Miatt Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I dislike this feature, but removing it, really? What the next thing they'll censor? We will also have no death? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke of Dozel Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 http://nintendoeverything.com/fire-emblem-fates-removes-petting-mini-game-in-the-west/Im assuming they are just springboarding off of Kotaku but another news article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I dislike this feature, but removing it, really? What the next thing they'll censor? We will also have no death? i think core gameplay features that are in every other game in the series and a large fraction of the games in its genre are probably exempt from the rules that apply to optional gimmicky pandering mechanics, man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esme Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I don't think it's ok to straight up remove entire game mechanics like that, especially without a replacement at the very least. I think it's especially unfair given that we have games like Senran Kagura where you can straight up grope girls and shit, yet skinship, which is way tamer than that, has to be cut for some reason. I'm hoping it's just Kotaku making things up. Either way, I'll learn to live with it I guess. In a just world, I would be able to touch Benoit in English. ;__; (Pretend there's strikethrough. I'm on mobile.) Edited January 26, 2016 by Esme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Bro Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) derp what's happening with this post On the one hand completely removing a feature and throwing away those character models is too much. On the other it looked awful. I hope they came up with a better use of the models. MODEDIT: i deleted the other one already lol sorry bout that Edited January 26, 2016 by Integrity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrophys Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Firstly, I don't exactly trust Kotaku. Now, if someone posts a stream of a reviewer copy and shows what's actually available inside MyRoom, or after the game comes out, or if Nintendo releases a press statement in advance, then that would be far more compelling evidence. Secondly, I kind of feel indifferent to the whole thing. My only hope is that seeing that a decent amount of VA work was associated with the MyCastle that they figured out some other way to use the VAs, assuming skinship was even removed in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water Mage Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I'm not sure this is true. I mean, if there's no skinship, what the exclamation point over My House means? It was for Skinship only and it was in an english trailer. And honestly, I was sorta wanting to see skinship in english. Edited January 26, 2016 by Water Mage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai.a.k.a Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Maybe you can feed them sweets now instead of petting them. But seriously though. I am so upset right now that I am writing my first post here despite being a rather quiet person. I am okay with adjusting dialogues to different cultures,but cutting out content is really enraging me. Let's just wait and see what's in the actual game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalShich10N Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Yeah, but being optional doesn't make it anymore appropriate to a majority of western people. And I feel that a majority of people out west WOULD find it inappropriate. Also, some of us would rather have a feature that we WOULD bother using instead of just leaving stuff untouched. You're only rubbing cheeks, hair and shoulders, what is so inappropriate about that? Pokemon lets you fondle machoke's crotch just fine but nope, if it's anime graphics it's gotta be "creepy" and for "nerds". Treehouse has 0 standards as of lately, absolutely none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGdood Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 TIME TO TAKE THE TRANSLATION PATCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You're only rubbing cheeks, hair and shoulders, what is so inappropriate about that? Pokemon lets you fondle machoke's crotch just fine but nope, if it's anime graphics it's gotta be "creepy" and for "nerds". Treehouse has 0 standards as of lately, absolutely none. people and animals are different things; furthermore have you read some of the s-rank conversations? it's pretty explicitly a metaphor for something. i mean sex, by the way. you're not being persecuted because "it's anime graphics" man, this would have had the same reaction with any other styling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) okay actual suggestion you might want to change the topic title to like "skinship is out according to kotaku" so people know it might not be true thanks integrity Edited January 26, 2016 by maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avarice Shadow Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'd take this with a grain of salt. Either way I'm glad I imported mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidDefiance Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 I'm guessing that was you, Integrity? If so, thanks! Otherwise, thanks to whoever did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jave Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Posted by someone on the NeoGAF boards, and it gives an interesting perspective on why removing this feature isn't necessarily a good thing: This is extremely disappointing. =/ I understand the complaints about the feature (but, like...just ignore it if you don't like it?), but I think a lot of people fail to realize that for gay individuals like myself, this feature was really nice because, as far as I understood, you could use this "petting" feature on any character, including characters of the same sex as your avatar. This was the only way to have any sort of intimacy with same-sex characters outside of the single male and