@NintendoFan4Lyf I've had this discussion on another board, and after doing some research your theory is most likely closer to the truth than what a lot of people realize, however there is one distinct problem, it's not the ESRB, but rather the European PEGI system which is the reason why the Boob slider was removed, under ESRB, games with boob sliders can achieve a teen rating, which is 13+. However under PEGI with the exception of the sim games, any game with a Boob slider typically gets a PEGI 16+ rating, which is the equivalent of an M rating from ESRB. And as they wish to achieve parity between both releases in terms of the demographic they wish to reach, it was most likely this reason that the feature was removed, and as it was being handled by NOA they may have just elected to keep this version for the US. (Why I don't know). And as for the issue with Lyn, in both territories the game would most likely carry a mature rating, defeating the point of reaching the widest possible audience. For the record I'm fiercely anti-censorship, and would prefer the game being released at a higher rating than any cuts being made.
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@NintendoFan4Lyf I've had this discussion on another board, and after doing some research your theory is most likely closer to the truth than what a lot of people realize, however there is one distinct problem, it's not the ESRB, but rather the European PEGI system which is the reason why the Boob slider was removed, under ESRB, games with boob sliders can achieve a teen rating, which is 13+. However under PEGI with the exception of the sim games, any game with a Boob slider typically gets a PEGI 16+ rating, which is the equivalent of an M rating from ESRB. And as they wish to achieve parity between both releases in terms of the demographic they wish to reach, it was most likely this reason that the feature was removed, and as it was being handled by NOA they may have just elected to keep this version for the US. (Why I don't know). And as for the issue with Lyn, in both territories the game would most likely carry a mature rating, defeating the point of reaching the widest possible audience. For the record I'm fiercely anti-censorship, and would prefer the game being released at a higher rating than any cuts being made.