Japan's New Games Rating System

The site GamesIndustry.biz has a report on a change to the CERO system. The Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO), now has an adults-only category. From the article: "The A rating is equivalent to the current CERO All rating for all ages, B is for CERO 12 (for ages twelve and over), C equates to CERO 15, and the D rating would be for ages seventeen and up - for which there was no previous equivalent. The A-D ratings will remain advisory, but the Z rating will be regulated by the government."

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Re:Why letters and not the age?

[LeonGeeste]

Yeah, good point. And while we're at it, why Roman letters (A, B, C, D, Z)? Aren't Japanese characters good enough? Do they really hate their own native writing system that much? I can imagine a rating system like, "Nihongo" for "everybody" (since they think Japan is the world), "nino" for "appropriate for small children", "yakuza" for "appropriate for teens", and "seppuku" for "adults only". That way they wouldn't be aping the West.