A recent interview with the producer and overseas business developer for love simulation game LoveR has revealed that they might not release the game in the West if they’re forced to make changes, a rather common thing that Japanese developers have been forced into due to Sony’s censorious agenda.

Producer Ichiro Sugiyama and Overseas Business Developer Juntaro Kouno explained that they hope to release the game in the West as it is the next step after the announced Asian release, which would also be the first time the West will receive a game made by Sugiyama.

Their decision on a Western release is not final as of yet though, mentioning that such a thing would require internal discussion – this is due to the game being about “pure love”, recollecting innocent memories that many likely possess from their younger days such as hand holding, a concept they think the West might not accept.

Kouno said that while they want the title to come westward, it may not happen if they are forced to make alterations:

“Of course, we’d like to bring this game to the west, but to do so we’d have to internally discuss and ask ourselves if we can actually release it, and if we should release it. We have to examine the content and the story of the game carefully. One thing is for sure: We want to release LoveR as it originally was created, without any changes. If we were required to modify or alter it in any way, then the option we’d have to consider would be not to release the game in the west at all.”

A previous popularity vote where players got to choose which costume from Nora to Oujo to Noraneko they wanted as DLC concluded in the top choice being forcibly changed to the runner-up, the explanation simply being due to “various circumstances”.

LoveR is exclusively available now in Japan for the PS4.