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:A round-table interview between [[Yuji Horii]] and [[Kazuhiko Torishima]]'s radio program "Yubo & Mashirito 's Koso Koso", a division of [https://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/maadspin/ radio station Tokyo M.A.A.D. SPIN], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_tD58w6io Denfamico Gamer] was held during the 2024 Tokyo Game Show. During this interview Yuji Horii expressed his irritation and disappointment with the [https://www.cero.gr.jp/en/ Japanese CERO ratings board] for demanding the censoring of the female [[Gadabout]], female [[Warrior]], and male [[Monster Wrangler]]'s designs in order for the game to be approved for an all-ages rating. Torishima would interject to point out that different nations have different age restriction criteria, singling out America and the UK for the strict narrow-mindedness of their ratings boards by calling the difficulties of doing business within such tight regulations to be ridiculous and frustrating. Torishima also stated that these absurd practices negatively impact Japan as well, to which Horii recalled that older games allowed players to choose between men and women for their characters, but the aforementioned ratings boards now censor the choice to "type 1 or type 2" under the guise of inclusivity. Horii further expressed his bafflement at this specific instance of foreign meddling, wondering what kind of person would even complain about the use of the words men and women in the first place.