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GameSpot: FE Fates will have face rubbing under certain conditions in the West

I don't particularly care for this feature but hot damn this is hilarious.

People actually were glad this was supposedly censored? If people petting offended you...you might want to stay inside for the rest of your life.
 
can I still do this

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Did some digging.

reddit/gamefaqs says its only to wake them up with the petting/blowing on the microphone and nothing else. The minigame in general seems to be completely out still.

Yup, I figured this was exactly what it was, going by what she was saying in the video.
 
Yes. The removal of face rubbing and the hanging of that one support convo had my hopes up that NoA was trying to clean up the game during the localization process. I was wrong.

You can probably keep your pre-order as the minigame is still out and what they left in is... pretty much nothing. You wake your spouse with a touch or blow on the microphone.

It was a rep at one of Nintendo's game showcases for the press iirc. Not sure why that doesn't count as NoA proper.

Reps are contractors with no info on localization work. They aren't Treehouse.
 
I'd cancel my preorder but I don't even have a preorder because I can't find a special edition copy anywhere. Thanks nintendo.
 
Blowing steam off of them after they come out of the bath doesn't sound like nothing to me.

I don't think that's in. Only seeing confirmation of the wake-up event. But if you have other info let us know! We're trying to figure this out live...


... From New York Its Saturday Night!
 
You can probably keep your pre-order as the minigame is still out and what they left in is... pretty much nothing.

Phew. Just about deleted my preload. Wasn't sure if Nintendo honored eShop preorder refunds if you've already downloaded the preload.

And no, I'm not actually being serious here.
 
I don't particularly care for this feature but hot damn this is hilarious.

People actually were glad this was supposedly censored? If people petting offended you...you might want to stay inside for the rest of your life.


Meh, a lot will be changed for this. I can't remember an English FE character proudly declaring they have a banging bod or amazing rack etc etc.

Off topic, Tharja was kinkier with the no underwear towel scene.
The bravo bikini looked better as shortshorts.
 
Did some digging.

reddit/gamefaqs says its only to wake them up with the petting/blowing on the microphone and nothing else. The minigame in general seems to be completely out still.
For those who don't know, this means you're only rubbing the face for about three seconds lol...
 
Did some digging.

reddit/gamefaqs says its only to wake them up with the petting/blowing on the microphone and nothing else. The minigame in general seems to be completely out still.

This appears to be the case from what she was saying.

...But that's still face rubbing. The current thread title is accurate and we were all wrong.
 
It's still partially-censored in that it only applies to your established significant other rather than any relationship-building you'd like to advance in your barracks.

Everyone wins?

no. apparently some people wants optional features removed for everyone.
 
brb im gonna repair my wii and buy that gc fe instead

Edit:

Phew. Just about deleted my preload. Wasn't sure if Nintendo honored eShop preorder refunds if you've already downloaded the preload.

And no, I'm not actually being serious here.

I didnt even know there was a preload for this game. I'll get some nintendo money this week I guess.
 
I don't think that's in. Only seeing confirmation of the wake-up event. But if you have other info let us know! We're trying to figure this out live...


... From New York Its Saturday Night!

The woman that's played the game in the video the OP linked said it's in.
 
Reps are contractors with no info on localization work. They aren't Treehouse.
Of course they aren't, but I don't think that the Kotaku writers would really have any reason to automatically ssume that they were being fed misinformation. That would defeat the purpose of a rep. (Misinformation that's mostly true as well.)
 
Meh, a lot will be changed for this. I can't remember an English FE character proudly declaring they have a banging bod or amazing rack etc etc.

Off topic, Tharja was kinkier with the no underwear towel scene.
The bravo bikini looked better as shortshorts.
I'd find it amusing if they left that in, it's something real people do. It would add to their character, unless it's only within the petting game? If so, boo.
 
The ride does not stop. I'm dying here.

THIS IS WHY Nintendo needs to clarify this shit to people instead of middleman throwing around information without a second thought.

Christ
 
Of course they aren't, but I don't think that the Kotaku writers would really have any reason to automatically ssume that they were being fed misinformation. That would defeat the purpose of a rep. (Misinformation that's mostly true as well.)

Kotaku was the only site that reported on it, when other sites were present and had access to the same information.

It's shoddy reporting.
 
Not really sure what to think of this. Honestly from what I've seen the face rubbing looked too goofy and non-sexual for it to be the game's equivalent of a sex scene if that's what this change is supposed to make it. Tbh I don't really care though, either way the face rubbing is an incredibly minor part of the game and as long as the rest of the content from that mode isn't cut (like, the extra character development and model viewer stuff) out in localization then I don't really care.
 
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