Does anyone here think Twilight Princess will get a T Rating?

At most it'll get a T rating(the chance is very slim actually), but if not then definetly an E10+. The "Hot Coffee" incident won't effect TP's possible rating at all.

What will actually influence the rating is the graphics. The more realistic the graphics, the more critically rated a game is. Since this game has such realistic graphics and some darkness to it (people being kidnapped, possibly people dying) then the game is likely to get a 'T'. I hope it does, so all those X-Box and PS2 fanboys will see that Nintendo is getting serious.

yup for the past 5 year or so N has been left behind due to the kiddy iames and The other getting all the action and stuff..but N is making a comeback...

Originally Posted by Wielder of the Sword

Think about it--name one specific (Note: I said specific) thing that would make TP "T-worthy".

Honestly, I don't think there is. Or will be. Sure, the graphics are a lot more beefed up and possibly "more horrific" for little kids, but the style is so characterized that even a young child could tell that it was fantasy and not reality. One example is the "new Gohma". Although it does look something out of a Horror movie, you can tell that it is more of an animation than based on a real spider. (Hell, if Harry Potter can pull a PG with giant spiders, why can't Zelda?). Twilight Princess is just recycling ideas that have been used in the past. They were an E back then, and I'm sure they'll stay an E.

One matter is that this game looks remarkably close to Ocarina of Time, which was "barely an E". Back then, yes. But not today. Someone said that ESRB has gotten stricter, and I don't think that's true. ESRB has adjusted to the more violent times at hand, and therefore the Gamecube Version of OoT was marked with "Violence" and nothing else. Majora's Mask, which was a darker game through situations, also was just marked "Violence". Therefore, I don't think TP will get any different, even with better graphics.

It could be that Nintendo will release TP in Japan with an E+ (or E10+) but TP with be released in America (and probably other countries as well) with a T+. Just a theory.

TP looks like the kind of darkish game that looks like Call of Duty kind of dark.Although there has to be more reasons.it's kinda stupid that SSBM's rating is T for teen.What makes it that bad?My brother isn't allowed playing t for teen games and mom baned him from my gamecube.I always used to play multplayer with him.I hope the people who rate this stuff dont make the same stupid mistake on TP as they did for SSMB.ZU RULEZ!!!

Wow, pretty strict mom. My parents don't seem to care what I play, as I don't play anything outside of Nintendo. But, you see, the way a game is rated based on violence is they look at how much of the game involves fighting and violence and then seeing how violent it actually gets. The more realistic the graphics, the more critically the game is evaluated. I want this game to be rated 'T', personally. It might show Sony and Microsoft that Nintendo means business.

peronally i hope that the game will get a rating of T. few good gamecube games that i like are rated E, pikmin 2 is an exception because it has better graphics then TP and possibly the best gameplay of them all and it does this with the least amount of insinuation and vilonce

I knew a kid who wasn't allowed to play Teen videogames until he was 13, and he had to do his homework the second he walked into the door.

Anyway, I think it will be rated T, I hope it does anyway. Zelda could make more of a name for itself if it was rated T. But what classifies a game as "T"? If its blood, then OoT should have been T? (Gannondorf caughing up red blood, and little bubbles of red or purple when you slashed something.) Then again, it wasn't that realistic was it? Well, compared to today. Man, im just contradicting myself...

Originally Posted by Kirby Air Ride

It could be that Nintendo will release TP in Japan with an E+ (or E10+) but TP with be released in America (and probably other countries as well) with a T+. Just a theory.

On the contrary--if anything, the rating in America will be much softer. After all, Americans are uncannily violent by nature (I should know, I live here), whereas the Japanese are very respectable, calm individuals who think more logically in general than most people in this God-forsaken country. Wanna know why? Then go ask a British dude in London, he'll tell you.

Originally Posted by Master of ALttP

Wow, pretty strict mom. My parents don't seem to care what I play, as I don't play anything outside of Nintendo. But, you see, the way a game is rated based on violence is they look at how much of the game involves fighting and violence and then seeing how violent it actually gets. The more realistic the graphics, the more critically the game is evaluated. I want this game to be rated 'T', personally. It might show Sony and Microsoft that Nintendo means business.

Agreed, that's a fairly foolish way to judge a game. After all, the back of the box says that you should play the game for yourself and determine whether or not it's suitable for your children, and not to judge it by a simple letter.

*Ahem* To the point! It's not the other companies that Nintendo needs to prove themselves to. Sony and Microstupid won't be working for the Big N anytime soon, so that's not something they need to worry about at all. What they need to do is show the gamers who worship the other companies that a game cannot be judged by graphics alone. After all, I still find myself going back to play OoT, even though there are games out there with much better graphics nowadays. It would be hypocritical of me to complain about WW not having perfect, realistic graphics.

On a completely unrelated note, I glanced at my postcount on Wednesday, and it said 666.

I think it has a good chance, it looks a lot darker than any other Zelda game we have seen out so far. But still, they may not want to break the thread of "E" ratings they have going, unless they absolutely have to. That being the case, then yes, it will be "T" at the most. But it's not going to stop half the world from buying on opening day.

I say it'll be T. DrkFierceDeity is right about stricter ESRB ratings, and Nintendo and ESRB raters will probably want to make this game obviously different from WW in content and feel, which goes along with a T rating. There's no reason to stress "mature" as much as they have and then sell out to an E rating.
E+10 at least.

TP WILL be rated at least E10+. Any game with violence is supposed to be rated E10+. Thats what I heard at least.

Originally Posted by Jabu-Jabun

TP WILL be rated at least E10+. Any game with violence is supposed to be rated E10+. Thats what I heard at least.

That means that we may never see another E-rated game again. o_O; I don't think that any type of violence will constitute an E10+ rating. After all, that classification seems to encompass nearly the entire gaming industry.

Tp will most likley get a T-rating, the fighting sequences in this game are more...intense. In this game If you strike an enemy to the ground but it's not dead you can jump into the air and stab the enemy. Just 1 of many examples. Plus Nintendo says that it's the darkest Zelda game yet.

I think it will be awarded a teen rating mostly because of the blood and gore and the fact it will be the darkest zelda game to date.

it bette get a T rating or even an M otherwise they would be comprimising the game cosmetically.

Originally Posted by xelink

even an M

You are...joking...right? It'll be Doomsday before we see an M rated Zelda.

True, the ESRB rating IS stricter, but I strongly doubt it will be a "T" rating. Just because something is dark and seemingly "twisted" doesn't necessarily deem it innapropriate. There is plenty of dark imagery in the media and movies that are appropriate for children. And as far as I have seen, there isn't much/any gore in TP (except for Link getting hit on the head, but I don't think something like that would comdemn Zelda to older audiences. The guy got knocked out, big deal. You see that in DISNEY movies!)

So, really, I personally think that the rating will go no higher than 10+, IF that.

Originally Posted by Link Kokiri boy

I think it will get a T-rating, there is alot more fighting in this game than any other Zelda game.

And you know this how? -_____-; LKB, I find that it's much more effective to support your thoughts with fact. If you know that TP will have more fighting than any other Zelda game, then by all means, provide your source. But unless you have a reliable source, I'll point out that the only thing you did in LoZ was fight 8-bit baddies screen after screen, dungeon after dungeon. But in LoZ, you actually had to collect items. AoL was an RPG, a genre which revolves almost completely around smashing enemies into submission with swords and sorcery.

I believe I've proven my point.