Why Rise Of The Ronin Is Not Being Released In Korea
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
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It sucks but I rather having a game not being released in my country than having it changed. I remember Calisto Protocol was banned in Japan because they refused to censor the game. Things like that will always happen, and I respect the studios that stick to their vision and keep the game unchanged despite the risk of losing some audiences.
It's the opposite of brave though, they won't release it because they don't want to get clapped by the media, the issue is not explicit violence like it was in Japan, it's because it could be considered offensive since it revolves around historical events, not talking about a past event doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Callisto protocol is trash anyway. Forgotten game lol
@@J3ss4uGame came out a month before the Dead Space remake... Which was more awesome (and terrifying) that Callisto.
This is the kind of censorship that needs more discussion
So Netflix is allowed to botch history as much as possible and show it but games are not allowed ... Oh well this is the time we live in.
Thanks for the informative videos CG
back in the day when Soulcalibur was big you had the Samurai character being changed in Korea for a blonde guy.
Please, South Korea went batshit crazy when one of their Japanese Idol said “Goodbye Heisei, Welcome Reiwa era” on social media. This game will cause aneurysm among them
North korea and china are drinking and mukbang to celebrating communist party
Thank you for lesson and information 😊
Very interesting news! Would like to hear more if there's any updates in the future❤
Looking at the footage, this gives me Way of the Samurai vibes but much more over the top, heh
Reminds me of how many episodes of Pokémon were banned in Korea, but unlike the episodes banned in America that weren’t really integral to the plot (minus Safari Zone), the Korean banned episodes are full of major plot points, like Ash getting badges or Pokémon evolving.
Also, Raidou was removed from the Chinese and Korean versions of SMT3HD due to historical sensitivity. However, due to fan outcry from the former, they made him free DLC there for about 2 weeks before becoming standard paid DLC. Korea did not get this. Have Korean gamers say if they want Rise of the Ronin. If they say no, that’s all she wrote.
Hated how Raidou was removed aswell as how his outfit from Persona 5 Royal was also pulled, really annoyed me as I think Raidou is great and his theme is a banger yet because some outcry from Korean's about an outfit it's gone... like bruh if you can't even have Raidou's outfit then does that mean we'll never get a Remake of his game?
@@omicronthelordofdestructio485The og PS4 version of Royal still has outfit intact though. It's the re-release on PC/PS5/Switch/Xbox/e.t.c. that deleted outfit.
SK edits of Anime are more aggressive on removing every element of Japanese culture from the series in addition to nudity. Sailor Moon was Hit hard with the censorship they cut around Rei living at the shinto Temple. and every nude moment was airbrushed out.
I'm from Argentina, and a game featuring the Falkland's war might've seen as sensitive towards us, but it's freaking fiction and a damn war setting. Of course there is going to be opposing parties, and each might see the other one as the bad guys. Also, it's fiction, even if it's a portrayal of real history events.
Imagine being an adult, and being told that you cannot play a game, see a movie, nor read a book because it might upset you.
There's been other precedents as well. Spec Ops: The Line is banned in the United Arab Emirates because the game is set in a fictional alternate version of Dubai, and the UAE government was incensed at the idea of their crown jewel metropolis being depicted as a dystopia. The people who ban a game or prevent its release usually aren't the ones playing them.
And If They make a game about the Roman and Christian persecution of polytheistic tribes: were doomed!
They made the right choice. Don't release in regions where they don't want your game.
nope
release the game in everywhere and who dont went dont buy it
They don't want the fuss
@@falkenvirdoing this make more fuss
Is the battosai, don't let him escape this time!
So did Korea block it or was it Sony's decision, because they don't want to upset koreans? If that was Sony's decision then it's really messed up and then companies will block more and more releases in certain countries in the future. I hope they reverse the decision or koreans who want the game can get it somehow easily
Considering it's not region locked all they have to do is get a copy turn on the Korean subtitles, problem solved.
No one's mad, everybody gets what they want, crisis averred.
Before the Korean controversy, it was said that Korean distributors would not release it.
