A "Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni" female character and her partner prepare for the next battle that they will face soon. (Photo : YouTube/Rob Cram Gaming)
PlayStation Vita exclusive "Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni" will be coming to North America and Europe, and it will be launched uncensored. PQube PR executive Peter Nathaniel Fury explains the reason behind the decision of launching the game in its original form.
The exclusive PS Vita game will be coming to the West, and it will also have Japanese voice overs with English subtitles. It is also expected to have a physical release, but the game distributors are still thinking of considering it. When a Twitter user asked about the issue with censorship in the West, they tweeted that they would not censor those features.
@Antiboon @RiceDigital do we strike you as people who would censor such gloriousness?
— PQube (@PQubeGames) July 8, 2016
The game company explained in a statement obtained by Rice Digital that the game is a third-person action game, with aerial based combat system. The weapons will be pleasure based and the clothes of the characters will be destructible, similar to other games like "Senran Kagura." They added that the female partners of the protagonist will turn into weapons by pleasuring them.
The story of the game will be set in a world where a group of girls have been infected with the mysterious Armed Virus. Girls who are infected will either turn into the Extars or Liberators. Extars are women who turn into high powered weapons when sexually aroused, while Liberators are the ones who will trigger the transformation of the Extars, and wield them as Liberator Arms.
Fury explained to Dual Shockers in an interview about their decision to release the game in its original form, which was uncensored. He said that changing the source material will only defeat the purpose of localizing the game in the first place. They will not consider censoring their video games unless they have no other options.
The PR executive also discussed how they publish games to different retailers on many locations. There might be some retailers out there that will be hesitant to take in their video games, especially the ones that have erotic elements. He added that it will be a challenge to convince these retailers, but their sales team will do their best to do so.
Check out the video game's Japanese gameplay video below:
