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The uncensored cross strikes me as just as much of an oddity as not releasing in Japan, based on Xenoblade 2 I'd say Nintendo still has issues with letting their own U.S releases have Christian imagery/references to this day. Sounds like this game is more of a historical curiosity than something to actually play through sadly. Definitely curious about what sort of development cycle this must have had now.

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Nowhere near the problems they used to have, though! https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/xenoblade-chronicles/nintendo-religion-xenoblade-monolith

And yeah, Arkista's Ring is definitely interesting for what it ended up being vs. what it could have been, more than the game itself . I really don't think it's a bad game, but even with my patience I was struggling to maintain interest as I got further and further in.

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