Crunchyroll Responds to the DanMachi: Memoria Freese Censorship
In a Statement to Anime News Network Crunchyroll has released a statement about the touch features being removed from DanMachi: Memoria Freese.
Here's their full statement:
We recently launched Memoria Freese as our first Crunchyroll Game, to bring both anime and gaming enthusiasts a new experience to connect through the content they love. As this was our first official game and included several partners, we had many moving parts that led to the official launch on March 30, 2018. We apologize if there was any miscommunication around game features for the U.S. version of Memoria Freese — addressing the specific issue at hand, there was an interactive “communication mode†that was inadvertently included in some of our early promotional content. However, that feature was never intended to be released in the U.S. version of the game. It was not our intent to miscommunicate to any of our players.
Memoria Freese is a free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android devices, and as part of the download process, users agree to a terms of service that acknowledges that we may update or make changes to both the Game or user accounts at any time without notification. Our Crunchyroll community is strong and passionate, and while we actively listen to their valuable feedback, we also must reserve the right to modify game features at any time. We plan to continue updating Memoria Freese and are working closely with partners to enhance this popular Japanese game for the U.S. market. While there are many similarities between the Japanese and U.S. releases, the markets and distribution partners are very different, so not all Japanese features are part of the U.S. release.
This is such an awful statement. They're basically saying they didn't censor anything, yet they have the right to remove and edit whatever they want. And then they tell you they have a big community and you should basically suck it.
The unofficial English patch for this game can't come soon enough. This is Crunchyroll's first game, and they've already butchered it so much. I didn't know they were so arrogant and so eager to remove content. I understand why people don't like anime dubs now.
blazen April 16th, 2018
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