Swedol
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Post by Swedol on Aug 1, 2005 5:07:37 GMT -5
Yes In Us Version ssbm is rated teen, in pal 11+ and in pal players choice 3+. why?
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Post by Dances in Undergarments on Aug 1, 2005 5:13:09 GMT -5
Maybe they decided it wasn't worth 11+ anymore? I dunno.
Its G8+ here, by the way.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 1, 2005 6:41:20 GMT -5
Yeah, the rating changed. Frankly, giving a game like Melee an 11+ rating was absurd. The violence is nothing but comical... no worse than most kids TV these days.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Aug 1, 2005 9:32:10 GMT -5
Eh? It's a strange thing... I think that ESRB gave a T for 13+, PEGI gave 3+ and CERO didn't rate - though if it does, it'll most probably go to all ages. It's not that the whole rating changed, but the ESRB rating changed.  |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Aug 1, 2005 12:13:02 GMT -5
It baffled me about as much as Star Fox Adventures' T rating. The game has no blood or bad language. If an elf-boy with a sword can get an E rating, what's so wrong with an anthropomorphic fox with a stick?  |
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Post by falco90210 on Aug 1, 2005 12:35:11 GMT -5
i tried to buy starfox adventures when i was 12 for my freinds birthday they charged me an extra five dollars to buy it
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Swedol
Bubbles
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Post by Swedol on Aug 1, 2005 13:02:37 GMT -5
Elspa gave ssbm 11+ and starfox 3+
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 1, 2005 13:10:11 GMT -5
i tried to buy starfox adventures when i was 12 for my freinds birthday they charged me an extra five dollars to buy it Err... I'm pretty sure retailers don't charge more money to underage gamers. You've been scammed. |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Aug 1, 2005 13:42:43 GMT -5
It's not really bothered for Japanese versions of the games. Most of them are rated all ages (meaning anyone older than 0 years old are said to be suitable to play it), with 2 exceptions for Nintendo published games: Metroid Prime 2 got a 12+ and Famicom Mini Tentei Club Part II got a 15+ (for the smoking scene).
Anyways, I never care for ratings.
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Post by missingno.is back? on Aug 1, 2005 14:16:11 GMT -5
Ratings are stupid like that. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 1, 2005 16:41:51 GMT -5
The US ratings system sounds like the most bizarre... M for mature means 17+, while AO for Adults Only means 18+... what is the point of that? What difference can one year really make in how mature a player is?
Over here we have 3+, 7+, 12+, 15+ and 18+. Most game retailers treat this like law, when in fact it is a voluntary code. However, for really mature games the BBFC video classification kicks in, meaning the game rating is enforcable by British law.
Makes much more sense than a vague E, T, M, AO thing.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Aug 1, 2005 19:26:04 GMT -5
The US ratings system sounds like the most bizarre... M for mature means 17+, while AO for Adults Only means 18+... what is the point of that? What difference can one year really make in how mature a player is? You're right. It's not logical, but there seems to be an unofficial rule that M signifies that it's for adults because of extreme violence, while AO signifies that it's for adults because of extreme sexual content. (ie. GTA: San Andreas suddenly went from M to AO because of the "Hot Coffee" mod.) I also think there's an overreliance on the T rating, as with the games we've been talking about. It's almost paralleling the US movie ratings. |
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Post by missingno.is back? on Aug 1, 2005 19:41:20 GMT -5
The US ratings system sounds like the most bizarre... M for mature means 17+, while AO for Adults Only means 18+... what is the point of that? What difference can one year really make in how mature a player is? Over here we have 3+, 7+, 12+, 15+ and 18+. Most game retailers treat this like law, when in fact it is a voluntary code. However, for really mature games the BBFC video classification kicks in, meaning the game rating is enforcable by British law. Makes much more sense than a vague E, T, M, AO thing. Yeah, but console games don't usually use AO. =P But I hear ya on the one year age difference thing. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 2, 2005 3:00:30 GMT -5
It's almost as daft as the "you're allowed to HAVE sex at 16, but you're not allowed to WATCH sex until you're 18"... I mean... honestly... what's THAT all about?
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Post by nocturnal YL on Aug 2, 2005 4:09:04 GMT -5
Sometimes the rating of a game is based on the smallest things. A smoking scene of Famicom Tentei Club Part II made it receive a 15+ rating from CERO, etc. (Side note: The first Nintendo game to have a CERO rating applied on it is Nintendo Puzzle Collection. (Which in short is "NPC" =P) Over here we have 3+, 7+, 12+, 15+ and 18+. Most game retailers treat this like law, when in fact it is a voluntary code. Strange. Over here any small kid can buy M-rated games freely. It's almost as daft as the "you're allowed to HAVE sex at 16, but you're not allowed to WATCH sex until you're 18"... I mean... honestly... what's THAT all about? It's 18 over here. I think the 18 year thing is to suit in the laws of other countries. |
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