Video Game Age Ratings

[@Rib_]

Croc on PS1 had all three K-A/E styles. The black label release had K-A, the Fox Interactive Greatest Hits had the pixelated E, and the Ubisoft Greatest Hits had the black E.

[@thecrimsonfuckeralucard9500]

Commenting for more attention.

[@timelymirror7826]

didn't Mario kart 64 have all of them

[@Thegoatone23]

They can’t decide can they?

[@luisgamercoolgaming]

I would've said "Lego Island", but I think the og printing didn't even have a true esrb rating.

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

​@@thecrimsonfuckeralucard9500Upvoting gives a comment more attention

[@Jan12700]

PEGI not only has the classification, but also on the backside of every box are logos showing what is in the game. There are Bad Language, Discrimination, Drugs, Fear, Gambling, Sex, Violence and also my Favorit that should be on the front In-Game purchases

[@WohaoG]

ESRB also has that, right?

[@nikomiller]

@@WohaoGi don't think ESRB has icons, only text

[@WohaoG]

@@nikomiller Oh yea, I'm not american so idk

[@PlayedLOL_XD]

Yea there’s one with a spider and I don’t understand it

[@Grane1234]

Australia does that as well with warnings like online interactivity and fantasy violence, except they just straight up say it instead of showing logos

[@andrade9172]

I find the 14+ rating in Brazil really useful, some stuff is to light for 16 but too heavy for 12, like the Uncharted games

[@PastelHime]

Verdade

[@lorenzorafael4600]

Look,any game that’s not 18+ is okay for kids.

[@dirtegarbage]

@@lorenzorafael4600 having your ears blown out on gta online by squeakoids will change your mind

[@vinswarm]

I played the og uncharted games when I was 7

[@cattyy99]

@@lorenzorafael4600 yeah right.

[@AlanDSi]

Mexico appears to have adopted its own ratings during the pandemic or around that time. It was so weird walking to the store and seeing something other than an imported esrb rating

[@despeinado340]

Mexican here. I actually miss the ESRB ratings. The new ones look butt ugly and don't blend with any cover.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

They're super ugly, The rating is too big, and the colored rating doesn't look good

[@Kdekalcio]

Here in Chile we also have our own rating system, but it co-exists with ESRB and PEGI and rather than being pasted into the cover it's a removable label so it's not that annoying (and they make it cover like a quarter or third of the cover so parents actually see it LOL). The ratings are: -ER (Especially Recommended): Mostly for educative games because they're *especially recommended* for young kids. -TE (All Ages): Games safe and enjoyable for any age. -8+: May have a minor amount of "strong" language, sexual innuendoes or violence. -14+: Moderate amount of strong language, sexual innuendoes or violence. -18+: Important amount of vulgar language, explicit sexual material, frequent nudity or important levels of violence. Also used as a temporary disclaimer for content that is yet to be rated.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

@@Kdekalcio It's probably a sticker because they're improted directly, and not actually sold there Where as in Mexico, it's a new printed cover

[@timelymirror7826]

@@despeinado340 are they printed on the cover the new ratings

[@BananaArm]

Rating Pending best rating

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Are you sure

[@SoftBlade7]

fr

[@iceteal1611]

lol

[@theducknamednewepicla9507]

😂😂😂

[@Therapeudicssk]

only the cool kids play rating pending games

[@Japuckle]

My problem with the rating systems are just how inconsistent they are. There are games where you cut people in half that are rated pegi 16, and games that have pretty much no gore except for a little blood that are rated 18. And there are games rated e/3+ that have lootboxes , which is pretty much just gambling. I think they should rate each category like gore, swearing, gambling etc from 1-10 to help people weed out the games that have a lot of the content that they personally are not comfortable with. The current systems are just very inconsistent and misleading.

[@flow185]

I honeslty think pegi is pretty alright, it tells you whats in the game and thats it

[@Japuckle]

@@flow185 but like I said, it's completely inconsistent. For example, Star Wars Jedi fallen order was rated 16, but Jedi survivor was rated 12, despite having pretty much the exact same content

[@Drywall_Eater_]

@@Japuckleif anything Jedi survivor is worse than fallen order in that area

[@PlayedLOL_XD]

Like WWE Is Pegi 16 Wtf

[@Fanboy-hf1iu]

Content descriptors is already a thing

[@Japuckle]

I love how the subtitles interpreted "m-rated game" as "inbred game"

[@StudioUAC]

hot

[@Amigamertv]

​@@StudioUAC😮

[@harukami912]

​@@StudioUAC Please go back to Alabama.

[@LinkRammer]

Fbi, this one. Right here.

[@anthonykhan1676]

​@@StudioUACpause.

[@kirantrivedi5831]

I love the guy that says “PEGI 18” at the start of trailers

[@Sebber_YT_ASSA]

And PEGI 16 and PEGI 12

[@whenyouwishuponastar-r7d]

And PEGI 7 and PEGI 3

[@haroeneissa790]

I found it always weird how videogame age ratings appear to be way more strict compared to movies and tv series. Many tv series with a lot of violence, blood and drugs often only get a 12+ rating in my country but videogames almost always get a 16 or 18 rating. Even racing games usually get a 12+ rating which doesn't make any sense to me. Why should a 11 year old kid not be allowed to drive a car in a videogame? You can't even be violent because there are no pedestriabs in those racing games.

[@wingspantt]

My guess is in a TV show you're watching characters make choices that may be judged as bad by the universe itself, but in a game you make your own choices which may even be rewarded if evil.

[@Fanboy-hf1iu]

You are comparing two completely different mediums

[@chetapace79]

It’s just to be safe so that the companies don’t get sued by parents

[@Dynastone]

PEGI is incredibly strict, any gambling is an instant 18

[@troykv96]

It's probably because videogames are an interactive media, which ended up making blood and violence something rewarding.

[@kevsomeone]

8:40 a funny rating gap for me has always been A Hat in Time. In North America, the game is rated T for violence and blood while in Europe it has a 7 rating.

[@Zippy_Zolton]

Where was there even blood? Haven't played that game in at least a year

[@W0NDERFULSTUFF]

there are a lot of games with weird age differences in countries (e.g. Persona 3 being rated pegi 12 and cero b while also being rated m for mature in america - at least on the portable version)

[@VscogirlLily]

Us Americans take stuff seriously

[@legometaworld2728]

@@W0NDERFULSTUFF In the case of Persona it's because of a cultural difference; a cock and balls monster (Mara) is deemed much more graphic in the US than in Europe or Japan.

[@aestronk-hungryball]

​@@Zippy_Zoltonmaybe owl express? haven't played in a year or two

[@BUCCIMAIN]

I think PEGI has a good system and I like how they have logos for what is included (drugs, violence etc.) but I do think a numbering system could make it more clear. A logo with a small number from 1-10 would make it easier to know if a game is fine for your kids even if it has "bad" things in it.

