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[Skeletos311]

http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-1-2-switch-receive-esrb-ratings/


http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsi...Title=The+Legend+of+Zelda:+Breath+of+the+Wild

The Zelda one is the best.
Rated E10

Content Descriptors: Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol
Rating Summary: This is an adventure game in which players assume the role of Link on a quest to stop a growing evil in the land of Hyrule. As players explore the open-world environment, they can forage for materials, explore shrines, and engage in melee-style combat against fantastical creatures (e.g., goblins, skeletons, centaurs). Players use swords, axes, clubs, and bows to defeat enemies that generally disappear amid puffs of smoke. One brief sequence depicts a battlefield strewn with the bodies of enemy creatures; in the background, a few bodies appear to be impaled by spears. The game contains some mildly suggestive material: fairies with moderate cleavage and/or exaggerated-size breasts; dialogue such as "I get to see a young hunk draw a bow again?" and "If I have to have something pounce on me, why couldn't it be a lady?" During the course of the game, a shop owner tells Link that she only serves "...drinks that are definitely just for adults..."; players can also encounter a drunken character that occasionally hiccups.

http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsis.aspx?Certificate=34759&Title=1-2-Switch
1-2-Switch
Rated E10

Content Descriptors: Mild Violence
Rating Summary: This is a collection of motion-controlled mini-games set in a party-like atmosphere. Players can engage in activities such as table tennis, capture the flag, quick-draw shootouts, samurai training, wizard duels, and sword fighting. A handful of these mini-games depict violent acts: a boxing mini-game contains a brief animation of opponents throwing punches at each other; wizard duels depict two figures with wands fighting for control over a beam of energy; the sword-fighting mini-game contains clashing sound effects, while the samurai training depicts characters being conked on the head.

 

[DecoReturns]

Strange that Zelda isn't T.

I thought for sure the rag doll physics would've done it.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

lewd

 

[GinoFelino]

Link's not getting laid after all

 

[Lulubop]

http://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-1-2-switch-receive-esrb-ratings/


http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsi...Title=The+Legend+of+Zelda:+Breath+of+the+Wild

 

[BY2K]

I'm guessing the impaled bodies aren't really a focus in the shots they are in if it's not enough to push it to a T.

 

[FloweryMarston]

that moment when reading an esrb description makes me hyped

 

[shark sandwich]

Waifus have finally come to Zelda.

 

[RRockman]

Great fariy confirmed...?

 

[JaseMath]

Wasn't Twilight Princess rated T? How is this not?

 

[zroid]

loooooool

 

[Aaronrules380]

Great fariy confirmed...?

She was in one of the trailers

 

[Neoleo2143]

Great fariy confirmed...?

She was confirmed since the Switch Trailer. The part about a massive battle field and bodies being impaled in the background is new though.

Waifus have finally come to Zelda.

Waifus were in Zelda since OoT.

 

[OricWindstar]

Wasn't Twilight Princess rated T? How is this not?

I don't think E10+ exsisted back then. Maybe I'm wrong about that, though.

 

[Slamtastic]

Zelda bathing doesn't warrant a T?

 

[Kinsei]

Wasn't Twilight Princess rated T? How is this not?

Probably this.

I don't think E10+ exsisted back then. Maybe I'm wrong about that, though.

It did. IIRC Shadow the Hedgehog was the first E10 game.

 

[Stopdoor]

I don't think E10+ exsisted back then. Maybe I'm wrong about that, though.

Apparently E10+ was introduced early 2005, so Twilight Princess was indeed dark enough for a T.

 

[Trojita]

I like how the 1-2 Switch one doesn't mention the milking game.

 

[Sgt. Garlic]

I don't think E10+ exsisted back then. Maybe I'm wrong about that, though.

It did. E10+ was introduced in 2005. TP was pretty dark AND had realistic graphics. I'm guessing that's why it got a T rating.

 

[NewVegasDog]

I don't think E10+ exsisted back then. Maybe I'm wrong about that, though.

E10+ existed by then. Shadow the Hedgehog was one of the first games to have it.

 

[ckaneo]

Centaurs?

 

[Skeletos311]

Wasn't Twilight Princess rated T? How is this not?

I just checked.

TP HD - T
WW HD - E10
Skyward Sword - E10
LBW - E
Triforce Heroes - E
MM 3D - E10
OOT 3D - E10

 

[Mariolee]

E10+ existed by then. Shadow the Hedgehog was one of the first games to have it.

What? I thought that was T and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was the first to have E10.

 

[ckaneo]

Wasn't Twilight Princess rated T? How is this not?

Ratings have gotten more lax.

 

[TheGamingBox]

more realistic art styles tend to get higher ratings than more cartoonish

brawl was t and smash bros 4 is e10

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Twilight Princess was really dark with quite a few dead guys to talk to.

Also this,

Not to mention Zant's entire storyline with his

Spoiler

God being Ganondorf

and his last appearance being his

Spoiler

neck snapping

.

 

[Kinsei]

more realistic art styles tend to get higher ratings than more cartoonish

brawl was t and smash bros 4 is e10

Brawl also has Snake and all of his weapons.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

What? I thought that was T and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was the first to have E10.

E10 was introduced in 2005 (year Shadow came out) and you're right that DK was the first game to receive that rating. Shadow was originally rated T, but Sega changed some stuff and resubmitted it at the last minute. The final game was rated E10.

They mainly cut some swears, cut the onscreen depiction of Maria getting shot, and changed the alien blood from red to green.

