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PS5 exclusive Rise of The Ronin will not be released in this country for political reasons!

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According to a recent report, it appears that Sony has completely canceled the release of Rise of the Ronin in the Republic of South Korea. The company has yet to reveal the exact reason, but some reports suggest that the reason may be that the game's events somehow offend the game. The area mentioned, even if not directly, is the reason.

Rise of the Ronin is an open-world action RPG title, focused primarily on combat and movement, and its events take place in Japan at a time of great change during the… Edo Which lasted 300 years and is known as “Bakumatsu”.

Some members of the gaming community and those who were waiting for the Ronin game learned about it when they discovered that it is similar to a Japanese anime series called Kenshin the Wanderer or “Kenshin Ruroni the Killer”, which is a manga written and composed by the artist. Nobuhiro Watsuki.

According to local Korean media, the game will not be released in South Korea due to events that took place in the 19th century AD, which is the same time the country witnessed a character… Shouin Yoshida Controversial.

Yoshida It sponsored a number of political activists who made significant contributions to what is known as the Great Reform Events in Japan, where imperial rule was restored in Japan in 1868, but what is the relationship or character of this issue with South Korea and the prevention of the liberation of the game there?

Good, Yoshida He was a supporter of Japan's invasion of Korea in the period between 1910 and 1945 AD, and if the game's events were set there, Korea would be mentioned as an enemy in the game, so it would not be released there, as local media reported.

As we mentioned, Sony has not yet officially announced that the game will not be released there, and if it is not released yet, there is an official statement that the company may issue before releasing the game exclusively on the PlayStation 5 on March 22nd of next year.