[@DAVID-ANDERSON]

Thats like Australia. if a game is let say M rated, then it will tell you why its M rated. Exmaple Zelda: Breath of the Wild is M rated in Australia and the rating tell you its because it has fantasy violence

[@ExperiencersInternational]

​@@DAVID-ANDERSONit's literally the same for European games, in the back of game boxes, it'll show content descriptors in boxes. Content descriptors here have never changed, apart from an online one that was removed in 2015.

[@Whiteman2.0]

I used to have a friend who’s parents ACTUALLY PAYED ATTENTION TO AGE RATINGS so he couldn’t play teen games until he was 13

[@CrunchySpon]

@@Whiteman2.0 imagine you're 11 and wanna play TOTK in europe and then your parents are just like: "nahhh"

[@Whiteman2.0]

@@CrunchySpon haha. It was exactly like that

[@muneyukilenzkayo8348]

Wasn't expecting you to talk about the Brazilian rating system, pretty nice surprise! I don't think I ever saw a videogame with one of those, most of them just use the ESRB, since they are usually imported (from the US), specially if you're talking Nintendo.

[@Haruki-_]

Actually nowadays a lot of games have the Brazilian rating, even Nintendo games since they started to distribute their games officially here, sadly without a translation tho.

[@kaikomiyakazi8680]

Nintendo's oficial games realeased in Brazil comes with the classInd! I got a copy of TOTK with the 10 classification in the cover and It's pretty neat ^^

[@jamesjohnson8279]

Its worth noting that some countries like Russia rate some games drastically differently due to their more strict and oppressive LGBTQ+ laws. E.g. Miitopia is rated 18+ in Russia, but PEGI 7 here in the UK, presumably due to the high-level relationships Miis can obtain with each other suggesting romance

[@shingshing8471]

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[@City1Tiger]

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[@SomeGuilStuff]

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[@popeo1973]

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[@Volcanic_Rave]

PEGI is just substantially more hardcore with gambling than the ESRB is. For reference, Trails from Zero is a game you outlined as T for Teen/PEGI 18. The ESRB Page for the game references >Cries of pain, gunfire >Female characters with deep cleavage, lines referencing said cleavage >A fictional drug crucial to the game's plot, described as "the real serious kind", which is also shown to leave people unconscious >A casino where you can use ingame currency to play blackjack, poker, and slots >uses of the words Bullshit and Ass The PEGI page just mentions that the game teaches and encourages playing blackjack and poker. Nothing else.

[@demosneokleous4877]

Persona 5 has gambling in it but it got a Pegi 16 and ESRB rated the game M

[@satyamSaha]

@@demosneokleous4877 just looked through it, according to PEGI Trails from Zero encourages gambling and actively teaches how to do it to the player while Persona 5 does not.

[@slimywyvern]

I feel like this has been happening more recently, because Trails of Cold Steel IV has the exact same gambling minigames and it only got a PEGI 12 rating at the time.

[@Luke68028]

The USK here in Germany is trigger happy with banning games but they’re relaxed with giving explicit games a low rating. For example: Persona 4, which is rated M in the USA, is only 12+ in Germany.

[@SliminBlue]

Yeah Persona 4 isn't a game I'd recommend for 12 year olds considering... a couple dungeons being a bit explicit to the point of having one of THOSE clubs. I still love it to pieces but I don't wanna think what Kanji and Rise's dungeons would do to a 12 year old

[@mrkicks7817]

That's... interesting, considering Shadow Rise.

[@nitinanku]

@@SliminBlueI did play P4 and 5 as a 12 year old, honestly it coulda been worse. I can’t say they included content I wasn’t already aware of, a 12 year old can definitely handle both games’ themes, just maybe not fully understand them. I got a lot more depth from replaying them more recently

[@cyanalternation4237]

As much as I loved P4 Golden, I still find Rise's and Kanj's dungeon design to be one of those thing to be quite questionable, considering they are both 15 and are high schoolers. Not something I'd be comfortable playing in front of my parents if I got the original PS2 version instead of the now released steam port. This is random, but characters like Kanji and Junpei to me, look much older than they are, I used to think they got held back or something.

[@matthewkrenzler1171]

Yeah, which is also the same rating as many “dark” Lego game IPs were released under.

[@LunaAlphaKretin]

Another notable thing about the Australian rating system is that for a long time, they refused to classify any games as R18+, because I guess games are for kids and so can't be for adults? This led to some games being refused sale on absolutely oversensitive grounds, but also frankly led to a lot of games being under-rated as MA15+ because banning them would have gotten bad press, like GTA IV.

[@demosneokleous4877]

My copy of Borderlands 3 on PS4 has Pegi 18 on the box but on the disc it has the Australian MA15+ rating

[@redscyther7725]

Some thoughts of mine: -Older T-rated games seem to be able to get away with much more than modern T-rated games, simply because the graphics were less polished. Look at Weaponlord's finishing moves for example and you'd see there is no way that would be allowed at a T-rating if the graphics were 3D. -The game Crime Scene on the Nintendo DS seems to have the biggest disparity between ESRB and PEGI, as the former rated it M while the latter rated it 7. Worth noting that PEGI in its early days seemed to allow much worse content at the lower ratings. For example, 2005 Altered Beast getting a 12 even though you can cut enemies in half or decapitate them and there are grisly body horror images. -The BBFC film ratings board in the UK used to rate video games prior to July 2012. They didn't rate every game, admittedly. Comparing them to the ESRB and PEGI leads to many interesting results, such as how Mass Effect 1, Dragon's Dogma and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, all rated M by ESRB and 18 by PEGI were rated 12 by the BBFC instead. -The Australian ratings board originally didn't use the R18 rating for games, prior to late 2012 (don't remember the exact month, but Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge was the first game to get an R18). This was a factor in why so many games got banned or censored.

[@Sarahbryson321]

R18? Isn’t that for porn? It is in the UK with our BBFC. The bbfc was a lot less strict until around 2015.

[@redscyther7725]

In the UK, that is true, but in Australia, R18 is the regular 18 rating, while X18 is their version of the UK R18

[@Liggliluff]

Zapper (2002) was a game on many platforms rated PEGI 3 on Windows (but ELSPA 3+ on other platforms). One of the common death animations is the mani character being cut in half, with intestines visible.

[@inktendo]

Whoa, I was not expecting you to cover the Brazilian Rating System. Classificação Indicativa translates to "Indicative Classification" and for games their are automatic, each of them relating to one from the ESRB

[@goguitos]

parabiens

[@luizkorynga]

and the "L" is for "Livre pra todas as idades" = "Free for all ages"

[@veronicabermudez4802]

@@goguitos i think its spelled "Parabéns"

[@thiagohenriquearaujopereir4926]

​@@veronicabermudez4802it does

[@timelymirror7826]

@@violakazooie that's Portuguese

[@KonkeyVG]

I remember my dad buying me The Sims: Superstar when I was a child. Online now it has the game is 7+ but I definitely remember it being 12+ rated. The person behind the counter at PC World asked me to step to the side in order to explain the content in the game to my dad (I was definitely too young to know what "WooHoo" was alluding to).