China even censored some few key details and it might also get banned. China has issues with censorships
And china wanted samurai and japanese the villains since china wants to bash and slander japan since japan and china had conflict during ww2. China refuses to trust japan. To this very day
This is one of the most awaited games this year, esp for souls/samurai fans, its insane that it's not released in a massive market like Korea.
Wth i didn't see Mongolians crying about Ghost of Tsushima
The Meiji restoration is offensive in Korea because Japan was modernizing while Korea was doing nothing
They can still import the Chinese version which will most likely include Korean subtitles anyway.
Oh, I thought this was talking about the TMNT comic book. But that was called THE LAST RONIN.
Sadly, the team doing The Last Ronin is going through its own problems right now, TLDR: layoffs.
Shadow of the Ronin
As a Korean who really delves into history though I can understand Sony's sentiment especially given our strained history with Japan, but ultimately art/games must be allowed to express themselves fully. If anything it will provide greater insight into why those movements of conquering happened in the first place, and what we can do to prevent them. Watching the BTS the director clearly states that it was a different historical period, and focuses not on the part conquest/war (MC was influencial of a right wing movement to invade/punish Korea for disrespecting/illegitimizing their emperor) but rather sheds light on the part that appeals to him as a creator which is the demand to take action with the central theme of revolution showcased throughout multiple interviews/game trailers. Feel like too many people are treating this game like its legimitizing jingoistic propaganda. At least Sony allowed Korean subtitles in other versions of the game thats a very nice touch not to throw out that hard work.
Are you an actual Korean, or a diaspora like a Korean-American, for example? Korean diaspora people often have very different opinions than native Koreans.
Your words are absolutely true but this game is banned by the national law of Korea. Publisher decided not to launch this game in Korea by themselves. They're selling games, not making controvercies and nuisances. The problem is simple. And let me clarify this problem more, I haven't seen any kind of games the developers' direct worshiping on Hitler-like historic figure yet.
@@selohcin Maybe its typical for westerners to think us Koreans are just one giant hivemind with no individual opinion because of what you perceive from our societal norms. But I can play Sengoku Basara, while knowing the irl Totoyomi Hideyoshi lead the Invasions into my country as their main goal was to fight against China. Just so you know the Korean intellectual elite also oppressed (and even today still is in many ways) the common people by not just through classist means but by also refusing to deploy what we now call Hangul that would have allowed great educational prosperity instead of Hancha which me oversimplyfing is basically Korean Kanji, setting back our culture hundreds of years.
Ive heard that assertion time and time again, the main reason you dont usually hear from people like myself is because the government and institutions are happy to use Japans whitewashing of their history as camoflague and distraction for their own bullshit. Then normal citizens will just use downloaded talking points, opinions to deflect and silence people like myself. Going back to the creator of this game, they are not trying to glorify the aspect of the MCs views on invading Korea or anything, but more about taking action to slowly build a revolution. I personally feel that this kind of censorship is actually the most dangerous despite its sincerity, because it creates a cultural disconnect between us and the rest of the world in how we consume media. Leading to a disconnect of perspective and ultimately a smaller less meangingful voice on the international stage.
Just comes down to personal belief, that individuals should decide what art they wish to consume, not government, nor laws nor even culture as censorship of the individual expression ultimately leads to a poorer understanding of different cultures and more unnecessary conflicts in all contexts.
I want to know why Team Ninja picked this man, this period, and why the director feels he is like Socrates. Putting our heads in the sand crying racism when the devs are NOT coming from a place of hate isnt going to help anyone.
Sorry for the long comment, but felt it was needed to properly explain where Im coming from.
@@Revolthell My apologies for my original reply if you saw it. I thought you were a third person who was trying to butt in and derail the conversation. However, my original question remains unanswered. Nowhere in your four-paragraph response did you answer if you are a regular Korean citizen or an overseas Korean. Based on your English skills alone, I assume you are part of the diaspora, which makes your opinion and perspective quite different than that of the native Koreans.
@@selohcin Answer no I am not some disphoric Korean. I understand this topic is quite charged, no offensive taken!
