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Could you guys help me out? I'm looking for examples of the "most risque" games that have been allowed to be released on Nintendo's systems before they began the censorship crackdown in 2022. Doesn't have to be anything "too" out there, just as long as the game has some cleavage or ecchi content, and it should be good enough.

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>>7892
I believe the "crackdown" (I don't like this terminology, it implies the content shouldn't have been allowed to "slip through" to begin with) didn't really start until later 2023, as both the Mugen Souls games released that year worldwide completely uncensored (except Australia which banned them). You might point to Duel Princess and Hot Tentacle Shoot, but those are outliers. There wasn't a consistent pattern of censoring these games and their content until late 2023 starting with The Fox Awaits Me HANA.
But regardless, without further ado.

Senran Kagura Reflexions
Moero Chronicle Hyper
Moero Crystal H
Seven Pirates H
Mary Skelter 2
The Gal*Gun trilogy
Gun Gun Pixies
Akiba's Trip Undead and Undressed Director's Cut
Mugen Souls/Mugen Souls Z (both uncensored, the only officially uncensored versions available outside of Japan)
Omega Labyrinth Life

For a non-Switch example, the Doki Doki Majo Shinpan games on DS are basically proto-Vitacore. Duo and Doki Majo Plus are two of the very few CERO D-rated games on that system.

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>>7892
>>7902
I saw your post in the ZZZ Nintendo censorship thread and realized you're already aware of Doki Doki Majo Shinpan. That's probably the standout example of bishoujo ecchi on Nintendo consoles prior to Soyny's spergout driving them to Switch. There are a few other examples, such as the Luminous Arc games on DS, and Stella Glow and Conception 2 on 3DS, but they aren't literally proto-Vitacore like DDMS.

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>>7902
>>7903
I'm primarily looking for pre-Switch games (Since Switch games seem piss-easy to find) to show a trend because Nintendo primarily "backed off" from dictating the content of third-party games during the GC era and later. So despite what Nintendo have done to their own games during that time (Including titles they published/localized like Fatal Frame 5 and TMSFE), they have been just as "hands off" as Snowy until recently. So far, the list I've managed to compile include (After adding in your games):
>GameCube
<Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball
<BloodRayne
<BMX XXX
<Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend
<P.N. 03
<R: Racing Evolution
<Rogue Ops

>Nintendo DS
<Battle Reel Series 01: Reelgun
<Days of Memories
<Days of Memories 2
<Days of Memories 3
<Dokidoki Majo Shinpan!
<Dokidoki Majo Shinpan! 2
<Kumatanchi
<Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend
<Luminous Arc
<Luminous Arc 2
<Ridge Racer DS
<Shantae: Risky's Revenge
<Tokyo Odaiba Casino
<Tomb Raider: Underworld
<Touch de Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen - Rio de Carnival

>Wii
<Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary
<MadWorld
<Muramasa: The Demon Blade
<No More Heroes
<No More Heroes 2
<Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers
<Sexy Poker
<The House of the Dead: Overkill
<The Last Story
<Tomb Raider: Underworld

>Nintendo 3DS
<BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
<Code of Princess
<Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
<Dead or Alive Dimensions
<PachiPara 3D: Deluxe Umi Monogatari - Pachi-Pro Fuuunroko
<PachiPara 3D: Ooumi Monogatari 2 - Pachi Pro Fuuunroku Hana
<PachiPara 3D: Ooumi Monogatari 2 with Agnes Lum - Pachi-Pro Fuuunroku Hana
<PachiPara 3D: Premium Umi Monogatari - Yumemiru Otome to Pachinko Ou
<Ridge Racer 3D
<Senran Kagura Burst
<Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
<Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
<SoniPro
<Stella Glow
<Super Strike Beach Volleyball
<Sweet Memories: Blackjack

>Wii U
<Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
<Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
<Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

>Switch
<Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed
<BlazBlue: Central Fiction
<BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
<BloodRayne 1 & 2: ReVamped
<BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites
<Code of Princess EX
<Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet
<Gal*Gun Returns
<Gal*Gun 2
<Gal*Gun: Double Peace
<Gun Gun Pixies
<Mary Skelter 2
<Mary Skelter Finale
<Megadimension Neptunia VII
<Moero Chronicle H
<Moero Crystal H
<Mugen Souls
<Mugen Souls Z
<Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution
<Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars
<Neptunia: Sisters vs. Sisters
<Nier: Automata
<No More Heroes
<No More Heroes 2
<No More Heroes III
<Omega Labyrinth Life
<Senran Kagura Reflexions
<Senran Kagura: Peach Ball
<Seven Pirates H
<Shantae
<Shantae and the Seven Sirens
<Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
<Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
<Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
<SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy
<Super Neptunia RPG
<Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

Feel free to double check these. A couple, like RR3D, don't have much ecchi content beyond things like marketing content, but it "should" count as good enough.

