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How does Japan rate their games?

link343 - Apr 6, 2004

		it290		Apr 17, 2004
			I do believe that code fails to account for American made RPGs however.

		Des-ROW		Apr 17, 2004
			[ From GameIndustry.biz ] Japan adopts new content ratings for videogames *- From sex and drugs to gambling and smoking, CEROs new ratings have it all* A new system for providing information about videogames is set to be introduced in Japan shortly, with the Computer Entertainment Rating Organisation creating nine new ratings covering a wide range of mature or objectionable content. The new rating system includes symbols to indicate mature situations, sex, violence, horror, gambling, crime, smoking/drinking, drugs and explicit dialogue, and games carrying those symbols will begin to appear on Japanese retail shelves from June onwards. Up until now, CERO has had only four very broad rating categories for games - a universal rating, and 12, 15 and 18 age ratings, much like the system used by most European rating boards. The move to a more accurate way of conveying the content of games is designed to allow parents to be more selective about the type of games that their children play, and mirrors a similar move which saw the introduction of informative symbols on game packaging in Europe earlier this year. Link - Article... --- [ From Impress Game Watch* ]* (CERO)() (CESA)20026200210200312(NPO) 1215184CERO 3 9007 96

		Des-ROW		Apr 17, 2004
			Link - Article... --- Here you also have the Official CERO Press Release... regarding this decision.

		MasterAkumaMatata		Apr 17, 2004
			:lol:

		it290		Apr 17, 2004
			Ha, those icons are pretty cool. We need more games with sex, violence, foul language, drinkin', and drugs.

		Gallstaff		Apr 17, 2004
			Especially sex I heard that japan has a bunch of sexlicious games but not as many violent ones and for us it's the other way around. Odd

		it290		Apr 17, 2004
			Not really. America is way more uptight about sex than most of the world, and guns are much more commonplace than they are elsewhere as well. A question though: I assume the first icon is 'love' and the second one is 'sex' or something like that, but perhaps the second icon is 'transsexual' or something? heh.. also I find it interesting that they have different icons for gun and knife-type violence. And money? Warning: this game contains money. Can we have a translation please?

		Des-ROW		Apr 17, 2004
			Love/Romance Sex Violence Horror Gambling Crime Drinking/Smoking Drugs Strong Language

		it290		Apr 17, 2004
			Hmm gambling, that's interesting, I believe gambling is generally a larger factor in Eastern culture, eh?

Runik

Apr 19, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by it290@Apr 16, 2004 @ 07:13 AM



Whoa.. Namco made a Kaena game? That's surprising.

The game is published by Namco, but it's developped by Xilam, a french company (which did Stupid Invaders)