But I guess its just as much as why we make our actresses very attractive and such. I don't know if that is the reason why we usually youth-ize our fictional characters. When I was 18, I still looked like I was in middle school. But honestly, we Asians, tend to keep our youthful appearances. I'm however no pedophile thank god.Īnime tends to make characters youthful. As much as I am a anime-fan, seeing this stuff isn't new to me. At times they censor really dumb things that are not going to cause an uproar. But sometimes I don't agree with censorship.

With a release penned for spring in the west - Its a surprise to see this game being localised at all in truth, so a little censoring isn't going to bother me much. Thankfully it sounds as though only the imagery itself has been cut so there wont be any content missing from the game. We hope this will make your concern clearĪgain, thank you VERY much for your kind support!!! Please note that none of the stages, ability/stats and Monster Girls character has been cut off, but replaced these higher level monster girl images with the “less exposing” lower level version of the corresponding monster girls. So, more than 300 cards are intact from the To answer your question, the number of censored cards are about 40 cards Thank you very much for taking your time to contact us! Personally I'm not really fussed either way but it is understandable (a couple of confusing omissions too, like Fia for example) as a few of the images have been deemed a little questionable for peoples taste in the west, although I doubt censoring the game will save it from being completely lambasted by the mainstream press for similar content anyway.Ī post on Idea Factory's forum clears up any misunderstandings regarding content. What do you make of the censorship issue? Let us know below.This image above shows some of the 4th evolutionary form cards that have been cut from Monster Monpiece in the west.ĮDIT: We now have a review for Monster Monpiece - HERE We sincerely apologize for those who do not agree with any level of censorship, but we greatly appreciate your understanding with the decision we have made.' 'The borderline of what is 'acceptable' will always be extremely gray and vary from person to person, but as a responsible company working in the U.S., we had to make the difficult decision that we did. It added, 'Western society is not as lenient as that of Japan when sexual images are involved-especially images of humanoids that appear to be younger than a socially acceptable age. However, Compile Heart added that it was a 'difficult decision,' as the studio wanted to offer western gamers the same content found in Japan. This means that over 300 cards are left untouched from the original images.' The number of censored cards is about 40 out of the approximately 350 card images available in the game. 'We kept the same number of cards in the game as the original Japanese version, but replaced some of the higher level Monster Girl images with the “less exposed” lower level versions of the corresponding Monster Girls due to some intense sexual imagery. These cards-meaning the 'Monster Girls' -are able to be powered up by exposing themselves (taking off their clothes) via the level-up features called First Crush Rub and Extreme Love. The statement begins, 'Monster Monpiece is a card battle game, in which players summon various 'Monster Girls' onto the game’s battlefields and then fight their opponents. We covered the Monster Monpiece western reveal through the link, along with a trailer. As a precautionary measure, some of the more graphic cards have been cut, and the firm has issued a statement on the matter. It sees players using the PS Vita's touch screen to rub cards of girls to remove their clothes and level them up.

Monster Monpiece publisher Idea Factory International recently confirmed that its card-battling RPG is coming west.

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