{"id":53870,"date":"2025-11-13T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53870"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T02:39:45","slug":"japanese-blackjack-based-rpg-denied-switch-release-in-the-west-after-launching-without-issue-on-steam-and-ps5-characters-flagged-as-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-blackjack-based-rpg-denied-switch-release-in-the-west-after-launching-without-issue-on-steam-and-ps5-characters-flagged-as-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese blackjack-based RPG denied Switch release in the West after launching without issue on Steam and PS5. Characters flagged as children\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Publisher Rideon Japan recently announced that the Nintendo Switch version of <strong>Brave x Junction<\/strong> has been barred from releasing in North America and Europe. The company is still in the midst of working out the details, but it seems the game was flagged as containing \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released in October 2025, Brave X Junction is a blackjack-style fantasy RPG where you defeat monsters through one-on-one turn-based card battles. While it does not depict adult themes or explicit content (it was rated ages 15 and up by CERO), the game features characters in revealing costumes and suggestive defeat screen illustrations. So far, Brave X Junction has been released on the PlayStation store, Steam and Japanese Switch store without issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a problem has arisen with the game\u2019s western Switch release. Rideon reported <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RideonT2\/status\/1975157088071700536?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">back in early October<\/a> that while the Japanese version would launch as scheduled, the NA\/EU version\u2019s status remained unclear. In a new update, the developers have confirmed that the release has been blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">NintendoSwitch\u7248\u300eBrave \u00d7 Junction\uff08\u30d6\u30ec\u30a4\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3\u30f3\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff09\u300f\u306e\u5317\u7c73\/\u6b27\u5dde\u30ea\u30fc\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\u3067\u306e\u767a\u58f2\u306b\u3064\u304d\u307e\u3057\u3066\u3002<br>\u914d\u4fe1NG\u306e\u7406\u7531\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u78ba\u8a8d\u4f5c\u696d\u3092\u9032\u3081\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30d6\u30ec\u30a4\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3\u30f3\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BraveJunction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BraveJunction<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AFRPG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30d6\u30e9\u30c3\u30af\u30b8\u30e3\u30c3\u30afRPG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTLN74lAbd\">pic.twitter.com\/uTLN74lAbd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30e9\u30a4\u30c9\u30aa\u30f3\u5e83\u5831 (@RideonT2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RideonT2\/status\/1987735111463477705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They attached a series of parodic images explaining the situation, in which the game\u2019s Magician is informed by a soldier that her design was judged as \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children.\u201d The Magician responds with, \u201cHuh?? They\u2019re calling <em>me<\/em> a child?? What kind of judgement is that?\u201d, no doubt reflecting the developers\u2019 opinion on the matter. A poster in the background of the illustration reads \u201cWe won\u2019t stand for sexual content involving children.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that Brave x Junction\u2019s characters were flagged as underaged, contrary to the creator\u2019s intent. Below are the two designs deemed problematic:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"950\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-53870-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-53870-002.jpg 594w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-53870-002-238x380.jpg 238w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideongames.com\/bravejunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brave x Junction official homepage<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"912\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-53870-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-53870-001.jpg 558w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-53870-001-233x380.jpg 233w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideongames.com\/bravejunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brave x Junction official homepage<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rideon has not commented on whether it plans to make any changes to accommodate the western Switch release, but for now, Brave \u00d7 Junction remains available to English speakers on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3364830\/Brave_x_Junction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and PS4\/PS5.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brave x Blackjack has been barred from releasing on the Switch in North America and Europe, according to publisher Rideon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":53875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-53870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japanese blackjack-based RPG denied Switch release in the West after launching without issue on Steam and PS5. 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