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Rumor: Nintendo removed Tharja trophy from SSB to avoid a higher age rating
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Dreamwriter
Member
Not at Walmart, GameStop, or Best Buy, those three businesses have an official policy of enforcing the ESRB for ratings T and above. At Walmart the cashier can be fired for selling a T or above game to someone too young without their parent present.
Leafhopper
Banned
Really? Not at anyone I have ever been to. Only M games get that kinda treatment.
Did Nintendo remove the Tharja trophy to test our social justice fortitude?
Seriously though, would one trophy really impact the rating of a game? Surely that would be asinine and a showcase of the arbitrary nature of the classification process.
In regards to the above posts, that's surprising. In Australia you only need ID/parents present for a MA15+ game, and R now of course. I was buying M rated games on my own when I was 12/13 with no problems.
Seriously though, would one trophy really impact the rating of a game? Surely that would be asinine and a showcase of the arbitrary nature of the classification process.
In regards to the above posts, that's surprising. In Australia you only need ID/parents present for a MA15+ game, and R now of course. I was buying M rated games on my own when I was 12/13 with no problems.
Why must they treat my waifu this way
My waifu is rated M for Mature.
Rated M for Missing.
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
OK.
ZSS & Sheik are separate characters because the 3DS can't handle it? OK. This worked out for the better.
3DS can't handle that Popo & Nana because Ice Climbers be so chill? A bit miffed about this.
Remove best waifu's trophy? LET'S FIGHT NOW!!!
ZSS & Sheik are separate characters because the 3DS can't handle it? OK. This worked out for the better.
3DS can't handle that Popo & Nana because Ice Climbers be so chill? A bit miffed about this.
Remove best waifu's trophy? LET'S FIGHT NOW!!!
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
Shulk in trunks is okay. Skin tight ZSS is okay. ZSS all is okay. Draw the line at Tharja. Thanks Nintendo.
Now I really want to pick up Tharja's Scale Figure...
Now I really want to pick up Tharja's Scale Figure...
I figured this would be a case. There is little reason to cut a trophy other than it was going to get a ratings bump. The thing that annoys me is the look at the Candy Trophy. It is just as barely clothed, but it is ok because she is an animal?
Reference:
"just by glancing at them, she makes guys wonder if she likes them"
was this written by a 10 year old
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Guys its already explained why they went for the E rating instead of letting it go to T, its so they can market it on channels/programs they wouldnt be able to otherwise.
Yeah, that must be it. Hang on I have to find my eyes as they rolled into the next room.
TheSlySoul
Member
Yeah, some of the translations are awful. They forgot to translate Rusty's name from Rusty's Real Deal Baseball which irks me.
Leafhopper
Banned
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Smash has always been T-rated, though, hasn't it?
It's always been rated USK12 here in Germany and I bet it wouldn't have pushed that rating in the slightest if that Tharja trophy had been included.
I'm not calling you a liar, but I think you may be mistaken. The rating is only enforced on Mature games. Unless this has changed in the past year, which it may have.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
PumpkinSpice
Banned
They had to write 686 of these. I think people just stopped caring.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Is this a rumor or just speculation? Either way it's probably accurate though, the ESRB has an established vendetta against Tharja's butt.
Nintendo still tries to be popular with all ages to varying degrees of success. They'd like to have the younger and casual market again, despite the actual market trends working totally against them.
astrogamer
Member
You got the Japanese one. There's an American version in the game too.
If it was a entire character i could see a dilemma, but even then id cut a whole character to get that rating for marketing purposes unless the character was iconic like Mario or Pikachu.
But its just a trophy, something only a fraction will even care about, and even smaller fraction will spend 9 seconds rotating on their 3DS to look at it once. Its about as insignificant as it gets. So yeah, makes sense
But its just a trophy, something only a fraction will even care about, and even smaller fraction will spend 9 seconds rotating on their 3DS to look at it once. Its about as insignificant as it gets. So yeah, makes sense
It never was. Its rated E10+. They are catering to 10 year olds
Lol 12+ for Europe. I guess Candy Kong's fur is too much for the European kids
I am disgusted though
TheSlySoul
Member
Really? Seems odd to have two versions of the same idea.