[@ChimpManZ1264]

Prior to PEGI the UK went 3, 7, 12, 15 and 18. We still use TBC (To be Confirmed) when games are listed on the market while in development.

[@reitastic_rants1321]

Yeah, we used the ELSPA rating system before PEGI in the UK.

[@noroultra]

i remember when just cause 2 was pegi 15 but then swiftly changed it to pegi 18

[@coloniellizardt4191]

And also occasionally the BBFC used to rate video games as well up until 2012.

[@bluestar5812]

Brazilian here. The "Classificação Indicativa" is the same that is used for TV shows. They started using it on games around 2013. Games would often come with a sticker or a cardboard box with the brazilian rating on top of the original box, as up until that point we used the ERSB rating from USA. I'm not sure how it was before the ERAB here, because the Classificação Indicativa in TV shows wasn't a thing before mid 2000's. At least this incarnation of the rating. Only recently with some major PS4, PS5 and Xbox games games are printed with our rating on their original boxes. Switch retail games aren't officially sold here, instead Nintendo sells gift cards with the download codes. Not sure if any game has been banned here. I remember there has been talks about banning GTA Vice City when it came out, the whole videogame are evil witch hunt. But you can still buy GTA games in all other platforms. Also, one big box dept store near my house had an original copy of the PS2 version of Manhunt 1 for years.

[@Red_Tsar]

Antes do ClassInd, a Tectoy tinha a classificação própria deles, por exemplo, e a Gradiente (Nintendo) usava uma versão traduzida da ESRB.

[@SrTorss]

cs 1.6 was banned in brazil in 2008 or 2009

[@MarcosUmAutistaemapuros]

Bully was originally banned from Brazil in 2000's.

[@nicocchi]

Parents should be aware of Parental Controls in online storefronts. We all know that video of Bowser being a responsible parent, but I'm pretty sure as early as the Wii, Nintendo had a Parental Control feature to require a password when buying games above a certain ESRB rating. So the gift card loophole shouldn't be a huge worry if you're parenting properly

[@chuckey6539]

In Ireland, for years when I found a game in a store, it was a coin flip whether it was the PEGI age rating or the British age rating, the BBFC. I got away with playing call of duty World at war when I was younger because the box had the UK rating of 15+, but I only discovered recently that the PEGI rating was 18+ for the same game and I wasn't allowed play those games at the time. Just thought I'd share how it seemed for ages that we could have a game that could have 2 different age ratings on a shelf next to each other.

[@ExperiencersInternational]

I live in the UK, and most of my games have a PEGI rating. The only BBFC ratings I have are for games such as Your Shape, and Samba De Amigo I believe, which I assume contains primarily video content which made the BBFC rate it instead? On Nintendo games since the GameCube (technically GBA but it's placed differently on those games) btw, if a game is intended for a UK audience, on the side where you usually just see the consoles logo and the games name, you may be able to see a green triangle which indicates that the box art is intended for the UK (purplish triangles are intended for the EU)

[@chuckey6539]

@ExperiencersInternational that's interesting, I thought it was random cause most my games do have pegi ratings but world at war, dead rising and some of the nba games have the bbfc ratings. I must check and see if they have those triangles you're talking about

[@noroultra]

r.i.p 15 rating

[@chuckey6539]

@@noroultra truly rip

[@chuckey6539]

@@Skyblue-bq6ev aw right, that would make sense since I haven't seen any newer games with the BBFC rating. Jeez mass effect at 12, that's wild

[@theratedrshimmer]

I remember in Chile during late 2010's they made a weird experiment, using (horrid but fortunately easy to throw away) paper labels saying TE (All audiences), +8, +14 and +18 and a generic description of the rating, the same ratings used in film. And Mexico started using their own ratings print on the label saying A, B, C and D replying their own film ratings (and their icons look so... "graphic design is my passion") In 2022 Chile said "Screw it, we're gonna stick with ESRB", thank God

[@AlexDayz]

One of the most interesting age ratings for a game I recall is Pokémon Red and Blue. The original Gameboy games had the ESRB rate them as E and PEGI rate them as 3. When they where rereleased on the 3DS Virtual Console though PEGI increased it to 12 due to it having the Celadon Game Corner. It’s the main reason most future games no longer have a Game Corner, even the Ruby and Sapphire remakes got rid of it

[@K1ttenface]

There's a legit chance it would be 18 rated now. The last few years PEGI introduced a rule that any casino style gambling is a automatic 18 which might include the slot machines in Pokemon. Thats why Trails from Zero is PEGI 18 and ESRB T rated, it has poker in it.

[@19Szabolcs91]

HeartGold / SoulSilver also got rid of the game corned, and only in the Western versions, so I suspect this was a last minute change, especially given how sloppy their removal was. It also sucks because all the TM's available in the Game Corner in the JP version are much, much harder to get in the Western versions.

[@noroultra]

@@K1ttenface its not even gambling if its a game of skill (pressing buttons at right time)

[@noroultra]

on the ds ones

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

​​@@noroultraBy your logic, poker isn't gambling because it requires skill.

[@tommyiii579]

The Pokemon Red and Blue rerelease got a PEGI 18+ for a time because of the gambling corner while it got an E for Everyone in the US

[@kirotalksyt]

Oh yeah I remember hearing about that, that was weird

[@dundee6402]

That's literally not true. The new legislation did not apply to legacy titles as long as the content remained unchanged on rereleases. Their rating got increased to PEGI-12 back when they released on 3DS, but that's about it.

[@thecrimsonfuckeralucard9500]

I didn't think it would apply if it wasn't real money because a lot of games have some sort of mini game that can be interpreted as gambling.

[@noroultra]

i have firered and leafgreen while it was still 18 becuase my dad got it

[@teratrillionz]

I can’t believe he didn’t mention when Miitopia got an 18+ rating in Russia because of same-sex relationships

[@kirotalksyt]

I could probably make another video just talking about how strangely some games were rated in different territories.

[@timelymirror7826]

What

[@MetalBansheeX]

Huh, at least it didn't get outright banned

[@aqua1313]

Yeah i heard about that, it's fucking stupid

[@jodl07]

The sims 4 is 18+ in Russia as well. They almost didn’t sell a wedding game pack in Russia because of its trailer featuring a straight couple getting married, but the bride ended up marrying her best friend (who even helped them plan the wedding) instead

[@biggestalienhominidfan2787]

I am obsessed with age ratings and even expecting knowing most, if not all of the info on it, I entered directly to it to see your take on informing people about it and I think you did an outstanding job on explaining everything and giving fun facts.I even learned stuff I didn't knew like the last Ao game or the fact that Rating Oending possibly mature exists. Awesome coverage and really entertaining, it's always funmy to see how the actual gamers know more about this than the parents who are who should csre

[@Mandude4200]

Miitopias rating is super interesting. In America it got E for everyone the lowest rating available. In Russia it got an 18+ rating. It got 18+ because the game features same sex couples and Nintendo refused to censor the feature. Good on Nintendo for staying true to their values.

