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Nier: Automata creators deny characters "were problematic overseas" and blame mistranslated subtitle for censorship rumours

Nier: Automata producer Yosuke Saito and director Yoko Taro have denied that any of their character designs were restri…

Nier: Automata producer Yosuke Saito and director Yoko Taro have denied that any of their character designs were restricted for Western audiences. As spotted by Automaton, the developers were compelled to comment after a mistranslated Japanese-to-English subtitle intimated Nier: Automata had been subjected to censorship from Square Enix to meet global standards. Watch on YouTube In the interview above (skip to 28:12 for the segment concerned), Sony executive Yoshida Shuhei asked the developers about their design process.

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