Claims of Nintendo potentially altering their content policies in an attempt to crack down on lewd games might perhaps be true after all as the official Little Witch Nobeta Twitter account revealed that the latest update content (which includes the swimsuit skin) is “under review” by Nintendo.

For those not familiar, the Little Witch Nobeta developer recently held a contest of sorts, and because the swimsuit skin was the victor, all players would get the skin for free when Little Witch Nobeta launched.

However, an official tweet has revealed that the swimsuit skin will be delayed for the Nintendo Switch version of the game because Nintendo is reviewing the content update:

Naturally, this has some curious, as the skins are currently available on the other versions of the game, and some might be wondering if Nintendo is in fact actually starting to crack down on erotic games – though, others have alleged that this slowness is common for Nintendo and has happened with other titles.

Little Witch Nobeta can be enjoyed now on the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Smartphone game IdolMaster: Million Live! Theater Days recently appeared on Japanese TV program “The Time”, giving the franchise a small boost despite showing off a 15 year old song that was recently added for some reason.

A small video clip was uploaded online, which had the program showing off both the music and gameplay before focusing specifically on the song “Relations”, which originates from the 2007 port of the original arcade game that was recently added into IdolMaster: Million Live! Theater Days:

“Relations” from the first IdolMaster game port on the Xbox 360:

A video released advertising the addition of “Relations” to IdolMaster: Million Live! Theater Days:

An interview with Akifumi Kaneko, the lead game designer for Wild Arms successor Armed Fantasia, disclosed in an interview that their team tried to get Sony to allow them to make a new JRPG, but were repeatedly denied, with sequels of pre-existing series apparently making “far more money”.

An interview was conducted with Akifumi Kaneko at Tokyo Game Show 2022 about Armed Fantasia, and it was revealed through the brief conversation what Sony thinks about making new games that aren’t a part of a pre-existing series:

Interviewer: In the video announcing the Double Kickstarter with you and Machida-san, you all suggest that JRPGs are not as popular as they once were. Why do you think that is?

Kaneko: “Of course there are still very popular JRPGs like Persona 5, but with Persona 5 that’s the fifth installment. If it’s a part of series that already has a first game, it’s alright, but when it comes to making a new JRPG, Japanese publishers just won’t take the risk. In my case, I went to Sony over and over again, but nothing came of it. It’s not so much that JRPGs aren’t popular, its that publishers won’t let us make them.”

Interviewer: What do you think would be necessary to convince publishers to make more JRPGs?

Kaneko: “(In English) Money! (Laughs.) Of course if a game becomes a hit and has a good return it’s no problem. Sequels in a pre-existing series make a lot of money, so it’s hard for them to lend money to a new title as it won’t make as much. For a Japanese publisher to make a new game… it’s really about the money. Money! (Laughs.)”

The entire interview is available online.

The man responsible for the creation of BlazBlue, Toshimichi Mori, has announced his departure from Arc System Works after 19 years, leaving some curious as to the direction the fighting game franchise might take in the future.

Mori released a statement announcing his departure and thanked the fans for their years of support:

I have something to report to all of the users. I, Toshimichi Mori, have left Arc System works, the company I worked at for many years.

I first joined Arc System works after working on Guilty Gear X as an employee of PicPac, and I cherish many of the experiences I have had during my 20 years there, whether it was working for various fighting game titles, developing my own title BlazBlue, or connecting with many of our users.

I have nothing but gratitude towards the staff of Arc System Works and others who have worked with me, as well as all the users who supported us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I will depart from Arc System Works. This may cause some feelings of anxiety, especially among fans of the BlazBlue series. For this, I sincerely apologize.

At the moment I’m thinking of creating and delivering a game for the users in some way, and am going to focus my strength on that endeavor. Your support would be much appreciated.

—Toshimichi Mori

Some might be wondering what Mori’s reason was for leaving Arc System Works.

The upcoming Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse remaster is taking after the remake of Maiden of the Black Water as the game’s Steam page has disclosed that the lineup of costumes has been altered, sure to prove highly disappointing whilst making critics curious as to the reason why.

The Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water remaster from a little while back removed the special swimsuits, Zero Suit Samus and Princess Zelda costume DLC present in the original Wii U version, and the Steam page for Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse has suggested that more costumes might be removed in this remaster as well:

It was noted that new costumes, at least, would be added, and it wasn’t specified which costumes would be altered.

Those upset by the news can potentially rely on modders however, as they managed to reimplement the costumes removed from the Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water remaster.

The Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse remaster is coming in 2023 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.