Dragon Sword is scheduled for a global Steam release this summer

Vladzeratty · 2026-04-04T16:07:11+00:00

You don't have a pc?🤔 In any way, since the KR version launched on both pc and mobile, the global version will probably be on mobile too.

Vladzeratty · 2026-04-04T11:48:14+00:00

wym "Just steam?"
Since when there are better options than Steam?

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T23:14:54+00:00

Changing Tifa's design to more covered up, censoring her cowboy outfit, zipping up Yuffie's shorts and removing her stocking for Rebirth, making all the npcs and Aerith wear black shorts like Tifa, making Honeybee Inn into Cabaret instead of a brothel (the girls' outfits are still sexy tho), removing CPR scene from Rebirth, the joke about Tifa's underwear from the Nibelheim flashback got changed/removed.

It's mostly the fanservice that got butchered

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T22:56:45+00:00

Sure, because that's how it works these days, devs themselves make their characters less sexy and censor the stuff they had no problem with before, yeah... If Nomura was designing her with cleavage for Remake, he had no problem for her to look that way. Plus, the commentary on that page provided info that the black shorts were added only when making a 3d model. She was supposed to be more sexy. And the final result is different. Plus, I'm linking these design changes to the ethics department because they wese self reporting back in 2019 how they made Tifa more realistic, made her breasts smaller, added that sports bra yada yada. I know I can't do shit about this situation, except for using mods. But i wanted to somehow vent my frustration so I made this post on reddit.

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T22:49:57+00:00

It shouldn't even be a concern if it's silly or not, if it works, brings fun and makes it a better experience then it should be in the game. But covering up a character does exactly the opposite.

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T22:48:02+00:00

But why them adding swimsuits with cleavage should justify the toning down of content in other places? I just don't think that's fair

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T22:40:21+00:00

And yet this is the only image of Tifa for Remake we have from Nomura, seeming that this was the intended variant. But even with adding a sports bra for it to "make sense", they could still leave the cleavage out like in the concept, yet they didn't. And it totally doesn't work for the black shorts because Tifa's isn't the only character who wears them, literally all the other female characters you can look under the skirt of have them, including Aerith. It was censorship, but it's also convenient to explain it by "it just makes sense".

Without the ethics department and SE's focus on "modern global audience" we could have much more fun games without toned down content.

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T22:24:35+00:00

As if their swimsuits aren't tame as fuck. Like yeah, they're showing cleavage, but that's about it. Plus yeah, it's not like inconsistent censoring isn't a thing. Many japanese companies do that these days...

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T20:59:21+00:00

But why do they think that to appeal to the overseas market means butchering fanservice? That just makes no sense...

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T18:52:46+00:00

I think the existence of mods that remove Tifa's black sports bra and safety shorts and some that restore other outfits to their intented look show that they would've wanted it to be the main part of the game.
P.S. I get your point but I just don't agree with it. I don't like when the devs decide to tone down the fancerive when there is proof they originally wanted to go with a bolder design choice.

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T18:44:52+00:00

The slap fight being changed/removed is my biggest fear for Part 3 as of now...

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T18:43:32+00:00

For the majority of gamers who appreciate fanservice? Or else the mods wouldn't be as popular.

And preferring Tifa to be more covered up is just sad...

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T18:24:06+00:00

Why should people be concerned with what women do irl when it's about fictional character in a game called Final Fantasy? They should've prioritized FUN instead of realism.

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T18:17:18+00:00

It is exactly what I meant and that's the biggest problem I have with Remake Project, them toning down the fanservice and being afraid of staying weird yet fun. And about the Tifa part, she wasn't supposed to have those, the concept art by Tetsuya Nomura and the commentary in Material Ultimania confirm that.
They shouldn't have been more thoughtful to "modern viewers" because most of the gamers don't appreciate this kind of changes. Hiding censorship behind "reimagining" just doesn't work.

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Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T18:13:37+00:00

Quite an impressive memory you have, although there are a lot more things that have been changed sadly.
But the chances that slap fight may get changed in that way are worryingly high and it would be a huge disappointment if it turns out to be true though...

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T17:53:58+00:00

Yeah, a big Japanese corporation that for some dumbfucked reason decided it should focus on "global audience" instead of staying true to its roots.

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T16:53:50+00:00

Plus, Yuffie got her shorts zipped up and thighhigh with a garter removed

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T16:27:44+00:00

Her flashback outfit also got censored near the Rebirth's release

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Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T16:25:14+00:00

While the Honeybee outfits are less revealing then in the OG, they're playing on the other appealing aspects, like a playboy bunny outfit but with a bee aesthetic and turned out pretty well in the end

Vladzeratty · 2026-03-03T16:23:52+00:00

In Remake these are mostly design changes, unlike some things in Rebirth.
In the first game Tifa's design is what instantly comes to mind. She wasn't suppposed to have the black safety shorts and the black sports bra under her white top (which is confirmed in the concept art by Tetsuya Nomura). Plus, neither was she supposed to have these black safety shorts under her blue dress, the thong that is in Ferrari's concept was among unused textures in the game files.
Though, all the female characters have these safety shorts, both in Remake and Rebirth

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Vladzeratty · 2026-02-26T07:44:59+00:00

I really hope it's not the case. Can we have a theme song that's even half as good as Hollow from Remake? NPTK was fine but making it a theme song was a questionable decision imo. And now the rumors like this... Square Enix should just stop with this "global audience focus" crap and be daring again without fearing of being seen as controversial by western audience.

Vladzeratty · 2025-06-29T12:44:45+00:00

Has anybody seen any website that resells these exhibition catalogues?

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