All Future Eroge Games Rated 'Z'?

[DragonmasterX]

http://www.cero.gr.jp/rating.html

Scroll down a bit and check out the new ratings:
A = all ages
B = 12+
C = 15+
D = 17+
Z = Only for sale to 18 and over.

I'm not sure if this is a really a new system, just heard that it is.

[AstCd2]

I suppose this means we'll be seeing To Heart 3 ZRATED one day (ﾉ∀`) ｱﾁｬｰ

'Tis indeed a new system (March 2006), although it seems more of a cosmetic change than anything else. I suppose the most that can be said is that it might make games more accessible to people who happen to be exactly 17, given CERO now has a choice of giving a game 17+ instead of 18+.

Transitional diagram with the old icons:
http://www.jp.playstation.com/cero/

[Carl]

A lot of erogames have Z-grade stories already.

[zalas]

Are most eroge even rated by CERO? I just have a foil "18+" sticker on my Tenina...

[Haeleth]

AFAIK, CERO just handles consumer software, while bishoujo games on the PC are mostly rated by EOCS. (The foil sticker you refer to will be EOCS.)

From one interview I've read (from a couple years ago), CERO refuses to cover eroge. They were quite adamant about that, speaking as if it was an embarrassment to their industry.