In the past few months a few Nintendo published games have received some noticeable changes in their Western release, such as Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water and Xenoblade Chronicles X. While the changes weren't anything truly major, some definitely didn't like the company altering these games. Unfortunately it seems like Nintendo will continue doing so with some of its upcoming games, according to a report that has surfaced online a few hours ago.
According to Nintendo World Report, the Western release of Fire Emblem Fates, the new entry of the series created by Intelligent Systems launching next month , is not going to feature what has been deemed by Nintendo as a controversial support conversation.
"In the version of the game that ships in the US and Europe, there is no expression which might be considered as gay conversion or drugging that occurs between characters."
This controversial conversation involves female character Soleil, who is attracted by women. During one of the support conversations with the male variant of the main character, the game's protagonists spikes her drink with magic powder so that Soleil sees men as women and vice versa. This was done so that she would no longer get flustered when interacting with other women. Once the effect of the magic powder wears off, Solei founds herself attracted to the male main character, ending up proposing to him. This whole conversation is deemed controversial for a few reasons: the drink spiking could be interpreted as drugging, the whole situation as a means of gay conversion therapy. You can judge for yourself by checking out the conversation from the Japanese version.
Fire Emblem Fates launches next month in North America exclusively on Nintendo 3DS as two different versions featuring two different story paths, maps, characters and more. A third story path will be released as DLC.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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