Super Smash Brothers Ultimate - For those who think Sakurai was responsible for Mai’s removal, think again.

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Sakurai: One of the first things they say in overseas ratings reviews is "no guns"-that I can understand. But in Japan, they immediately ask "could you show us all the female characters upside-down?" Interviewer: Well, that's, u... Are they checking for panty shots? Sakurai: Precisely. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U almost didn't make its scheduled release date because of ratings issues. We had to revise Palutena and Wonder Pink's models over and over again. Interviewer: All because you might be able to see up their skirts? Seriously? Sakurai: We had Palutena wearing shorts and made the inside of Wonder Pink's skirt too dark to see anything. Nevertheless, CERO told us the designs were "sexually provocative." They were being ridiculous and frankly quite juvenile. Interviewer: Some players take great sport in finding that sort of suggestive material even where it doesn't exist-they see what they want to see. In that sense, it seems like an exercise in futility for ratings boards to determine what is and isn't "sexual." Sakurai: Underwear is just a piece of fabric. If you're more worried about something trivial like whether you can see some cloth than whether a game includes firearms, you clearly ought to get your priorities in order.

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Nedhitis

Nov 06, 2019 at 10:15PM EST

Hot damn, Sakurai does not mince his words at all, huh..? Most Western developers today would not have the balls to just outright say "your worry about pixelated pieces of fabric on fictional women is stupid and you need better priorities in your life". He actually just said that CERO and their rating system are dumb and pointless and should focus on actually important issues.

I did not think I could respect Sakurai even more than I already do, but here I stand corrected. Truly, Smash Bros. could not be in better hands right now.

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digital_m3m3

Nov 07, 2019 at 01:11AM EST in reply to A Wolf

No, he said people trying to police potentially perverted things in media have other things to worry about than whether camera tricks can be abused to look up skirts or down shirts.

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