EA Japan exec criticises Japanese rating board for banning Dead Space, but passing Stellar Blade

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EA Japan exec criticises ********* rating board for banning ***** Space, but passing Stellar Blade

The general manager of EA Japan has criticised the ********* ratings board for what he believes are discrepancies in the way ***** Space and Stellar Blade have been rated.

********* games are rated by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) and can only be sold in Japan after they’ve been reviewed and rated.

Stellar Blade has been passed for a CERO D rating, which means it can’t be purchased by players under 17 years of age, unless they have parental consent.

This has annoyed EA Japan general manager Shaun Noguchi, who took to X (as spotted by

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) to complain that CERO refused to give the ***** Space remake a rating, effectively banning the console version in Japan, over gore that he believes is similar to that in Stellar Blade.

Posting a selection of screenshots from the Stellar Blade demo showing severed limbs with visible bones, and guts splattered on the floor, Noguchi claimed that CERO’s decision not to rate ***** Space was based on similarly graphic content.

“What do you mean, CERO?”,

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, before saying he felt the Stellar Blade demo was “a lot of fun” and “full of action”.

“CERO, you said that our ***** Space was no good because the cross-section of damaged parts and internal organs were visible. But here you can see both the cross-sections and insides, so I’m not convinced you are using CERO D.”

Noguchi went on to stress that his post was a criticism of CERO, rather than Stellar Blade.

“Just to add something to avoid any misunderstanding, I have no ill will towards Stellar Blade itself,” he explained. “It was fun and I recommend you should buy it.”

“This is purely a complaint about the ambiguity of the review process in Japan, and I can give many examples of the ambiguity that is prevalent in the review process for other titles as well.”

The official Stellar Blade account on X posted a message on Sunday declaring that the game “offers the same uncensored version in all countries, including the ********* version”.

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