They’re not censored:
The only time this game has been censored was Hisako’s naginata going through the opponent’s body during her influence move. That is it. KI 1 and 2 were rated T on the SNES and N64 which were toned down compared to the arcade versions and now they’re rated M.
It doesn’t matter that other T rated games are explicitly showing violence on screen:
To pull one more quote from Adam Isgreen:
This isn’t the same game as 20 years ago. It’s a different developer and they have their own vision for KI.