Persona 5 Rated Mature in North America

No surprise to me. I loved P3 and P4. The M rated content didn't bother me at all. The partial nudity has to be because of the way some of the personas are dressed. They can be quite revealing

@Cowboysfan-22
If only all people were as understanding on Atlus monsters.

@Xaessya you can't argue with third wave feminists, everything is offensive to them. Atlus does make a Good job representing each persona based on the lore with similar skill set etc.

SMT and Persona JRPGs are always going to get M-ratings. Persona 4 was practically anime Scooby-Doo and it still got an M-rating. Persona Q was wacky, filled with chibis, and had almost nothing in the way of objectionable content, and it still got slapped with an M-rating. From what I hear, there's some... intense material in this game at certain points, so there was no question that this was going to get an M-rating.

@Xaessya It was just some writer on a no-name site trying to get clicks by playing the gender politics angle.

Nothing wrong with mature themed rpgs,just hope World Of Final Fantasy has got itself a Mature+ rating too

Seems fine to me!

As long as there's Mara it's going to be rated M right away and I'm not even talking about the language and nudity and stuff, that's why the Devil Survivor games are rated T ( Loved the 2 DS games btw ) 14 years old here ( lol )

Well if it has cartoon male nipples who can argue.

Heck yeah! This game is dark as heck (imported a 20th Anniversary Edition)... Absolutely the darkest and most mature one yet. No spoilers, but let's just say I've seen some messed up stuff within the first couple hours.

@Bender The first 4 personas wasn't that dark.
Least from my perspective.

Eh, don't really care one way or the other. Mature content doesn't make a game good or bad, and lack of mature content doesn't make a game good or bad.

@Xaessya It's hard to trust in reviewers when any shooter gets a 9 and a masterful JRPG struggle to get an 8. SMTIV is good, SMTIV Apocalypse is amazing.

@Frank90
I just posted that because I thought it was funny (also a bit relevant since its SMT)
I definitely had fun with SMT4

@Frank90 SMT IV: Apocalypse is incredibly fun. Like, the most fun I've had with a JRPG this gen. The characters, plot, and atmosphere are somewhat underwhelming compared to previous SMT titles, but it's absolutely the most enjoyable game I've played in a long time.

Atlus has really been killing it this gen. I haven't seen one company pump out this many consistently excellent JRPGs, one after another, since Squaresoft in the mid-90s.

Well, it's Persona. It's a pretty freaky series. It's always had some pretty heavy stuff that would get an M by ESRB standards. Of course, that's not really a bad thing, as it's mostly handled pretty well.

@Xaessya it's very comedic and there is plenty of fun but in 3 you walked around in a still city full of people turned into coffins, a member of the party was involved in making another one an orphan, another had a relationship with a cutter, another was bullied at school almost to death and they basically summoned personas (personae?) shooting themselves in the head. I can see the mature rating being slapped onto it! Persona 4 was a lot brighter but still a murder story! People disappearing and reappearing as corpses hanging from TV antennas on misty mornings...

@Feena Half of my 3ds games are made or published by Atlus! Really amazing!

@Ralizah @Frank90 yes it's crazy! Even the bloody spinoffs were VERY good...truly unstoppable.

@JoeBlogs
Does have mature things happening in P5 but it stays off screen, suggested, or is exposed in dialog.

@Feena
I think the coffins and shooting themselves was odd and not dark. It might have had more of an impact if your character reacted to any of it but he had a blank expression like he didn't care (which I think he been experiencing the dark hour since childhood which is maybe why?) Also they never really said why their summon equipment had to be guns :I
And then there is Chidori and Fuuka >:3

@Frank90 @Feena @Ralizah
Atlus is basically (in my opinion) the only ones keeping the turn base RPGs alive! Although I think that might be why their games don't sell that well? (compared to other RPGs) It seems to be a dying genre :/

I will assume you guys already down with Atlus games but if not, I suggest you guys get SMT4, Devil Survivor Overclocked, Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (If you like the Etrian Odyssey games but want Persona characters) Etrian Mystery Dungeon (All for 3DS)
And my favorite unknown gem, Dokapon Kingdom! (For PS2 and Wii)
Its a board game RPG hybrid which can be alot of fun if you got friends to get into with, I suggest looking it up! (although it does have a kid-ish style)

SMT3 was rated M in the US as well. In in the UK it was 12+ as a PEGI guideline, not even a legal rating. That was when the BBFC still did the legal certifications and if the game didn't warrant one it just got a gentle PEGI guideline.

@Xaessya AHahha as you imagined I've already played all this games except Etrian Odyssey ones because I really don't like (Persona Q was enjoyable because of the cast/personas). But I have to say that Devil Survivor Overcloked is one of my favorites megami tensei, probably in my top 5.

Lol Rated M for Mara xD