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When the superhero adventure game Dispatch made its way to… Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 In January, players took notice The game is blocked as black bars Covering up partially naked bodies and obscene gestures. Developer AdHoc Studio said it’s working with Nintendo to resolve these issues, and it looks like the new update will bring back all censored content if players want it.
the Human Resources Violations Package Dispatch launched on Wednesday and with it set up visual filters to change censorship in the game. Players can now decide whether they want to remove the black bars from the Switch 2 version or add them to versions on other platforms, but depending on the region, their options could be limited.
Switch players in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand will have access to full or partial coverage of character bodies, while players in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Southeast Asia will only get full coverage. There are different coverage options from standard blackout bars, a mosaic effect or what the developer calls a chaotic style that will provide more creativity with censorship, such as covering one character’s bare private parts with a pair of jeans. Only the Japan region limits game censorship to blackout bars.
An example of the mosaic effect of covering up an obscene gesture.
“We’ve confirmed that Switch players can now see all the breasts, butts, and cocks (aka obscene gestures) they want in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand,” Nick Herman, co-founder of AdHoc Studio, said in a statement. Message of disagreement Wednesday.
The studio didn’t offer much of an explanation in January as to why the game was heavily censored, but Herman cleared things up in his Discord message, saying that as the game’s launch day on Switch 2 approached, the team knew the game would need some censorship in certain areas. Without enough time to make all the necessary changes for the different regions, AdHoc Studios decided to make all versions use the more restrictive settings, which appear to be specific to Japan, according to the previously mentioned region options.
Dispatch is AdHoc Studios’ debut game, and has received praise for its story and characters, voiced by Aaron Paul and Jeffrey Wright. Last year, he was named one of CNET’s favorite games of 2025.
