Blue Archive Global: PD issues official response to censorship outcry

An official response has been released by the Blue Archive Program Director, Kim Yong-ha, regarding the censorship issue for the game’s global version. The response available on Twitter is given as follows:

Dear Senseis,

Hello, this is Blue Archive Chief PD YongHa Kim.

First of all, I would like to deeply apologize for the revision of the Aris scenario production in the global version.

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Before the release, we couldn’t fully consider the different regional situations that could occur in future updates. As a result, I couldn’t keep my word in the last interview, which resulted in disappointment for Senseis who confirmed certain changes through this update. In addition, I would like to share the official stance for future ‘censorships’.

I would like to inform you that the scenario difference between regions is not due to the policy of development studios and publishers favouring or neglecting certain regions. In this case, we had no choice but to respond to external requests.

There were choices to be made among options such as removing the entire content, modifying images, or changing the production, and we considered the best choice was to change the production as it would minimize the damage to the content. We are fully aware of the importance of preserving the original contents, but we believed providing stable service of the game was more important.

We, as the development studio, share the same wish as all Senseis – to be able to offer same service in all regions with original contents. However, it is also true that because every region has different service circumstances, inevitable modification requests can occur.

In the future, we will update such modifications to preserve the original intention as much as possible. Also, we will include certain changes in future update notifications.

Once again, I would like to express sincere apology to all Senseis enjoying Blue Archive. I hope you all have a healthy end of year, and we will take steps to ensure that we don’t disappoint you in future updates.

Thank you.

Chief PD YongHa Kim

Players have been doing some review-bombing, tanking the game’s score to 2.0 on Google Play. The response essentially confirms that future censorship will be likely for Blue Archive due to third party requests, lest they decide the game should no longer be serviced if the team does not comply.

It’s at least good that there is an official response. The laws are inflexible beasts, so it be that way.

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Blue Archive

Publisher: Yostar Inc, Nexon

Developer: NAT Games

Release Date: 2021-02-04

Android, iOS

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