Less than a day after the developers of Neverness to Everness announced they would be \u201creworking\u201d the AI-generated images in their recently released open-world gacha game, a new patch for the game has dropped\u2013and, apparently, a few of the \u201cflagged assets\u201d in question have indeed been replaced. However, some fans believe the game\u2019s most notorious genAI image has been replaced with\u2026a different genAI image.<\/p>\n
Roughly a week after Twitch VTuber Ironmouse stated that she was pulling out of her Neverness to Everness sponsored content deal<\/a> due to the developers having reportedly \u201cassured\u201d her that the game wouldn\u2019t contain genAI assets only for her to find that it did, the official NtE Global X<\/a> account announced that developer Hotta Games was \u201calready reviewing and reworking\u201d the AI slop assets that fans had flagged.<\/p>\n Today, a new patch for Neverness to Everness dropped, and, true to its word, it would seem Hotta Games has removed at least some of these assets. However, some fans think the most notorious AI slop example, an in-game billboard artwork that looked a lot like a promotional image for the anime film Weathering with You, has been replaced with an AI-generated image of a soda can.<\/p>\n I guess it didn’t matter enough because the assets you replaced are STILL AI generated. What is the point if you’re just going to keep lying to your playerbase? https:\/\/t.co\/sdn4SFlFs1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sBKr1sgHBN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u2728ViviVovo \u2728 (@_ViviVovo_) May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cThere are way too many different types of clouds, the shadows don\u2019t make sense\u2026and overall just a lot of extra unnecessary things happening for what should\u2019ve been a low-effort background poster,\u201d commented X<\/a> user ViviVovo.<\/p>\n While the new replacement image does have some of the hallmarks of AI slop, it would be awfully strange for Hotta Games to replace AI art with AI art\u2026especially when there are examples of them outright removing other pieces of GenAI content in the new update, such as the video that plays before the Pink Paws Heist mission (which has now been replaced<\/a> with a TV static placeholder).<\/p>\n If it is true that the new image is AI too, perhaps the decision to replace the AI art wasn\u2019t influenced by the public outcry, but instead by the similarities between it and images promoting Weathering with You. After all, I highly doubt the copyright holders of the film were particularly pleased about being ripped off.<\/p>\n \n