SEGA didn’t want to hear about it have sex scenes in Yakuza. Initially he hadn’t even accepted the pink screens used in the game, because according to them they were a too direct reference to sex. Toshihiro Nagoshi, former creative director and author of the Yakuza / Like a dragon series, told the strange anecdote in an interview with Weeklt Ochiai.
As you know, the Yakuza series is famous for several aspects. One of these is the presence of over the top situations, which also include sex and violence. For SEGA violence was not one problem, but the other.
“In the places linked to prostitution There was no question of visually representing what was happening inside.” He introduced Nagoshi, who then continued to explain, “So, I made it so that the character walks in, meets the woman, and the scene fades to a completely pink screen. ”
Was this enough for SEGA executives? Absolutely not, as already mentioned: “It ended up being listed as a problem and when I asked for explanations, I was told that the reason was because the Pink color is associated with sex. We ended up arguing, with me yelling ‘you may think pink is sexual, but that’s your opinion. There are so many pink things in the world, do they excite you every time you see them? It was a very fun fight. For my part, I didn’t want to pass it off as some kind of joke. They were things that I considered acceptable after careful evaluation based on my morals and values. That’s why I stood my ground and fought until the end.”
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