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Message: [QUOTE="What's His Face, post: 223878, member: 125725"] Not exactly. Between Super Smash Bros. Brawl & Super Smash Bros. 4 3DS/Wii U, the Japanese game rating bureau (CERO) became a [I]bit[/I] more [B][COLOR=rgb(235, 107, 86)][U][I]purityranical[/I][/U][I] [/I][/COLOR][/B]in their approach to rating games. As Masahiro Sakura, stated during an interview a few years ago: [HR][/HR] [B][SIZE=3]Sakurai[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=3]: One of the first things they say in overseas ratings reviews is “no guns”—that I can understand. But in Japan, they immediately ask “could you show us all the female characters upside-down?” [B]Interviewer[/B]: Well, that’s, uh… Are they checking for panty shots? [B]Sakurai[/B]: Precisely. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U almost didn’t make its scheduled release date because of ratings issues. We had to revise Palutena and Wonder Pink’s models over and over again. [B]Interviewer[/B]: All because you might be able to see up their skirts? Seriously? [B]Sakurai[/B]: We had Palutena wearing shorts and made the inside of Wonder Pink’s skirt too dark to see anything. Nevertheless, CERO told us the designs were “sexually provocative.” They were being ridiculous and frankly quite juvenile.[/SIZE] [HR][/HR] [SIZE=1](Sauce: [URL]https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2019/nov/28/japanese-censors-demanded-panty-checks-female-super-smash-bros-characters-during-development-masahiro-sakurai-was-none-too-impressed/[/URL])[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Oh, and here's a pic of Sakurai mocking CERO on Twitter/X:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][ATTACH type="full" size="1080x607"]76581[/ATTACH][/SIZE] This is why we're seeing censorship in non-D/Z-rated games coming out of Japan. In Japan, Brawl has an A rating, meaning suitable for all ages. This is the same rating that Smash 4 received. What changed wasn't the developer, but what the developer was allowed to include by a changing ratings board. [ATTACH type="full" width="264px" size="400x464"]76584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="188px" size="640x909"]76588[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="299px" size="640x569"]76586[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="190px" size="640x900"]76587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="345px" size="434x250"]76589[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="332px" size="600x360"]76591[/ATTACH] Now, as for Dissidia, a game that received a C-rating for both PSP titles, that's a bit more interesting. By all appearances after an extensive and completely exhaustive 5-second Google search, I could find no stated reason why Square-Enix was so against fan service in these titles. It could be due to wanting to keep the rating below D (and I'm uncertain when CERO changed their upskirt policies, either - Brawl was released in '08 with plenty of granny-panty upskirt, Dissidia was released in '09, Dissidia 012 was released in '11, and 4 was released in '14). It could be what modern YouTubers call the "woke mindrot" creeping in to SquareEnix. Or, it could be that the company is more "protective" of their female fannies - Tifa didn't exactly have much in the way of upskirt fanservice in Ehrgeiz on the PS, either. However, long story short: [SIZE=7][B][I][U][COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)]C[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]E[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)]N[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)]S[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]O[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(61, 142, 185)]R[/COLOR][/U] [U][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]C[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]E[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(247, 218, 100)]N[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]S[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]O[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]R[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(235, 107, 86)]S[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(209, 72, 65)]H[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]I[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]T[/COLOR][/U][/I][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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