EA Japan executive criticizes Japanese ratings board for approving Stellar Blade but banning Dead Space

The person responsible for EA Japan criticized the Japanese classification board for what it believes are discrepancies in the way Dead Space It is Stellar Blade were evaluated.

We recently reported that Stellar Blade there will be no censorship, including the Japanese version, and those who didn’t like it were Shaun Noguchithe person responsible for EA Japan who criticized what he thinks is a duality of criteria, since the Japanese classification board did not allow the release of the Dead Space in Japan.

Stellar Blade was approved in Japan with the classification CERO Dmeaning it cannot be purchased by players under 17 years of age unless they have parental consent.

Noguchi shared a series of images of Stellar Blade very graphic with severed limbs and lots of gore, and wrote:

CERO, you said that our Dead Space was not good because the cross section of damaged parts and internal organs were visible. But here you can see both the cross sections and the interior, so I’m not convinced they’re using CERO D.

Noguchi clarified that this was not a criticism of Stellar Bladebut rather to CERO.

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

This is just a complaint about the ambiguity of the review process in Japan, and I can give many examples of the ambiguity that prevails in the review process of other titles as well.

Stellar Blade will be released on April 26th for PlayStation 5.