The support came under controversy during the summer of 2015 as the support was interpreted by some people as the male avatar drugging Soleil, and that Soleil was undergoing gay conversion therapy. She asks for the male avatar’s help, and the male avatar agrees by putting a magic powder in Soleil’s drink that lets her see men as women, and women as men. In the original support, Soleil gets distracted from fighting cute girls in the battlefield and it greatly affects her performance. Soleil & Male Avatar SupportĪfter the Japanese release of Fire Emblem Fates on June 25th, 2015, a support conversation between the male avatar and Soleil was translated and submitted to Pastebin. As of February 20th, 2016, the post has accumulated 112 points (82% upvoted), and 111 comments. In the r/fireemblem subreddit, vkrili submitted a post suggesting that Nintendo may not have included dual audio because of licensing issues with the Japanese voice actors involved. The post has gained 712 points (82% upvoted), and 370 comments as of February 20th, 2016.Īlthough Nintendo did not comment on the reasoning behind the exclusion of the Japanese track, several people began theorizing on Nintendo’s decision. Shortly after, edibubble submitted a post to the r/games subreddit reporting that the Japanese audio track would not be included in the English version of Fire Emblem Fates. On February 5th, 2016, Nintendo released a statement to Polygon that Fire Emblem Fates would be released in North America in English only. As of February 20th, 2016, the post has accumulated 0 points (50% upvoted), and 91 comments. On January 30th, 2016, Geniux submitted a screenshot of an email response from Ash Erickson of Nintendo of America that Fire Emblem Fates will not have the Japanese audio track (shown below) to the r/fireemblem subreddit. Although face petting is not included in the English version of Fire Emblem Fates, the ability to invite someone to your home and receive support bonuses from them remains intact (shown below). The removal of "Skinship" was reported to various video game websites, such as Nintendo Everything, Polygon, and the Fire Emblem fan site SerenesForest. 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.” Kotaku: I was told that a feature in which you can use the touch screen to directly touch/”pet” your characters is also out of the localized version. The article had been updated on February 10th, 2016 with an exchange between Kotaku and Nintendo added for clarification (shown below). On January 26th, 2016, Nathan Grayson published an article to Kotaku titled, “The Other Ways Nintendo Is Changing The English Version of Fire Emblem Fates.” The article had stated that the face-petting mini-game had been removed from the English version of Fire Emblem Fates. The player can go to their Private Quarters and invite a character in their army, regardless of gender, to their home and pet them on the face using the Nintendo 3DS touch screen to strengthen their bonds with the character. "Skinship" (also known by its fan nickname "Fire Emblem Amie") is a mini-game that appears in Fire Emblem Fates. As of February 20th, 2016, the petition has gained over 7,700 signatures. On June 25th, 2015, an online petition was submitted to requesting that Nintendo not provide localized versions of Fire Emblem Fates to audiences worldwide. The premise of the game features the main character, the avatar (default name Corrin in English and Kamui in Japanese), must make a choice whether to side with their birth family in the kingdom of Hoshido, their adoptive family in the kingdom of Nohr, or refuse to side with either kingdom. On January 16th, 2015, Fire Emblem Fates was announced worldwide during the January 2015 Nintendo Direct Session. Backgroundįire Emblem Fates is the fourteenth entry in the Fire Emblem series, a tactical role-playing game. The localization of the game was handled by the Nintendo Treehouse, Nintendo of America's product development division. Fire emblem, fire emblem fates, fire emblem if, nintendo of america, nintendo treehouse, localization, treehouse, censorshipįire Emblem Fates Localization Controversy refers to the online backlash that occurred over the changes made to the English version of the Nintendo game Fire Emblem Fates, in which several aspects of the game appeared to be changed or removed.
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