Well not long after the Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 debacle and we’ve received more bad news; Capcom has censored parts of Street Fighter V to make the franchise more welcoming.
Turns out Capcom appears to have censored aspects of R. Mika’s (and maybe Cammy’s animations) in the western releases of Street Fighter V. Mind you they don’t appear to have changed the animations in and of themselves but have basically moved the camera so as to make them less risque.
In an interview with a Brazilian website, UOL Jogos, producer Yoshinori Ono gave reason for the change:
Our objective with Street Fighter ’ is to start over from zero[…] We want the professional players and the casual fans of the series to return, but we also want to reach those who have never even touched a fighting game. So we can’t have something in the game that makes people think, “This is not acceptable.”
Probably we won’t be able to remove everything that could offend someone. But our goal is, at least, to reduce that number as much as possible so that they think ‘Ok, there is this issue here, but it is within the limits’. We want that everyone can play and enjoy without worrying about anything else.
He claimed it wasn’t due to external influences (that statement below) but I’m unsure how that could be the case given these statements…
We didn’t make any change because of external influences[…]Those changes came up internally. We decided to remove that because we want the biggest possible number of people to play, and we don’t want to have something in the game that might make someone uncomfortable.
Overall I think it’s a shame. I hope a mod comes out on PC to fix this. I was disappointed by the news regarding Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, which I wanted not only in America but also on PC. We’re letting the prudes steal our waifus folks, this is one sad panda signing out.
Thanks: NicheGamer
Spencer joined us in early 2015, previously a console centric gamer he switched to PC a few years ago. He later helped push for an increase in Japanese content on PC with the #SEGAPCPorts campaign. Previously he ran a SEGA fansite as well as co-hosted a gaming podcast. He thinks Duke Nukem 3D is the best FPS of all time, his text message alert on his phone is literally Duke Nukem saying “Let God sort ’em out.”
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I PREDICTED THIS.
Changing things in a game to appease people that dont even purchase games is the dumbest thing anyone has ever done
like yantzee said the response to sjws should be PFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!
it’s like when activision censored medkits in the call of duty saga.
or like when ubisoft censored fun in AC saga.
well to be fair the first game had medkits growing out of the ground like they were vegetables in a garden.
That’s more to do with the Red Cross, because the symbol is trademarked iirc.
Yay, less objectification.
It’s the digital age.
old news. also while it is a shame they changed that, i don’t really blame them. as far as these stuff goes, Japan’s culture is way ahead of us so dealing with some self entitled pr*cks from the west is not really pleasant so why bother. (although weirdly enough you see some silly stuff getting censored in Japan from time to time too)
also last but not least, the game is not out yet, so while in reality it still counts as censoring, technically they have every right to change these aspects because it was never suppose to be the game’s selling point unlike Dead Or Alive etc.
They mad a strong minority character….NAHH TOO SEXY….you cant please them.
I feel disgust about this kind of censorship and hypocrisy on the matter. All this, mostly by American parents, craze since it usually starts from United States, is females semi nude or cameras that focus on t*ts and v**inas, completely normal stuff.. BUT on the other hand all these games that slaughter and make enemies into pieces is fine. All those FPS etc will get minimum to no negative comments but a girls boobs bouncing must be censored for the love of our innocent children! Hey its been like that since I remember boys play with little soldiers figures, destroying and cultivating subconsciously violence and parents watching them like its something normal but when they explore their sexual senses the lecture starts like its something BAD! Anyway I got carried away some things will never change.. It doesn’t matter then Capcom I will download the Japanese version then.
So we can’t handle a character slapping her own butt in the west; thanks Obama. 😉
really obama has nothing to do with it, more likely its your right wing family value nutjobs.
nope its sjws.
….. It was a joke…… irony…. look at the smiley….. and actually….. many SJW’s are “leftwing nutjobs” they’ve gone so left that they’ve emerged on the other side like pac-man…. right… left… the crap stinks from them both…
Would be funnier if you actually used the real culprit, Anita Sarkeesian.
Not gonna happen. Yet she hides behind closed off youtube videos that you can’t comment on.
And people are letting people like her and other’s get away with censorship. How weak we have become for this to even happen.
goverments censor things. capcom make design choices.
also. BOO BOO I’M 12 YEARS OLD AND I CAN’T SEE T*TS BOO BOO!
So let me get this straight… You can go get coffee in America and have it made by a Woman in next to nothing on but gawd forbid fictional characters have a camera in a certain direction?!?!? WTF!?!?!
Says the kid that has to write “t*ts”, because what else could it be?
you know that’s DSOgaming thing, right? like..they censor some words.
it’s really ironic, now that i think about it.
See a simple workaround would’ve been just to add a toggle, you don’t like it then turn it off simple isn’t it
We luckily fall under the EU district when it comes to imports , but still if 1 doesn’t like it then why must everyone suffer?
wtf
Nice lets make everything gay
That for the Europe version too? Do Japan developers know how much sexy european girls are dressed in summer and a few of them even on winther? Still no one censore them! But hwy they censor a video game!! Stupidy!!