[@Liggliluff]

While it's really bad for Russia having such rule, since children can also be LGBT. But it's still good that Russia still allows it from 18 at least. Like, they could have outright banned it, but they made a compromise at 18. Still shouldn't be a thing though.

[@CountlessPWNZ]

@@Liggliluff how does a kid become lgbt? what did you guys do to them?

[@limezazzy2813]

@@CountlessPWNZa little girl can like another little girl and a little boy can like another boy without the influence of the LGBT it’s human nature to want connections whether romantic or platonic.

[@TheGoldenMidas390]

🇧🇷 As a Brazillian, i was not expecting our rating system appear here, i'm happy about this 🇧🇷

[@JohnRDVSMarston]

I got curious and went to look my PS2 games for the ratings and died after seeing GTA: San Andreas with the pixelated E for everyone on the CD XDD

[@RAFAEL60160]

Here in Brazil we use the same parental rating system (Sistema de Classificação Indicativa) on everything, from games to movies, TV series, TV shows and even streaming services content. The only exceptions are books, comics and manga

[@el-karasu6070]

To be fair, there isn't a widely used rating system for books.

[@cradica]

@@el-karasu6070 some comics and manga have self-imposed ratings in the US!

[@DarkSharkWasTaken]

I have the cartridge for the pixel e for everyone rating for Donkey Kong Land 2. So I can confirm it's real.

[@georgefabars7218]

Lol that last point was hella relatable. It's how I was able to play a shit ton of M rated games in my teens. I remember playing them with a single earbud, that way I could listen to the game and hear any footsteps approaching my closed door.

[@maarten452]

As a dutch person (netherlands is in europe) I remember being young and when seeing a Pegi 18 Rating me and other kids would be very excited about that game, because if it got that rating we would really want to play it. lol So PEGI 18 was basically the opposite of a death sentence, it was a mark of approval

[@jmurray1110]

Yeah I really disagree with the AO ban Assuming it’s not something like CP I don’t see why they should ban it Ducking hell San Andreas got it because of a hack that was as erotic as an action fugue pike up

[@mildlydispleased3221]

I don't know how many Americans are here but I hope that everybody knows where the Netherlands is.

[@jmurray1110]

@@mildlydispleased3221 you’re lucky if they don’t call it Holland

[@GeoTube9]

Its in benelux region next to germany and Belgium ​@@mildlydispleased3221

[@FuzedBox]

@@mildlydispleased3221 I could, but fail to see the purpose or relevance of that comment. You're just trying to drum up an animosity circlejerk. Let's be realistic; if I asked the average European to point out Arkansas or Minnesota on a map, I doubt they could.

[@TVEE]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the AV15+ classification for Australia. It was used specifically for violent content (adult violence) and I remember my first time ever seeing it on TV. I have no idea what movie it was and it was the only time I ever saw it. The AV15+ classification was merged with the MA15+ rating in 2015 and the 'strong violence' sub-text was put in place of it.

[@CurtendoDSi]

for some reason when I got paper mario the origami king for my birthday, I got the PEGI rating system instead of the esrb system, this copy sort of felt special to me for some reason

[@Mankey619]

Crazy to imagine that a certain early 90s violent video games, got them to bring up the rating systems on every game they release. Adults Only is still one of the most rare rating system in video games.

[@triledink]

Its kinda funny that Night trap and mortal kombat were the games that made people think its a problem, while back in the 80s there was Chiller and Splatterhouse which I would say is way more violent and gory, though the age rating on games was not a thing back then. I love that on splatterhouse there is a text on the turbografx16 cover that says ''The horrifying theme of this game may be inappropriate for young children...and cowards.'' Also many movies and games had differences which country it was in. Like I own movies which has both 18+ and 15+ on the age rating depending which country you are in. Probably because the neighboring country has a higher age rating compared to the one you're in, but its funny seeing mutiple age ratings on the same disc. Seeing how the countries takes ''recommened age rating'' differently. Shadow the hedgehog is 10+ in usa and 12+ in europe. Also Ratchet and Clank is 3+ in europe while in USA its teen.

[@Redwan777]

Oh my God! You just unlocked my memory. I played spaltterhouse a lot when I was a kid. I don't really think it was that violent compared to DOOM. It just had a few bosses that looked ugly. But you are definitely right about Chiller. That thing was straight up sadistic

[@h4tz]

I have a fond memory of needing to get my dad to call Nintendo customer service because the 5th ace attourney game was rated M among the rest of the series at T, and my 3ds account age was too young to buy it

[@timelymirror7826]

what

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@timelymirror7826 It's true. I think it was because there was lots of blood (or perhaps too much blood in a traumatic scene) that caused the rating to rise.

[@tomsmithok]

one weird instance of different rating systems giving a game a wildly different rating is with the game, Deponia: The Complete Journey. It is rated 6 by the USK, 12 by PEGI, and Mature by the ESRB.

[@anthonykhan1676]

Likely cultural differences but i don't know

[@Sunderland3646]

I'm not surprised about Germany rating games this low considering most of our kids cartoons have explicit swearing. I've gotten so used to watching shows and movies in english that once I sat down to watch the german dub of Puss in Boots I was caught off guard by how often the characters said "ass" and "shit" completely uncensored

[@kyancoqie]

I remember when HGSS was at risk of getting a higher age rating because of the Game Center. Also, congrats on 50K!

[@enoyna1001]

But it was already cut and replaced in Platinum

[@Retrofuge]

You forgot to mention prior to PEGI. We actually used the ELSPA rating in EU countries (mainly UK) which was basically used from the SNES to PS1 era of games which rated from 3+, 11+, 15+ to 18+. Especially if you collected PAL releases of games back then. Heck, at one point in the UK specifically, they used BBFC rating for some games before the creation of PEGI. If you checked from PAL games prior to 2003. You would see that rating would be present on those releases. So, I think PEGI was basically created to mainstream version those rating systems.

[@najhydro]

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 had the BBFC "18" when it was released in the United Kingdom and the first BBFC classified game was "Dracula" rated "15" for the C64 back in 1986.

[@rhodrage]

It feels so weird having games with the Film rating. Makes sense though.

[@Retrofuge]

@@rhodrage Welcome to the world of 80s to early 2000s UK gaming. We had a lot of issues with ratings. But we got there in the end. Seriously, if you had a PAL console, you went from BBFC to ELSPA to BFFC again for some reason and then PEGI in 2003. It's pretty crazy lol. The USA had it easy.

