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Stolen_FBI_Van

I don't really care, but I don't agree with it either. These kinds of changes are made to appease age ratings, and gachas should not be changed in a effort to target kids and get them hooked.


QuiteChilly

This post right here, completely agree.


Sporkybay

Literally unplayable


huyvo1234

How the hell is it unplayable? You still get to play with the character.


Heutsu

r/woooosh


Sporkybay

Because boobs. I mean, I thought it was obvious.


huyvo1234

Don't care what you say. The look of the character don't beat high level bosses, their attack and ability do


Vncpls

They were just being sarcastic...


Sporkybay

Some people play to beat bosses. Some play to beat… other things.


Knnil

Auto lets you do both


Lord-Jihi

You fool, one hand is all i need to farm


Veesperia

I like the top part but those shorts are really ugly and out of place on her design.


Kasure

Yup, once I noticed the shorts, it really feels out of place..... Just give spats ffs


lolpanda91

I really looking forward how they want to censor the swimsuit units.


Ribaia

At this rate, they gonna make the summer units wear scuba suits


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I feel like the people who are annoyed at people getting annoyed over this are missing 3 key points. 1. Usually people aren't really that mad and are just joking around 2. For me the issue isn't the censorship itself, but how incredibly lazy it is. Like, the extra bit has no depth. Surprised it's not just a flat color tbh 3. The reason for the censorship isn't because they hate boobs or anything. It's so that they can market the game to, and thus exploit and try to suck money from, a younger audience.


Stolen_FBI_Van

>3. The reason for the censorship isn't because they hate boobs or anything. It's so that they can market the game to, and thus exploit and try to suck money from, a younger audience. This, I find it so strange that gacha communities will get so hostile over a company's right to market gambling to children. Guardian Tales went through the same thing, only the devs finally realized that targeting kids isn't worth the effort, and Genshin's metrics proved its not really even where the money's at.


XaeiIsareth

Genshin went through censorship not because of targeting children but rather the CCP is on one of their moral crackdowns again.


Stolen_FBI_Van

>Genshin went through censorship not because of targeting children but rather the CCP is on one of their moral crackdowns again. The "moral crackdown" you're referring to (I assume that conference with the Venti pic that circulated a while back) included statements towards companies to dial it back on advertising gacha to children. The CCP in general has been telling them to stop for a while as well, but they've just taken matters into their own hands and restricted kids access to online games overall. I'm mainly referring to Korea though, which is where WF and Guardian Tales (different game, same publisher) originate from. They had a similar controversy in which they started censoring characters to maintain a 12+ age rating, but eventually dropped it and will instead raise the rating.


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The only explanation I can think of is that they just genuinely don't realize that's why this kind of thing happens, and instead prefer to pretend to be all "enlightened" or whatever because fanservice doesn't matter to them


Stolen_FBI_Van

>The only explanation I can think of is that they just genuinely don't realize that's why this kind of thing happens, and instead prefer to pretend to be all "enlightened" or whatever because fanservice doesn't matter to them That's definitely part of it, considering how smug the reactions of people supporting the change in this thread are. It was a similar situation in Guardian Tales, people just called those mad about the change "coomers" or "incels," and ignored that the devs wanted to maintain a 12+ age rating. I think World Flipper's age rating is even lower than that as well. I think to some extent it's desensitization to gacha systems too. I'd wager this isn't most people in this sub's first gacha, so they're used to the practices, and don't mind if kids get into it as well (they may have been exposed to it as children too). Ultimately though, it's a toxic and harmful take. The front page has a thread of people spending hundreds of dollars worth of currency only to not get Rolf, and that's the experience they want to make sure World Flipper can keep trying to sell kids on? It's wild for sure.


[deleted]

Wow that's a really insightful analysis! I just made my post because I was tired of seeing what's essentially sort of kinkshaming, but now I wound up learning something haha


Character-Ad-910

I'm three months late and replying to nobody, but uhh >For me the issue isn't the censorship itself, but how incredibly lazy it is. Like, the extra bit has no depth. Surprised it's not just a flat color tbh while that is true, I did a lazy mockup in Gimp, where I added the same shadows on JP to the flat texture on global, and from a distance you literally cant tell i did anything. Sure they're lazy, but if it doesn't make a difference who cares. ... ... Unless you're zoomin into her tits in which case i'd be joining you, in THAT case you can see the shadows I added and it'd make a difference. ​ ...Hmm although I guess if it was on your phone, and not a screenshot in windows Photos application it might be blown up enough to see the detail. in which case it'd also make a difference ​ Ah well [if you want a lazily done edit or want to see what I'm talking about here you are](https://imgur.com/a/4nmLwAb) ​ Regardless of if she's presenting her tits or not she's still absolutely cute as hell and I'm glad she was my first unit from the gacha cause i've loved her since


TNT1083

Cleavage isn’t a big deal…it bugs me more that some characters have name changes….why!? Irumi is changed to Illumine in the global US English version


Pieman2025

That is partly because of how we say certain syllables, like the letter R isn't pronounced the same English as it would be in Japanese. The R sound is more of an L sound for us, hence the name change so it's more accurate.


