"The Ass Nintendo Doesn't Want You To See" (Kotaku)
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WrenchNinja
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Self loathing is part of being a fan.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Ah there we go. I was almost beginning to think Kotaku were getting decent writers. This is much more a return to the norm. A good ol' dose of T & A.
FYI there's no censoring in the EU version.
Europe wins again.
Oh sweet, I actually thought we would have that censored.
Good, I need to see it myself now.FYI there's no censoring in the EU version.
Europe wins again.
Must've set off the ESRB somehow. It'd be REALLY disappointing if this was somehow M territory, though I guess a new content descriptor would be enough for Nintendo to act.FYI there's no censoring in the EU version.
Europe wins again.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
So...
And before people go off about "Ass shot = M rating?!", the worry was probably a change of content descriptor rather than a change in rating. And yes, the ESRB is totally a rating board that would say "X # of ass shots is okay, but X + 1 means you're getting changed to a Sexual Themes descriptor!" As for why Tharja, well, either she was the easiest to censor or someone took specialliking offense to that ass.
http://serenesforest.net/fe13/news_2013b.html#2105
And before people go off about "Ass shot = M rating?!", the worry was probably a change of content descriptor rather than a change in rating. And yes, the ESRB is totally a rating board that would say "X # of ass shots is okay, but X + 1 means you're getting changed to a Sexual Themes descriptor!" As for why Tharja, well, either she was the easiest to censor or someone took special
so I just realized the story in the OP acted like Nintendo of America was being "bizarrely puritan", but the same writer said an ass-showing Tharja statue was "too pervy for [his] tastes" two months earlier.
So which is it?
So which is it?
I don't think this is particularly shameful from Nintendo.
American ratings boards just don't like ass for some reason. Tits are fine, heck, this Fire Emblem DLC has Cordelia with her jugs popping out even in America. It's weird.
American ratings boards just don't like ass for some reason. Tits are fine, heck, this Fire Emblem DLC has Cordelia with her jugs popping out even in America. It's weird.
Ultimadrago
Member
Come on now, some hide in closets and love themselves!
That was...an odd bump to say the least. I thought this was interesting however...
I thought Fire Emblem was supposed to be a medieval strategy game where your units are individual characters in a greater conflict, but clearly I was mistaken. It's actually a visual novel where you try to get Tharja-San suggestively censored with various objects.
I get it!
Well, Awakening WAS intended for more mass appeal...
witchedwiz
Member
honestly nintendo..
children can see boobs and asses everywhere with the click of a key on the tv remote, and not on any gravure chan, but on simple NORMAL tv, with soubrette and whatnot..
so really? censoring games? that's so 50s...
children can see boobs and asses everywhere with the click of a key on the tv remote, and not on any gravure chan, but on simple NORMAL tv, with soubrette and whatnot..
so really? censoring games? that's so 50s...
...Take it up with the ESRB?
ichigo kurosaki
Member
I may get a lot of trash for this but honestly I think the US society as a whole is to blame for stuff like this. The US is widely regarded as overpuritan for sexual stuff, while you seem to have no problem at all with displaying images of people being mutilated or beheaded.
Europe/Japan:
Sex is OK, violence not so much
US:
Violence is OK, sex (at a minimum level) is definitely not OK
Europe/Japan:
Sex is OK, violence not so much
US:
Violence is OK, sex (at a minimum level) is definitely not OK
she looks different to look more like how she is in Awakening where she is a different class. Raidant Dawn = Light Mage
Awakening = Sorceress.
Okay, I just need to ask: What is with all the body-stockings? I thought Fire Emblem was medieval fantasy or whatever, but now I'm seeing all these modern day body stockings.
Is it the artist's fetish or something?
Edit: I found it out. I find it kinda funny that we're still doing pallet swaps today, although I'm glad they're saving resources.
Technically I think the first Dark Mages encountered in FE:A would be in the service of Plegian Military, and Plegia is basically a giant desert wasteland. So I guess the body stockings are to cover from getting sunburns without being heavy enough to be problematic?
I mean the actual answer is fanservice but if you wanted anything beyond that . . .
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The bump made me realize that my SAO quote made it all the way here. I don't even know how that works! lol
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Nintendo of America is such a prude.
Shin Kojima
Banned
If this is real Europe got some censorship too.
Yes, it is real.
its sexyyyyy.Please make some game like this even with further details.
Doczu
Member
Well... you can choose at least. Want to see some ass? Buy the EU game. Want some dirty pervert talking? Say hello to to the US copy? Want both you sick pervert?... I have no words for that.
Skull Leader
Banned
It should be noted that almost every character who returns from a previous game in the series has their design changed to match the class they are given in Awakening. It's not just a thing they did to Mickey (they should have left her out of the game entirely, screw her and the entire Yawn Brigade).
It really shows in the 3D models in game, they more or less put an Avatar head on top of a generic unit's body.
There's no shame in scathingly deriding the worst anime has to offer.
Chû Totoro
Member
So it's "The Ass ESRB Doesn't Want You To See" (Kotaku)
And on other news : Kotaku prefer asses confirmed too
It's not like it's that important but I'm glad to see EU once again don't censor things when it's unjustified.
And on other news : Kotaku prefer asses confirmed too
It's not like it's that important but I'm glad to see EU once again don't censor things when it's unjustified.
Silver_DNA
Member
That's a mighty bump, forgive the pun.
Reminds me to give the rest of the DLC a go.
Reminds me to give the rest of the DLC a go.
Always-honest
Banned
They should have photoshopped a gun over it.