Writer and game designer Yuji Horii is widely regarded as Dragon Questlong term final fantasy Square Soft and Enix were competitors until their merger in 2003. That’s what happened recently, when he weighed in on a very small but very impactful tweak Dragon Quest III in the upcoming remake.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remastered Editionis the first of three visual overhauls to the original game, changing the description of starting hero selection. The two options are not male and female, but Type A and Type B. plus adjustments Female Warrior Professional ArtOriginally designed by Akira Toriyama to make it less revealing, some fans considered it an attack on the game’s artistic integrity to appease progressive values.
The topic came up recently during a lengthy conversation between Horii and the former Daily Mail editor over the weekend. Weekly Shonen JumpTorishima Kazuhiko. stream Hosted by DJ Naz Chris Dragon Quest III Role play and take place in Tokyo Game Show 2024 But with Official on-stage panel discussion For the competition. as Role playing game website ReportThe panel, led by Naz Chris, began talking about the changes from the original game to the remake, including character clothing and gender descriptions.
Nazcris reportedly said she didn’t understand the need for the changes Role playing game websiteThe translation of the exchange, Horii seemed to agree with. Torishima then started talking about content ratings abroad, and the difficulty of getting approval in the United States. There’s a way of using religious ideas to teach sex education in the United States, isn’t it? According to Torishima Role playing game website. “Their way of thinking about compliance is really narrow-minded.”
Then Horii, Who contributed new story elements to the remakeseems to bring the topic back to Dragon Quest III. “You can also choose male or female [version] The main character’s name, but we couldn’t write “Choose from male or female”; it became “Type 1 and Type 2”. He said based on Role playing game website. “I wonder who the hell is going to complain about ‘men and women?'” I don’t get it. The part that extends the conversation is Censored immediately on September 29th and spread like wildfire among critics online remake change.
That’s when Elon Musk discovered it. “This is crazy,” the tech billionaire said, looking for anti-woke engagement bait like a moth to a flame. wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on September 30 A quote from a conversation. It’s unclear exactly which part he was referring to, but it was helpful for the sound clip to breach containment. Two veterans of the manga and video game fields (Torishima and Horii are both in their 70s) seemed to defend the silent outrage over the matter on some forums and YouTube channels. Dragon Quest III cuts, and a broader conspiracy about the quiet censorship of Japanese games and entertainment.
So far, it’s been as predictable as the sun. What happened next was weird. Original interviewer Naz Chris Published on October 2 The editor was accused of misinterpreting parts of the dialogue and taking it out of context. Valute News, one of the X accounts that originally shared a translation of the film’s review, deleted the post and apologized.
“I sincerely apologize for the incorrect English subtitles produced for Torishima Kazuhiko’s statement.” Statement in account read October 3rd. “In the scene where he mentions ‘Puritans,’ it is incorrectly translated as ‘sex education.'” This error was due to mishearing on my part. I apologize for any inconvenience caused to all parties involved.
The Twitter account of the radio show co-hosted by Horii and Torishima also responded: Make a statement Calls for people to stop circulating clipped portions of the conversation and suggesting the content has been mistranslated and misinterpreted. The essence of the debate seems to hinge on the use of “sex education” rather than “puritanical”. However, it’s unclear what meaningful change this would make overall, especially with Horii’s comments about the remake changing gender labels.
To anti-woke gaming conspiracy theorists, this reaction is the worst of both worlds. The initial conversations seemed to confirm their initial criticism of the changes, and an apparent damage control effort after the comments spread to the wider web is now seen by some as evidence of a cover-up of sorts. What does Square Enix think of all this? The publisher declined to comment.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remastered Edition It will be released on November 14th on consoles and PC. Time Capsule Interview with Hori and Shigeru Miyamoto About making video games since 1989.
