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Saints Row Penetrator Altered In Japan

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by Jim Reilly on November 10, 2011 at 06:10 PM

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Saints Row: The Third's release in Japan got a little less amusing.

A THQ representative told Game Informer that, due to stricter guidelines, the publisher had to remove the veins and physics from the in-game Penetrator weapon for its release in Japan. The Penetrator is a melee weapon comprised of a three-foot long purple phallus attached to the handle of a baseball bat. "Depiction of genital parts" are prohibited, and Japan considered the bat to be in violation of that.

[Update: A THQ spokesperson clarified to say that physics for the bat are still intact. Just the physical features were removed.]

(Image Credit: Dengeki)

Saints Row: The Third releases on November 15 in North America and Europe and November 17 in Japan.

[Update: A photo of the altered bat has been added]

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Filed under: News, THQ, Saints Row 3, Volition, saints row: the third

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by Mourt Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:39 PM

Of course, the land of tentacles has strict guidelines on *** bats...
by Andrew Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:42 PM

I remember in San Andreas when i accidentally found the *** in the PD.....i couldnt believe it lol i just came across it on accident and i couldnt stop laughing
by Doggie Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:42 PM

Derpy derp :P
by ps2freak Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:43 PM

Nice pun, Jim.
by slapmyhed Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:44 PM

Yeah, like Mourt mentioned... the land that gave us tentacle sex wants to censor the *** bat? Now I really don't understand the Japanese.
by Alex Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:47 PM

Well... that picture caught me by surprise.
*Edit. Alright looks like they changes it.
by DrJoeystein Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:47 PM

I see what you did there. :P
by LJGB Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:48 PM

Of all the countries in the world to take issue with this, Japan wasn't the first to come to mind.
by Z Man Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:52 PM

hahaha, i hope this is age gated, thats pretty horrific!
by SuperKingC77 Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 06:57 PM

waitwaitwait... since when does japan have STRICTER guidelines?!
by Matthew Fugere Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:00 PM

By far the classiest headline I've read today.
by Cyberia Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:00 PM

Realy? I thought Japan was obsessed with phallus shaped objects.
by SilverJC Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:05 PM

This is absurd as it is. And why I'm reading is?.... Trap!!!!
by ViaDanchops Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:05 PM

Wow...
by doomsday1155 Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:06 PM

Well if someone gets offended, they could always point it toward the sky and pretend it's a shoe, I guess.
by Sabtos Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:12 PM

Yet you can buy boobies and stained schoolgirl panties and whatever else your sick mind desires from vending machines right out in the open on the streets.
by Earthbound_X Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:14 PM

For anyone is wondering why this is censored. Japan has laws against showing this kinda thing. In all their porn, the genitals are censored.

Its pretty much why tentacle hentai was invented by them, that way they don't have to censor penises.
by ynoT0312Taz Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:14 PM

... I got nothin to say
by cerpintaxman Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 07:17 PM

I guess the Japanese censoring a phallus bat is just a bit too hard for us to accept.

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