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>>7902
SPH is pretty crazy for a console release on a Nintendo platform, especially considering it has loli characters.

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>>7904
I'd add Doki Majo Plus to the DS list. It's a remake of the first game, but it adds some new content, which I assume is pretty lewd because it pushed the rating up to CERO D from the first game's CERO C.
For Wii, you can add Manhunt 2. A game so graphic and violent that it initially received an AO rating and had to be censored to get it to M. Even the censored version still got banned in several countries (Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea). As far as I know, the Wii version did not receive any additional censorship. Omega Labyrinth Z also got banned in several countries, but between it and Manhunt 2, only one of those did Sony apparently choose to moralfag over, which tells me they wanted to ban OLZ from the start and just needed a convenient excuse. Same deal with Nintendo.

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A couple of things of note!
Be on the look out to see what happens to the upcoming rerelease of Steam-Heart's and Advanced V.G. when they comes out later this month on 5/28. Both rereleases are based the Saturn versions of their respective games. And while they are censored compared to the prior releases, the former game still retained the sex scenes important to the story while the latter has exclusive erotic images not present in the PS1 version. Because of Nintendo's recent antics now also effecting Japanese releases, it's worth keeping an eye on these two games.
Also, I have a question, should we include skinsuits? Like the suits you see in media like Psyvariar and Evangeleon.

Anways, found a few more games to add:
>Nintendo DS
<Breath: Toiki wa Akaneiro
<Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
<Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns
<Luminous Arc 3: Eyes
<Quiz no Tabi
<Simple DS Series Vol. 22: Age Age The Zero-Yon * Shin'ya
<Tactical Guild
<Umihara Kawase Shun: Second Edition Kanzenban
<Windy X Windam
>Nintendo 3DS
<Sayonara Umihara Kawase
>Nintendo Switch
<Cotton 100%
<Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Saturn Tribute
<Magical Night Dreams Cotton Boomerang Saturn Tribute
<Magical Night Dreams Cotton 2 Saturn Tribute
<Panorama Cotton
<Superlative Night Dreams Cotton Fantasy
<Umihara Kawase BaZooKa!
<Umihara Kawase Fresh!

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>>7907
>Also, I have a question, should we include skinsuits? Like the suits you see in media like Psyvariar and Evangeleon.
To err on the safe side, only skin-covered ones. I feel non skin-colored skinsuits these days fall in the "safe horny" camp, especially when they're used to censor characters/outfits that showed skin previously, similar to leggings (such as 2nd pic related and the usual redditards writing apologia about how it's better than the original design).

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>>7906
>For Wii, you can add Manhunt 2. A game so graphic and violent that it initially received an AO rating and had to be censored to get it to M. Even the censored version still got banned in several countries (Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea). As far as I know, the Wii version did not receive any additional censorship.
I have looked into Manhunt 2 previously, and the Wii version is now the least censored version of all the "official" releases. There was previously the full uncensored AO version of the game that you could buy digitally for PC, but it's no longer available. Outside of that, there's also the PS2 beta version that is both uncensored and retains some exclusive content that is missing from the PC/Wii release (But still present in the official PS2/PSP release).

However I'm hesitant to add a game "just" for it's violence because that mostly gets a pass from these companies. And the last time the industry came together "collectively" to demand censorship of a game because of it's violent content was regarding Hatred, and Thrill Kill prior to that.

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>>7911
There are some games that Nintendo seems to have banned or censored specifically for their violence, such as Christmas Massacre, Gungrave G.O.R.E., and Death end re;Quest Code Z. But I mainly bring up Manhunt 2 as a contrast to how the industry handled its controversy versus how they handle the controversies of games like Omega Labyrinth Z. Manhunt 2 getting banned in sveral countries did not cause anyone to change their policies. So then why did Sony apparently decide to moralfag over Omega Labyrinth Z? If they could shrug off Manhunt 2's controversy, they should have been able to shrug off Omega Labyrinth Z. Just because Bongistan called it CP doesn't mean everyone else thinks that's what it is, even in Bongistan itself, or that it should be banned everywhere, or Australia would be dictating what everyone gets and I'm pretty sure no one agrees with that.

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>>7912
I sort of get your point. So what games should be included then for their violent elements then? Most that come to mind are horror games.

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>>7915
Resident Evil 4 being a timed Gamecube-exclusive is an example. The first two Death end re;Quest games on Switch, while not as violent as Code Z, are also examples. Puppet Combo specializes in graphic, edgy games including one called Nun Massacre with religious themes tossed in for good measure and they had no issues releasing on Switch until Christmas Massacre got blocked all of a sudden. And of course, the Grand Theft Auto games. Which modern Nintendo will only certainly give a pass just because they're AAA games, but it and stuff like Cyberpunk 2077 and Ass Creed Niggers can be used as an example of Nintendo giving blatant passes to high-clout games that lower-clout ones wouldn't get.

