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So they messed with the localization of the Chrono Cross remaster?
Here's a few of the known censorship in the CC: https://game8.co/games/Chrono-Cross-Radical-Dreamers-Edition/archives/376614
And for Baten Kaitos, I can't find any pictures so I'm just writing from memory (Baten Kaitos fans correct me if I'm wrong). Basically the main character is in a random house and can search a random bookshelf to find a book which will activate a few text boxes talking about being an "ideal wife." The main character in the Japanese version will say "..." In the remastered English version, he will say "Yikes." A very small but very clear and obvious insertion of the localizer's politics (eg. women should not strive to be good wives for their husbands).
Having just listened to this MATI episode (April 30th), I'd like to point out that Null speaks even further about Stellar Blade in the superchats section, responding to multiple comments on the matter.
Yeah, I wrote my summary before getting to the superchats part so thanks for the addendum.
Additionally, in correction to your summary, Null technically is not saying that the Stellar Blade censorship isn't censorship, but rather that it's "not censorship in the category [he] particularly care(s) about."
That's a weird thing to say and I still don't fully understand what he means by this.
Something else not mentioned by you but irks me personally is Null's repeated insistence that mods can deal with the issue, ignoring the point that the game is locked down on the PS5 and might never get ported to PC, never mind a theoretical delayed release.
And even if it does get ported to the PC where Stellar Blade modding becomes possible, we circle back to the same issue again: censorship of mods. See the Spiderman Pride Flag base game vs no-pride flag Saudi Arabian localization mod. Is the censorship of mods in a "category he particularly cares about"?