Pokémon Sun and Moon have received the ESRB rating, so the games

Who is in such need of immediate ESRB ratings info all the time that they need an app specifically for it?

>>28424390
Parents, some actually give a shit, surprisingly.

>>28424390
exec level ESRB employees

>>28424390
Middle-aged housewives with young teenage kids who feel that in order to be of value to society, they must ensure their kids strictly adhere to entirely subjective ratings by a Government agency, which exists purely to collect further money at the expense of gaming companies.

>>28424422
Double dubs confirms. Middle-aged soccermoms are literally the people equivalent of cancer.

>>28424251
>"teams" (plural)
>"champion" (so there exists an Alolan champion already)
>"Fusion Flare" is specifically mentioned (Unova legends in postgame? Colress/Plasma?)

>>28424422
ESRB is an independent organization you dunce.

>>28424251
And still two fucking months for release

>>28424422
>ESRB
>Government
Hello retard.

>>28424445
>RIVAL teams
So we get to join Team Skull. Fucking fantastic.

Well you'd assume that by now to be honest

>>28424445
rival teams, as in Pokemon teams

I really don't think whoever wrote this cared ebough to drop hints

>>28424445
teams of Pokemon...

>>28424422
Hey, buddy, I think you've got the wrong board. The /pol/ board is 2 clicks down.

So, if it's done developing, what are they gonna do for the last two months?
jerk around?

>>28424866
This. Fucking what the fuck. What fucking takes so long?

>>28424895
Translating period?

>>28424866
Marketing.

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>>28424422
>keeping squeakers out of games they don't belong in is bad

>game is completed
>megas aren't confirmed
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Time to release my Charizard.

>>28424910
Hello, i was wondering if you would be willing to answer a short questionnaire for me. It doesn't take long, and you only have to answer one question.
Which of the following two statements best fit you: "I am a shitposter" or "i am retarded"?

>>28424910
>Grasping this srtong at straws

Production and shipping. Do you think that happens overnight?

>>28424866
Marketing, localising and then producing a few million game cartridges.

>>28424711
>thinking thtat's /pol/

>>28425809
>implying tinfoil hat isn't /pol/

>>28425954
1 tinfoil hat is more /x/ than /pol/
2 that was not tinfoil at all
3 even though /pol/ does have some tinfoil stuff, that's not the message you're making when you're calling someone /pol/, so even if you were right about it being tinfoil, you'd still get shit for it

next time, just go with the classics, "retard" or "asshat" or something like that

>>28424895
What the fuck do you think they do when they finish developing the games? Pull them out of their ass and magically teleport them to GameStop and shit? Are you like, 12?

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>>28424422
>>>/reddit/

If the game is completed, so are the translations. Since the CIA files for Pokémon games are Region-Free and contain every language.

>>28427603
Leaks when

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>mfw waiting for the inevitable leaked cia file

>>28424422
Do you even know which game helped create the ESRB movement? A game where you literally can rip a person's spine or still beating heart out of their body.

>>28424251
>so the games have finished their development.
it's due to october it finished the devs long ago, aside for debugging. They have to print and deliver over 10 millions cards before the release after all

>>28424866
printing several millions copies and shipping them all over the world.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAID! WE MUST PLUNDER AND PILLAGE!

>>28424422
Speaking from experience slugger?

So we should be getting some leaked Chinese copies pretty soon?

Water is wet

They have no reason to be shipped that early, China doesn't have a ratings board. However, it may be soon anyway due to the sheer volume of copies that need to be in stock.

And we won't be getting leaks because the 3ds scene is a bunch of lazy fucks rivaling Gamefreak.

Pokemon games only get announced once they are finished.

>>28424437
>>28424422
Someone has a mommy who wouldn't let him buy gta v. It's time to take your nap, underage

>>28432640
No it isn't.

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>>28424422
>tfw my mom didn't care about ratings when I was a kid and let me get whatever games I wanted
>I didn't pick M games anyways cause I didn't care about violence in games

>>28424445
I'm pretty sure they just use a general description for all Pokemon games at this point. That description can apply to every Pokemon game, though the moves listed would only apply to Gens 5-7. Except those moves, the whole summary is generic as fuck.

>>28424251
No it implies theyre about ti enter mass production. Its probably done since they started showing it off, the are working with other translation teams for a worl wide release.

>>28424422
The only time my mom ever actually used an ESRB rating to decide not to buy me a game was when she almost bought 8 year old l'il Anon Conkers Bad Fur Day. She was about to buy it when she thought to ask about the rating and heard a horror story about some other mom who bought it for their little shit without looking at the box.

To tell the truth, I never wanted any games that would've been more mature at the time. Even now, I barely have any games that have content inappropriate for children. My parents never had to worry about that. By the time I did do more than that, I could buy games by myself.

