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Devs say Nintendo is making a bigger push for more violent/risqué content on Switch

by rawmeatcowboy
14 October 2017
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The following info comes from a Wall Street Journal article...

- Nintendo is encouraging some producers of violent or risqué games to provide content for Switch
- developers say more titles for mature audiences are coming after Nintendo encouraged them
- Takuya Aizu, chief executive of Inti Creates, assumed Nintendo wouldn’t be interested in Gal*Gun 2
- in discussions with Nintendo, they welcomed the idea of bringing it to the Switch
- one executive at an outside developer said Nintendo “was passive until now" on risque/violent content
- now that executive would no longer say that's the right word to describe Nintendo's stance today
- Nintendo said “As with books, television and movies, different content is meant for different audiences.
- Nintendo also said parents have several ways to ensure their children don’t play games aimed at adults
- Shinya Takahashi, a Nintendo executive, said Nintendo's aim was to attract grown-up game players in the West
- Koei Tecmo says Nights of Azure 2's Switch sales are “not bad” in Japan
- Tak Fujii says, "Nintendo has opened its window to more developers, and it has gotten much kinder to companies new to Nintendo platforms.”

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