female characters that you can marry with a same-sex avatar. While it's great that the same-sex marriage is still there, and it's certainly a big step up from Awakening that featured none of it, it's still extremely disappointing that there was even more that we could have had, but of course they cut that out of the localization. =/ Unfortunately, I don't think most other people have considered it, either. Everyone's so quick to say "fuck that, it's creepy and I don't need it," and yeah, I understand that the feature can be kind of weird, and I understand how it can seem unnecessary to straight individuals who already have the option to marry any character of the opposite sex, but it's so much more limited for people who are attracted to the same sex. I thought having this mini game was really cool because it allowed them to include intimacy between characters of all genders separate from the marriage feature so there'd be no need for controversy over gay marriage, but apparently this petting feature is even more controversial than that. I mean, that's cool that the extremely limited instances of gay marriage in the game are being accepted so well, but LGBT individuals are still getting the short end of the stick here. We could have had it better, but nope, gotta remove that bonus content from the localization just because people bitched about it. =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnor97 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Which is gonna be bitched about more, this or the bust slider in XCX? This is a shame, I guess. Nothing can be done about it, so that's that. Edited January 26, 2016 by Konnor97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameAtAll Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 http://nintendoeverything.com/fire-emblem-fates-removes-petting-mini-game-in-the-west/ Im assuming they are just springboarding off of Kotaku but another news article. Their source link is Kotaku. Their Via link is a NeoGAF thread that links to said Kotaku link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saifors Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I'm not gonna lie, a while ago I decided I was no longer going to get this game for multiple reasons. One of them was the pandering that I would know to exist in the game and would just make me feel uncomfortable playing this game and no ability to take the characters as serious developped characters with knowledge that they were just to satisfy someones fetish. With the removal of the biggest factor of this it's one of my bigger complaints gone. And I've decided to buy it and support this franchise once more to show to nintendo that even though hundreds of people are whining about it, there remain people like me who support this decision and prefer Fire Emblem without fanservice. Edited January 26, 2016 by saifors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88possum Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 What was so bad about that anyway? i get people may not like it but it's completely optional. Changing certain things because of cultural differences is one thing but entirely removing completely optional gameplay mechanics is entirely different. Well it is Kotaku, so im still skeptical but still it looks like i'll have to import the japanese version anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jave Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Which is gonna be bitched about more, this or the bust slider in XCX? This is a shame, I guess. Nothing can be done about it, so that's that. Probably this. See my post above yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujja Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 If this turns out to be true ill be disappointed not only because it is the removal of something original "And by original i mean done by the creators of the game" but it was something i wanted to test but okey people complains like always saing things like "every single day i touch my friends and our bond grows strong " and "i hate touching people ewhh " it is a game guys ! xD its ok btw idk if you noticed but in kotako it said that Tharja name will be Rhajat :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawaiiPersona Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 If it is cut than I guess I'll just be sad we lost a game mechanic and some dialogue Hope this isn't like bravely second, where someone thought the encounter rank couldn't be tempered with just because the couldn't find it or didn't play long enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynsanity Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hopefully if this is true, they feature some other way to regularly interact with the live 2D assets. That would be a staggering amount of art assets to cut from the game. And seeing/unlocking more art is like 90% of why I play games, lol. I kinda have to doubt Nathan Grayson asked the right questions, judging from the response: “Yes, that is the case [that petting isn’t in the English version]. You might have heard somewhat misinterpreted or exaggerated information about the Japanese original game, but even in the Japanese original version, we have not included any features which are considered inappropriate in Japan.” Notice the only reference to petting is in brackets, and the statement about "even in the Japanese original version". He probably asked something like "is there going to be groping in this game?", or the question was misunderstood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namarid Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Hopefully there's a replacement. I dont see a reason to remove the feature completely. Some of the dialogue in there was actually interesting. Edited January 26, 2016 by Tactician. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twice Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Even if this article is true. Uhhhh you can always just download the desktop waifu/husbando thingy that includes all the models. It is pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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