A rumour currently circulating the internet suggests that Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Tharja was removed as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros so that the company could avoid giving the game a higher ESRB age rating. The reason for her removal was apparently due to her revealing clothing which supposedly didn’t go down to well with the ERSB. Tharja was previously censored by Nintendo of America in Fire Emblem: Awakening’s “Summer Scramble” DLC.
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who cares
It’s like you’re wearing nothing at all
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Nintendo – Catering to kids since Iwata
I know right… it probably would have gotten “T for Teen” for the most part but most regions don’t even enforce age or ratings past “M”.
*passed “T”
Tharja is very popular among the Fire Emblem community.
Nintendo of America shouldn’t bother censoring any of their games from original Japanese content, It is a waste of their time that could be spent on game bugs instead or DLC update conversions, and patches. I find it disturbing to censor anything these days 21st century a growing human evolution, in the past women would show heel and it would get all the guys horny, why? Because they didn’t usually see any girl nude or showing more skin. These days when you get used to seeing naked or more skin on women, people start to feel it the norm and prefer it. Strange long time ago when clothes weren’t invented how many cave humans see each other naked all the time, we are all here because a lot of our ancestors had lots of sex. Sex is a part of life, violence is a necessity, it helps us all keep the norm inside when we get enough of both either in real life or in game, violence preferably in game, but hell don’t see a problem with either sex or sexual things in real life or in game. Kids shouldn’t be playing Nintendo or video games full stop the controllers are huge and built for adult hands. I’d rather kids play outside in the park and get sunshine and exercise so they have happier lives when they get old enough say 17 or 18 let them decide only THEN if they want to play games.
fucking ESRB….
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Could be for wii u
if that flat ass with barley any boobies can cause higher age rating. then i dunno anymore…
LOL
Good. Nothing but nerd-porn. Wanna know what a woman looks like, go and date one…cant…then pay for one haha
You know, as a woman I higghly disagree with you, and the nerds you make fun of now are your bosses of the future. why are you even here if you don’t like video games and think it’s only for “nerds”? If you are shaming this character for having revealing clothing then no doubt you shame women in real life as well for their clothing. That’s just really freaking stupid of you to think that because I like something in a game it means I can’t have a romantic interest in the real world. So I guess people that obsess over movie actors are loners too? get real….
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Big deal Krystal from Assault wasn’t dressed any better.
So you’re furry for Krystal’s first look in Adventures instead? lol
oh please! should be censored zero suit samus to…. -.-u
Shulk is even more revealing that that in his ALT… double standards I guess lol.
Lol, yeah, and what about the assist trophy, Barbara? Granted, she wears pants, but she’s much more well-endowed and “suggestive” from the waste up than this Tharja.
Shouldn’t have been that much of a problem but I guess Nintendo desperately wanted the game to be rated E for Everyone? The last two were rated “T” though but whatever. If she was an Assist Trophy I hope they replaced her with something cool at least…
Oh please…. should be censored zero suit samus to -.-u
Tharja isn’t that revealing. However, knowing the esrb, she would have secured a term rating. Honestly, I’m good either way. E10, T… They are just suggested ratings for games.
I meant she would have secured a teen rating. Not term… I hate you Lg2…
I don’t understand why they want to have a E rating since Melee its been T rated, don’t know if its to widen on the audience or something, I don’t know if they rated the wii u version yet
Let’s be honest here, Smash Bros. Would sell more if it was rated M… Just because little kids want to be cool, an their parents don’t know what a game rating is.
Higher rated games don’t sell more.
The most solded game is Tretis and that game is rated E.
Also, Wii Sports is next, and Super Mario bros. is after that one.
This is because there is a wider range of an audience because parents don’t have 2 worry so much on the concent.
And parents do know what ratings r, well mine does, and she was growing up in the Atari days.
“A rumour currently circulating the internet”
because you can trust the internet, right?
It’s real. This was part of the ESRB leak which proved the existence of all the secret Smash characters.
