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    The official "ESRB Missed This" Thread.

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    #1  Edited By Aegon

    Did you ever see something in a game that just doesn't seem to coincide with its ESRB rating? I for one have seen a game with suicide in it that was rated E for everyone. Can you guess what game it is?  
     

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    #2  Edited By RE_Player1
    Kingdom Hearts.
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    #3  Edited By Michaelblack18

    yes at the ending of kingdom hearts

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    #4  Edited By Maajin

    But it is Fantasy Suicide, so it's okay.

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    #5  Edited By PufferFiz

    cool spoiler

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    #6  Edited By BaneFireLord

    There was some swearing in Age of Empires III that wasn't covered by the ESRB, if I remember correctly. And then, of course, there was the huge Oblivion re-rating fiasco because of the nude textures and the "more detailed depictions of blood and gore than we initially thought."  

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    #7  Edited By Chop

    *stops self from linking to tvtropes*

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    #8  Edited By Aegon
    @PufferFiz said:

    cool spoiler

    Lol, a 9 year old spoiler. 
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    #9  Edited By Axersia

    You can look up Selphie's skirt in KH1 and Kairi's skirt in KH2. I doubt Square Enix sent the ESRB footage of that.

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    #10  Edited By FancySoapsMan
    @H2Oyea said:
    @PufferFiz said:

    cool spoiler

    Lol, a 9 year old spoiler. 
    Well, I planned to play KH at some point :(
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    #11  Edited By MideonNViscera
    @Axersia said:
    You can look up Selphie's skirt in KH1 and Kairi's skirt in KH2. I doubt Square Enix sent the ESRB footage of that.
    haha You can also look up Jane's skirt in KH1. 
     
    I was a teenager, gimmie a break haha
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    #12  Edited By Aegon

    So far most people have only mentioned KH. Anything else? 

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    #13  Edited By thehexeditor

      

      rated I for Innuendo.
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    #14  Edited By bed

    there's a load of swearing in Wheelman. i don't know if it says Strong Language at the back or something, but it seems like a ridiculous amount of curse words for a Teen game. oh, and strippers. 

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    #15  Edited By BraveToaster

    There was tons of nudity in Patapon.

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    #16  Edited By diabloshadow
    @thehexeditor: Fuck the what did I just watch?
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    #17  Edited By Dany

    I feel like the M rating in Dead or Alive is crude and simply allows Team Ninja to continue to put degrading and pointless boobage in their games. It is a damn fighting game, no reason why it can't be T except Team Ninja re dicks

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    #18  Edited By AuthenticM
    @thehexeditor: the music... is fucking killing me... deep inside my soul... goddamn it.
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    #19  Edited By amomjc
    @thehexeditor:  uhhhhhh......
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    #20  Edited By Aegon
    @csoup said:
    @thehexeditor:  uhhhhhh......
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    #21  Edited By Kyle

    The esrb didn't "miss" that, they just decided it didn't warrant raising the rating to T, and I agree. Although, nowadays, Kingdom Hearts would probably be an E10+, but they didn't have that rating back then.

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    Perfect Dark Zero.
     
    More like "exaggerating" than "missing".

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    #23  Edited By frankxiv
    @H2Oyea said:
    @PufferFiz said:

    cool spoiler

    Lol, a 9 year old spoiler. 
    a spoiler, for 9 year olds.
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    #24  Edited By Twitchey
    @Axersia: Someone pays attention to detail.
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    #25  Edited By mikemcn
    @thehexeditor said:
      
      rated I for Innuendo.
    What the hell....
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    #26  Edited By Yanngc33

    Mortal Kombat should have had a warning for scary images that suddenly pop up at you at 3am when you're home alone playing games. I will never EVER go back to the Krypt again

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    #27  Edited By Random88

    Persona 4 is PEGI 16 for violence and drug use but doesn't have the swearing in it.  I know the swearing in the game is quite mild and rare but Rogue Galaxy got a PEGI 12 for swearing and violence.

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    #28  Edited By hatking

    You guys do know that not everything that is considered in the rating is listed on the box, right?  They only put the top items that they feel would interest parents the most.  I believe you can get complete lists of the items from the ESRB website.  If I remember correctly they even have a neat little app that you can download containing all the ratings they given and why they're rated that.

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