Dispatch Dev Admits "People Have A Right To Be Pissed" About Switch 2 Launch

The fallout continues from Dispatch launching in a censored state on Switch and Switch 2 last week. While developer AdHoc Studio initially implied this issue was because of the platform holder, Nintendo responded that it “does not make changes to partner content.” Now, AdHoc is admitting that “people have a right to be pissed” and is hoping to release an update for the game “to address at least some of the censored content.”

Eurogamer received a new statement from AdHoc about why nudity was covered up on Switch and Switch 2–along with changes to other sexual content. “We initially assumed, like some of you, that because games like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk [2077] are on the platform with similar types of uncensored mature content, Dispatch would be allowed to do the same,” AdHoc said. “During the porting process, it became clear that was not the case.”

AdHoc added that “it was our intent to go out of our way to tell people looking to buy the game that the content was censored.” The Dispatch developer explained that the disclaimer about the censored content should have been more prominent on the eShop store page for the game. “Wires got crossed, and we put the disclaimer in the field literally titled ‘Disclaimer’ instead of the ‘About The Game’ section,” AdHoc said. This created a situation where the PSA was put in “the absolute worst spot that makes it look like we were trying to hide it,” according to the developer.

However, Dispatch went up for preorder on Switch and Switch 2 in the middle of December, and AdHoc never noted that the game would be censored. There still hasn’t been any social media posts by the developer about the censorship issue on Nintendo’s platforms.

Dispatch is one of GameSpot’s 10 best games of 2025. The adventure game follows Robert Robertson’s Mecha Man, who has to transition from a superhero out in the field to assisting others from a dispatch office after his suit becomes damaged. For more, check out GameSpot’s Dispatch review.

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