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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #50 on: June 02, 2018, 05:37:17 AM »
That's a great point, I hadn't even considered.  I wonder if Nintendo could get the ESRB to re-review these games?  Surely, modern sensibilities would bring a few of the M ratings down to T.

Does the ESRB re-review re-releases like that or just stick with that they had before?  I think the point can be made that what was considered a detailed graphic depiction of violence on the N64 just looks like a blurry, blocky mess today. :)  No system gives me more of a shocking "we thought THIS looked good?" reaction than the N64.

From what I remember about the ESRB and ratings they tended to rate games that were not rated before like NES games on the Wii Virtual Console or if it was a game that is new to the region.   I haven't really seen any instances where there was a rating change between different time periods.   

 I guess the easiest metric too test this would be to check a newly rated game from the 90s after the ESRB was and any game collections with that game.    Quick check of Mortal Kombat 2 and it had a MA-17 or 17 rating. The Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection which was released in 2011/2012 was rated M and had the first 3 MK games in it which all back in the day had a M rating.  So there doesn't seem to be much precident for changing of ratings over time.
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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #51 on: June 02, 2018, 09:03:25 PM »
Thanks for that analysis!  I wonder if those games having ratings tied to them already led to the collections being rated M instead of the collection getting a completely fresh rating.
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« Reply #52 on: June 02, 2018, 10:24:07 PM »
That is probably the case as the content hasn't really changed much if at all.
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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #53 on: June 03, 2018, 10:20:00 PM »
While to some extent standards maybe have changed, I think the violence as depicted in the Mortal Kombat games is still shocking enough to a child to warrant remaining M rated. I would say the same for the N64 games. Remember the ratings aren't there for us, we're grown adults we can handle it, they are there for parents not wanting to expose their children to images they might not be ready for. Every parent/child is different.

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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #54 on: June 03, 2018, 10:28:21 PM »
MK2 just had a warning on the box, the ESRB didn't exist at that time (I bieve the ESRB was officially a "thing" just a couple days after it was released on SNES/Genesis - the Saturn and PlayStation versions had an M rating). Midway Arcade Treasures 2 was also rated M because it had MK2 and MK3 on it. Any MK game would still be rated M today. They all feature realistic graphic violence, decapitation, etc.
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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #55 on: June 09, 2018, 03:41:30 PM »
Rather than a Game Boy classic, I much rather have a new 3DS classic/collector/retro edition with a Game Boy cartridge slot capable of playing every pre-switch handheld game they've ever released and be able to download GB/GBC onto to the system memory.

Another idea that would sell like crazy would be a <$50 Game Boy classic + scientific calculator combo device.
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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #56 on: June 09, 2018, 07:06:12 PM »
For the ESRB, I think they do re-rate games which are re-released. Although the only example I can think of where a rating was changed is with Earthbound. It received a T rating for its VC release, whereas its original release on the SNES was KA (Kids to Adults, the old name for E for Everyone).

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Re: Game Boy Classic Edition, Game Boy Mini?
« Reply #57 on: June 11, 2018, 06:46:27 PM »
If Nintendo is going to do it they need to do it right. Release GB with only OG games, then GBC for the fans, GBA and then a Super Game Boy Mini for the weirdos like me.