BlazBlue EXTEND’s Sexual Box Art Censored In America

Censored may be a harsh word, let’s go ahead and call it edited after stern but compromising government encouragement. But yes, BlazBlue, a Japanese fighting game (Because aren’t the best fighting games Japanese?) that’s never skimped on the fan-service, with each iteration seeming to increase in its sexuality.

Oh, and the fighting is really cool too. It’s like if Street Fighter was mixed with a sci-fi anime and the flow of a hot knife through butter. Don’t get me started on the soundtrack.

But something happened along the way to America that would prevent BlazBlue EXTEND, the story-sequel to the last BlazBlue game, to show a certain provocative piece of skin.

Here’s a piece of the Japanese cover. American minors and children may want to avert their eyes. That was a joke, it’s not that bad.

And here’s a piece of the American cover. You can un-shield your eyes now.

So some significant undercarriage was covered, but at least that’s not how it is in the game. And try to not think too hard about how this didn’t make customs but the PS3 cover of Catherine did.

I tried, it hurts when you think too much about it. The game still looks awesome.