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Lizuka
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First instinct was that this was over a certain particularly tasteless spoilery upskirt shot in the first game, but seeing as that game's still available on the eShop makes me inclined to think that isn't it. There anything similar in the two games not already on Switch that might stand out as an issue?
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ZelosZoidberg
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 6:22 pm |
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| Lizuka wrote: | | First instinct was that this was over a certain particularly tasteless spoilery upskirt shot in the first game, but seeing as that game's still available on the eShop makes me inclined to think that isn't it. There anything similar in the two games not already on Switch that might stand out as an issue? |
Not sure if I read the article correctly but I wonder if tariffs are at play here because the latest Rune Factory game special edition was held up (delayed) too.
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Vanadise
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 9:01 pm |
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It's definitely due to Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash. There's a looot of CGs in there that I can see Nintendo having a problem with.
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NickCMedia
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 10:27 pm |
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| Vanadise wrote: | | It's definitely due to Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash. There's a looot of CGs in there that I can see Nintendo having a problem with. |
Highly doubtful, considering the high number of similarly/more questionable content (of which Corpse Party has very little outside of extreme violence) in other games previously released on the Switch these past eight years. Plus, considering the Switch and Switch 2 are (mostly) region free, it won't matter, since it's playable in English.
The problem is most likely ZelosZoidberg's point, or it could be translation issues or game improvements, among other things.
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MFrontier
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 10:58 pm |
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Bummer for fans of the series.
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NickCMedia
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:08 am |
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| MFrontier wrote: | | Bummer for fans of the series. |
Considering the lack of a language barrier and the fact that the Switch and Switch 2 are region-free, I don't think that's the case. Based on Vanadise's egregious definition, It's amazing that the game even came out for the Switch anywhere at all.
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lufia2rocks
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 10:11 am |
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| NickCMedia wrote: | | Highly doubtful, considering the high number of similarly/more questionable content (of which Corpse Party has very little outside of extreme violence) in other games previously released on the Switch these past eight years |
Nintendo of eight years ago is not Nintendo today. Within the past year Nintendo has become a lot more puritan with what it allows on it's platform. It blocked the release of Hyperdimension Neptunia's collection and also banned the swimsuit DLC for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos. Death End Re;Quest Code Z was also blocked by them as well and Switch versions of other games had cut content.
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hitokiriizo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 10:41 am |
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It looks like NoA are potentially preventing the game from releasing here. Similar situation to the Hyperdimension Neptunia titles, as well as a few more. Obviously it could be something different, but the way this is worded just makes me believe that this is the case.
Basically, NoA has control over what games they will or won't release here. In addition to censoring certain stuff in the past,like the infamous black mist/void in the Tokyo Mirage Seesion #FE port for the Switch, (which ended up causing the game to be censored worldwide) they've recently just outright stopped certain games from releasing here at all. IFI was ready to release the Hyperdimension Neptunia games for the Switch and literally days before the launch NoA basically said "Nah, you're not allowed anymore because 'Sensitive content' " so IFI had to cancel their release. Mixed with the fact they introduced a bunch of new guidelines recently-ish that may interfere with the game’s release, if I had to guess, it’s probably a "sensitive content" thing again. 
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hitokiriizo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 10:42 am |
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| lufia2rocks wrote: | | NickCMedia wrote: | | Highly doubtful, considering the high number of similarly/more questionable content (of which Corpse Party has very little outside of extreme violence) in other games previously released on the Switch these past eight years |
Nintendo of eight years ago is not Nintendo today. Within the past year Nintendo has become a lot more puritan with what it allows on it's platform. It blocked the release of Hyperdimension Neptunia's collection and also banned the swimsuit DLC for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos. Death End Re;Quest Code Z was also blocked by them as well and Switch versions of other games had cut content. |
Nintendo of America has FAR too much power and needs to be reigned in by the main branch.
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NickCMedia
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 2:53 pm |
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| lufia2rocks wrote: | | NickCMedia wrote: | | Highly doubtful, considering the high number of similarly/more questionable content (of which Corpse Party has very little outside of extreme violence) in other games previously released on the Switch these past eight years |
Nintendo of eight years ago is not Nintendo today. Within the past year Nintendo has become a lot more puritan with what it allows on it's platform. It blocked the release of Hyperdimension Neptunia's collection and also banned the swimsuit DLC for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos. Death End Re;Quest Code Z was also blocked by them as well and Switch versions of other games had cut content. |
Hard to believe, considering the games with more questionable content haven't left the eShop when the so-called "new guidelines" were "implemented". And even if that were true, those decisions on blocking Western releases were entirely on either the publishers themselves or just Nintendo of America (and Doug Bowser is expected to leave at the end of the year, and considering Jim Ryan's departure from Sony last year, which may have affected Sony's similar, if not worse, policies, you never know what could happen), *not* Nintendo of Japan, and eventually, NoJ will get to the bottom of this, since they're in charge.
Plus, Quest Code Z's Western release was most likely due to its excessive violence, and it was nonetheless mediocre on any platform compared to its predecessor(s). And those other aforementioned games are still playable in English, and the Switch and Switch 2 are region-free, so based on your egregious definition, it's a miracle those games were even on the Switch at all..
At the moment, we should just stop speculating and start playing the waiting game for any updates. End of discussion.
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Vanadise
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 5:37 pm |
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| NickCMedia wrote: | | Hard to believe, considering the games with more questionable content haven't left the eShop when the so-called "new guidelines" were "implemented". |
Nintendo doesn't typically remove existing games from the eShop when their guidelines change. In fact, I'm actually not sure if that's ever happened, but I don't watch closely enough to say with any certainty that it hasn't.
I don't know how familiar you are with Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash, but to be blunt, there's a lot of artwork of underage girls in clearly sexual, non-consensual situations. The other Corpse Party games occasionally have similar themes, but it's cranked way up here. Nintendo has blocked or required the censorship of multiple other games for having significantly less questionable content.
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Handyman 68
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:44 pm |
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We're entering a new era of Vita/Wii U censorship, I fear. The Switch being a haven for anime was good while it lasted though! I hope more developers prioritize PC releases.
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mdo7
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 8:24 pm |
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We don't know the details of the complication, so we can't make any conclusion amidst the endless speculation. We don't know if this is a Nintendo issue, or something else (maybe a soundtrack issue? Who knows).
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Tanteikingdomkey
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2025 7:16 pm |
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So personally I think that the pee fetish scenes in blood drive are the reason they got blocked
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RayNbow
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:11 am |
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Note that if it were the case that the complication is due to content policing, it may not necessarily be due to platform holders like Nintendo, but possibly because of payment processors not wanting certain content up for purchase. For example, this year we have seen some reports about content being removed from Steam and Itch.io as these platforms were pressured to remove games from their stores.
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