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In a very stupid turn of events, Fantia has now announced they're going to completely reverse their initial regulation of all 2D art on the platform, which would have required heavy/total obscuring beyond the usual black bars/mosaics on nudity.

https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2606253n

The reason for their reversal is that they finally received "clarification" from the National Police Agency that their intended area of concerns was 3D/real pornography (so called "doujin AV") and not 2D illustrations.

Why they didn't seek this clarification before panicking their entire userbase, compelling people to either painstakingly go back over years of work to apply ugly black bars or else delete their entire body of work on the site, remains a mystery. I can't imagine there's a whole lot of artists rushing back to Fantia to use it.

I don't know whether to pin more blame to the NPA or Fantia here. I could easily imagine the police threatening to come down on them like a ton of bricks while being vague (as they usually are), frightening the execs into over-regulating. But at the same time, the fact that Fantia just folded like wet cardboard and didn't even push back a little bit at their entire business model (and their loyal userbase of many years) being held over a barrel out of nowhere speaks to their cowardice and shitty management.

As the saying goes, "the purpose of a system is what it does". And what's happened here is that the police can technically say they have clean hands, they just weren't clear enough at the start. But Fantia's probably going to take a financial hit over this, and in this economy there's a possibility they might go under because of it. Part of me wonders if this wasn't the intention all along.

@sendpaws it's this kind of shit that gives conservatives bad reputation when it comes to art

@xianc78 I'm actually watching my roommate play it right now with an HD texture pack that's really accurate. I think for a first time, keeping the original graphics but just *enhanced* is the best way to experience it.

Bruh. Not a good look for the US. I get the idea behind the lineup but losing like that is still so shitty.

@xianc78 I see, I wonder if it still has the stuff like the brighter lighting and toned down bottom of the well, or if it is just a model replacement.

I'm totally fine with the 3ds remake fwiw I'm just trying to challenge you a little bit.

@xianc78 like why would this be okay but the switch 2 remake (that we haven't even seen much of so it's all theoretical anyway) be not okay?

@xianc78 have you actually played this or are you just being a contrarian?

@Loliver65 if they do, they will unceremoniously kill her in a brutal fashion to be edgy or some shit

Man my first Star Fox run was ass lol, that's what I get for playing with detached joycons in tabletop mode lol. The graphics are REALLY nice but it does make it a bit harder to parse out stuff you need to shoot on a smaller screen. The gameplay is exactly how I remember it more or less, although for some reason they made the Blue Marine move to the side when doing barrel rolls instead of staying stationary which really changes the way you need to play the stage. The voice acting for the characters on your side of the Lylat Wars is all really good, but the enemies... None of them sound like they're actually evil. Idk, their line delivery isn't as brutal as it should be. I haven't seen Bill yet, but everyone on Star Fox, Pepper, and Katt are all great. Katt honestly maybe has the best lines out of anyone.

Can't wait to get back home and play it on a real TV with the cube controller! Can't play any more at work because the battery in my console only lasted for one run before dying.

@tzubonart@baraag.net left looks a bit too much like a man's chest

@solmyr2000 take your time brother, hope everything looks up for you!

Amazon was late in delivering my copy of Star Fox so I went over and grabbed one from Walmart instead lol. I wanted to play it at work today xD maybe I'll use the second copy as a birthday present or something.

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