• Kamikazimatt@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The article says in Japan it’s rated Z which means banned from sale to anyone under 18 so that’s probably why they’re doing this.

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      1 year ago

      I got that part. I was wondering what earned it that rating. I can understand the “teen” rating in the US but this article says that in Japan games rated “Z” can only be sold and displayed to people 18+. Games rated “T” in the US can technically be sold to anyone as far as I know.

      So what about the game is considered so offensive in Japan?

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        1 year ago

        I just spent the last like 45 minutes and I can’t find anything definitive. My guess is the other posters are correct and gore probably pushed it up while in the US gore is fine.

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          1 year ago

          Ultimately both games involve humans that can be killed with guns so yeah I guess it’s partly that. That’s why I wasn’t allowed to play either a kid haha. At least I think that the characters from Jet Force Gemini are humans?

          Unrelated but this just reminded me of how my brother and I somehow convinced our mom it was ok to play Golden Eye as long as we used the paintball mode cheat haha.