The excellent adventure game Dispatch has just launched on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, as we already knew from last month's Australian eShop listing. However, users quickly noticed that the game featured a lot of censorship mandated by platform holder Nintendo.
Those who played the game know that, at a certain point, protagonist Robert Robertson III (played by Aaron Paul and also known as Mecha Man) helps fellow hero and potential love interest Blonde Blazer with fitting a dress when a rogue nipple slips out of it. Well, that's censored in these versions of the game.
That's far from the only occurrence. Nintendo even censored curse words, 'bleeping' them out, and there is no way for an adult gamer to override the censorship, which is very disappointing. Users have pointed out that Nintendo has hentai games on its eShop, and yet this game is being censored for no real reason.
In the launch press release, Dispatch developer Ad Hoc Studio only provided this statement:
Different platforms have different content criteria, and submissions are evaluated individually. We worked with Nintendo to ensure the content within the title met the criteria to release on their platforms, but the core narrative and gameplay experience remains identical to the original release.
Dispatch is a fantastic game that dominated our Wccftech Awards '25 in the Best Adventure Game category, but if you own any other platform, we'd recommend playing it there instead to get the full experience.
If you do absolutely need to buy it on Nintendo platforms, though, know that there is a free upgrade from Switch 1 to Switch 2. The latter version features a substantial boost in visual clarity, as you'd expect, offering 1440P resolution and 60 frames per second, while the Switch 1 is locked at 720P resolution and 30 frames per second.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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