{"id":55105,"date":"2025-12-18T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T06:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55105"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T06:11:35","slug":"japanese-blackjack-rpg-to-revive-banned-western-switch-release-with-adjusted-designs-after-being-flagged-as-legally-problematic-sexual-content-involving-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-blackjack-rpg-to-revive-banned-western-switch-release-with-adjusted-designs-after-being-flagged-as-legally-problematic-sexual-content-involving-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese blackjack RPG to revive banned Western Switch release with \u201cadjusted\u201d designs after being flagged as \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in November, publisher Rideon Japan announced that the Nintendo Switch release of <strong>Brave x Junction<\/strong> would be shelved in North America and Europe due to being flagged as \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children.\u201d As Reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/12\/17\/160721.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>, after a period of negotiations with Nintendo, the publisher decided to make adjustments to the designs labeled as \u201cproblematic\u201d in order to be able to launch their game in the two regions. What\u2019s interesting about this case is that Brave X Junction was previously released on the PlayStation store and Japanese Switch store without issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the publisher\u2019s official X account, the \u201cadjusted\u201d NA and EU versions of the game are slated to go live on December 22 at 9:00 AM (PST) and 3:00 PM (CET) respectively.<\/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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(1\/2)<br>\u25a0 Switch NA\/EU versions<br>We apologize for the delay in approval of Brave \u00d7 Junction on Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe.<br>After consulting with Nintendo, we decided to adjust the Fighter and Magician outfit designs to proceed with approval. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8rlTwyon0\">pic.twitter.com\/x8rlTwyon0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RideonJapan (@RideonJapanEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RideonJapanEN\/status\/2001181717764116800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brave x Junction, released in October 2025, is a turn-based RPG in which you defeat monsters through one-on-one card battles with blackjack inspired mechanics. While the game\u2019s content isn\u2019t anywhere near explicit, it does feature revealing character designs and suggestive defeat illustrations (hence the ages 15 and up CERO rating). However, it seems like the Fighter and Magician, two of the main characters in the game, ended up being flagged as underaged by Nintendo, causing the game to be blocked from releasing in NA and EU regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rideon Japan consulted with Nintendo on the matter, and on December 17 it came out with new, revised designs for the two characters, giving them a slight change of wardrobe that would \u201ccover them up\u201d just enough while still maintaining their core looks. Presumably, this was enough to get the game greenlit for a Western release. As the publisher mentioned, the \u201crevised\u201d version of the game will be a completely separate app from the Japan\/Asia version, which still maintain the original designs of the characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related note, the game\u2019s Steam version recently got banned in China, Germany, and Saudi Arabia after being flagged for \u201cfrequent nudity and sexual content\u201d on the platform. Despite the publisher\u2019s request for the tag to be removed, with claims that it does not appropriately describe the actual contents of the game, Valve ruled that there was no issue with the initial judgement, thus leaving the tag as is. Due to this, Rideon Japan has stated that there will be no future re-release of the game in the affected regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010 blackjack RPG \u3011Brave \u00d7 Junction - Official Movie \u3010 Nintendo Switch \/ PlayStation4 \/ PlayStation5 \u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/spNB_XaT5Zw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brave x Junction is available in English on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3364830\/Brave_x_Junction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and PS5\/PS4.\u00a0The Nintendo Switch version launches on December 22, at 9:00 AM PST in North America, and 3:00 PM CET in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese blackjack-based RPG denied Switch release in the West after launching without issue on Steam and PS5. Characters flagged as children\u00a0<br><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-blackjack-based-rpgs-steam-version-banned-in-germany-china-and-saudi-arabia-for-bikini-armor-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese blackjack-based RPG\u2019s Steam version banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia for \u201cbikini armor crimes\u201d<br><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brave x Junction&#8217;s Western release will come back to Nintendo Switch on December 22 with &#8220;adjusted&#8221; character designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":55107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55105","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 - 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