THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: dcharlie on June 16, 2007, 01:12:29 AM

Title: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: dcharlie on June 16, 2007, 01:12:29 AM

So basically if something gets a cero rating of Z it's basically hidden behind the counter, not advertised in stores and what not. A load of X360 games have fallen foul of this (Dead Rising had an almost anonymous launch here in stores), and a load of Xbox games got post-release rerated from Cero 18 to Cero Z.

Ninja Gaiden / NG Black being one such game.

So someone has to explain to me HOW THE FUCK Ninja Gaiden Sigma snuck in with a FUCKING D rating?!

I know it seems trivial but this makes a huge difference to how the game can be displayed in stores etc.

Conspiracy total. All of Japan running scared from the Xjuggernaut total.

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: Fragamemnon on June 16, 2007, 01:20:47 AM

This is a very interesting observation.

When the Cero 18 games got rerated to Z, was it in a batch with games from other systems or was it just the 360. If it is the latter, then that sounds pretty corrupt.

Oh and  :-* :-* :-* :-* dcharlie, coolest taste in music on GAF ever

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: Fragamemnon on June 16, 2007, 01:32:01 AM

Quote from: dcharlie on June 16, 2007, 01:28:28 AM

thanks Frag , actually i've been worrying about my musical tastes recently... started to think i was listening to too much "old blokes" music! lol

I worry about this too sometimes, but I'm old enough where I can just listen to the same stuff for the rest of my life and be happy with it.

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 16, 2007, 01:32:50 AM

what music is this? 

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: Vizzys on June 16, 2007, 02:36:55 AM

a cero?

I instantly thought of this:

http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07246/page16.png

cero from the hand total

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 16, 2007, 07:57:39 AM

So is Violence really frowned up on in Japan or something? Which is odd since Anime is not only chock full of Violence but Sex and Nudity. But I guess thats apples to oranges.

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: bork on June 16, 2007, 08:31:06 AM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on June 16, 2007, 07:57:39 AM

So is Violence really frowned up on in Japan or something? Which is odd since Anime is not only chock full of Violence but Sex and Nudity. But I guess thats apples to oranges.

Just decapitations with blades, mostly.  I hear that Rachel can cut off monsters' heads, which makes no sense.

But tentacle rape?   Train groping?  NO PROBLEM!

Title: Re: What is this cero bullshit?
Post by: hyp on June 18, 2007, 04:59:01 PM

wow, that does sound like some conspiracy bullshit.  sounds like the ratings board is getting moneyhatted or there's some nationalistic intent involved in all this.