You'd be surprised at how many of us study English, because of the insane amounts of forward thinking resources in regards to development disorders like ASD or ADHD because conditions as those are seen like some sort of spiritual and/or psychological curse!
Even outside of such context, we have even newscaster who is Harvard alumini called Shin Ah Young/신아영. It is also important to note it is because I am online I can share my opinion like this, especially as this video is in ENG space. You can bet your ass in Korea I have to censor myself heavily otherwise people will and have lashed out (physically) as well.
Fun fact: There was an episode of the Pokemon anime that was banned in Korea, due to its depictions of samurais, and samurais had a history of committing atrocities against the Koreans when the Korean peninsula was under Japanese control.
I really want to check out this game, but it drops the same day as Dragons Dogma 2 so it's gonna have to wait.
so it's a buff history where Yoshida Shōin suscessful boarded the amirican ship instead of sending him back to bakufu then executed
Sometimes, time does not heal wounds.
History is offensive to "modern audiences" especially to people who would rather rewrite it in their own imagne with their own current modern thinking. In order to learn from history you must accept that it's full of problematic at times extremely painful stuff. Otherwise you cannot learn from history and are doomed to repeat it.
Let me guess another "It shows history so it's offensive to us"
YUP.
That is pretty reductive tbh
Black history month in Florida
What is that even supposed to mean?
If anyone is crying about history it’s the Japanese.
They’re still trying to bury anything negative related to Korea.
Just recently a stone tablet that served as a way to remember forced labor of Koreans in Japan was torn down.
Korea and Koreans as well as history surrounding everything Korea isn’t correctly depicted in Japan and that counts for textbooks as well as entertainment media.
Imagine Germany tearing down a stone tablet where the names of jews that suffered and died during the time of Nazi Germany were written down.
It’s unthinkable. But that’s what’s been happening in Japan. The war has been over almost 80 years now and Japan still cannot accept reality, make friends and move forward.
So? @@deadeye_john
To be perfectly fair. Yakuza games has 3 tropes because its for the Japanese audience.
1. There are always secret koreans (those sneaky comfort women descendants sneaking into Japanese society and pretending to be Japanese people-BECAUSE THERES BASICALLY NO PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE)
2. there are scummy, scamming chinese doing crimes unlike us Yakuza doing crimes
3. americans have no "common sense"
4. the noble homeless who are a secret society.
Yakuza sees Japanese society from a rather goofy parody of neo-nationalist sentiment.
I’m glad to see that there are some gamers in the west who actually get what is behind the Yakuza games.
Your comment and analysis is very much on point.
That's 4 tropes
That's why I like games like Double Dragon. A generic gang steals your girlfriend and you have to beat them up to rescue her. The bad guy is just an excuse to punch things. Games were so much simpler in those days. The main character could be anyone or anything from any race because the graphics were too sh1t to tell.
Most Korean characters have uniquely Korean faces, so I'm not sure about the first thing in the list.
3 is just real life.
Well, at least number 3 is mostly correct.
Can South Korean still import the game, or is it like a complete ban.
the game is not banned, Sony Korea simply decided to not publish it. korean players can easily import a disc version and it even comes with full korean language support
@@ToshMackins Thank You
They can order physical copy online, but not in Korean text, either play it in English or Japanese text.
What a sensitive bunch of baby’s
better for Koreans to allow it but critiquing it on TV and such if there's actual problems.
Just like Germans are having to move out of their "hiding every thing nazi in the past" and accepting that movies and games can include the mustache man without it resulting in a nazi uprising
Germany isn’t hiding anything.
What are you talking about?
There’s a reason why Nazi symbols and Nazi propaganda is banned in Germany as it has been ruled as unconstitutional and an enemy to the constitution.
Sure, censoring Nazi symbols in games is completely ridiculous but afaik that isn’t the case anymore since for a while now Germany handles video games as a form of art.
And if you look at every other medium besides games, you’ll see that no one is hiding everything Nazi in Germany.
@@Lock2002ful my wording was bad, i was just saying like you wrote, that they stopped removing nazi symbolism in games because they have grown beyond that logic.
Games have always been an artform, its just that these days games are worth so much that everyone, even stubborn governments, are forced to recognize them as more than toys for kids..