SirPainsalot
Banned
Melee was only T because E10 didn't exist at the time. And Brawl was T because of Snake IIRC.
well, if this is true, I'm guessing that the ESRB is the one calling the shots here. They rate the games before release and they probably make some sort of report for the reasons of the rating they are giving it.
also, Fire Emblem: Awakening is rated T and that game feature Tharja in a significant role. She also appears in bikini there... I really don't see the reason as why Nintendo would voluntarily chose to remove the assist trophy.
Wanting a "T" instead of an "M" in a family-friendly game seems totally reasonable for Nintendo.
Rating an "M" instead of a "T" for an assist trophy of a "T-rated" game seems unreasonable for ESRB.
also, Fire Emblem: Awakening is rated T and that game feature Tharja in a significant role. She also appears in bikini there... I really don't see the reason as why Nintendo would voluntarily chose to remove the assist trophy.
Wanting a "T" instead of an "M" in a family-friendly game seems totally reasonable for Nintendo.
Rating an "M" instead of a "T" for an assist trophy of a "T-rated" game seems unreasonable for ESRB.
KojiKnight
Member
The difference between an E10 rating and a T rating is being able to advertise on channels like Disney and Nickelodean. It's not about 'growing up' it's about trying to net as large of an audience as possible.
My god, if Nintendo goes for the hardcore, they get attacked for pandering to a diminishing audience. If Nintendo goes for an expanded audience they get yelled at for not catering to the older more hard core audience. How the hell Iwata hasn't gone insane is beyond me.
E10 versus T, not T versus M.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
What about SSB64? Was that rated T as well?
Cause 10 year olds have never seen movies or tv shows with women wearing a swimsuit. Lol.It never was. Its rated E10+. They are catering to 10 year olds
Leafhopper
Banned
That one was rated E actually but that was also before the ESRB got more strict I believe. That and the way Smash 64 ran and played it was definitively more playful suiting to a E rating than the later games.
Nah man its banned on children's TV lol.
KojiKnight
Member
Nintendo wants to advertise to children. Most TV networks have rules about showing ads for mature content on their channels (actually think it's FCC regulations, but not sure).
I believe this was before the addition of the E10 rating.
astrogamer
Member
This is the game that has 6 different trophies for Nintendogs and has the Wii Fit trainer pose differently for her 7 trophies, I think they just randomly decided on trophies at one point
SirPainsalot
Banned
Pretty sure that was rated K-A.
PensivePen
Member
How can we fight back against the nefarious ESRB and their agenda against partially visible buttcheeks?
Monster Zero
Junior Member
They Literally use the words conjecture, and unconfirmed speculation, but its too late for Nintendo, this now goes in the vault with other unconfirmed Nintendo rumors that will get spouted off as fact.
oh, my bad... I thought SSB4 was T...
well, a T rating for a Tharja trophy seems reasonable in that case.
Smart move by Nintendo to get more advertisements. They need them right now, LOL.
I think Tharja fans should begin a letter writing campaign to take the buttcheeks back. Be sure to mention that she's your 'waifu' and want her buttcheeks as visible as possible because reasons.
Leafhopper
Banned
Oh I know that. That came out in 2005 but, I think Smash 64 would have been rated E even back then compared to some of the other stuff on the 64 for sure.
Nope E. By then they were barely using K-A anymore really.
KojiKnight
Member
Having played the heck out of FE:A, I'm still not sure why people are so obsessed with Tharja... people just into emotionally damaged characters?
Jawmuncher
Member
Seriously? That's some ridiculous shit.
Do they have the same practice for PG-13 films or are they hypocrites?
PensivePen
Member
I was just gonna suggest boycotting every game with an ESRB rating.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Is a surprise to you?
You'll have to regale back to the days of NES then.
KojiKnight
Member
A few people no, but the large amount when there were many other more traditional "waifu" tropes available in the game? Kind of.
Or, you know... play smart phone games.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
No, the only one that was rated T, and stayed that way was brawl, most likely because of snake melee was originally T but dropped down to 10+