Hero of Hyrule
Frieren the Slayer
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The art style really impacts these ratings. The Wind Waker's climax where Link literally stabs Ganon through the head is more violent than anything in Twilight Princess; The Wind Waker is E and Twilight Princess is T.Huh, I thought Zelda had been rated T since Twilight Princess. I guess because here in Australia that's been the case (every main 3D game since Twilight Princess has been M, our equivalent of T).
I assumed Twilight Princess being a darker Zelda game is what earned it the higher rating, and given the first trailer and Aonuma's comments, I was expecting this to be darker than BotW, but perhaps it's not as dark as I thought given the E10 rating?
Plus ESRB ratings also don't necessarily reflect thematic darkness. Majora's Mask is arguably the darkest Zelda game, and is always rated E (or E10+ as of MM3D).
All of which is to say - don't worry about the rating too much.