Talk about the free world…
By “no external influence” he likely means that the change wasn’t in response to any specific outrage incident, not that his team wasn’t pre-emptively trying to avoid outrage from external detractors. But you get what he’s saying.
I kind of feel bad for Ono here, as he’s in a position from which he can’t really win, and it’s not his fault either. You can’t hate the dude for doing the only thing he really can given the circumstances. I mean, is the clear shot of a butt slap really worth the litany of (overblown) bad press that would inevitably follow?… It’s really hard to see how it could be.
Ono had that decision effectively made for him by prevailing circumstances and commonsense.
Not quite; there was enough pre-emptive artifical outrage at the buttslap and costumes from usual suspects already, as well as the precedent set by DoAX3 not too long along.
f’ what the f’ !!!!!??????
Those giant breasts aren’t objectifying………hahaha….
Don’t you worry Spence, I’ll slap my bum just for you! <3
F’ this, I blame the companies who give into these whiny SJW puritans just as much as the people complaining. If just a few companies had the balls to say “No, this is how our game is, and if you don’t like it than don’t buy it,” we’d see sh*t like this go away overnight. I’m not interested in SF5, but I’m against this type of sh*t on principle and it could very well carry over into games I am interested in.
DSOgaming stuff why on Earth you censor words like t*ts, v**inas? They are simple words that shouldn’t offend even a 4 years old kid. Since when t*ts and v**inas is used as a word that shouldn’t be displayed or spoken? :S Always friendly, a daily reader of your articles.
Because, believe it or not, such words can ban us from Google. Last year, we got a warning from Google for ‘adult’ content. Obviously, we didn’t really have such content. After a deep research and according to Google’s rules, even such words from commentators can be the cause of such warnings (or even bans). It’s an extreme scenario, but it’s possible. So at this point we do censor some words in order to be in the safe zone
That’s actually pretty informative and explains why I see this stupid annoying filter on so many sites that otherwise have no problem with coarse language.
Please dont turn “F*K” to ” F’ ”
thanks
it trully is americacentric, as well as australia or other parts of the world the “whities” are responsible for all the evils in the world, you wont see that crap in eastern europe or asia.
Everyone censors things, but regardless of how you prefer to juggle with semantics, not only is there zero shame in opposing changes to harmless creative works resulting from political pressure, it’s an admirable thing to do.
The only shame, I would say, would be in trying to shame the people who stand for creative freedom.
There is zero shame in caving to SJW pressure? How long have you been cucking?
I’m saying the opposite, you sperg, “zero shame in OPPOSING changes based on political pressure”.
But I may have misunderstood Hector too, it sounded like he was seriously saying that only the government can censor and mocking people for “defending t*ts”.
Creative freedom? LOL. I call it fanservice.
I don’t think the Japanese version will be any different from the one the rest of world will get; your best bet here would be mods on PC, or nothing at all.
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They put g*ys and T**nsgender on games and they take away bo*bs and a**es… lol…
Don’t agree with this censorship but mind telling me what homosexuals and transgender people have to do with breasts and behinds?
I sense a little insecure f*ggot externalizing here.
It’s not about perceived f**got externalizing. It’s about the one sided give and take situation – we gave them opportunity to spread their agenda and now they are taking away our stuff.
Yes, homosexuals and transgender people have nothing to do with breasts and behind. Unfortunately, they are a part of these activists’ agenda. We gave them an inch(allowing homosexuals and trans characters in) but they took a mile from us(censoring the stuff they don’t like).
Sorry but you are the f@g here. And for the sake of Valhalla learn how to speak with people.
People got offended and disgusted for everything these days…
As you already said in your own comment you can’t see whats the “whining” for dude. Its none of what you mentioned ironically in your reply. And I do hope you and lots of people out there, either consumers or gamers etc will see the bigger picture in things like that!
Good they are doing this, because Im a sensible person, you know when I want to play a FG, I want a FG, when I want to see crotchs and butts I play my porn/hentai games. Now every fighting female character should be a busty booty girl because people feels offended or disgusted if they are flat girls which doesnt show their crotchs or boobs every time they do a special movement. LOL, what a weird times we live on.
“Those changes came up internally”
so they infiltrated capcom then, lol.
People who complain about stuff like this need to get their c*cks checked. I prefer realism in my games too but who cares if there are over the top characters in games like these? Some people prefer that kinda stuff. No need to ruin the fun for others. Don’t like it, don’t play it. IDIOTS.
Still looking forward to the game.
Fight the power https://www.change.org/p/capcom-do-not-censor-street-fighter-v
Crapcom come pick up ur L. U highly deserve it for this BS
you don’t agree??, then don’t comment.