20th July 2013, 3:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 20th July 2013, 9:50 PM by Dark Jaguar.)
Oh yes, originally Earthbound was rated "K-A". That's... Kids to Adults. They don't use that rating any more, it has been replaced with "E". The ratings board rerated the game "E" to match current standards a few years ago for Wii, a release we never saw.
For some reason, they've rated it again, and now it is rated T. What the heck?
Edit: I did some research consisting of leafing through my old games.
Killer Instinct for SNES: Rated T. Yes, Killer Instinct, KILLER INSTINCT, is rated T. So is Killer Instinct Gold on N64.
Chrono Trigger on SNES is rated K-A (again, the old version of an E rating). Chrono Trigger on Nintendo DS is rated E.
Final Fantasy II (IV, as you all know) on SNES is unrated as it was released before ratings. On the Playstation, Final Fantasy IV was bundled with Chrono Trigger, the package was rated T, even though neither individual game should have warrented it. Granted, the Playstation version of FFIV did receive a brand new translation, but Chrono Trigger still had the same one there.
Both the PSP and DS remasters of Final Fanstasy IV are rated "E" again. (Actually, a somewhat new rating of E10, but certainly not a T.)
All of this leads to one inescapable conclusion. The ESRB has no idea what the hell they are doing.
For some reason, they've rated it again, and now it is rated T. What the heck?
Edit: I did some research consisting of leafing through my old games.
Killer Instinct for SNES: Rated T. Yes, Killer Instinct, KILLER INSTINCT, is rated T. So is Killer Instinct Gold on N64.
Chrono Trigger on SNES is rated K-A (again, the old version of an E rating). Chrono Trigger on Nintendo DS is rated E.
Final Fantasy II (IV, as you all know) on SNES is unrated as it was released before ratings. On the Playstation, Final Fantasy IV was bundled with Chrono Trigger, the package was rated T, even though neither individual game should have warrented it. Granted, the Playstation version of FFIV did receive a brand new translation, but Chrono Trigger still had the same one there.
Both the PSP and DS remasters of Final Fanstasy IV are rated "E" again. (Actually, a somewhat new rating of E10, but certainly not a T.)
All of this leads to one inescapable conclusion. The ESRB has no idea what the hell they are doing.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)