[@rhodrage]

@@Retrofuge Being British myself, I'm fully aware.

[@Gamethatnoonetalksaboutman]

Yeah like if you had a PS2/Xbox game collection in the UK (hell even Europe) half of the spines had BBFC ratings and half do not.

[@Alpha-oo8]

Oh, here’s a bonus fact about the Australian ratings… they didn’t used to be exactly the same. The PG rating was only implemented around 2004. Prior to that, Australia used to have G8+, which served the same function. But now they’ve been standardised to match the film ratings

[@cradica]

but isn't there also a P and C for Australian TV used for children's programing?

[@Alpha-oo8]

@@cradica can’t say I’m familiar with that one… not saying there isn’t, because they have got ratings that are slightly different

[@cradica]

@@Alpha-oo8 well that's what Wikipedia says.In the US there are similar ratings being TV-Y and Y7. Do you know anything about the German ratings? Because in Germany interspecies reviewers was rated a mix of 16 and 18 meanwhile in the US it was released by a porn company and yet banned in Australia when you guys do have porn rating. However in both the US and Australia it was rated MA (but OUR MA is 17+)

[@matthewkrenzler1171]

@@cradicayou found a url typo

[@cradica]

@@matthewkrenzler1171 I know!

[@lucymorrison]

Here in Australia we have the OFLC ratings and they’re great. They’re applied for movies, tv and games and they’re clear as day, green G, yellow PG, blue M, red MA-15+, black R-18+/X-18+ and on the boxes of the game or DVD/Blu-ray there’s the reason it’s rated like that, a PG game might have “mild cartoon violence, game experience may change online”, for example

[@lucymorrison]

finished watching the video and it’s cool that Kiro mentioned our system, many people forget it. He didn’t mention the fact the reason for classification is displayed on the box, though.

[@janchristianursuaaguilar7434]

misrating Love Live Rated M for dingus reasons i blame hillsong worship for that to the point to just became hillsongia

[@lucymorrison]

@@janchristianursuaaguilar7434none of these words are in the bible nor can i decipher any of them I'm sorry, but yeah the oflc has a problem with rating things too high/outright banning them or rating some pretty gross shit way too low. Really the aggressive censors and odd "crack slips" are my only issue with the rating system

[@hgarr]

The Australian Classifications for video games actually used to have another version before 2005, before they were changed to be the same as movies. They were just white squares with the rating in bold black text, and the Australian Coat of arms at the top. They were: G G10+ M15+ MA15+

[@goatbone]

Aren't they the same as films?

[@matthewkrenzler1171]

@@goatbonethey are now. in fact, they’re so uniform one family could never tell the difference if they can.

[@goatbone]

@@matthewkrenzler1171 But wasn't that the same system for films (besides the exclusion of the R rating for games)

[@matthewkrenzler1171]

@@goatbone oh. that’s only since 1993 that it wasn’t.

[@victorcrazysongs]

Fun fact about Brazil's rating: I don't know if still is like this, but there was a time that sexual non-explicit short scenes would be for 14, sexual non-explicit long scenes would be for 16, and all the explicit and pornographic scenes would be for 18. However, if the sexual scene was a homossexual one, it didn't matter how long and explicit it was, it would jump straight to 18. I think it also applied to gay kisses with no sexual tension at all, but I'm not sure.

[@blanekaboom]

oof

[@maxmouse713]

What I always found interesting was that there almost certainly must be differences between what each rating system considers okay for certain age groups. From what I understand, things that are okay in some places can be considered problematic in others, and hence those places wouldn't grant approval for the same age groups. It's not even a matter of questionable choices every time, as even when the standards are enforced correctly there's still disagreements between rating systems. This must drive devs/publishers trying to aim for specific age groups rather crazy if they aim for international releases.

[@spongebobfan78]

I remember hearing about the E10+ from ESRB, where Burnout 3 got a T rating, since E10+ wasn't thing back then, then Burnout Revenge, which takes on a grittier aesthetic and a greater emphasis on taking revenge and more reckless driving, is E10+ compared to the tamer Burnout 3.

[@PLAYER42_ready]

As an Australian, I have never heard of RC! Congrats on teaching me something new about my country lol Random trivia for some reason : can you guess the only thing that has two different age ratings at the same time in Australia?

[@goatbone]

I don't know but I've seen one of the Final Fantasy games on PS1seems to carry a PG or an M.

[@KanekoIA]

No idea if this is what you're referring to but I have a physical copy of Halo MCC that's MA15+ but digital editions are rated M. This also makes it so Halo 1, 2 and Reach are all M now when they were MA originally

[@gammaboost]

Also as an Australian, I don't know

[@goatbone]

Please tell us

[@timotheninja]

These people are dying to know

[@skepticaltile]

for the pegi and esrb discrepencies: PAL territories have much harsher laws against gambling of any kind. Even fake gambling or gatcha. even stuff like the game corner in pokemon just everything and anythign with gambling typically gets a much higher rating in PEGI

[@ArthurDraco]

Yeah, and the reason for Poker Club getting a PEGI 18 is because apparently, there are/were plans to add microtransactions to the game, allowing players to buy the ingame currency with real money, which is gambling.

[@Liggliluff]

Yet PEGI doesn't consider lootboxes as gambling. I'd say, maybe a bit harsh, but if you can use real money to directly or indirectly purchase a random chance to get an item ... that's gambling. That's no the only definition of gambling. But if you can purchase in-game tokens, to pay for a random price, that should certainly be gambling.

[@Sophix_37]

11:53 This rating is in Poland too, I think this appeared since 2010 (But it looks kinda different), or something like that, when I was a young kid I have seen videos with yellow triangle and 12 in it

[@de132]

The E10 rating basically feels like a rating for hockey games at this point lmao

[@nickbrown801]

Idk there’s still a decent amount of games that get that rating lol

[@atravellingbleach8668]

Mario Odyssey is my favorite Hockey game!

[@de132]

@@atravellingbleach8668 LMAO

[@anthonykhan1676]

​@@atravellingbleach8668I know right? I don't know why that game is E10+!

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

You forgot to mention that around the era of the PS2/DS we used to have the PEGI plus rating (3+, 7+, 12+, 16+ and 18+) but we no longer used them and i don't remember why we used them

[@ArtemyMalchuk]

Just different style. I, actually, prefer the old style because it looked more serious and resembled ESRB rating.

