Role-playing game Ar tonelico III is rated CERO C in Japan, which translates to ages 15 years old and up. The game already is heavy on the underwear and fan service. That’s not all.
The cutscenes for nurse Yurishica leaves little to the imagination. As the Japanese internet has pointed out, it’s like you can see her naked! Yurishica is a “personality change” for heroine Finnel.
The game was released on January 28 in Japan. It even features the vocal talents of Ikue Ohtani, voice actress for Pikachu and male character dress-up fun fun.
CERO D is the Japanese equivalent of ESRB T or Teen rating. For comparison’s sake, Fable II received a CERO Z rating, the equivalent of ESRB’s M or AO rating.
Ar tonelico III does not currently have a US release date. Previous titles in the series have been released outside of Japan.
『アルトネリコ3』ユリシカがどう見ても全裸です。本当にありがとうございました [チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報]
lcb
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 11:17 PMJapanese are not nearly as finicky about sex as americans and australians seem to be. Its like theres a role reversal, we worry too much about sex and dont care about violence, but to them sex is ok and violence isnt nearly as accepted as it is for us…
Dave
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 11:39 PMAnd yet they still censor porn in Japan.
Tyris
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 11:43 AMA left-over from what was imposed on them by the Americans at the end of WWII.
An absolutely absurd law given that type of stuff that’s available in Japan, and yet it would be political suicide for anyone to try their hand at repealing such a law.
bap-slap
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 11:43 PMI agree about them having less hangups about sex, but more about violence??
Never seen any anime I take it?
Mr.NiK
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 4:22 AMYes I can believe that this game is 15 and up.
So it has a female figure in it. Nudity with lack of details like a statue, So what.
Rumble roses is a wrestling game pretty much dipped in sex and it got rated a mere M15+ here.
What system is this on?
kaiden
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 8:44 AM@dave
they censor their porn because of western laws placed on them after losing the war.
diode
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:00 PMGiven that breast size is now inversely proportional to how likely something is to get banned in Australia, this one should be plain sailing.
Cam
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:13 PMWhat’s wrong with that? Really, it’s just a naked body. 15 year olds are allowed to steal cars and run over people while shooting others in other video games that need not be mentioned. Really we have our ideas of what is and isn’t suitable for 15 year olds around the wrong way.
D-Zuc
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 3:24 AMJapan is the most perverted country on earth.
Do other countries exist where you can buy used panties from a dispenser machine?
Do other countries make incest anime?
Anime with tentacles going..you know.
There culture promotes paedophilia.
Esoteric
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2:35 PMPromotes peadophilia? I enjoy the ignorance of your xenophobia.