Dear Nintendo

 

    There is much controversy over the changes being made for the Western release of Fire Emblem: Fates. To reason, there are almost no credible people who would not purchase the game because of erotic features. This credibility is purely based on the notion of purchase history as well as feigned ignorance about the game design itself. There has been no significant movement to boycott the game nor has there been any decent reason to not do a sensible course of action (such as allowing for a Japanese patch of the game). 

There is a clear difference in buying and playing a game regardless of features that are acceptable to "Western standards" than standing against a clear, justifiable cause. Too many so-called "skeptics" are either trolls or people who are unlikely to play the game in the first place. There is good money to be made by keeping these features (which would call for the games to be as they were in Japan.)

It is an objective fact that there is room for compromise to make everyone happy.

On behalf of the communities who are sincerely upset about the changes that are being made to the Western imports of Fates, we request that there be a patch made available on Nintendo eShop that allows fans to have the gameplay experience that they were anticipating.

Details about such a patch are doable and should be made free-of-charge or included in a whole different bundle entirely. Such a patch should include every [stripped] feature advertised for the Japanese version of the game as well as maintaining the native translations necessary to play and enjoy the game especially for every single line removed as well.

GAMES ARE MEANT TO BE FUN, NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT.

Localization processes all around can have similar issues with translation to fixing dialogue to match cultural differences to make characters more relatable. However, removing content on the basis for a few culturally sensitive/incompetent people is another thing. Too often are games stripped of the content they are advertised for because of criticism given by people who would not play the game or take any attempt to appreciate the values the game has to offer in the first place.

Nintendo, listen to your fans (the silent majority.) We want these features more than any meaningless complaint has to offer: actual sales rather than negative exposure. We will stand by you if that's what we need to do to get our games the way you want to make them rather than meeting some social expectations.  It is appreciated for the individuals who have taken the time to understand a different point of view as well as the consideration to understand the demand for these features to be kept somehow.

It is also worth thanking those who believe in this solution and wish to make the changes necessary to implement it.

Please sign this petition if you want Fire Emblem: Fates to be authentic to how it was originally advertised.

Piracy is not the issue here.

With this patch, we believe true fans, new fans and Nintendo can have a win:win situation.

SHOW NINTENDO THAT WE WILL ALL BUY THE GAME AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE!

Summary of controversy: http://nintendonews.com/news/3ds/fire-emblem-fates-dialogue-stripping-touching/ 

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/41814/fire-emblem-fates-changes-controversial-support-conversation-in-western-regions  

http://nintendoeverything.com/specifics-of-the-petting-mini-game-removal-in-fire-emblem-fates-western-release/

http://nichegamer.com/2016/02/fire-emblem-fates-to-only-have-english-audio-in-the-west/