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>>7784 (OP) 
https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/hyperdimension-neptunia-rebirth2-sisters-generation-for-switch-launches-this-summer-in-asia-with-english-language-support

Re;Birth 2 announced. I think it's safe to say Re;Birth 3 will be announced within a month or two. After that, though, then what? Another poster seems to think that since Re;Birth 1 seems to have done unusually well for their usual fare that Eastasiasoft is going to become a Switch Nep porting machine by porting other Vita Neptunia titles. If they announce Hyperdevotion, I'll start believing it more. Right now, I think they're just trying to salvage IFI's loss.

>>8133
i do hope that there's a combo pack, like what i think the ps4 is getting. i do not feel like spending more for the three games separately...

>>7784 (OP) 
I didn't know it was on GoG, gonna go buy it now.
I wish GoG became the de-facto storefront for niche anime games but their stance on DRM will likely torpedo those ambitions.

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>Nintendo Switch’s infamous “Hentai Girls” series gets renamed due to possible shadowban by eshop
https://archive.ph/04lJ4
<In an official announcement on X, publisher Pakotime announced that the upcoming entries in the Hentai Girls series will be renamed to Kawaii Girls, starting from July this year. However, they clarify that previous Hentai Girls games will not be subject to renaming. Furthermore, they advise users looking up Switch 2 versions of existing Hentai Girls titles – including Hentai Girls: Charming Chef, which released on June 19 – to use the keyword “Pakotime” instead. 
<I was able to confirm this myself – the games show up without any issues for Switch, but are very hard to find for the Switch 2 – they will only come up if you search the publisher’s name. This means that “hentai” and other similarly sensitive words are possibly being shadowbanned by Nintendo Switch 2 store’s search engine.

Didn't where else to post this little bit of irony. Remember pic related: https://xcancel.com/sekaipro_chris/status/1928315598150254772#m
Well: https://archive.ph/rTYsS
<The latest entry in the Nekopara series (an eroge series, with Steam releases being stripped of R18 scenes) has been stuck in approval limbo on Steam for over 40 days, because of course it has. Valve, known for arbitrarily choking out anime-style games, is once again proving it can’t handle a few catgirls in frilly outfits.

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>>8164
Unfortunately, GOG seems to be going the way of Steam. They rejected Tokyo Clanpool's uncensor patch. I expect it to get steadily worse over time much like Steam did. That and already they have a much more lengthy review process than most other storefronts including Steam which along with the DRM-free thing already makes most publishers not want to work with them, then combined with censoring Japanese fanservice games, one of the few steady pipelines of games they could count on as Steam bans them, and I expect GOG is going to lose relevance in the future. They aren't even the only DRM-free store any more.
>>8237
SekaiPro recently announced they got a response back from Valve. They haven't said what yet.
https://xcancel.com/sekaipro_chris/status/1937221738288546173#m
Also I'm pretty sure I was the one who took that screenshot.

>>7892
>before they began the censorship crackdown in 2022
2022 you say?
https://gonintendo.com/contents/13967-former-santa-monica-studio-producer-hannah-foell-becomes-senior-manager-of-partner

It's always Noire's fault, though I won't trust Nintendo until they throw Gay Bowser from the roof of NoA either

>>8133
I want to believe, but I heard that the JP Hypedevotion switch release sold poorly even by CH standards. If they did U and Megatagmension as a single cart it would be an instant buy, especially if Cyberdimension made it onto that cart too

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>>8260
Just in case anyone doesn't know what the response was, Nekopara After released on Steam after all. I suspect they relented after the Blue Archive delay threatened to put major scrutiny on them.
>>8318
I consider 2022 to be an "outlier" year. The only notable cases that year were Duel Princess and Gamuzumi saying Hot Tentacle Shoot couldn't have full nudity. But on the other hand, Seven Pirates H released without hindrance, and the following year saw the uncensored Mugen Souls releases. I consider later 2023 with the ban on The Fox Awaits Me HANA's western release to be the real turning point.
>>8319
If they were going to do single cart compilation releases, they would have done so with the Re;Births here. They were already sold as a trilogy compilation in Japan. I think the 4/v/ Famitsufags to be mostly delusional, but here I'll give them credit in that I do think there's some nickel-and-diming going on here. EAS is selling them separately so they can sell the LEs, and the price of each is $40 SE, $60 LE. The individual games on Steam are literally $15 regular price, and they frequently go on sale as well. You could literally buy all three on PC for the price of ONE Switch version. Yes, I know there's costs involved in manufacturing the carts, but does that really justify this much of a price hike?

>>8323
Yeah, Hannah gets hired Dec 2022, presumably brings some lesser Cali plants, and basically anything already in the tube for 2023 makes it through