While the noise runs that Nier Automata would have been a victim of censorship to be able to go out in Western countries, Platinumgames clarifying it once and for all.
It is not a secret for anyone: the difference in culture that exists between Western countries and Asian countries can sometimes give rise to somewhat tense situations. Indeed, it is not uncommon for example to see controversies bursting on how women are represented in South Korean and Japanese games, as titles have recently been proven Stellar Blade or Bayonetta. And if this can sometimes give rise to a certain form of censorship, the creators of Automatic nier The assure: the game was not the victim.
Deny Automata victim of censorship? The studio denies
In recent days, the noise has been running in fact that Platinumgames would have been forced to rethink the chara-design of its heroines in order to prevent Driving Automata from being banished from other countries outside Japan. The source of this rumor: the producer of the game himself, Yosuke Saito, who would then have implied this during an online interview broadcast last week on YouTube. Here is the declaration in question:
There are certain things that are inappropriate from an ethical or moral point of view – even if it is only aspects of a character. We try to put limits by establishing rules on what is acceptable and what is not. If some things can be acceptable in Japan, they can become problematic in certain overseas regions. This is the kind of situation that we usually try to avoid creating.
Yosuke Saito during a live broadcast on the YouTube Goddess of Victory: Nikke on June 10, 2025
However, it turns out that his words, naturally made in Japanese, would in reality have been badly translated and therefore misinterpreted by the public. Because if we believe the Japanese media Automaton, which was really said to say, is that as long as Nier Automata conforms to the ethical and moral rules in force in Japan, then Platinumgames did everything possible to integrate this into the game without any censorship in other countries.
Go against the occurrence of the West, a real philosophy
Seeing the rumor spreading like a trail of powder on social networks, Saito has also split a tweet to put the situation to clarify. “Ah, I was misunderstood somewhere without knowing it” The creator is surprised, before adding: “It’s a huge translation error … I mean, denying Automata has no restrictions !!! »». Words then dubbed by Yoko Taro, the director of the game, who also declared “I have never heard of such a thing …” To a surfer asking him if he was true that Square Enix imposed a censorship for them.
That fans to deny Automata therefore reassure themselves: the game is indeed as Platinumgames always wanted it. Besides, Taro did not fail to remember that he was close to the studio to go against Western trends to better stand out. “If western science fiction is filled with soldiers resembling navies, we could go in the opposite direction and use Gothic Lolita outfits, for example. We tend to take the opposite view ” He said in particular.