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

@@ArtemyMalchuk yeah to be fair i kinda miss the PEGI Plus rating

[@whispercorner04]

Mexico made this decade their own rating system for the Moms than don't know what the M on their children games mean. But it's kinda weird, some releases like Nintendo ones have it printed in the cover art while other games only have a big ass sticker over the plastic covering the ordinary ESRB rating. The rating is similar to CERO and PEGI having letters with colors (A, B, C, that)

[@Gabo2oo]

The sticker is for games that got imported before the system got implemented, or for smaller/cheaper publishers that don't bother printing different covers. Even some ESRB ones come in English/French because they simply distribute the North American box without making a different one in English/Spanish for Latin America (i.e. looking at my shelf, Bayonetta and Sonic are all English/French, Nintendo first-party ones are all English/Spanish).

[@Brianycus]

When I was repalying Mega Man X4 for my review marathing for it, I found it funny that it was KA rated when you have to remember: that's the MOST DARKEST game in the entire franchise. I alos like how they changed that specific rating with E and E10 which we know today.

[@Gabo2oo]

Perhaps a weird take, but I sorta like the ESRB system? They're pretty context-based when it comes to reviewing, so for example a game with a kid-friendly artstyle and a non-explicit plot isn't going to get a T only because say, a character says "suicide" once (yeah I'm thinking of Professor Layton). Their little sticker is also as non-intrusive as possible, so you don't get the entire cover art ruined like the USK in Germany. And IMO it's telling that people's biggest beef with them is still something that happened around 15 years ago (the Elder Scrolls IV rating change, which yeah it was totally on them). There IS the more recent lootbox controversy, but they're only one piece of the problem and most responsibility should actually be taken by legislators IMO.

[@wombocorp]

I agree, it's pretty easy to understand and I like that there's basically only 3 ratings, which is all you really need. The rest feel pretty redundant. Also the ESRB and CERO ratings are the only ones I don't mind on the box art. They're pretty sleek and nonintruvise. All the colored ones look a little tacky to me. Germany is by far the worst though.

[@Gabo2oo]

@@Skyblue-bq6ev I think 18 gets into a legal threshold that goes against the idea of the ratings being more of a "suggestion". 18+ is also doomed to be associated with porn so it'd be weird to group most M-rated games in the same category as those.

[@stefanoiulli5462]

*a game with a Kid-friendly artstyle and non-explicit plot isn't going to get a T* Tom & Jerry War of the Whiskers: You're Kidding Me?

[@mommymilkermemes5054]

was hoping to see the arcade classifications here. I love the color coded stickers and how instead of numbers or letters, everything has to be written out (life-like violence strong, for example)

[@snoopdoggdankkush9285]

I think the rating system actually made games better cause most were for everyone already n it was rare to have adult games, but the rating systems let people make any type of game and make it good (:

[@raleo7466]

No it doesn't, even today games have to censor a lot of stuff to lower their age rating. Take for example the awful pokemon diamond and pearl remakes: they had to cut out the casino section of the game or else PEGI would label the game as 18+, and that's outright unsellable. In reality no one pays attention to the silly numbers on the box but they end up affecting the games a ton for the worse

[@Oka_z]

Games clasified as teen in usa and pegi 18 in europe are mostly games that contain money games such as casino

[@Santiaram]

Also in Mexico 🇲🇽 uses his own game rating called “Sistema Mexicano de Equivalencias de Clasificación de Contenidos de Videojuegos/SMECCV” in english “Mexican System of Equivalences for Video Game Content Classification”

[@mrqwerty567]

so the SMECC or the MSEVGCC?

[@Santiaram]

@@mrqwerty567officially in Spanish is called SMECC, but in English translation is MSEVGCC, but the English translation is not official

[@jademonass2954]

the "classificação indicativa" is usually only seen on tv or movies, considering out of like 50 games i have physically, only one of them uses that system (it has an L for "livre" :D)

[@cacaurk]

maybe it's only for more recently published games, I also have a ton of games and all of them use the ESBR rating

[@maybefaith23]

Something weird about games in the UK is that while most games use the PEGI system there’s the occasional few that use our film ratings instead. It’s not even random small games or games based on films either, some of the games I own that do it include The Orange Box, Bioshock, GTA 4, Max Payne and the entire PS3 Uncharted trilogy, and there’s plenty more that I see being sold in stores. I’ve also noticed it’s only ever 6th and 7th gen games in my experience (although I do remember seeing a Switch game with a PG rating on it which looked really weird). Even weirder is the fact that some prints of games will have a standard PEGI rating and others of the same game will have the film rating instead. I’ve also noticed that (aside from the Switch game I mentioned earlier and one other Wii game I once saw) it’s pretty much always mature games. The games I own with film ratings on them are all 15s or 18s according to the film board. The last weird thing I’ve noticed about them is that unlike games rated using the PEGI system, games using our film ratings have the rating on the spine as well as the front and back for some reason. I’ve looked high and low for a reason as to why some games are rated this way over here, but I can’t find it.

[@noroultra]

my grandma has gta 4

[@GalacticSonicZ]

Yeah, I own SpongeBob: Atlantis Squarepantis on DS and it uses the U rating from movies.

[@Bowser_Plush]

Personally wouldn’t say Pegi 18 is the same as the esrb’s Adult only, I’d say it’s more like the M rating From my experience it feels as if Pegi 16 is used more as a middle ground for games that don’t quite fit either 12 or 18 ( for example bayonetta 1 is 18 while 2 is 16) This does lead to things such as the entire halo series being 16 besides halo wars 2 Even with all the more graphic things in the 1st 3 games it’s rated the same as the relatively tame things in 5 and infinite. On a related note some games in the UK got rated by the BBFC (the British Board of film classification) leading to games like halo 3 getting a 15 rating but funnily enough Mass effect 1 getting a 12 rating

[@Liggliluff]

ESRB to PEGI I would argue is: E to 3, E10+ to 7, T to 12, and M split into 16 and 18. Ao is also 18 of course.

[@dellosayshello5405]

i was always a bit worried on my copy of smash brawl being teen rated for a long time idk if it actually happen but i have a memory of my mom questioning me a bit until she saw was mostly Nintendo characters maybe my mind putting tricks on me but i was still woriried about that for awhile

[@GalacticSonicZ]

Yeah, my Smash Brawl is PEGI 12 but I don't mind anymore.

[@TheDerpyDolphin]

That was me with Zelda: Twilight Princess. My mom was okay with me playing Zelda as a kid but not T rated games, so I had to hide the box

[@HappyLight.]

8:30 For PEGI Rating: I read something for the launch of the Pokémon Games on the 3DS that there was a new law that all games that feature gambling have to be rated for adults. That's why the Pokémon Games were given the rating 12 as a kind of compromise.

[@noroultra]

luckily i got pokemon diamond before then

[@noroultra]

it was still a 7

[@WebstersYouTube]

An oddity is that the UK kind of has two ratings systems. Some games have PEGI ratings, but tons of my games have a British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) on the cover instead of a PEGI rating. I have no idea why, but the majority of my PS3 games are BBFC while the bulk of my PS4 games are PEGI so maybe it was a point-in-time thing? I don't think I have any games that have both a BBFC and PEGI rating, but I'm curious to check through my collection now.

