Sega Pulls Yakuza Game from Stores After Arrest

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03-13-2019, 01:29 PM
profholt82

Sega Pulls Yakuza Game from Stores After Arrest

Sega has pulled Yakuza spin-off Judgment from store shelves in Japan, as well as halted digital sales amidst controversy surrounding the arrest of the game's prominent voice actor Pierre Taki for alleged cocaine usage. Taki is also notable for providing the voice of Olaf in the Japanese language version of Disney's Frozen. The game was set for a worldwide release in June, but no announcement yet on whether that date will be delayed or canceled.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47553857

https://www.newsweek.com/sega-pulls-...harges-1361398
03-13-2019, 01:37 PM
Leynos

Like Yakuza Kiwami 2 they will likely just patch in another actor. A similar thing happened. Still released in the US. At most, it's a delay in the west.
03-13-2019, 05:19 PM
Team Andromeda

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Originally Posted by profholt82

Sega has pulled Yakuza spin-off Judgment from store shelves in Japan, as well as halted digital sales amidst controversy surrounding the arrest of the game's prominent voice actor Pierre Taki for alleged cocaine usage. Taki is also notable for providing the voice of Olaf in the Japanese language version of Disney's Frozen. The game was set for a worldwide release in June, but no announcement yet on whether that date will be delayed or canceled.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47553857

https://www.newsweek.com/sega-pulls-...harges-1361398

What a prat Taki really is, most prob never see the game in the west now.
03-13-2019, 05:33 PM
cleeg

Wow, a game about violence and criminals pulled because someone involved took drugs.

Olaf was a snowman after all...
03-13-2019, 05:39 PM
Leynos

Kinda amazed SEGA is offended by Cocaine... I mean after all Sonic Team...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5tshzBJW2U
03-13-2019, 07:21 PM
gamevet

Blast Processing!
03-15-2019, 10:56 PM
WarmSignal

I didn't realize this kind of knee-jerk triggering actually happened in the land of the rising sun. His cocaine use was so offensive, they were pressured to pull the game he was involved with? Yeesh. The whole concept of book burning is utter bullshit. Always has been, always will be. Doesn't matter what the person did, or said. He could nuke a town full of disabled children and that wouldn't make the game somehow "bad", nor implicate the publisher's morality. Humanity, please get this big stick out of your butt and chill.
03-16-2019, 12:32 AM
Gryson

Drug use is very taboo in Japan. They didn't even catch him with anything - they made him take a drug test and arrested him based on the results. Possibly the only thing more taboo is to have yakuza connections.

Anyway, they're just going to re-dub his parts and re-release the game.
03-22-2019, 02:57 PM
Leynos

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jud...candal.106958/

Game is canceled in the west...

LOL nah! As expected like Yakuza they just changed the model. No big deal. Launches June 25th in the west.
03-22-2019, 03:48 PM
Blades

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Originally Posted by SegataS

Game is canceled in the west...

Ban
03-25-2019, 02:31 AM
Mega Drive Bowlsey

I live in a town where, unfortunately, drug use is so common that I frequently forget that A) It's illegal, and B) It's a huge taboo in many countries around the world. To be fair it is easy to forget if you live in either the UK or the US, where drug use is rife.
03-25-2019, 07:31 AM
Team Andromeda

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Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey

I live in a town where, unfortunately, drug use is so common that I frequently forget that A) It's illegal, and B) It's a huge taboo in many countries around the world. To be fair it is easy to forget if you live in either the UK or the US, where drug use is rife.

Great post. I remember the uproar over Janet Jackson's Superbowl nipple in the USA, hell SEGA America even censored some of Dural images in Fighting Megamix over the use of 'breasts' In the UK none would care if a nipple was shown at a half time show, we get nipples in our daily paper on Page 3.
But then in the UK, we went nuts against the use of the world 'NINJA' or any game or film with the nunchaku. In most parts of Asia, one can no doubt face the death penalty for having a similar amount of Coke; to what most users snort on a night out in the West.

All countries will have their own Taboo, I mean I'm sure Japan doesn't allow pubic hair to be shown, for some crazy reason
03-25-2019, 02:53 PM
bultje112

hah. cocaine use. seriously? didn't know japan was that backwards in this regard.
03-25-2019, 02:54 PM
bultje112

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Originally Posted by Team Andromeda

Great post. I remember the uproar over Janet Jackson's Superbowl nipple in the USA, hell SEGA America even censored some of Dural images in Fighting Megamix over the use of 'breasts' In the UK none would care if a nipple was shown at a half time show, we get nipples in our daily paper on Page 3.
But then in the UK, we went nuts against the use of the world 'NINJA' or any game or film with the nunchaku. In most parts of Asia, one can no doubt face the death penalty for having a similar amount of Coke; to what most users snort on a night out in the West.

All countries will have their own Taboo, I mean I'm sure Japan doesn't allow pubic hair to be shown, for some crazy reason

I don't think there is anything taboo in my country.
03-25-2019, 04:21 PM
Mega Drive Bowlsey

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Originally Posted by bultje112

I don't think there is anything taboo in my country.

Lucky you. ;)
03-25-2019, 06:17 PM
Da_Shocker

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Originally Posted by Team Andromeda

Great post. I remember the uproar over Janet Jackson's Superbowl nipple in the USA, hell SEGA America even censored some of Dural images in Fighting Megamix over the use of 'breasts' In the UK none would care if a nipple was shown at a half time show, we get nipples in our daily paper on Page 3.
But then in the UK, we went nuts against the use of the world 'NINJA' or any game or film with the nunchaku. In most parts of Asia, one can no doubt face the death penalty for having a similar amount of Coke; to what most users snort on a night out in the West.

All countries will have their own Taboo, I mean I'm sure Japan doesn't allow pubic hair to be shown, for some crazy reason

A woman can be running down a street topless and she will probably have issues countrywide. But depending on the state she could run with a gun holstered by her side and wouldn't have any issues.
03-31-2019, 09:28 PM
DreamCarts

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Originally Posted by cleeg

Wow, a game about violence and criminals pulled because someone involved took drugs.

Olaf was a snowman after all...

Yeah, a shame. I'm sure being part of the game is to show that they are friendly and fun people and not being wracked out.
05-23-2019, 05:55 AM
Leynos

https://gematsu.com/2019/05/judgment...out-on-july-18

Updated version will release on July 18th in Japan
05-27-2019, 11:11 AM
Ecco

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Originally Posted by Da_Shocker

A woman can be running down a street topless and she will probably have issues countrywide. But depending on the state she could run with a gun holstered by her side and wouldn't have any issues.

One fun fact is that in my state (NY) it's actually 100% legal for women to be topless.

Sadly I don't think I've ever seen it happen lol.
05-28-2019, 01:35 PM
gamevet

Ahem.... Gentlemen’s club!
05-28-2019, 03:34 PM
BonusKun

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Originally Posted by Ecco

One fun fact is that in my state (NY) it's actually 100% legal for women to be topless.

Sadly I don't think I've ever seen it happen lol.

Well as cold as it is, I don't think frozen nipples are a good thing.
05-28-2019, 04:36 PM
Leynos

They melt in your mouth, not in your hand.