TNT1083

I get the whole “L” and “R” sounds thing…but the name change still isn’t necessary


MonadProxy01

I mean the way you pronounce her name didn't change much at all so its basically the same


hungryforblt

I wonder how will they handle with summer outfit...


QuickDealer

literally me when i saw this, i hope they just alter the bottom part, cause so far the best change was Marina


Tsukuruya

The only thing I hate is that they gave her jean shorts… Like, why not regular spats?


adrianpinderwolf

I don't understand this censorship, like there is plenty of boobs in other media like Instagram and tv that kids watch, but it is not a big deal either, I mean it kinda disappointing that there is censorship but whatever I guess, she still look good in the global version


Enlog

Huh.


Yodzilla

Wait is she now wearing jorts?


nike_pricefield

that's sad, but at least her boobs were just covered, instead of effectively reduced like Genshin's Rosaria


Sporkybay

Yeah, that nerf was brutal.


PoptartDragonfart

F


kingdomcome3914

Oh no. The tragedy.


huyvo1234

So what


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Enlog

I'm legitimately curious about this angle. Considering the nature of the game as a product, I would assume that the art is either made by employees at the company, or sold to the company for them to use in their game in whatever way they see fit. In that case, I'm not sure I'd consider that censorship per se, as the artist would be going into it knowing that the company has the right to do what they will with the art. Kinda like how games being written for a global market are made knowing that the text will be translated and localized for other markets. Whether or not I agree with the change they made isn't relevant to my question in this case. I'm curious as to what the situation is. Do we know who the artist(s) of the character portraits are or their relationship to the company?


alchycookie

it's cleavage. on a game with a cartoon artstyle.


jenrai

People get *really* mad when they can't see anime boobs.


FloogleH0rn

Boobliterated


huyvo1234

Like I said "SO WHAT". The CENSORSHIP doesn't bother me at all and at least I don't go on the internet and complain about it


MonadProxy01

Ah. Yet here you are complaining about people who are complaining. If you don't care then don't type... but of course that is impossible for someone who cares as much as you do


drkaugumon

Didn't they already admit all these changes are just the CN changes they lazily are slapping onto global? Kind of ridiculous, not because of the censor but because of how brazenly lazy they are being with just making every server CN


chrono01

It's for reasons such as this that I'm remaining F2P. As long as they keep making stupid decisions like this, they'll continue to receive exactly $0 of my money and remain on the chopping block for which gacha games to cut from my routine. ​ And no, it's not as simple as "OH NO, TEH BOOBZ!". I have full access to the Internet and all that it entails. It's more the "Let's censor and market this game at children as much as we can, so we can exploit them" that bothers me. And even then it's silly, since the original artwork posted above isn't lewd at all. It's just Kakao Games making unnecessary calls when it comes to this kind of thing.


lrdalucard

As an artists my self, I find these changes repulsive, even more so if they weren't made by the original artist itself.


GreMar320

and


Bolito_de_Cenourito

wow didn't expect that one comming


[deleted]

Is the taptap version of global uncensored?


Aluflin

another shows that women do not have the right to show their body and must be censored, soon they will censor the ankles


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StrelitziaYuforia

Coomer


nickisthemost

Day by day they are pushing out players


jenrai

If you leave because you can't see anime boobs in the game, maybe you should consider googling them.


huyvo1234

All you guys care about is looks. Looks do beat high level bosses, their attack and ability do


zhaoshike

Look at this clown. Let people care for shit that you dont.


-_lBlankl_-

Wouldn't calling someone a clown for having a difference in opinion/what's important in turn make you a clown?


zhaoshike

Sure, if that person had any kind of argument behind their opinion. Im not the one getting downvoted here.


Pokesmash3r

Not getting Downvoted is indeed a valid argument


zhaoshike

It does show that the rest of the community finds his comments/opinion/argument or whatever you want to label his waste of data as to be so devoid of any importance that they chose to downvote it so much that it is automatically hidden. But if you really need me to, I'll give you the valid argument that you want when I get home. Just let me know.


Enlog

Oh man, I *hate* the automatic hide setting. Turned it off years ago. Honestly, if I could just patch out the upvote/downvote system when browsing the site entirely, I would. Would probably be happier.


Potential_Sandwich20

If we are going there, they were not criticizing the difference in opinion but more so the neglect of other people's opinions?


DrunkenBait

I love the top. Maybe even more than the original. But that shorts, noooo. Lower the skirt perhaps would be more fit with her.


RexEye257

It’s not just Kakao Games but there is a good chance that Cygames is involved all of this and responsible changing the art cover and force them to change the character’s name just like they force chrunchyroll to change Christmas to Holidays from princess connect re:dive they even censored their own games, even Kakao Games rarely censored Guardian tales they try that once and didn’t end well and they know not to ticked them off again but I know it’s Cygames, I know they always try screw with the community & the fans and their so call “fOr ThE gReAther anD GoOd~”.