Why did the ESRB rate this game Teen?

[Ferrous]

There's a kid I know that is interested in getting this game, but then found out the game is rated T with a violence descriptor. Does anybody know how this game got that rating?

I can't think of anthing in this game violent enough to recieve a T rating. From what I've seen, attack animations tend to be just a single frame and are stuff like a whacking seagulls with a doll, or sometimes just pointing at the opponent. I have not played single player nor seen every card in this game, so maybe there is something very violent in one of those things?

[RyuuKarot]

TIL that this game is rated T for teen and, after 1,200 hours on this game, I cannot think of a single reason as to why that is.

[UnLuckyCat]

http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsis.aspx?Certificate=10020344

Well one character does have a gun, and it's implied that she shoots her opponent with it.

[Hijikata99]

And a character that carries a 16x rocket and is also implied that she bashes her opponent with it as well.

Or the implied child abuse? (Marie Poppo looks like a child... I guess...)

[UnLuckyCat]

Poppo is actually hundreds of years old so it's ok.

[RyuuKarot]

"Indicates possible exposure to unfiltered/uncensored user-generated content, including user-to-user interactions and media sharing via social media and networks"

Wow. If this is the case, I'm surprised that I don't force the rating up to M for mature...

[[FAUCᴇT] Psychopath]

There is some mild swearing in the campaign missions.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by RyuuKarot:

"Indicates possible exposure to unfiltered/uncensored user-generated content, including user-to-user interactions and media sharing via social media and networks"

Wow. If this is the case, I'm surprised that I don't force the rating up to M for mature...

ESRB is not affected by online interactions.

the game is rated T for violence, alte uses a gun and marc uses rockets, you clearly see store manager get beaten to a pulp. that is enough to bring game to T rating. however, ESRB is not very consistent... witcher 3 and gta v have Ma ratings for example, when gta sa and hatred have Ao ratings, those two are well in the range for Ao just based on the sex scenes alone. tl;dr, don't trust ESRB.

[RyuuKarot]

Originally posted by Plutia:

Originally posted by RyuuKarot:

"Indicates possible exposure to unfiltered/uncensored user-generated content, including user-to-user interactions and media sharing via social media and networks"

Wow. If this is the case, I'm surprised that I don't force the rating up to M for mature...

ESRB is not affected by online interactions.

Yeah, I know. I'm just joking.

[Vapor Dosh]

Originally posted by UnLuckyCat:

Well one character does have a gun, and it's implied that she shoots her opponent with it.

Originally posted by Hijikata99:

And a character that carries a 16x rocket and is also implied that she bashes her opponent with it as well.

And Saki's grenades, which she even uses as melee weapon in AoS, but I still think with how all this stuff is depicted, all this would count as cartoon violence. Even AoS got E10+, which contains said grenade bashing: http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsis.aspx?Certificate=30551&Title=Acceleration+of+Suguri+X+Edition

This thread made me wonder what PEGI thinks of 100%OJ, but looks like they didn't rate it.

[136 iq]

because it has anime lesbians fighting each other its very violent

[Martin]

Yeah, as stated above, cartoon violence, no matter how subtle, is enough to warrant a T rating.

Don't let that limit your decisions though, violent is really not a word I'd use to describe this game. That is, if you exclude the brutally getting murdered by seagulls bit.

[Monsieur Crow]

Originally posted by Martin:

Yeah, as stated above, cartoon violence, no matter how subtle, is enough to warrant a T rating.

Doubtful, Smash 4 is rated E10.

That said, I'd say OJ is rated T for intense scenes, since seagulls[mattmarks.files.wordpress.com] are[s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com] pretty[bbs.boingboing.net] nasty[i.redd.it] little[media.giphy.com] buggers[n3b6p5n5.ssl.hwcdn.net].

[poopyoldhag]

Originally posted by Hijikata99:

And a character that carries a 16x rocket and is also implied that she bashes her opponent with it as well.

Or the implied child abuse? (Marie Poppo looks like a child... I guess...)

I thought she shoots Rockets at her opponents from Red Barrel.

[Solidus]

Well, the 9s from Manager are not something that kids should see anyway...

[PhleBuster]

It's been a while since we got the rating, but as far as I recall the main factor was the online interactions - it's basically impossible to get a lower than T rating for a game with unmoderated multiplayer elements like online chat.