[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/Zangeki.jpg[/IMG]While not required, it appears Nintendo has changed the packaging on its 15+ rated games in Japan in order to offer a visual cue to consumers.

[URL=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/01/21/wii-games-aimed-at-teens-and-up-get-black-boxes/]Silicon Era writes[/URL] that, beginning this year, all Nintendo games rated CERO C (15+) and higher will be packaged in boxes with black borders. The change came about as a result of Nintendo introducing its first CERO D (17+) rated game in Japan, Zangeki no Reginleiv.

As Silcon Era notes, the change was in no way mandated by Japan’s Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO), but is more a method of self-policing implemented purely at Nintendo’s discretion.

As an added (and perhaps unintentional) benefit, the black boxed games will also stand out from the more common white boxes at retail.

[I]Thanks Andrew![/I]

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