I meant the reason being “real” since it is also removed from the japanese version its probably a way of sakurai saying “screw you for leaking stuff”
nintendon’t and his fucking censorship
That’s not really censoring ( if u play awaking( hell even bayonetta 2) they didn’t censor anything, but that one dlc only because they internet flip out like always)
She was popular for many reason, but it mostly the sex appeal. Hell if I recall I think she 3rd most popular female in game, and they made figure of her, DLC ect. Maybe her code is still in game if they did take her out. Personally, I like Robin, but really wanted him/her to be a pure mage. When ever I look at him/her on roster they appear really generic, I think Tharja would be better, but still a fun character to use none of the less
I tried to fight this battle many times over. Tharja made more sense in the game than Ike or Lucina, mainly because in Melee we had Marth and Roy, Smash had Marth and Ike… hence Marth and ?…
Tharja would have made much more sense as a pure mage, giving us much more of a tactical character than the obvious sword wielders of yore, than Lucina who is nothing more than an EXACT clone of Marth. Hell, even their Final Smash is EXACTLY the same… no imagination Nintendo? Can’t make any more original characters? So 4 from FE-A, all sword wielders and one a clone… WTF?
I thought all the clones left with Mewtwo at the end? lol
does not look no risky at all
Dear Nintendo,
Parents will buy there kids ANYTHING so they can avoid being parents. That’s why 75% of CoD players are like 8. Parents don’t really care.
Sincerely, you’re out of touch with the gaming community.
You’re an idiot
that damn right, I saw in kid he must have been ten yo and he had COD modern warfare 3. And the mum was not even bother I give her such a mocky look and I really despite her. But hey guess what the grandma going to come in her house and then will blame video game for being violent…. I hate those irresponsible parents
Meh, I never really cared for that overrated yandere witch from the start. If anything, I can already name any female from Awakening that are WAAAAY better characters than the likes of Tharja.
The fuck? ESRB, you fucking suck…specially the guy who revealed the leaks…
how pathetic.
ERSB are probably gay.
1. WTF is Tharja? & 2. WTF cares.
You don’t know who Tharja is either?! Oh fuck. I don’t even know anymore. This world is coming to an end. XD
She was a character in Fire Emblem Awakening, and my First wife… We had a kick as kid together and she was so my type. <3
Okay… XD
Did you ever play Fire Emblem Awakening? It was epic!
I tried the demo. It was cool but never got the full game.
What is it with the US and nudity. She wears more clothes than a Brazilian carnival dancer. If a guy is wearing a speedy nobody gives a damn and it’s not considered nudity. Damn double standards.
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well that the U.S board and they have their reason but why the EU sorry let’s me rephrase that why the rest of the world should suffer? They could have remove her from the US version and put it on other version….
i didn’t even know who she was. yah rule34 for me….
That’s my wife you’re talking about!! D:<
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LMAO.
It would have been an ASSist trophy…
And Michelangelo’s David is still considered a masterpiece…
Whatever the reason, I’m honestly glad it’s not in. I love Fire Emblem Awakening, but I hate Tharja.
Well Samus has revealing clothing in Super Smash Wii U…
Not like I hate Fire Emblem or anything but at least this is one less FE character in the game. There’s already plenty of them Lol
Dumb. All they had to do was add more clothing to her.
Or they could’ve just kept her the way she was and quit being so concerned about it.
True.
I don’t recall Intelligent Systems boosting the game’s rating because of Tharja…I don’t see how SSB would have that problem.
Although fun story; I was at a Fire Emblem panel this summer and the host mentionned that when she was in Japan, she could only find Tharja’s figurines in sex shops.
I’m sure she was cut because Sakurai can’t be bothered to actually program things for these games, if he can’t haul it from Melee or Brawl it won’t be added.
What a load of bullshit, Nintendo of America AND ESRB! Tharja is practically in a damn bikini with metal pieces & a cape! I guess beaches should be given a rated R/mature rating too while we’re at it. We can’t have the children being exposed to “sexual” visuals of girls have sex with the water & sand in their sex outfits as they try to do something we normal, smart people call sun bathing & swimming. Why stop there? Let’s get rid of all traces of Lyndis since she only has panties on underneath those two flaps of clothing on the front & back of her legs. Let’s get rid of Zero Suit Samus’ alternate outfits from Metroid Zero Mission & Metroid Fusion. They are also bikinis in their own right. Let’s get rid of Zelda, Peach, & Rosalina’s skirts & replace them with pants.
I hate the stupidity of the fucking ESRB & Nintendo of America over shit anyone can see at a damn beach.
This better just be a rumor because this is getting ridiculous with the censoring over absolutely nothing that anyone can easily see when going to a god damn beach or public/hotel pool!
Oh no! Pixels that emulate partially exposed butt cheeks! As if we don’t all see the real thing on a daily basis. It already received “suggestive themes”, how does this fall under its own category? And yet we have a little boy who attacks people with an axe… Priorities ESRB.
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Oh man, if she was on it I would have to get me one of those Nintendo 3ds and buy 3 copies of the game