@@megalonoobiacinc4863
Ah, ok. Sorry. Wasn’t really sure how you meant it.
But I agree completely that games are an art form. It’s sad that it took so long to be recognized as art.
I’m also quite sad that despite that there’s still censorship and self censorship going on when it comes to anything sexual, depiction of violence or controversial topics.
Let artists express themselves however they want.
Imagine Picasso being told “You can’t paint the nose like that. Some people might get offended.” Completely ridiculous.
@@Lock2002fulConstitution made by a foreign occupier.
You can't even compare this to the Naz. It wasn't really a genocide. It just that Korea lost the war and got annexed.
It's like not releasing AC Valhalla in the UK.
Sony sure loves costing themselves money lol
no it's called smart. What is better: try releasing a game that sees the entire country blacklist and ban your business? Considering they are partnering with at least two Korean companies in NCSoft and ShiftUp, it would be a Microsoft-level blunder to risk losing that over a potential country riot
It's their government trying to treat them like little children.
The south korean president has connections to kim jong un to censore it all and want to spread the entire country of korea that japan are still evil and spreading lies and corrupted or blinded everyone for their reasons
But uh, are PS5 games still region free to play?
Is there a chance that someone will get the game and then upload a walkthrough video or guide in Korean for korean players?
Yeah it's still region free so somebody should be able to get a copy from anywhere else turn on Korean subtitles and there ya go.
the game is not banned and theres no regional lock on PS5. so korean players can easily import a disc version and it will even come with full korean language support.
I thinks it's more to prevent an escalated opinion and controversy and conversation around it. Haters and spite will still be around no matter what.
it's region free. It's also possible to play the digital version with "a foreign psn account" where the game is available.
This looks decent
Yeah, Japan and Korea are still at odds due to their dark history. Not at war, but just disputing over what is true or not.
They crapped themselves seeing a sun flag. What do you expect? Of course, a video game would be too offensive to them fragile ppl.
Agreed. Not surprising that they'd get their panties in a bunch over a video game. But as some of the comments already pointed out, it can still imported, so it isn't a complete loss for those who don't really care about this nonsense and just want to play the game.
Knowing that there are so many historical facts and appearances in this game it makes me want to play the game more.
At the end of the day, these events happened in a different time and place. However much has been dramatized for gameplay and entertainment this game may be the only way for you to experience some of the trials and emotions of someone that may have been living and embroiled in the conflicts of the edo period.
When people can't leave the history in past on both sides.
because japan still can't admit it did wrong in ww2
@@EcchiRevenge tbh Japan admit or not doesn't really matter, people just want reason to be pissed off. Korean is extremely prime example of this. See they admit what they did in Vietnam with American soldier.
@@tomsin1417 it absolutely matters because japan even now is trying to erase history
korean warcrimes wasn't limited to vietnam, and that war isn't over
how can any side reconcile when one side doesn't even acknowledge its own wrongdoings? being able to get away with it all, erasing history...etc., is basically why israel can commit genocide in bright daylight right now
Blame the Japanese government for not admitting what their ancestors did was wrong...
@@tomsin1417It's political. Even China is in it too. Lol
They actually made the decision to withdraw from the market even before any negative feedback was received. However, wouldn't it have been wiser to release the game and let the Korean audience make their own judgment about the content?
The marketing and game dev experts don’t seem to think so. If only they had asked random internet commenters for advice
@@csrjjsmpBootlicking: The comment
Team Ninja would be hypocrites if so. See, a popular fighting game series expanded to include a goofy side series around volleyball. Now, normally Sweet Baby would have bitch fits and aneurisms at shapely ladies in bikinis lounging on inflatables but, there was one inclusion that the team knew would be a problem. Enter Dead or Alive 5 debutant; Marie Rose. Marie was voted by players for the volleyball which is creepy to begin with. Team Ninja, knowing the lewd content such as poledancing, the poses the women perform... was grand for asian audiences since 12 was once the legal age of consent. However the majority of western countries consider anyone under 18, 21 in the US iirc- as a minor and any implied adult behaviour is a criminal offense as it is seen as child p.
