

This was a very difficult decision since we work very hard to satisfy our fans and want to bring the same content being offered in Japan. We would like to emphasize that the game’s playtime, the game’s system, and the game’s features are all the same as the original Japanese release, and players can level up their Monster Girls to the highest levels as well, again, matching the Japanese release. That said, each card that has had its image removed will still have the same number of levels for the player to increase, but the higher level card images will be the same as the lower level, even though they have leveled up and have become more powerful. This means that over 300 cards are left untouched from the original images. The number of censored cards is about 40 out of the approximately 350 card images available in the game. We kept the same number of cards in the game as the original Japanese version, but replaced some of the higher level Monster Girl images with the “less exposed” lower level versions of the corresponding Monster Girls due to some intense sexual imagery. These cards-meaning the “Monster Girls”-are able to be powered up by exposing themselves (taking off their clothes) via the level-up features called First Crush Rub and Extreme Love. Monster Monpiece is a card battle game, in which players summon various “Monster Girls” onto the game’s battlefields and then fight their opponents. Idea Factory International is fully aware of the concerns expressed by fans, so we would like to inform everyone about the censored images in greater detail. Some of these may shock you.Idea Factory recently e-mailed us a statement that goes over the censorship in Monster Monpiece in greater detail. Buckle up for an offensive ride through ridiculousness. We’re going to take a trip around the globe to see just how silly these problems can get.

I won’t be just targeted my region of North America either. Instead of bringing up the past I thought it would be more insightful to showcase twenty-five more modern games that have been the target of censorship. It’s crazy considering video games look more realistic now than ever and yet there is a thankful gap in scandals. While there still are instances of controversies I think it’s less of an issue now than it was back when I was growing up through the 90s. What made people flip out over these two games? Looking back at them now, well, it seems like a joke. Mortal Kombat and Night Trap are two early examples of games that caused a media frenzy. Adult players aside, parents worried that their kids would become corrupted if they played video games with ill content in any form. The world is much more open to video games now, but it isn’t perfect. If you were an adult that played you were shunned.

Why? Video games, since the NES rebooted the industry, have always been viewed as children’s’ toys. The video game medium has always been sensitive when it comes to clothing issues, intensity, 'off' items, and language. Indulge me for a little soapbox discussion.
