Hardcore ero-puzzler Catherine has been judged too sexy for mere Americans, and as a result the game’s saucy covers have been given Bowdlerised editions bereft of cleavage climbing.
The Japanese original covers:
The American Edition:
However, Catherine fans can probably relax, as Atlus claims they merely provide the massacred covers for crazy puritan outlets, retaining the originals for normal people:
“In addition to the existing North American covers for Catherine on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, there will also be modified designs that appear in select markets.
The vast majority of copies available at launch will feature the cover we originally unveiled, essentially the Japanese cover of the game.
A small percentage of copies, however, will feature a cover that is more considerate of certain retailers’ broader customer demographic. Fans need not worry; Catherine’s cover art is NOT being altered for North America. There is just an extra option being made available for more sensitive shoppers.”
Amazon actually stocks both the proper version and the All American edition, bearing out this explanation.
The actual content for all its vaunted sexiness is far tamer than the sort of thing mature western gamers now take for granted, and so should escape any cuts without difficulty.
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http://japangeek.es/wp-content/gallery/catherine/catherine-360.jpg
...the japan's xbox360 cover.
Thank you good sir...
Stupid Americans
Stupid censors you mean.
It's Americans pressuring them to do it, wish we could fight the power. Row row...
I've seen sexier stuff at the underwear aisle at stores >.>"
America.
True the wrappers on them new lingerie are more awkward then anything else. Little boys could fap to those
But of Pete's sake why would they have the covers have to be edited? Their own movie CD covers usually have more suggestive(some don't even suggest anything) then this cover could ever be.
Can't believe the No.1 porn producers of our Solar System are that afraid of the Japanese H market
hypocritical isn't it?
Yes yes but quit your bitching, I hate those types of people in the good and fair ole US of A much as you would.
Yeah, much like any situation, it's always a couple idiots who ruin it for the rest of us, and then a larger swath of people is blamed for it.
Thank god Atlus has management who isn't, for lack of a better description, full of pussies...
At least the game is coming out. I don't really mind covers.
Until you find after dropping something close to SEVENTY bucks on a heavily CENSORED game! You truly think the content with be excluded here?
~~~~~~~obama & unicorns over the candy rainbow governmente for you then!!!
i agree with niwa
This cover looks 500 times better than the original anyways. More focus, more detail and less clutter.
It's not like you would be able to fap to the original cover anyways unless you were REALLY desperate.
phew! that was a close one. Cleavage almost made it onto the racks in stores.
"Cleavage... made it onto the racks."
Ha. I see what you did there.
ahur ahur ahur
This will be my quote of the day!
:)
If only her boobs were guns...
God, America is disgusting. You can have a severed hand floating in space on a cover, zombie hands with thumbs graphically rotted away, but you can't show a little skin.
Huh? What about Spartacus and other 18+ movies ??? Or it's different because it's movie ??? Americans are truly hard to understand...
You can show skin. Where the fuck have you been? It's the man popping out of the woman's cleavage that's the problem. It can be viewed as degrading, so they changed it SLIGHTLY based on the different audience.
It's not that hard to figure out and definitely not a big deal.
I think its cool the guys at atlus made the extra work to make a more polite versions only for those especially picky stores and the normal version for the rest, that way they can please everyone and screw no-one, nice.
It works like this...
US: Boobs - NO
Gore - OK
Japan: Boobs - OK
Gore - NO
Europe: Boobs -OK
Gore - OK
Problem, Us? *trollface*
Brits: Boobs - NO
Gore - NO
Cant forget about Australia. MK9 was Ban'd there
Boobs - NO
Gore - NO
forgot Germany:
boobs NO
gore NO
yep no boobs and gore in germany, Thats why austria is better.
"...provide the massacred covers for crazy puritan outlets"
I loled for truth.
"crazy puritan outlets"
That's a nice way of saying Walmart. =P
Censorship in America... the irony
Does Atlus group have anything to do with Suda51's group that animated No More Heroes? I'm getting a huge No More Heroes vibe off Catherine.
"A small percentage of copies, however, will feature a cover that is more considerate of certain retailers’ broader customer demographic. Fans need not worry; Catherine’s cover art is NOT being altered for North America. There is just an extra option being made available for more sensitive shoppers."
SENSITIVE SHOPPERS
typical idiots are typical.
are these sensitive shoppers that worried about a cover that even shows no nudity.....
hell
Why be sensitive? American TV has like sexually suggestive shit like in MTV's springbreak, sex on this series, sex in that series, even the movies.... You're 7 year old child might have seen worse stuff already so stop acting protective. America, you've failed already.
Don't you people even bother to read the article before bitching? They changed the cover so they can sell the game in more family friendly stores, or stores that have toys and games for younger players. Changing the cover slightly lets them distribute the game further.
There are so many whiny bitches on this site who can't read.
The altered cover is for a VERY SMALL percentage of the market, and the majority of the US will be getting the original cover.
I'm amazed at how many dumbfucks here can't read a short paragraph properly.
sankaku idiots
ooo cmon like we haven´t seen those already a million time.
What's the point of this goddamn article if they are selling BOTH covers?
Just to troll. Reading all the knee-jerk comments by mindless weaboos is a little funny, I guess.
Let's hope nobody mistake it for "Barbie Block puzzle adventure".
Those who've ordered the game did it for that "sexiness" in the first place. Now you're providing them a crap cover alter?
They'd better not change anything major in the gameplay. Dubs are fine to a certain point, but anything beyond that, I'd rather get the JP ver. and hear my Sawashiro forking me to death.
Those who ordered the game from FATLUS will get the normal unaltered version anyway. Walmart, the Red Cross and the Christian Catholic Church will put the altered version on their shelves.
Typical
There are other reasons to be scared by Catherine.
yeah, like the horrible english voice cast and no option to chance the audio
I'd usually agree with you but the cast they announced is pure gold , so fuck off fanboys!
You don't know your subject .
import the japanese version if you want japanese voice this time , you understand japanese right ? >.>
I'm very disappointed, The cover art wasn't that bad...
I know right, it seems like this kind of thing is getting worse & worse...
Hardly a big deal considering the original covers are still intact at most retailers. Seems like much ado about nothing.
What!? American's can handle porn
but can't handle sexy games from Japan?
this only gives rise to more collectable versions.