspunk
September 29, 2016 at 11:24 pm

Fucking irrelevant. You market and sell your titles to a foreign audience, and you’ll be expected to abide by their respective laws. This is especially considering the fact that they sell physical copies in addition to digital titles.
Furluge
September 30, 2016 at 1:10 pm

Um, no, no it isn’t irrelevant. You don’t seem to understand how borders and laws work. XD Marketing a product from a place where it is legal to people in an area where it is illegal is pretty damn common. XD

OMG I can’t stop laughing, do you really not understand how a Japanese company selling English products on a Japanese website in Japan would avoid laws in the United States? Holy fuck that is a special kind of stupid.