Nintendo is a brand known for its family image, its cartoon-inspired games and above all its innocence. The Japanese brand’s consoles are generally aimed at all types of audiences, but are the preferred console of families for their young children. The games that are exclusive to the console are for the most part productions classified in PEGI 3+, such as the Mario license, or even Kirby and the Forgotten World, which was recently released.
The last thing we expected to see in Nintendo eShop was therefore adult content, not to say pornographic, and yet…
Hentai Kingdom
It is the name of a game that, as the name suggests, contains pornographic contentand was featured on Nintendo eShop, in the category “Recent Releases”† Hentai Uni from Big Way is described as: “a game that can be played with one hand” and classified in PEGI 12 for innuendo of a sexual nature.
Although the trailer doesn’t show it, this is indeed a hentai (a subgenre of Japanese content, characterized by sexually explicit themes and images). During the gameplay, which of course we won’t tell you, the protagonists are completely naked and… the rest is up to you. Nor the images† nor the trailer available on Nintendo eShop does not suggest the scope of the game’s content, although the name does indicate it.
This is not an isolated case† It is indeed possible to find many Hentai games on Nintendo eShop such as Panty Party, Fantasy Tavern Sextet or Hentai vs Evil. Most of them have in-game pornographic content and were featured when they were released on the online store. It is important to specify that users must enter their age to access the eShop page of these games.
A Nintendo decision
We learn in an article by Wall Street Journal that the Japanese company would have liked to break with its family image and offer games to a more qualified audience “grown up”† Several games have also been developed in conjunction with Gust studios to bring together a community of mature players. One of these productions is called Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon†
Gust’s game, produced for the Nintendo Switch, features scantily clad heroines who fight evil above all else. However, some plot points are filled with allusions and the characters have been sexualized, making it a game for adults fully fledged. It is therefore perhaps no coincidence that Nintendo has put forward other productions of this type.
In any case, these kinds of games are available in the online store, and will definitely stay there† Also, if Nintendo wants a little “edit image”it’s very possible that we’ll see more video game productions of this genre land on Nintendo eShop soon!