 

[Skeletos311]

Twilight Princess HD rating - http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsi...0&Title=Legend+of+Zelda:+Twilight+Princess+HD

Content Descriptors: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence
Rating Summary: This is an action-adventure game in which players assume the role of Link, a young hero who must save a fantasy kingdom by defeating an evil villain. From a third-person perspective, players explore caves/dungeons, solve puzzles, and use swords, arrows, bombs, and magic to defeat enemy creatures (e.g., skeletons, spiders, dragons, plant creatures). Some sequences allow players to use ranged weapons/abilities from a first-person perspective; one section allows players to engage in a one-on-one sword-fight with a boss character. Cutscenes occasionally depict characters impaled by swords or shot with arrows; one boss creature emits small puffs of purple fluid when stabbed.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Really surprised at the lack of a T rating.

 

[Nickle]

This actually makes me really hopeful that the NPC's will be fun and memorable, lol.

 

[aBarreras]

I like how the 1-2 Switch one doesn't mention the milking game.

that says more about you than the ESRB

 

[FloweryMarston]

Twilight Princess HD rating - http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsi...0&Title=Legend+of+Zelda:+Twilight+Princess+HD

Ocarina of time 3d is E10 and seems to be more in line with what the botw shows. I think the realistic graphics of TP and some scenes made the game jump to Teen

 

[mindatlarge]

Came for an ESRB description of the cow milking mini-game. Color me disappointed.

 

[Yukinari]

Naked Zelda sideboob hype??

 

[Dark-VIII]

twilight princess had this

 

[WordAssassin]

Twilight Princess was fuckin dark, grim, and violent. I just finished playing through it all the way for the first time about a week ago and I was shocked at how unsettling parts of it were.

 

[LegendofLex]

The real nugget here is this:

centaurs

http://i.imgur.com/fBJPuYf.png

 

[DecoReturns]

Twilight Princess was fuckin dark, grim, and violent. I just finished playing through it all the way for the first time about a week ago and I was shocked at how unsettling parts of it were.

Yeah

Spoiler

Ice level plus boss and Evil Link hallucination

Spoilers just case some haven't play it

 

[Neoleo2143]

The real nugget here is this:



http://i.imgur.com/fBJPuYf.png

I was thinking exactly the same thing. Those could be some totally radical enemies for a 3D zelda that emphasizes the open world, especially since you'd have to deal with them differently from the regular Bokoblins on Horses.

 

[Skittzo0413]

Biggest megaton for me is

Spoiler

Lynels

appear to be in!!

Oh and someone at the ESRB got to play the full game. Screw you, whoever you are.

 

[RedToad64]

I like how the 1-2 Switch one doesn't mention the milking game.

Why would it be? It is not intended to be sexual.

Oh and someone at the ESRB got to play the full game. Screw you, whoever you are.

ESRB just gets footage from the game. They don't actually play it.

 

[-shadow-]

twilight princess had this

I knew that something was going to happen, but man this blew my expectations. Legit scared me for a moment!

 

[DecoReturns]

Biggest megaton for me is

Spoiler

Lynels

appear to be in!!

Oh and someone at the ESRB got to play the full game. Screw you, whoever you are.

ESRB sometimes(always?) don't play the games, they are shown videos of the games and decided the rating.

 

[Pinky]

Content Descriptors: Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol
Rating Summary: This is an adventure game in which players assume the role of Link on a quest to stop a growing evil in the land of Hyrule. As players explore the open-world environment, they can forage for materials, explore shrines, and engage in melee-style combat against fantastical creatures (e.g., goblins, skeletons, centaurs). Players use swords, axes, clubs, and bows to defeat enemies that generally disappear amid puffs of smoke. One brief sequence depicts a battlefield strewn with the bodies of enemy creatures; in the background, a few bodies appear to be impaled by spears. The game contains some mildly suggestive material: fairies with moderate cleavage and/or exaggerated-size breasts; dialogue such as "I get to see a young hunk draw a bow again?" and "If I have to have something pounce on me, why couldn't it be a lady?" During the course of the game, a shop owner tells Link that she only serves "...drinks that are definitely just for adults..."; players can also encounter a drunken character that occasionally hiccups.

GOTY confirmed.

 

[Skittzo0413]

ESRB just gets footage from the game. They don't actually play it.

ESRB sometimes(always?) don't play the games, they are shown videos of the games and decided the rating.

Oh, never mind then! Screw you retracted.

 

[FloweryMarston]

Oh, never mind then! Screw you retracted.

If i understand correctly, nintendo compiles the stuff that is the overall game loop, and then some of the more questionable content so ESRB can give the rating

 

[Pancake Mix]

E10+ seems about right nowadays.

E10+ existed in 2008, so the change from Smash Bros Brawl to Smash 3DS/Wii U's rating might not have had to do with Snake. Skyward Sword's T in 2011 to this may also not have anything to do with lighter content so much as I think the ESRB is just more comfortable using the E10+ rating nowadays, which makes sense. The new Smash and DQVII's E10+ make this seem like it would be the obvious rating choice. It's consistent.

 

[tali'zorah84]

"I get to see a young hunk draw a bow again?"

This has to be a Great Fairy line lmao, I wanna hear their voice acting.

 

[Kjellson]

Biggest megaton for me is

Spoiler

Lynels

appear to be in!!

Oh and someone at the ESRB got to play the full game. Screw you, whoever you are.

I reacted to that as well.

I'm so hyped for this game even that detail got me pumped up.