Knowing Marie, like Kasumi and Ayane before her; was barely 16, 17 in some localisations- was a minor and the backlash they would receive.... made sure to only release Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball 3 - Fortune in Asia. Only asian players have access to it online so only they can access the in-game store. Western fans had to buy the disc to play it outside of Asia.
So it comes as no surprise that Team Ninja have again, withdrawn a game from a local area to avoid a potential backlash
@@claudijatzandrapova3347 If Marie Rose was an issue then why not remove her for the global release and replace her with somebody else.
I mean i get it. U wouldnt see a game tht looked at hitler as a postiive guy and rlease it in germany. Germany has laws against tht
I get the historical debate, the japanese in general are quite despised through all Asia to this day as far as I know. Still, they are shooting themselves hard by doing this. Isn't South Korea one of the biggest markets for them?
Everything was fine until that director interview...
The game got rated by GRAC so apparently the 'depiction of historically sensitive era' wasn't a problem.
Then the director had to say 'I admire this historical figure who is basically Japanese version of Adolf Hitler and want to express his great philosophy through the game I'm making.'
SIEK pull the plug on this game so fast even South Korean gamers didn't know what was happening until they got curious and began searching stores from other regions.
Omg I can confirm it was listed on the PS store here in Korea for over a month but is now removed 😭… was so looking forward to this game…
@@JokerX350 unfortunately I own a digital PS5 😢... I pray 🙏 South Korea 🇰🇷 changes their mind...
maybe you can get a digital download code from out of Korea
@@JokerX350 you're right 😢
@@JokerX350if the game is that important to you just make a new ps profile and be done with it
Then they should just import it.
Even the US would deny about the actions they themselves did in wars.
Name some they are denying today.
@@takerdustGenocide of Germans civilians and POWs in the Rhine Meadow death camps, backing Pol Pot, destroying actual Nationalists in Vietnam, various government murders of civilians in our country, etc.
@@takerdustthe funding of Bin Laden, the creation of ISIS, the assassination of 6 South American presidents from 1930 to 1990, that the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are terrorist attacks, the support and funding of the south African apartheid, destruction of Nicaragua, terrorist attacks against Porto Rico, funding of Nazi militias on Europe, finding of Hitler to help in fight the soviets during the beginning of WW2, funding policial persecution and prison of Lula in 2016, persecution and prison of jornalists, torture in Abulgrab, indiscriminate killing of civilians during Irac invasion, torture killing and prison of innocent civilians and journalists during Afghanistan invasion, the assassination of Chico Mendes, etc, etc
@@takerdust Bush for example denied the total body count that came about as a result of the war in Iraq.
That is too bad for South Koreans though I'm glad it's not the same for other #AsianNations. I wonder if this will dissuade players in SK that really wants to play this game.
Oh well just import. Region locking has increasingly become irrelevant. Just add Korean subs while not releasing to korea. And you're golden.
Exactly, seems like an easy work around to me.
Indeed. It's not like the Korean game market is huge anyway.
It would be like portreying hitler as a visionary who tired to save his country but tragically failed.
oh, koei tecmo? they're already dead to me.
will it be allowed in north korea tho
why? Jong-Il is a modern Hitler with a major chip on his shoulder. Plus this was from Korean history not one or the other
@@claudijatzandrapova3347Also it's still Korea right Man?
@@pedrogabrielduarte4544 it is but you must have heard of the dictator Jong-Il by now? South Korea has a gender war going on whilst the North has a despot running things with an iron fist. Regardless of that, Japan has been recorded historically by those they conquered for its cruelty - China and Korea both have many accounts of the harsh conditions under Japanese rule. That is why a game like Rise of the Rōnin is- to them; despicable as it glorifies Japan in a time period where they were treating those they invaded with brutality and cruelty. That is why it will not be sold in Korea, the wounds are deep.
@@claudijatzandrapova3347 so How can south korea be still having the same effects before this Man showed UP?