>>28434661
>my parents freaked out because I never wanted any M-rated games

>>28434700
I never DID want an M rated game. I've never gotten anything above a T. I just don't have an interest. (I hate guns and I have better sources for porn)

>>28425722
They're called Game Cards

A cartridge is different.

>>28434919
I wasn't making fun of you. That was my situation.

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>>28434968
>Game Cards

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>>28434968
>Game Cards

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>>28434968
They have been called cartridges forever. Its even shortened to carts occasionally. What are you smoking?

>>28424711
Fuck you.

>>28424895
Producing enough carts to satisfy initial demand while building hype for the game with intensified marketing.

>>28424866
>>28424895
Marketing, Continued Beta testing, Producing the millions of carts that couldn't be made until the game was completed.

Welcome to game development, where making the game is not even close to the entire thing.

>>28435027
>>28435162
>>28435207
Not that anon, but Nintendo does always refer to physical copies of DS and 3DS software as game cards. I'm not so autistic as to not realize plenty of people still call them cartridges or carts, but they are indeed officially game cards, anon didn't just make it up.

>>28435286
That's fucking weird and I don't like it therefore I shall forget that's a thing

>>28424422
>which exists purely to collect further money at the expense of gaming companies
Essentially this part of the post. If the ESRB actually was a government agency, it wouldn't be so bad, since it would basically perform this function at cost, or else put a tax on the tag of games at launch. As it stands, however, they are simply a meddling private institution that has managed to strike gold by making others believe that they are an absolutely required force of nature.

>>28435286
They may be called game cards officially, but they are functionally identical to all other types of cartridges- plastic rectangular items containing game data, with metal contacts at the bottom or top, that are plugged, snapped, or clicked into a cartridge-based game console or handheld.

It's like Coca-Cola. Yes, it's officially "Coca-Cola", but nobody bats an eye when you call it coke or soda or pop (except because of regional dialects), because that's what it is.

>>28424445
>Implying the ESRB actually plays the games they rate to completion

>>28435399
True, and that's why I said that plenty of people still call them cartridges. I was just saying game card is the official term for them because the reaction images implied to me that several anons didn't know that and thought that guy pulled the term out of his ass or something.

>>28424422

You don't know shit about the media anon.

Also, ESRB exists because it matches the will of American parents. Overall, it's pretty accurate at determining what the American hivemind sees as appropriate for children or not. Same goes for the MPAA despite public bitching.

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>>28433783
This. If you look at the description of the other main games, it's pretty much the same thing. I'm amused by the fact they thought Cubchoo and Skunky were gross enough to mention specifically.

>>28424422
>Here's a free rating guide for you so you can know which games are appropiate for you or your family, and get a good idea of what kind of themes the game is about.
>HURR DURR THE GOVERMENT OPPRESSES ME.

>>28435411
From what I've heard, for a game of any reasonable length they don't even really play it, the developer/publisher provides a video of the average gameplay and any scenes which may be particularly offensive. This stops ESRB from being responsible for not finding parts of the game which might be worse than the rest of it (and part of why Rockstar got in trouble for Hot Coffee, rather than ESRB)

>>28435411
They have spoilers for the final boss in the description for several zelda titles.

>>28433686
>implying that it is a bad thing

Do you like all kids playing call of doodie, you underage fag

>>28435583
They don't play them at all.
>ESRB raters do not actually play the games during the rating process for a variety of reasons.

Also, highly relevant to this thread
>games are typically submitted to ESRB for rating before they have been finalized or fully tested.

http://www.esrb.org/ratings/faq.aspx

>>28435583
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_process.aspx
>a DVD that captures all pertinent content, including typical gameplay, missions, and cutscenes, along with the most extreme instances of content across all relevant categories. Pertinent content that is not playable (i.e., "locked out") but will exist in the game code on the final game disc must also be disclosed.

>>28435479
Except that even publically, MPAA ratings are pure fiction, or at least little more than a marketing tool at this point. Otherwise, they need to change the age ranges because everyone turned into pile of pansies for childrens' movies, and more mature things keep pushing for the other end of the spectrum.

>>28433725
You were raised well.

>>28424910
>game is completed
>only like 70 pokemon officially confirmed in game
Guess its gonna be a short game.

Gtfo, baitfag

>>28435162
>>28435027
>>28435207
Like I said a Game Card

A cartridge is different technology, usually a board with chips and a battery inside of a plastic casing. A game card uses flash memory.

>>28433686
Overage here.
A nap right now sounds like it would be better than a blow job from chicken chan.

>>28435536
Kek

>>28424866
November is the ideal time to release big budget games so they can ride the buyer explosion Christmas brings.

They might just be bug testing at this point.

>>28437878
Still more than were announced pre-XY.

>>28424405
>implying