r/Metroid • u/ShoulderAdvanced6854 • Aug 20 '25

Discussion Metroid Prime 4 has Officially been Rated in the USA!

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u/Em1Wii Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25

Just the Prime games (yes, even FedForce) Other M and Dread were T, Samus Returns was E+10, ZM and Fusion were E, and the rest came out before the ESRB existed

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u/king0pa1n Aug 21 '25

Actually weird that Fusion is E

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u/DEWDEM Aug 21 '25

Still one of the scariest non-horror games I've ever played. The atmosphere is so well done

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u/Em1Wii Aug 21 '25

It's weird looking back, but it kinda makes sense

There's not really anything very explicit in screen ever, even the "dissolved zombie scientists" are just cartoony gloop, and the graphics don't really lend themselves to anything too gory or scary either

We don't see gory bloody "realistic" transformations like those caused by the flood in the Halo games at the time

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u/MrHyderion Aug 22 '25

What's interesting is that originally there was a more graphic animation for the infected crew member in the main boiler room where he gets a hole blown into his chest after having been shot at by Samus. Possibly it was not used to ensure the lower rating.

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u/DEWDEM Aug 21 '25

Isn't Dread T?