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Rumor: Nintendo removed Tharja trophy from SSB to avoid a higher age rating
- Thread starter maxcriden
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You mad man!?
Uh, wow if true. And people thought Bayonetta actually had a chance at getting in.
Can't say I'm really bothered, but I don't see what the big deal a T rating would have been. I sincerely doubt that's a big of a detractor to audiences like a M rating, or R rating when it comes to movies.
Can't say I'm really bothered, but I don't see what the big deal a T rating would have been. I sincerely doubt that's a big of a detractor to audiences like a M rating, or R rating when it comes to movies.
Why two separate versions?
ZeroGravity
Member
Pretty sure that was debunked. I remember hearing about it a few days ago.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Seems like more a case of Nintendo simply being tasteful.
Leafhopper
Banned
They dropped Melee's rating at some point?
PensivePen
Member
He was redesigned in the western versions of the game.
Fire Emblem Awakening was rated T in NA and it was still censored (in DLC of all things). NOA mindset.
El Pescado
Member
Ah ha! That annoyed me so much last night when I got the Japanese trophy. I'm glad to know Rusty is in there somewhere too.
Thats the thing, they wanted to avoid a T rating. The Tharja trophy might've bumped it up from E10+ to T.
Why do you believe a developer would go through the extra work if not for ESRB input? I mean this isn't the same Nintendo from SNES days. Cross promoting with Shin Megami Tensei and publishing Bayonetta 2 while allowing Platinum to dress her up as wholesome Nintendo characters is pretty progressive.
Star Falcon
Member
Considering some of the alternate costumes for Zero Suit Samus and Shulk i have a hard time believing this.
ESRB is the one giving the ratings, not Nintendo.
Probably the bikini scene bumped the game to an "M" rating or something and it was something that Nintendo wanted to avoid for some reasons, (probably marketing and "ease-to-sell")
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
The more they censor Tharja, the more her legacy grows.
What I don't get is why they went this censoring route with Fire Emblem of all things which they already got a T rating for? I doubt it would've been bumped up to an M if they showed all of Tharja in a DLC.
Character popularity aside, is there anything particularly distasteful about the Tharja trophy? Especially considering the inclusion of ZSS? I don't see it. Which is also why I don't buy the "avoiding T rating" rumor.
On the internet maybe. The more broad market that buys Smash likely does not give a shit about Baby's First Yandere.
SliceSabre
Banned
Nintendo is so particular about these sort of thing that I don't doubt it. Course I'm not a Tharja fan cause if I'm looking for yandere-eque girl there are so many better options out there.
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
There's literally no basis for this claim
TheSlySoul
Member
Yeah, that is my main issue as well. I really do not see anything not tasteful in her outfit. Sure it is a nylon like material, but it is still covered. I seen 8 year olds on dance teams wear skimpier outfits than Tharja.
ESRB are a bunch of prudes then if a bikini is enough to bump it up to an M.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
I want a Zero Suit Seamus. Scottish guy with the classic Mega Man from SFxT physique with a long ginger beard.
meanwhile in Brawl
Your avatar...your post...lol
not that I agree with them, but it was a bikini + a slightly suggestive pose.
kinda NSFW (anime girls in bikini)
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_super/12/120766/2478390-25d0b14fd95890fab2abd7cbfd1f6d101367603443_full.jpg
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_super/12/120766/2478389-16f0c7c7541ec7225cb0180ae721ef781367603480_full.jpg
this, however, remained uncensored.
http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_super/12/120766/2478397-sumia.jpg
LOL @ URL, she's not Sumia.
so, I don't really know what the hell is going on with ESRB. Seems to depend too much on the mood of the person checking the content.
Stare into the void and the void stares back
That's a good change IMO. Thee panties in Brawl served no purpose other than having something for perverts to drool over.
balladofwindfishes
Member
There's an additional hole where Ice Climber's all star trophy would have went and a few other random holes we don't know what they were for.
Cordelia wishes she was Sumia.
then she could actually S-rank Chrom HA!
But yeah, ESRB is inconsistent.
well the black hole is a little ridiculous too. give her some old timey bloomers or something if panties are a problem.
How is it ridiculous? You`re not going to see it unless you pause mid-match to try and get an upskirt.
PdotMichael
Banned
Grow up, honey.
Smiles and Cries
Member
they designed something too sexy at Nintendo is a strange concept to think about
Tharja deserves a solo game rated to Bayonetta standards or put her in Fatal Frame V lol
Tharja deserves a solo game rated to Bayonetta standards or put her in Fatal Frame V lol
balladofwindfishes
Member
The Peach thing is probably for technical reasons, so they could get more into the part of her model you actually see.
meanwhile in Brawl
Mamma Mia!
BeatResetsTheWorld
Banned
Or to have something covering her underside in her model...
Holding out hope for no black void in the Wii U release. It looks silly.
I mean honestly captain falcon is just flaunting it all right there
RecursiveFault
Banned
That's what they had in Melee right? A mass of bloomers.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
The black-or-white fallacy should be avoided.
Everyone would say Smash Wii U looks more "realistic" than previous games.
It's more making light of people 'concerned' with the business going on underneath Peach's skirt. It's the same thing as 'concerned' people who want to ogle a digital trophy.
It's pretty obvious where their intentions and motivations lie. The Life and Hometown reference was already made by someone earlier. Does it need to be made more obvious?