The Japanese company is essentially preventing AdHoc Studio’s game from being on equal footing across all platforms: there is censorship on both Nintendo Switch generations, and that is that.

AdHoc Studio has released a new update for the game that finally addresses the censorship issues seen on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. However, this does not mean the Switch versions of the game will be equal to the versions of Dispatch available on other platforms. According to AdHoc, because of certain strict requirements from Nintendo, the Switch versions will not be on par with the versions available on other platforms. The HR Violations update is now available on all platforms, and for non-Nintendo Switch players it simply offers additional options for the Dispatch experience. On PC and PlayStation 5, as well as Xbox when it launches this summer, the uncensored version can be played by default, but players can also choose Mosaic, Blackout, or Chaotic censorship settings.

On Nintendo Switch, however, censorship is a little more complicated. As the image below shows, players on Nintendo’s platform can expect breasts, buttocks, and obscene gestures, but they cannot see genitals and cannot hear the Invisigal Dream audio. This applies to players in the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. In Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, however, the censorship is stricter: nudity, meaning genitals, breasts, and buttocks, as well as obscene gestures, are completely covered, and players also cannot hear the Invisigal Dream audio.

The three censorship settings shown in the image below illustrate what players can expect when playing the game on Nintendo Switch or Switch 2, and they offer an alternative that avoids the black square that damages the experience or the blurred mosaic covering intimate body parts. That does not mean a pair of shorts or a cloak that does not fit the scene cannot still damage the experience, but at least this is an attempt to solve the problem with a little humor while fitting the rest of the game.

“To those who kept engaging, kept pushing, and kept playing, even when you were angry, you are the reason we got here. Not just by buying the game, but by loving it. By trading theories, fighting for ships, and feeding the souls of our bruised, soft bodies with your art and cosplay. We cannot promise that we will not mess things up sometimes – in fact, we should probably promise that we will. But we can say that we will keep showing up and honoring the success story you created” – AdHoc Studio wrote.

So censorship continues to rear its head. When will companies finally grow out of this?

Source: WCCFTech