[@CamerTheDragon]

It says that officially PEGI became the standard (and legally enforceable) in 2012, but I think from 2010 the transition from BBFC to PEGI started, at least from what I've seen looking around

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

The Switch version of Miitopia got an 18+ rating in Russia because it's possible for two characters of the same sex to be soulmates in the game

[@Liggliluff]

You went into a lot of detail into ESRB, while glossed over interesting things about PEGI. One thing about PEGI, unlike every other system you listed, is that it's language-independent. ESRB is English, CERO is Japanese, USK is German, but PEGI has no language. This is why all rating are numbers only, because numbers are universal, and why that special rating is just ! because it's not any language. The content ratings, which you didn't even show, are also just symbols. These are just symbols because they aren't language. You can read up about these symbols in your own language, and then you can know what these means regardless of what language the box is in. You can therefore purchase games in Spain and still understand the PEGI system. I just want to imagine a game, with the cover translated to English, German and Dutch to be like. Instead of 18 it would be A for Adults, E for Erwachsene, V for Volwassen. Then trying to buy a game in Poland having it rated N for Nastoletni and having no idea what age that is.

[@lucasn0tch]

An interesting note: Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics for Nintendo Switch got an E-rating in the US/Canada and an A (全年齢) rating in Japan; however, in South Korea, only adults who verified their Nintendo accounts with their government identification can purchase this game off Nintendo eShop. However, one can use a Japan shopping proxy service to buy a Japanese cartridge of the game and have it sent to South Korea, effectively bypassing the age restriction.

[@ExperiencersInternational]

I have some old PAL PlayStation 1 and I've seen ELSPA ratings on them, and I literally do not know anything about them, I found basically no information on them other than it was a predecessor to PEGI. If you're able to find some more information, I'd love it if you'd make another video on age ratings ngl, especially with some messed up stuff (e.g. New Super Mario Bros being rated PEGI 3 originally, and later being rated PEGI 12 on the Wii U VC purely because of minigames like Luigi's Poker).

[@ExperiencersInternational]

Not gonna lie, would also be interesting to hear someone actually talk about the cursed triangles on PAL Nintendo game since the GBA (sadly it doesn't curse Australians lol)

[@omegaSomeone]

Gen 2 Pokémon games also went up to 12 for this reason!

[@brian_the_brain]

I like how you and rocket sloth both made videos about game age ratings on the same day

[@yurirel]

With the Australian Rating system, the R18+ rating was also only reserved for TV and Film until 2013. A few games that would have otherwise been rated R18+ were infamously banned in Australia before the rating was introduced to games, I think L4D2 was one of them. The ACB also seems to take implications and depictions of sexual violence pretty seriously. Infamously one of the Atelier games, Atelier Rorona Plus, which is rated pretty low (B in Japan, 12+ in Europe, T in the US) in other countries is rated R18 here. I haven't played the game myself but it's because of something that was humorously implied?? This is even weirder because the original non-remastered version of the game is rated PG lol

[@cradica]

In the US for TV we still don't have a R-18+ category

[@Gamethatnoonetalksaboutman]

Yeah it’s reason why hotline Miami 2 was banned in Australia over a staged R-word scene but apparently you can get it on the Eshop even though it’s banned

[@DefenceN]

As an Australian and seeing the other rating systems, I think I prefer ours the most due to the colour coding, letter systems and occasionally number as well.

[@Liggliluff]

PEGI is designed with no language. You can't use "G" for general, "R" for restricted and "M" for mature when it should also work for German, Polish, Turkish, Hebrew and more languages. For example, "A" in English would be 'adult', but "A" in Germanic languages would be 'general'. This is also why the "parental guidance"-rating on PEGI is just "!" because it doesn't have a language. I can get behind what you're saying about the colours though. So red for 18, amber for 16 is good already, but then green for 12 and blue for 7 and 3 (not important to have huge distinction between these two lower ratings). I am confused why Australia goes green-yellow-blue-red when it makes more sense with blue-green-yellow-red. While we can discuss if the ages should be 3-7-12-16-18 or something different. If it's going to be the one and best system of all, globally, certainly it should just be numbers, not text.

[@OJvdH]

Since you mentioned trails from zero. This game is pegi 18 due to one simple rule. Every game that has gambling automatically gets a pegi 18 rating and trails from zero has a ingame casino. For some reason this doesn't seem to apli to the fifa games they should really fix that. But yeah that's the reason why. Trails from zero, trails to azure and trails into reverie are rated pegi 18.

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

Before PEGI, there used to be ELSPA. And the first age rated game was "Dracula" on the ZX Spectrum.

[@caiocesarmarques4765]

About the Brazilian Rating System, 14+ rating is when a film or a game have some deeper stuff about violence, sexual content, and drugs, like prejudice, crude language, and references to the use of drugs, but not as deep as the 16+ and 18+ classics, which involve much darker themes. And the "ER", which is "Especially recommended for children and teenagers" is for films and TV program that doesn't contain any inappropriate contents, but it may be better understood by children older than 9 years of age and teenagers. I guess this rating got obsolete because not only is so rare to find something that isn't inappropriate in some films and TV, but also it was completely redundant comparedwith the rest of the ratings. I never saw any show or film with the "ER" rating placed in my country.

[@cradica]

I find it so odd that Brazil has both a 12 and 14+ rating

[@cacaurk]

I once found in a Cinema on my city with a movie rated ER, never watched it

[@cradica]

@@cacaurk we may have had an EC for video games and we still have a TV Y for TV but we never had something like that for movies, G is the closest thing.

[@caiocesarmarques4765]

@@cacaurk Do you remember the name of the movie?

[@cacaurk]

@@caiocesarmarques4765 no, it was years before 2020

[@thesmithersy]

The UK used to use PEGI but eventually started to use the BBFC rating system (used for films) in around about 2006 I think because I remember trying to buy From Russia With Love (the first game I ever saw with a BBFC rating rather than PEGI) that was a 15 (as I was at the time) and the shop assistant initially refused to sell it to me because I was under 16 but when I pointed out the rating said 15, he acquiesced and sold it to me.

[@IntrovertedIdiot]

As a portuguese, I actually didn't know we had some unique ratings, which prompted me to check my PS4 games and got this: Rated 4: PES 2016 Gran Turismo Sport Rated 6: Minecraft Ratchet and Clank Kinda interesting how I'd never noticed that

[@MyaG-z5h]

Oh no Minecraft is gonna become a kids game

[@MyaG-z5h]

Oh no!

[@ca_lcium]

I grew up with PEGI so I'm well familiar with the rating system... I think cultural differences affect them ratings... I feel like suggestive stuff is more tolerated here for example. I find it very interesting how an AO rating is basically a death sentence for a game but 18+ is not. I also find it funny how in the US a minor can buy a game that you would need to be ID'd for in here, haha.

