DOA6 Receives ESRB M-Rating

[deathofaninja]

The ESRB rating for DOA6 has been officially released with the M-rating everyone expected. Please keep in mind that the rating summary does include spoilers for the story of the game to depict why the game warranted the rating. For your convenience there are spoiler tags if you do not wish to read that portion of the summary.

This is a fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one matches with martial artists from around the world. Players mostly use punches and kicks to drain opponents' life meters in fast-paced matches. Fighters can perform specialized attacks (e.g., magic blasts, exaggerated impact strikes), which are highlighted by slow-motion effects, close-up camera angles, and blood-splatter effects.

A handful of costumes depict characters with narrow strips of cloth that barely cover their buttocks and/or pelvic areas. Some female fighters' breasts jiggle while standing or fighting. In some sequences, players have the ability to zoom in on characters' cleavage, posterior, or underwear, and take pictures. The word “sh*t” appears in the dialogue.

Spoiler: Story Mode Spoilers Rating Summary

Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: robotic characters cut in half with a sword; helicopter machine guns shooting characters on the ground.

 

[KasumiLover]

Not surprised by the M rating, but looking at the description seems to confirm a few things:

-Mention of a robotic character confirms Raidou, but perhaps there's more copies of him since the description said "characters".

-The unlockable costumes and such are definitely gonna be skimpy since none of the characters' current defaults show the butt or pelvic area unless you count Lisa who still wears shorts with a thong. It says "characters" and not females exclusively so maybe some guys got some really skimpy stuff too xD

-Picture mode or at least spectator mode of some sort that will allow us to take pictures is confirmed.

-Someone has a foul mouth, the only person I can picture saying "shit" would be Raidou tho, that or Ayane since Ayane did call Alpha a "bitch" in DOA4. Christie likely could also say it or even Diego or Rig.

 

[Lycanthrope -R-]

It says "characters" and not females exclusively so maybe some guys got some really skimpy stuff too xD

Team Ninja:

 

[KasumiLover]

Team Ninja:

It's not impossible, TN has really been doing a decent job at giving the guy's some sex appeal, like Diego loses his shirt after a BB, and I'm sure they're gonna add more clothes destruction for them as well, we may see them go full shirtless. And their bodies seem way more muscular and toned this time around too, I doubt TN will pass up the opportunity to show off the improved body models, just look at the deluxe costumes(We haven't seen any of the guy costumes yet so who knows how revealing they'll be?)

Also anyone else surprised that ESRB didn't seem to mention or notice the thigh and butt jiggle DOA6 has this time around? There's also no mention of the cloth tearing either or even the bruises and such. They must have not been paying attention or maybe they were playing with certain settings turned off

 

[Lycanthrope -R-]

It's not impossible, TN has really been doing a decent job at giving the guy's some sex appeal, like Diego loses his shirt after a BB, and I'm sure they're gonna add more clothes destruction for them as well, we may see them go full shirtless.

Well, that's one thing. Their wearing strips of cloth that barely cover their pelvic regions like in the descriptions would be...yeah, I don't think they're going to do that. They're talking about the women there. lol

But, yeah, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

Also anyone else surprised that ESRB didn't seem to mention or notice the thigh and butt jiggle DOA6 has this time around?

I'm not. I said in another topic that it wasn't noticeable enough to flip out over it like some people were.

 

[Dr PaC]

The ESRB rating for DOA6 has been officially released with the M-rating everyone expected. Please keep in mind that the rating summary does include spoilers for the story of the game to depict why the game warranted the rating. For your convenience there are spoiler tags if you do not wish to read that portion of the summary.

This is a fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one matches with martial artists from around the world. Players mostly use punches and kicks to drain opponents' life meters in fast-paced matches. Fighters can perform specialized attacks (e.g., magic blasts, exaggerated impact strikes), which are highlighted by slow-motion effects, close-up camera angles, and blood-splatter effects.

A handful of costumes depict characters with narrow strips of cloth that barely cover their buttocks and/or pelvic areas. Some female fighters' breasts jiggle while standing or fighting. In some sequences, players have the ability to zoom in on characters' cleavage, posterior, or underwear, and take pictures. The word “sh*t” appears in the dialogue.

Spoiler: Story Mode Spoilers Rating Summary

Cutscenes depict additional acts of violence: robotic characters cut in half with a sword; helicopter machine guns shooting characters on the ground.

I expect no less

 

[Hazard]

It would've been more of a shocker if this game got a T rating.

 

[N1ce Dreams]

I guess that means it will be rated 16+ here. No surprise, Senran Kagura games are 16 here and them games are filled with constant fan service and swearing.

 

[Raansu]

It would've been more of a shocker if this game got a T rating.

DoA2 and 3 were T rated. DoA4 I think only got an M rating because of Hitomi's ending theme. That or ESRB has just gotten more stringent over the years. Personally I don't really think doa 4 or 5 should have had an M rating, but I guess the outfits were enough, and based on the description the outfits are probably why its getting an M rating in 6 as well.

 

[KasumiLover]

DoA2 and 3 were T rated. DoA4 I think only got an M rating because of Hitomi's ending theme. That or ESRB has just gotten more stringent over the years. Personally I don't really think doa 4 or 5 should have had an M rating, but I guess the outfits were enough, and based on the description the outfits are probably why its getting an M rating in 6 as well.

I think it was pretty much all the girls endings that got DOA4 rated M, Leifang got groped, Kasumi was topless/naked, Christie wore a revealing outfit in-game and in her ending and pole danced, and Lisa acted very sexually in her ending. Not to mention there was murder and blood in Ayane, Christie, Helena, and a few other character's endings as well.

 

[Raansu]

I think it was pretty much all the girls endings that got DOA4 rated M, Leifang got groped, Kasumi was topless/naked, Christie wore a revealing outfit in-game and in her ending and pole danced, and Lisa acted very sexually in her ending. Not to mention there was murder and blood in Ayane, Christie, Helena, and a few other character's endings as well.

Christie was naked in DoA3's ending. Personally I think ESRB is pretty inconsistent, but whatever. Current trends are a lot more sensitive than they were in 2001 lol.

 

[KasumiLover]

Christie was naked in DoA3's ending. Personally I think ESRB is pretty inconsistent, but whatever. Current trends are a lot more sensitive than they were in 2001 lol.

They probably didn't see the endings tbh since its not uncommon for raters to miss stuff. Like the people who rated DOA6 didn't make any mention of the clothes tearing or the actual bruising so I bet they had those features turned off xD