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Nintendo has some new-old games headed to the Switch this month. Added to the Nintendo Switch Online library of titles today are 1080 Snowboarding, Jet Force Gemini, and Harvest Moon 64, all retro Nintendo 64 titles.

A cornucopia of classic Nintendo 64™games are back in season! Farm and find love in the cozy Harvest Moon 64 game, shred some snow in 1080º™ Snowboarding and thwart an interstellar threat in Jet Force Gemini. All three games land on the Nintendo 64™ – Nintendo Switch Online library today, where they will be available to play for everyone with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership!

 

[DragonMals]

Great games and all, but why is Golden Eye in Japan along with Jet Force (iirc) 18+?

 

[3milio]

Great games and all, but why is Golden Eye in Japan along with Jet Force (iirc) 18+?

Japan commonly does this it really has to do with cultural values considering games with guns and violence (like golden eye for example) are usually given a higher rater due to the violence included in said game but Japan usually rates game for lower age rating that have higher ratings here in the US (something like persona for example) like in japan they may be okay with sex and sexual references in games but in the US that usually gets a rating no lower then M or T (almost always M) but in japan they have different views over violence and gore either censoring the games or giving them a Cero C or Cero D rating


TL;DR Japan has different views on games then the US does

 

[JeepX87]

Great games and all, but why is Golden Eye in Japan along with Jet Force (iirc) 18+?

because it has with regulation to mandate all mature games to be sold or played in separate app.

The member did a good job to give a depth about Japan’s culture on violent games in #22.

 

[Lumstar]

I'm shocked they didn't release that in the first few, since it's solely their own IP.

Well there's still legal formalities involved. Nintendo doesn't actually own studios such as HAL Laboratory.