Any confirmation on censorship?

[Ultimaniac]

I see a couple 'maybes' and I'd rather not support any kind of censorship regardless of how small.

[ww]

BD2 doesn't have censorship, all content available in the JP version is available in the English version

*Edit* Game has been out for 6 months, and nothing of the sort has been proven

[Melodia]

They changed the original language from Japanese to English. Clear censorship.

[Oddness]

You are using Steam which Valve cenors for China. Stop being a hypocrit and dramaqueen.

[Ultimaniac]

Originally posted by Melodia:

They changed the original language from Japanese to English. Clear censorship.

That's not what censorship is.

[Ultimaniac]

Originally posted by Oddness:

You are using Steam which Valve cenors for China. Stop being a hypocrit and dramaqueen.

Everything gets censored in China, and I'm not there. Where's the hypocrisy? I just asked a question and said "I'd rather not". You sound like way more of a drama queen here, turning it into an issue when it wasn't.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Ultimaniac:

That's not what censorship is.

Something is different from the original. Clearly censorship.

[Faiyez]

Square Enix has a morals committee now and this game was made under Nintendo's purview.

You do the math.

[jjstraka34]

Originally posted by Faiyez:

Square Enix has a morals committee now and this game was made under Nintendo's purview.

You do the math.

Point to something that was censored then. Should be very easy. The fact is, you are actively LOOKING for reasons to be pissed, and if you can't find one, you'll make a reason up out of thin air.

[Faiyez]

BD2 is completely neutered in suggestive content compared to the previous games in the series.

Of course, you've probably never noticed this if you played the horribly censored English versions of BD1/Second, of which a quick Google search should help lift the veil from your eyes.

BD2 is entirely built around the same precedent of censorship that had to happen in order to appease screeching harpies at Nintendo of America.

[Melodia]

Neither of the previous games were "horribly censored". The actual changes made aren't worth writing home about.

[Катюша]

They were censored. As for it being horrible or not, that is subjective. Personally, I think the previous censorship of Bravely titles was abhorrent and unnecessary, like all instances of censorship when it comes to fiction.

That being said, it looks like this game isn't censored, as far as I am aware. It is however tamed down completely compared to the others. If you don't like the sound of that, then I advise staying clear.

[Peredur]

In BD, they censored it to:
- change the age of the character to make them older;
- have the girls wear less sexy outfit;
- have less sexual innuendos.
The censorship was to sexualize less children.
Not sure "abhorrent" is the right adjective. X)

In BS, they "censored" (everything called as censorship is not censorship) it to:
- make the game feal less tedious (in western version, we could get the end of the side quest in one playthrough instead of having to go through replaying the game to get them as in the japanese version where you needed to do them once, have one of two intermediary endings for each side quest, then do them a second time, in another playthrough, to get the final endings for which the choice made the first time didn't matter) which is an understandable choice after the complaints about BD final part (and allowed to leave more room for the multiple languages);
- replace the appearance of a rifle wielding class from an indian (with the name of a melee weapon) to a cowboy (with a name fitting more what the class do);
- have magnolia (16yo) wear less sexy outfits (again).

I have to agree with Melodia that it was not that terrible.
Didn't affect the gameplay or the story.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Peredur:

- replace the appearance of a rifle wielding class from an indian (with the name of a melee weapon) to a cowboy (with a name fitting more what the class do);
.

And this one IMO was a change for the better. I MUCH prefer the design of the job in the international versions over the Japanese ones.