@@pedrogabrielduarte4544 I’m not the library.. I was just explaining why Rise of the Rōnin is banned in Korea. They feel Japan has not held itself responsible and see this game as glorifying their malefactors. Look it up
I guess it makes sense for Korea not releasing this game in their country, due to the conflict they had with each other. But otherwise it's kinda dumb for not releasing this game, due to bad history they had.
I suppose they will have to find a new Korea.
Well it must be ties to Korea history so I don't blame koei techmo for not release it but yeah korean people missing out this game
I’m korean and I wouldn’t give a f*** if they released it anyways. It’s a japanese game with japanese history, just don’t buy it if you don’t like it.
To compare shoin and Socrates
1. Did Shoin pursue the philosophical essence that runs through human history?
2. Can a showman's educational values cover 'invasive' claims?
3. For whom was the thought and power that shoin sought?
Socrates is humanism. Shawin is militarism
I'm sad that the director doesn't understand the difference between the two.
Then why make the game then.
Because everyone has to think for everyone when making games. You sound like the people that get critized here to Oblivion.
Glad some companies don’t all-in on “global standards”. This game would never been created otherwise.
Japan and Korea need to get over it. Pretty much all European countries fought against each other regularly over centuries, culminating in WW2. But now we have the EU.
Japan is pretty much over it and has been forever.
They're getting more "sensitive" and going the opposite direction lately.
Korea has never gotten over it and I doubt they will because hating Japan is an easy political scapegoat.
I imagine Korea would get past it if Japan recognized the terrible actions they did at the time, and during WWII.
@@absoul112 How many times they have to do that before nationalists stop saying that?
@@RyuSaarvaNever, Koreans will keep repeating this nonsense. It will never be good enough.
South korea and north korea still despises japan since ww2
People being offended by a game in a time where everyone tryna invade each other ok lol
I wonder why anybody make game that highlighting hitler's other side..
Korea, China, Japan, all hate each other's guts or have very deep distaste due to past. Mostly towards Japan.
Dont forget Philippines, thailand, vietnam, malaysia, Indonesia, cambodia, burma(myanmar), laos, hong kong and taiwan
this is a shame, I think people should play what they want even if its a delicate topic
Looks like if Koreans that wanna play this game, they need to either buy a foreign PS5 or pirate it.
Foreign PS5 what? All you need is imported disc version of the game
@@Radek494 Some consoles, like Nintendo consoles, are straight up region locked and ya need region compatible games. Hence, my comment.
@@XartiXV Switch is not region locked either
@@XartiXV Region locking isn't much of a thing nowadays.
Dlpsgames already have dozen of PS5 games
I gotta play this game because I used to live in the exact same setting, give or take a century or two
South Korea really needs to let go of its Japanese hatred. France and the UK forgave Germany for the atrocities it committed during both World Wars. The past is the past and regimes change. Japan is no longer the aggressively imperialistic power it was 80 years ago.
Does Germany deny what they did in ww2?
Japan apologizes, then later deny what they apologized about, or their actions contradict the apology. When met with criticism, they say they apologized already and try to steer the conversation into another direction.
You gotta put things into context.
일본 옆에서 살아보셈 그럼
China and north korea still hates japan because they are communist
South korea are being mix and still in bad and close term though south korea still do not trust japan to this day and would not forgive what japan has done since the Japanese occupation
They will just pirate it. 😂😂
If they pirated a copy in south korea. Smugglers would get arrested and sentenced to north korea as punishment for those whom pirating a banned copy of a game that should never smuggled or selling to the black market. South korean government would punished anyone who dare committing a crime and sentenced to prison or worst. Prisoners and criminals would go to north korea and punished the criminals and smugglers
Remember kids, if you don't like history just pretend it doesn't exist. Then we can all repeat the same mistakes again.
Everyone's a historian and philosopher in the comments 🙄
Korean got upset because Japanese dev like the one histical figure that was up to conquer Korea? So they blocked the game?
To those that know the history of the period in the game. Korea got invaded. Korea kicked Japan's ass.
If anything this portrayal from the Japanese side alluding to glory in Korean conquest... would make for some funny stuff to Koreans.
Technically, but the navy was weakened because it for one wasn't that robust compared to Korea's and like when they tried to with China, maintaining a supply line led to them not being able to maintain.
