'Saints Row Penetrator' Altered In Saints Row The Third for Japan

November 11, 2011 -

Ding.Dong.Ditch. It looks like Japan is not comfortable with the giant sex-toy weapon in Saint's Row The Third. Even though the game received the highest rating it could for its content in the region (CERO Z - basically adults only), the "Saints Row Penetrator" had to be altered for the game to be released in the region.

A THQ representative told Game Informer that, due to stricter guidelines in Japan, the publisher had to remove the "veins and physics" from the in-game Penetrator weapon for its release in Japan. The Penetrator is a three-foot long purple rubber dildo attached to the handle of a baseball bat. "Depiction of genital parts" is prohibited in Japan.

The game releases here in North America and in Europe November 15. Japan gets it November 17.

Source: Game Informer by way of Joystiq. Original image via Joystiq. Thanks to Cheater87 for the original story.

 

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Re: 'Saints Row Penetrator' Altered In Saints Row The Third ...

Submitted by David on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 21:44.

I wish Japan would get rid of the "no genitals" thing.  It's led to something that seems truly schizophrenic in my mind.  It's ok to show a graphic depiction of rape, just so long as ding dongs and hoo hahs are censored.  The mind boggles.

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Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 23:45.

I guess it just ain't that graphic without the ding dongs and hoo hahs.

 

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Re: 'Saints Row Penetrator' Altered In Saints Row The Third ...

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 19:35.

A three-foot long purple rubber dildo attached to the handle of a baseball bat is not a genital part.  So what's the problem?

 

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Submitted by Thomas Riordan on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 09:46.

Tentacle porn okay. Rapelay okay. Purple dildo on a stick bad.laugh

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Submitted by DorthLous on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 15:13.

Actually, no, Rapelay not okay. It was hit by the political wave that originated from here. Now a huge amount of similar game, also including it, have stricter regulation, if not directly a ban, can't remember.

Re: 'Saints Row Penetrator' Altered In Saints Row The Third ...

Submitted by Cattleprod on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 15:23.
What a wasted opportunity to do a tentacle variant.

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Submitted by hellfire7885 on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 15:20.

They should have just pixelated it, would have been funnier.

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Submitted by ddrfr33k on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 13:55.

That comment just made my day.

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Re: 'Saints Row Penetrator' Altered In Saints Row The Third ...

Submitted by Zerodash on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 14:20.

""Depiction of genital parts" is prohibited in Japan."

And yet, paradoxically, Japan manages to have the most depraved and diverse selection of pornography the world has ever seen.

Re: 'Saints Row Penetrator' Altered In Saints Row The Third ...

Submitted by Kincyr on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 16:42.

the censorship forces them to be more "creative", otherwise it'd be close-up penetration shots like in the US. it's also worth noting that sextoys are not censored in porn there; I'm guessing that they can't be shown with great detail in non-pornographic work

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