{"id":444235,"date":"2026-01-31T02:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444235\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T02:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:09:06","slug":"dispatch-dev-puts-out-lengthy-statement-about-nintendo-switch-and-switch-2-versions-planning-update-to-restore-censored-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/444235\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispatch dev puts out lengthy statement about Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 versions, planning update to restore censored content"},"content":{"rendered":"

After what\u2019s been a controversial past few days \u2013 to say the least \u2013 for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch versions of Dispatch, developer AdHoc has followed up with a lengthy statement of its own.<\/p>\n

We technically already heard from the studio a few days ago, but that was a brief message<\/a>. Now the team has taken to Discord and provided fans with a big explanation and hope regarding a future update.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a lot of back and forth here about who\u2019s to blame regarding Dispatch\u2019s censorship on Nintendo platforms. However, AdHoc has now said that the game didn\u2019t meet the Big N\u2019s guidelines. This is despite other games such as Cyberpunk 2077 having nudity.<\/p>\n

The big news now is that AdHoc is \u201calready working with Nintendo on a path forward.\u201d The team is planning \u201can update to address at least some of the censored content.\u201d Note that it will likely take weeks to be released.<\/p>\n

The full statement reads as shared on the official Discord:<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been quiet for the last few days not because we don\u2019t want to address this stuff, but because we\u2019ve been trying to make sure we\u2019re being good partners with Nintendo. They\u2019ve made their own statement regarding this issue (see here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As Nintendo states, any game that\u2019s going to be on the Nintendo platform needs to \u2018meet [Nintendo\u2019s] established content and platform guidelines.\u2019 This is the key point. Nintendo has content guidelines. Our game didn\u2019t meet those guidelines, so we made changes that would allow us to release on their platform. That\u2019s what happened here. Honestly we thought this would be obvious since we\u2019re the devs that released the fully uncensored version of the game on other platforms.<\/p>\n

We initially assumed, like some of you, that because games like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk are on the platform with similar types of uncensored mature content, Dispatch would be allowed to do the same. During the porting process it became clear that was not the case. So we asked that we include a disclaimer on the store page to inform customers that content would be different than on other platforms. We worked with Nintendo to get storefront language approved.<\/p>\n

Where we absolutely need to take full ownership is the placement of that disclaimer. Again, it was our intent to go out of our way to tell people looking to buy the game that the content was censored. While we didn\u2019t have complete control of the language, we did have control of the placement. Wires got crossed and we put the disclaimer in the field literally titled \u201cDisclaimer\u201d, instead of the \u201cAbout The Game\u201d section. We didn\u2019t catch this until after the launch when we saw people saying we should have called out the changes on the store page, and we went to go make sure it was there. It technically has been the entire time, just in the absolute worst spot that makes it look like we were trying to hide it.<\/p>\n

This is 100% our mistake and it was fixed in the Americas store pages a few hours after launch to give more visibility. We\u2019ve also added a disclaimer before purchase. As of writing this, the other regions have either published this change or are in the process of review.<\/p>\n

So what now?<\/p>\n

We\u2019re already working with Nintendo on a path forward. While we can\u2019t make any specific promises just yet, we\u2019re confident we\u2019ll be able to push an update to address at least some of the censored content. I\u2019ll get ahead of it now and say that between dev time and the console submission process, we\u2019re talking weeks not days.<\/p>\n

To our fans who were looking forward to playing the uncensored version on Switch, we\u2019re truly sorry. People have a right to be pissed. Lots of lessons learned here. Thanks for sticking with us. More soon.<\/p>\n

What do you make of AdHoc\u2019s statement? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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