The time period of this game is the latter half of the 19th century, the events leading to Japan's "Meiji Restoration". Korea rebuffed Japan's invasions during the last decade of the 16th century. You're about 250+ years off. Korea was Japan's first imperial colonial project in the decades after the events of this game, as they peeled Korea away from Chinese and Russian regional influence over the course of the 1870s-1900s before absorbing it in 1910.
😨 Miya Asama i-i-i- it's not what it looks like
Makes me want to support the game, the director not backing down from telling a story with a controversial historical figure is respectable and very uncommon in today’s world.
Worse Korea Strikes Again.
more unnecessary political drama... at least Solo Leveling didnt get the political drama by changing the main cast into the Japanese counterpart
Shameful that a lot of people in this comment section are saying that 'history is just history and they need to move on' Well the problem is it's not that simple. Japan abused Korea brutally, and you want Korea to just move on? Easy to say when you're not the victim, huh?
Japan abused many other Asian countries though in the past, what makes Korea seems to be so special somehow? Also, by your logic, anything from UK & their colonial time entertainment must be ban too since UK practically colonized more than half of the world for many years.
The loser side will always clean it's wounds in tears, lol
The shogunate tried to conquer Korea and they did so in a terrible way. This game seems to take place in the same period.
Understandable that Korea as a country wouldn't want the game.
Yeah, screw games that show history like Age of Empires and all.
@@xmaverickhunterkx its not just about showing history, its also about the way its portrayed. Imagine if saudi arabia made a game about Osama Bin Laden, portrayed him as a hero, and showed that 9/11 was completely justified. Do you think the US wouldnt ban that game?
I'd still be personally against censorship but I'd also understand why some countries would be against having that kind of game.
Hideyoshi was behind it in the first invasion. Korea had already passed the warrior culture after their 3 kingdom period and transitioned into the Seonbi (Scholar) culture. When Korea was invaded, there was 1 samurai defector who joined the Korean military. He went by Sayaka but after the war, the Koreans gave him a new name and title. His Korean name is Kim Chung-seon. The descendants are still around.
@@jojo11254
No, I don't think the US would. Have you SEEN the kind of things you can get away with here under the protection of the 1st amendment?
@@Katcom111wasn't that the Jose-eon period? It comes up a lot in Korean TV shows like 'The Scholar Who Walks The Night'
Not surprising. For those not getting it, imagine playing as your enemy portrayed as the good guy against your country.
I could care less and idgaf tbh. I’m Albanian and Nico Bellic who’s a Serbian is one of my all time fav characters and he kills Albanians too. Do I feel offended? Absolutely not.
japan made korea
It's just like how Japan will never make a game or any other media about what they did in their occupied Asian countries during WW2. And will probably ban any game depicting their atrocities during this period.
It's just like how China, American, France, England, Korea will never make a game or any other media about what they did in their occupied Asian countries. And will probably ban any game depicting their atrocities during this period.
@@tomsin1417i can't wait to see these fella reaction if a game based in Palestine and Israel being made lol
I don't think Japan banned COD5 or some other Hollywood WW2 era movies that contained pacific campaign, depicting Japanese soldiers as suicidal evil incarnates. If anything, Japan has been apologizing all the time, both literally & in media. This is coming from citizen that my own country was also being occupied by Japan in WW2.
How about this hypocrites demand the same standard on western countries that has colonized more than half of the world for centuries?? UK alone should apologize each year & send a reparation money to each country they colonized. That's only fair right?
Korea being very American.
Nah in America it's changed for no good reason. Sony is a joke.
Not really. Blue archive and Black Desert online are Korean game and ... Didn't get release in America in they original forms. DOAX3, Omega labirinth Z is available in Korea.
@@Tofu3435Korea is a wannabe America.
North korea very communist
Ahh, another Koei Tecmo game. A good reminder to not buy the Region 3 Asian version. Censorship abound.
KQ
It is too much to give examples of Germany and Europe.
In Japan, the government is trying to erase the mistakes of the past, from education to history.
