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Fat Princess going to Japan, not bringing blood photo

One of the reasons why Fat Princess is so excellent -- outside of the rampant sexism -- is the fact that it's just so brutal and bloody. It appears Sony Japan missed the memo, because the Japanese version of the game appears to contain not a single drop of claret whatsoever.

Known as Pocchari Princess (Cubby Princess) in Japan, the Titan Studios hack n' slasher has all the slaying and flaying of the original game, with none of the blood. This is a common trend in the country, which is quite ironic considering this is the place where Takashi Miike films come from. The game will hit PSN in November.

That kind of blows. Blood and gore isn't exactly important to a game, but certain titles lose their charm when you reduce the red. Looks like it doesn't always pay to be a Japanese gamer.








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Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 08:10
Monodi
Problem with blood? What is this, 1994?
Nic128's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 08:21
Nic128
@Monodi
Oh Snap!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 08:27
Chronic Logic
The Japanese are having a problem with blood? Wut? That's pretty ironic I think. What are they going to do? Replace all the blood with sweat?
CitizenErased's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 08:29
CitizenErased
I want to play Cubby Princess.
That sounds like a Disney film.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 08:56
Ganjookie
Mmmmmmmm sweaty fat princess
Super Drybones's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 08:58
Super Drybones
I don't understand this. If they're trying to prevent kids from seeing blood, then unless they've seen it before they won't know what it is. They would have to know what blood is to know that it's "blood" since the game doesn't explain.
Of course I'm quite drunk so that probably only made sense to me.
GoW's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 09:16
GoW
When this game originally dropped, I remember reading that it had some lag and gameplay balancing problems. How does it play now?
Amnesiac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 09:32
Amnesiac
@GoW: plays pretty well now, though there are still occasional times where you get kicked out of a game for no reason.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 09:35
Neonie
That sounds about right considering the trade off is America is afraid of boobies, and everywhere else is afraid of papercuts.
reindall's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 09:59
reindall
I've heard they considered replacing blood with tentacles which, upon splashing, were trying to grope the princess to death.
Kyle MacGregor's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 11:13
Kyle MacGregor
When I bought the game I didn't know anything about it other than that a lot of people were excited about it. Watching cutesy Animal Crossing style characters cut each other up was rather surprising and totally awesome.
Zippyduda's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 11:36
Zippyduda
Options, Blood Effects, Turn [ON].
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 13:23
Kalmah
Just use the Mortal Kombat blood cheat. Works every time.
king kong five's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 13:27
king kong five
I think they're replacing the gore with rape scenes. Gore can leave people with a bad taste in their mouth.
Shirley Temple's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2009 18:36
Shirley Temple
I had to turn the blood off on mine. When things got heated it got almost impossible to distinguish the red team from a giant pool of blood. So it's no big loss.
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