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Twilight Princess Moves Into T Ratings Territory

Posted Aug 27, 2006 at 6:17PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii Tags: Bill Trinen, ESRB

If Nintendo is anything to go by, kids will not be allowed to play The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

According to Bill Trinen, the game's localization head in the US, there's a lot more at stake this time around, since you're supposed to be seeing Link come to age, from boyhood to manhood, rather than see him as a kid. He tells Game Informer magazine,

With Twilight Princess, the depth of story and its connections to past games means not only does it have twice the text as Wind Waker, but it includes a fair number of legacy terms that originate in past games, so consistency is a big focus there.

We've also been given the opportunity to provide a lot of input on everything from play control to character design, so over time our role has grown from simply localizing the Zelda games to almost being a branch of the development team itself...you may see scenes and situations in the game that wouldn't have fit in a game like Wind Waker.

What does it mean when we get a Teen rating for a game that's usually aimed at kids? Well, you only give Teen ratings to games with violence, gambling, low-level sexual innuendo and infrequent swearing, or a combination thereof.

Maybe it'll mean that Link will have a quick speech on an airship that's been overrun with gyorgs, and finally say those wonderful words of wisdom right before the climactic battle against the Gyorg,

"I'm sick and tired of these Moblin-effin Gyorgs on this Moblin-effin plane!" Boo-Yah!

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again I will have to go with erick and smiffy, there are a lot more teen and even older fans playing zelda then the little kids. But what is this twice as more text? Why don't they have voice acting? Not that I don't like reading and I have no problem with that. (every game that has voice acting I turn the captions on) But voice acting gives a game...more...life sort of. And also one last thing. that was a TERRIBLE joke...no just messing with you, I must say I laughed...but...yeah...pretty bad.

# ok... — Guest 2006-08-28 02:18

regardless of the rating i still think that if kids like the game they are going to play it.

# Teen is a good rating — ssj3fox 2006-08-28 02:23

Teen rated games can be just mature enough for adults but still be suitable for kids.

# Guest 2006-08-28 02:56

it should be rated E cuz teens can still play it and the kids that want to stil can

# t rating sure — Branden 2006-08-28 03:36

there is no voice acting because it would sound akward to finally have link talk. if you bougth the loz Electroin gaming monthly magazine you would know. would it not seem akward for link to talk who would be his voice over anyway?. it would be cool if you could play some co op with zelda or you could play online a figth other peole with your link. or do somekind of challanges

# yeah — CSFFlame 2006-08-28 05:24

there may be voice acting. But I bet Link is not going to speak. Or he's only going to say one thing, near the end of the game, for effect.

T rating is good.

# T is a perfect fit — Guest 2006-08-28 06:26

I was surprised Ocarina of Time didn't have a T rating. This game will receive a T or an E10 at best. If Nintendo is expecting a T rating, it probably will be because they'll be using humour and visuals fit for a Teen audience.

I started playing Zelda at the age of 12 with Ocarina of Time =) My NES was stolen in a burglary and my second NES didn't work =( I went with the Genesis for the 16-bit era.

# well — III AnubisX III 2006-08-28 07:33

Since all of us that have been playing Zelda since its' NES through N64 days are teens/young adults now, I see no problem with a T rating. Last time I checked, kids could still purchase games with T ratings anyways.

# what do ratings mean anyways — Guest 2006-08-28 07:45

Now sure T for Zelda is cool. Yes honestly what -18 kid hasn't played GTA or some crazy game that's rated M. Point is if a kid wants to play a game he's going to play it no matter what rating it has. So T for Zelda fun T for GTA why not the parents will still buy it for them even if it has the dreaded Ao rating. Becuase they don't know any better

# wow... — clouducla 2006-08-28 12:38

about freakin time!!! maybe ill actually play this zelda game....

# ^^ — OGTiago 2006-08-29 01:56

*sigh*

# Or maybe... — WC 2006-08-29 04:12

Or maybe the ratings people finally got wise to the fact that Link runs around with a Sword and Bow & Arrow and wantonly kills everything he finds. Gee, wonder why they have a problem with that?

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