Quote Originally Posted by Jennestia View Post
There's actually a pretty well known public speaker in Japan that's openly Lesbian and many don't have too HUGE of problems with her, least where I'm from. It's like the whole gambling situation -- while in the west there's tons of cities dedicated purely for it, but in Japan for the most part it's still pretty taboo but that didn't stop it from making it's way into XI -- Same sex marriages is awhole didn't game considering how touchy people are in the west.

While you bring up those games you also forgot to mention they were scrutinized for a different reason, so yeah they pushed the bar but they also got media and censorboards keeping a very keen eye on the video game market now.
I thought Japan was all about gambling. (Pachinko?)