[@timotheninja]

From what I've heard most stores in the US won't let you buy a 17+ (Mature) game unless you're over 18, but yeah I don't think it's the law or anything.

[@Wilker_uwu]

for future note, "Classificação Indicativa" is literally just "Indicative Classification", no formal name or anything, quite intuitive

[@SamuraiCake42]

13:33 Don't expose me like that.

[@alexpickgaming]

I started playing gta same age as that

[@SamuraiCake42]

​@@alexpickgaming We share something in common.

[@lucasbitencourt70]

11:22 Classificação Indicativa "Cla see fee ca soun, een gee ka chee va" Literally means Indicative Classification Not needed but if anyone's interested

[@Fanboy-hf1iu]

Fun fact: Peak Entertainment Casino deliberately seeked out the ESRB rating to make a statement about responsible gambling.

[@goatbone]

Don't all games require classification?

[@Fanboy-hf1iu]

@@goatbone Retail stores and console manufacturer's require it. Digital PC games? No

[@Emboarepic]

I remember seeing the E-c rating when i was 13 in 2018 During the 2017-2018 School year

[@theholyaxolotol898]

As a european i am kinda weirded out by the american system

[@pikkisful]

03:26 my man's got one of the all time greats right there

[@szyris]

me, a European, has seen a couple of pegi 17 ratings.

[@cradica]

17, the most popular rating in the US.

[@TrippyTrash1999]

The PEGI16 rating in my collection always throws me off because I’m used to seeing the T rating. 2 of my PEGI16 are special editions we can’t get in the US and the other was a game I couldn’t find anywhere else so I got desperate. Edit: corrected the rating. I put 14 instead of 16 🤦‍♂️

[@awii.neocities]

My issue with rating systems is how they differ in countries. Let's take a look at NFSMW 2005, in the US, it has a T rating (for some reason). Here in Australia, a literal newborn can play it because it's rated G for general audiences. I assume PEGI is the same as well, being rated 3+

[@timelymirror7826]

why a G rating doesn't that game have some swearing

[@awii.neocities]

@@timelymirror7826 it's been a while since I've played it, I think so, but it's quite mild

[@automation7295]

@@awii.neocities Yeah, Need for Speed: Most Wanted was initially rated PEGI 3+ in Europe back in 2005, but later been re-rated PEGI 12+ probably due to a near-ending cutscene where Mia had a gun near her torso. Need for Speed: Carbon was always rated PEG 12+, even back in 2006.

[@PESHajnal30]

Thought you would talk about the USK and how they used to ban a lot of games back in the day. For example Goldeneye 64 had to be reissued to the USK in 2021 to be included in Ninento Switch online as the original release was banned. Today they aren't that strict anymore and after checking it again it's not banned anymore. This second check also spoilered the inclusion of GoldenEye in Nintendo Switch online as it was made public before Nintendos announcement.

[@GamepadStudios]

There was this game that was rated E on front and back but was an error, it was actually M rated.

[@GhabulousGhoti]

Not sure if you meant this specific game but Gal*Gun: Double Peace was misprinted with an E rating and let's just say that game definitely isn't appropriate for kids.

[@GamepadStudios]

@@GhabulousGhoti Yeah it's that one

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@GhabulousGhoti I'd argue differently. Kids can play it, as the game is very goofy, and whatever sexuality is present to a post pubescent is going to be oversimplified or overlooked to your common elementary schooler because they aren't at that age yet. I know this for a fact because I let my little cousin play it, (or see it) and he was just laughing the whole time at the girls being euphoric when they were shot by cupid arrows.

[@GhabulousGhoti]

@@LoliconSamalik It's very goofy but there's a LOT of fetish content in there which is why it's iffy. I'm pretty lax when it comes to sexuality in media content but I don't think Gal*Gun games are appropriate for kids.

[@LoliconSamalik]

​@@GhabulousGhoti Well fetishes are only hold value in the eye of those who notice them. For a kid, they mean nothing or they're just goofy. Want proof? Look at any old kids show you saw as a kid that had nudity or sexual humor in plain sight. Gal*Gun, Senran Kagura and the like is no different, and I'd argue it presents such things with just as much innocence as far as a kid is concerned.

[@VexAcer]

One thing that's neat about PEGI is that it's actually color coded and overall a bit more accurate & useful than the ESRB (Arbitrary age numbers aside): Green is basically Everyone Yellow is Teen Red is Adults 3+ is a light E rating while 7+ is a heavy one Same goes for 12+ being a light T while 16+ is a heavy T Useful since T games differ a lot on the ESRB. Games like Infamous, Uncharted, Mercenaries, Bully etc. push the T rating pretty hard but aren't quite M worthy. Same goes for games like Halo which only slightly edge towards M and are given the more appropriate 16+ with PEGI.

[@NathanBB2005]

It's crazy how 17 year olds aren't ready to play some games that 18 year olds can 😂

[@cradica]

What's even funnier is the highest rating for TV is 17+ in the US

[@Saint-Ocean]

Australian here i know my country is meme we had to fight for that R18 rating mostly due to a single mister who kept blocking the vote for the rating until 2013 our rating system only went to MA for games which caused a lot of problems ever wonder why morphine in Fallout was changed to Med-X its because the game was refused classification here due to our review board policy on real word drugs in games

[@DragonsDogmaEnjoyer]

Classificação Indicativa, my beloved. Small and simple, and very nostalgic as it's used for movies as well. Also who designed and approved the USK logo? Ugly and unnecessarily big.

[@i-dont-burn-under-the-sun]

It ruined so many European box art, as you can expect.

[@Gamethatnoonetalksaboutman]

Well look at the new BBFC ratings there the classic case of logo simplification

[@CircuitCatWT]

thank you for not ignoring australia

[@Challenger10K]

According to PEGI every game is innapropiate for a 2 year old. :|

[@cradica]

Same with the ESRB (when EC was a thing)

[@crydon1757]

You're videos are very entertaining to watch :D

[@duckymouth]

I checked the description of the pegi ratings and they are extremely innacurate. A lot of things that match the 12 rating such as spiderman ps4 are rated 16, games that match the 16 rating are rated 18 and things that would be rated 7 are rated 12. Also if there is virtual gambling with in game currency or "teaching people how to play games of chance" which could mean anything makes it instantly an 18. Things like lootboxes or things that are gambling with real money is unaffected by this policy though.

[@flow185]

The thing is that its much more stricter. I mean in spiderman you beat the dhit out of people even if the game tells you its non lethal

[@omegaSomeone]

gambling doesn't make it instantly a PEGI 18 game. I have Pokémon Crysal on Virtual Console, and it's PEGI 12 for gambling.

[@duckymouth]

@@omegaSomeone it used to be a pegi 12 but they updated it to be an 18.