Assassin's Creed Valhalla is the latest release in Ubisoft's longest-running franchise. It seems that not all versions of the game are equal to others. Japanese players say the game isn't what was promised, and further that it was censored
egregiously compared to western versions of the game. The Japanese release of Assassin's Creed Valhalla is censored in several significant ways. It removes or alters violent gameplay and animations related to severed limbs, torture involving inner
organs, decapitated heads and female nudity, including nipples. The game features a worldwide option to turn blood spurts during combat on and off. However, presumably because the game is already censored in Japan, the option then does very
little. Japanese buyers have also complained that the availability of the option implies that more violence is available than actually is, and so feel misled. With the usual corporate bullshit, Ubisoft claimed that the removal of blood
spurts was necessary for ratings purposes. But CERO, Japan's Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, said that that blood spurts comparable to previous Assassin's Creed releases in Japan were included when it did its rating.
Update: Patched 27th November 2020. See article from gamerant.com
Ubisoft is issuing a fix to Assassin's Creed Valhalla following the revelation that Japanese versions of the game had depictions of blood censored. A Japanese Ubiblog post has now acknowledges the problematic censorship, stating that blood cannot be
depicted in-game and that the development team is preparing a patch to solve the issue releasing sometime in December. Ubisoft goes on to apologize for the inconvenience to its customers. | 