It's okay to describe Hitler's actions in the media.
But you shouldn't think positively about his actions and describe them positively.
It makes even more sense to compare Yoshida Shoin to Socrates.
Which saint seizes the country and encourages imperialism?
We're crazy about ninjas and samurai.
It's described in a great way in games and movies.
But we have to see history in it.
It would be nice if there was a critical, unbiased description in the game.
If the game doesn't, it will be one of the sad history of the game.
The perennial Korean outrage about anything Japanese is growing tiresome.
Maybe try to learn about the history instead of blaming Korea..?
@@KoreanSpy1997maybe Koreans can move the f on and stop being sore losers? It's been decades
@@KoreanSpy1997 shit is a game about history dawg. You want them to change it to something else? It's history. It happened.
Maybe they wouldn't be so mad if japan stopped denying all the atrocities they commited agains korea and actually apologised for it
@@insiranomecriativoaqui6480 Japan has apologized (many times) for their wartime crimes in Korea. They have rendered economic aide to Korea. They assisted Korea build it's economy, it's cities, and it's tech sector starting in the 1960s. Korea is rich today due in part to the assistance of the Japanese. Not that any of that matters though, because certain factions benefit from weaponizing domestic Korean sentiment against the Japanese whenever it suits them.
Certainly if the Japanese can learn to move on from WW2 with their relationship with the USA, then Korea can learn to move on from WW2 with their relationship with Japan.
imagine Koreans still being upset about something that happened like...110 YEARS ago lol...no one who is alive today had aaaanything to do with any of that. (this also applies to world wars)
Not just mad about events a century ago but also inside a mere action game... Koreans need to grow some balls and move on.
Well some gringos are still butthurt about pearl harbor.
Unfortunately its about current day politics. Both Koreas (north and south) have a very anti Japanese teaching (valid for invasion and ww2). South Korea elite politicians and business people "bash" and envy Japan for post ww2 economic development.
@@enrique7934 in my entire life I've only met one person butthurt over Pearl Harbor and he wasn't even American but a Canadian.
@@enrique7934 yeah even after sacrificing their own soldiers during the ww2
LoL. This is like glorifying Hitler in Western culture. When will you grow up? It does not matter how long it happened. Your comment only proves low education, especially no history lessons.
I'm a Korean. So here's your interpretation of the situation. So here's what this game means in Korea. It's hard to accept normally a game producer saying that he respects someone who preaches, which means, "Nazi is good for taking over Europe and America," that Japan still has that imperialistic mindset, and even Sony, which approved it to be released as a SIE game, has that idea. This is very serious. This game has to be canceled even in other countries.
Koreans want games.
But Sony gave up.
They thought that some of the elements in the game would make Koreans uncomfortable.
But Koreans are not simply stupid people who feel uncomfortable because Japan made the game.
I hope there's no problem with the elements in the game. If there's a factor that causes inconvenience to Koreans that even Sony can admit,
In other words, if history distortion, imperialism, the glorification of shoin...
That will be an uncomfortable factor for Koreans.
Reminder: Japan brutally invaded Korea, committed several war crimes and to this day continues to deny it. Then when one game decided to have them as the bad guy in a war that everyone still knows about and where they were the clear bad guys, they ban it in their country.
It's a shame Korea is banning propaganda from a man who never viewed them as humans. Why can't they get along? Japan has apologized like 0 times already. How much more do you want them to apologize?
Korean nationalists keep spreading this lie but the first google result says that Japan apologized in 1960 and many times after it.
@@RyuSaarvado you even know what these guys apologized for? For most people, you can't apologize for something and then deny it ever happened.
"0 times apologize"
Japanese gov : Actually do apologizes pays a lot.
*Breaking promises made by the previous government
"That's won't work."
Logic.
@@RyuSaarva Let us conveniently ignore the fact that Japan contradicts or denies what they apologized about later on and complains they already apologized when they are callout on it.
@@lamia197 Who denied what claim?
Understandable. The same reason I don't play yakuza games. Romanticizing scumbags or in this case a terrible period of history is not cool.
It's ok the game is crap anyways, not as good as Nioh 1
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