{"id":56056,"date":"2026-01-23T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=56056"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:38:03","slug":"valve-rules-japanese-blackjack-based-rpg-not-guilty-of-bikini-armor-crimes-brave-x-junctions-steam-version-now-back-in-previously-banned-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/valve-rules-japanese-blackjack-based-rpg-not-guilty-of-bikini-armor-crimes-brave-x-junctions-steam-version-now-back-in-previously-banned-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve rules Japanese blackjack-based RPG not guilty of \u201cbikini armor crimes.\u201d Brave x Junction\u2019s Steam version now back in previously banned regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In December last year, Rideon Japan announced that the Steam version of their blackjack-inspired RPG <strong>Brave x Junction<\/strong> would be banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia due to Valve flagging its store page for \u201cfrequent nudity and sexual content.\u201d However, on January 21, the Japanese game company posted a follow-up on the issue, stating that they finally managed to get the tag removed from the game. As a result, Brave x Junction\u2019s Steam port has once again become available across all regions worldwide.<\/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\">Today, we received confirmation from Steam Support that the \u201cFrequent Nudity or Sexual Content\u201d tag has been removed from our title Brave \u00d7 Junction.<br><br>As a result, the regional distribution restrictions have been lifted, and the game is now available worldwide. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yiyI4IAmLR\">https:\/\/t.co\/yiyI4IAmLR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lrvsRH3FDn\">pic.twitter.com\/lrvsRH3FDn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RideonJapan (@RideonJapanEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RideonJapanEN\/status\/2013913912329281803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, after it was announced that the Steam port of the game would be removed from the regions in question, Rideon Japan contacted Valve, arguing that the tag does not faithfully describe the game\u2019s content. It is important to note that while the game does feature characters in revealing costumes and some suggestive illustrations, it was rated for ages 15 and up by CERO, and doesn\u2019t contain any explicit scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On account of this, Rideon asked for an additional review, in hopes that the tag would be replaced. Valve initially judged that there were no issues with the tag, leaving it as-is and rendering the game \u201cbanned\u201d from the three regions in question. While the publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RideonJapanEN\/status\/1997888265282797780?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously stated <\/a>that Brave x Junction would likely remain unavailable in affected regions, it seems like Valve changed their mind somewhere along the line, and the tag was successfully removed. To celebrate, Rideon posted an image of their Fighter character being successfully released from the \u201cbikini armor crimes\u201d prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about bikini armor crimes, the Western release of Brave x Junction on Switch was also significantly delayed due to the \u201cproblematic\u201d character designs. Back in November 2025, Nintendo flagged the game as \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children,\u201d resulting in it becoming unavailable in the NA and EU regions. After a period of negotiations with the company, Rideon Japan decided to redesign the characters so that they show less skin. The \u201cadjusted\u201d NA and EU versions of the game\u2019s Switch port were successfully released in December last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Japanese blackjack RPG to revive banned Western Switch release with \u201cadjusted\u201d designs after being flagged as \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brave x Junction&#8217;s Steam port returns to all worldwide regions, including ones where the game was removed due to the &#8220;frequent nudity&#8221; tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":56059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-56056","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 v27.4 - 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