Xenoblade Chronicles X: The authoritative version of Pegi rating adds a “gender” tag, inspiring people to be confused about what changes

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Authoritative Edition The Nintendo Switch is now out and European fans are picking up their copy, flipping it, and being surprised to see the “Gender” in the PEGI rating list “Sex”.

Discovered NintendoFans noticed that there was a difference between the Switch versions of the Wii U and Xenoblade Chronicles X. Although the original Wii U version of 2015 was rated as PEGI 12 for violence and bad language, the final version on the Nintendo Switch retains the PEGI 12 rating but adds sex to its Labels.

Naturally, the addition of this tag caused confusion. As a fan on X/Twitter said bluntly: “What did they add?”

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Label No notifications from players who escape various forumshe quickly began to joke about the differences in actual content. “The first game came out before they invented their sexual act.” A user said.

Admittedly, there are some clothes that might be a little bit appropriate, but the thorough “sex” label is a bit surprising. As it turns out, the answer may be ordinary.

Finish PEGI websitethe Rating Committee specifically noted that the PEGI 12 rating is “moderate violence, poor language and sex films”. Content-specific issues introduce details in a more in-depth way; this is a paragraph, part of India’s bold focus:

The game contains descriptions of non-realistic violence in human characters. Throughout the game, players and their gatherings will be hit and damaged by enemies. The human character grunts in pain, can knock it down or hit the ground, with no visible blood or injury. The game also depicts real violence against fantasy characters. A cut-in spot in the game depicts a character stimulating an alien creature with blood influence. The game contains bad language use, including “Asshole”, “Pussy” and “Asshole”. Players can select text and voice lines to use characters in battle. Some women choose to have sex allusions, such as: “I'm going to Quickie”

Wii U rating is not specified Users on Reddit have noticed The script of Xenoblade Chronicles X does contain at least some reproductive and suggestive language. Given that the PEGI rating itself has changed, it seems to reflect the changing decisions on the rating board and labels rather than the concept of a more obvious tone change in the extended content of the definitive version.

for Our review of Xenoblade Chronicles xwe gave Monolith Soft an updated version of Sci-Fi Open-World RPG A 9, he said: “Xenoblade Chronicles X is already one of the best games on the Wii U, and this final version is enough to prove another trip to Planet Mira.”

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.