Best Buy ad rerates DS games as mature

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 20th 2008 at 11:43AM }

Today's Best Buy flyer has overridden the ESRB and given Final Fantasy IV, Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 and MYST all "Mature" ratings. We have no idea how this happened, as the box images from the publishers should have the proper ratings. It's not like Best Buy's flyer design team adds the ratings to each box (and if they do, we feel bad for them). In the online version of the ad, hovering over the games with the pointer does display the proper ratings.

We're amused, but just to be clear, Trauma Center is rated T for Teen, while Myst and FF IV are rated E for everyone.

[Thanks MGS0LID]

Tags: best-buy, error, flyer, mature

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jerk Face @ Jul 20th 2008 11:49AM

Holy crap, FFIV comes out this week?

Vegnagun bwf @ Jul 20th 2008 12:39PM

Yeah, I'm as excited as I suppose you are.

Boom! @ Jul 20th 2008 12:08PM

Why was the color of the cover changed for FFIV? o_O

BPM [MSN: BPMdotEXE @ hotmail.com] @ Jul 20th 2008 10:57PM

Square-Enix seems to have the need to make the US DS remake boxarts dull, I guess.

Japanese box:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-77-1-49-en-15-Final+Fantasy+IV-70-2bqn.html
North American box:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-ba-49-en-15-Final+Fantasy+IV-70-2ouj.html

Double J @ Jul 20th 2008 12:15PM

They must have added virtual orgasmic rape to each title. ESPECIALLY Trauma Center.

mr mobius @ Jul 20th 2008 7:19PM

Haven't you heard? Trauma Center is now specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

mr nimblewick @ Jul 20th 2008 12:21PM

Trying to appeal to the "mature casual" gamer. People who just buy anything with blood and violence.

sam stafford @ Jul 20th 2008 12:30PM

is it not possible that these 'ratings' are more a guide to which age group will most appreciate these titles? They are all games more geared towards older players, not necessarily 21 year olds, but y'know :-P... not 6 year olds.

Gnoll @ Jul 20th 2008 12:35PM

"Could the new Trauma Center traumatize your children? Find out at ten!"

cortjezter @ Jul 20th 2008 12:39PM

yes, a ratings badge is added to each title, especially if it is at all obscured by a price tag, another title, etc. the same is true for R-rated movies, and explicit cd titles.

this appears to be an error in the proofreading process.

LordKelvin @ Jul 20th 2008 12:39PM

I can't possibly see how you could turn a puzzle game like Myst into a Mature title. There wasn't even any real human interaction except through books...

mr mobius @ Jul 20th 2008 7:36PM

Have an interactive jigsaw puzzle of porn stars doing their profession.

Gibbeynator @ Jul 20th 2008 1:26PM

Jack Thompson strikes again!

Obscure Larry @ Jul 20th 2008 2:15PM

No, he left the building.
Before calling everyone retards.
But yeah, he totally left the building.

iofthestorm @ Jul 20th 2008 1:37PM

I swear someone at the Best Buy headquarters who makes these ads has too much time and loves Photoshop a bit more than is healthy. Somehow I always see OS X screenshots on one of their Windows laptops. In last week's ad they had a really bad Photoshop of the IE5 for Mac window with a picture of some random people in the middle. It didn't even have the OS X menubar thing.

Now, I know they often Photoshop these things because the pictures aren't clear enough (hence why they shop in the screens instead of just displaying the image and taking the picture) but really? Someone has to have a strange sense of humor, because that has to be a deliberate mistake.

John Z @ Jul 20th 2008 1:48PM

And here I was secretly hoping that Rosa and grown-up Rydia would have unfortunately-timed wardrobe malfunctions in-battle. Damn you, erroneous stoned copyeditor guy!

Anticrawl @ Jul 20th 2008 3:04PM

I'd love to buy a new rpg for my DS but I didn't find any Final Fantasy game fun after III. Oh well, don't have much time for handheld gaming anyway.

FSK405K @ Jul 20th 2008 5:11PM

If you mean FF III on the SNES, that's really FF VI, which is two games AFTER the game that comes out this week, and which, cross your fingers, should come out on DS in the US in about 18 months. The game coming out this week was FF II on the SNES. . . . . .if you mean FF III on the DS, what do you mean you found no FF game fun after FF III? It only came out in 2006 and no numbered game has come out since! (FF XII came out slightly before FF III DS.)

LAZoftheTamarinds @ Jul 20th 2008 5:06PM

LOL! Best Buy messed up. Looks like this M stands for mistake, because that's what Best buy did.

FSK405K @ Jul 20th 2008 5:13PM

Damn, I saw that ad and was so pumped: "sweet new M-rated Final Fantasy game. It must be the bomb" . . .. now I'll pass.

(sarcasm, I'm going to be in store Wed by 2 pm)

Sdawg @ Jul 20th 2008 6:33PM

Looks like they also gave Deadliest Catch for the 360 an M rating as well,lol

Ridgecity @ Jul 20th 2008 6:48PM

probably sells more when it says "this stuff is forbidden for kids, only adults can enjoy this amazing adventure and we want kids not to try to buy it themselves or tell their mothers to buy it for them since even if it has a chopped limb they know games are for kids. I remind you, this game will scare you to death with dark mysterious secrets that none of your friends know about and will look up to you when you tell them you played a game only adults can play without going insane. Beware boy... beware..."

Superstar90 @ Jul 20th 2008 6:55PM

well technically trauma center shows a little bit of booby when you operate on a woman. also shows blue naked, genital-less people.

Mr Khan @ Jul 20th 2008 6:57PM

I've seen something like this before, except that they remade TWEWY into a Game Boy Advance game

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 20th 2008 8:22PM

GAH! Must save money for food and gas... >< Can't believe I bought Guitar Hero for the DS. Oh well, at least I avoided Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, but with Final Fantasy IV coming out, it's unbearable for my wallet!

Tim The Enchanter @ Jul 21st 2008 10:29AM

How is guitar hero ds? Is it worth it?

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 21st 2008 1:34PM

While it's not a system seller, if you have a DS, it's one of the best games on there. Although if you already have one of its console counterparts, then 25 songs will seem little for you.

Another note is that since I have big hands, the fret buttons seems small and my hands cramp after half an hour: but eventually you can play for longer periods of time as you adjust yourself to finally find a more comfortable playing position.

Tim The Enchanter @ Jul 21st 2008 2:56PM

Good to know, thanks. How's the strumming though? It seems like it would be awkward...

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Jul 21st 2008 11:02PM

Strumming is perfectly fine, but star power is a little dodgy: sometimes it'll go off automatically because the microphone interprets the sound of your screen tapping as voice input (I don't know if the music affects it since I wear earphones for that game: highly recommended!). But you can disable voice input in the settings.