Final Fantasy 14's Japanese age rating gets a bump, and it's all because of screenshots

Final Fantasy 14's had its age rating in Japan increased—and it might be because people can't stop taking sexy pictures of their catgirls.

Alright, that's not literally the reason, but it's potentially a root cause. In a recent blog post, Square Enix explained that the long-standing MMO would be increasing its age rating—which is called CERO in Japan—from CERO C to CERO D.

Per the official CERO website, D is the rating given to 17 year olds and above. While the following quote from Square's blog post is machine-translated...