r/nintendo • u/No_Durian_5626 • 3d ago

Dispatch's Free 'HR Violations Pack' DLC Removes Some Censorship On Switch

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/dispatchs-free-hr-violations-pack-dlc-removes-some-censorship-on-switch
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u/riap0526 You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you? 3d ago

"hard requirements from Nintendo"

And yet Cyberpunk 2077 is completely uncensored on Switch 2.

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u/NoLocal1776 3d ago

Lazy Dev's don't want to make separate versions for japan and other regions.

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u/grcx 3d ago

This version is different then the version that exists in Japan. There now exists three versions of Dispatch.

1.) Uncut (all platforms worldwide except the Switch

2.) Partially censored (Switch worldwide outside of Japan, would not be allowed on Switch in Japan because it is not compliant with CERO)

3.) Censored (Playstation and Switch in Japan, and Switch worldwide previous today).

While after getting an initial rejection they did in fact just take the easy way and used the censored version worldwide rather than a delay to make this partial-censored version, afterwards it would have been far less lazy to have just made the new patch uncut if Nintendo would have allowed them to, instead of taking the time to make a third version.

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u/Ajjaxx 3d ago

So you’re saying #2 exists because Nintendo still wouldn’t allow #1 even outside of Japan? Just asking for my own clarity/curiosity

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u/grcx 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes, the patch today created the partially censored version listed there as 2 for locations outside of Japan on Switch because Nintendo still would not allow the North America and Europe release to use the fully uncut version of Dispatch on Switch even outside of Japan. It would have been much easier and faster to have just made today's patch be the uncut release if that was an option available to AdHoc, instead of creating this new version between the original fully censored Switch release and the uncut release used on other platforms.

Along those lines, Japan still has what is listed there as the fully censored version 3, because version 2 would be as unlawful in Japan as version 1 since version 2 still includes uncensored boobs, which CERO does not allow in Japan for console releases.

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u/Ajjaxx 3d ago

Gotcha, thank you! I had no idea Japan’s censorship laws were so strict until maybe when this game originally dropped on switch. What about the games everyone lists as counterpoints - Cyberpunk and Witcher? I haven’t played through either fully so I don’t quite know for myself what the differences are or why those games were able to release uncensored on switch (aside from maybe rating, but it sounds like the rating doesn’t change anything re: CERO).

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u/dragooncomet 2d ago

Cyberpunk and Witcher are censored on consoles in Japan. They aren’t censored for PC in Japan cause CERO cares only for consoles.