Topic: 'Petting' Minigame Removed From North American Version Of Fire Emblem Fates

[Shaymin]

Touching to boost happiness in RPGs is officially confined to Pokémon.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/41844/petting-minigame-removed-from-north-american-version-of-fire-emblem-fates

Following the announcement of the removal of a support scene in Fire Emblem Fates, another controversial aspect of the title will not be localized.

Nintendo representatives have confirmed to Kotaku that a "petting" minigame in the game's My Castle mode, which allowed for players to use the 3DS touch screen to enhance the relationship with party members, has been removed. The feature worked with any support relationship, including with blood or adopted relatives.

In a statement to Kotaku, Nintendo said "You might have heard somewhat misinterpreted or exaggerated information about the Japanese original game, but even in the Japanese original version, we have not included any features which are considered inappropriate in Japan."

[Ian Sane]

Okay it's now getting kind of funny to see how much "why did you think this was a good idea?" content has to be changed or removed for the North American release.

"You know what our games needs?  The ability to give handjobs to your own relatives!" said someone working for a major company like Nintendo oddly enough.

[xcwarrior]

Nothing important to the gameplay or story is gone. Rally sad people are making a big deal over this.

If they removed swords from the game? Then a big deal.

[Triforce Hermit]

Nintendo: "Let's cut a lot of stuff and announce a bunch of it before the game is released so that way all the gaming news sites will cover it and give our game coverage. People will buy it anyways."

[Evan_B]

I don't think they ever toted the "petting your members" minigame as a feature. However, it's hilarious that Nintendo feels the need to censor aspects that make a game MORE like a JRPG, which is essentially what the franchise has become.

[broodwars]

I don't mind the loss of this "feature", but I do mind the loss of the bonuses it awarded. Raising affinity between characters in that mini-game allowed you to max out support relationships quicker, rather than forcing you to grind turns having to have the characters stand next to each other to gain it naturally.

[ejamer]

I don't mind the loss of this "feature", but I do mind the loss of the bonuses it awarded. Raising affinity between characters in that mini-game allowed you to max out support relationships quicker, rather than forcing you to grind turns having to have the characters stand next to each other to gain it naturally.

Very true. Building affinity slowly over the course of many battles is pretty tedious and restricting. It's a shame there was a way to speed up the process built into the game, but then removed (instead of being replaced with some other alternative, if the original mini-game actually was offensive and not just being sensationalized for Western website clicks).

[ClexYoshi]

Okay it's now getting kind of funny to see how much "why did you think this was a good idea?" content has to be changed or removed for the North American release.

"You know what our games needs?  The ability to give handjobs to your own relatives!" said someone working for a major company like Nintendo oddly enough.

And yet you can still give your Pokemon a handjob. :I

[Evan_B]

I don't mind the loss of this "feature", but I do mind the loss of the bonuses it awarded. Raising affinity between characters in that mini-game allowed you to max out support relationships quicker, rather than forcing you to grind turns having to have the characters stand next to each other to gain it naturally.

So you'd sacrifice actual gameplay over garbage minigame bullshit? And here I thought you valued the former over the later, broody.

[michaelbaysuperfan616]

And people wonder why Japanese game makers are going out of business while Western ones are ruling the world. For shame Nintendo, perverts and pedophiles confirmed.

[pokepal148]

Screaming Gators in 3... 2... 1....

[Triforce Hermit]

It took 10 minutes to max a support in Awakening, 12 minutes if it was a S-rank. I seriously doubt this would have been a faster, less tedious alternative.

[broodwars]

I don't mind the loss of this "feature", but I do mind the loss of the bonuses it awarded. Raising affinity between characters in that mini-game allowed you to max out support relationships quicker, rather than forcing you to grind turns having to have the characters stand next to each other to gain it naturally.

So you'd sacrifice actual gameplay over garbage minigame bullshit? And here I thought you valued the former over the later, broody.

No, I clearly said that I don't mind the feature's removal. I just wish NoA had put in an alternative non-pervy way to get those bonuses. Hell, they could just boost the Affinity gain after pairing turns. Instead, we got a feature removal without anything taking its place. Even Fatal Frame got new costumes in place of the censored ones.

[Adrock]

Could Nintendo have rebalanced the numbers slightly to make up for the missing bonuses from the cut minigames?

[Mop it up]

Although I don't support decisions like this on principle, it also doesn't sound like anything of value is being lost with these changes. I'd still buy a game like this if I were interested in it in the first place, but I still haven't really played a Fire Emblem game yet so I'd have to play one of the two I already have first.

[Lemonade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D138Dm00MwI

Yep, thats just weird and creepy and really doesnt need to be in the game.

[Ninferno]

Again, I couldn't care less about trivial stuffs like this, but I do remember the outrage there was when people found out about this "feature" exists and the whining about FE games degrading into otaku pervy "Vita games". So I guess people should be happy now, right?

[Enner]

So I guess people should be happy now, right?

No one is ever happy.


I'm a bit sad that this was removed, but that's only I have a fatalistic attraction to the dark holes that niche Japan can dig itself in to.


Now, hopefully affinity gains will be adjusted to make up for the removal of Fire Emblem amie!

[Wah]

Okay it's now getting kind of funny to see how much "why did you think this was a good idea?" content has to be changed or removed for the North American release.

"You know what our games needs?  The ability to give handjobs to your own relatives!" said someone working for a major company like Nintendo oddly enough.

And yet you can still give your Pokemon a handjob. :I

that's detective Lucario's Kind of handy!

[Triforce Hermit]

Again, I couldn't care less about trivial stuffs like this, but I do remember the outrage there was when people found out about this "feature" exists and the whining about FE games degrading into otaku pervy "Vita games". So I guess people should be happy now, right?

I saw the opposite. It was a ton of people happy about it and violently attacking the old Fire Emblem fans who weren't happy stuff like this was being added.

[ejamer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D138Dm00MwI

Yep, thats just weird and creepy and really doesnt need to be in the game.

Bwahahaha... Ok, having seen it, I don't feel bad at all about the decision to cut.
(Even though it is unfortunate that there isn't a replacement with the same in-game effect.)

[FireEmblem4Ever123]

Hello! I was wondering.


Is marrying the siblings still possible? As in marrying Camilla, Ryoma, Hinoka, ect.

[Shaymin]

To the best of our knowledge, that will still be present.

[pokepal148]

It will probably be renamed “Lifelong Companions" or whatever they called that thing in Awakening with Owain and Lucina.

[Shaymin]

To say what would happen beyond "it's probably in" would be a bigger spoiler than the frickin' chainsaw sword.