Fire Emblem’s Tharja was set to appear in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS as a collectible trophy. However, it’s rumored (repeat: rumor!) that she was ultimately cut, as her clothing was a bit too revealing and would have forced the game into a higher age rating bracket – something Nintendo wanted to avoid.

Tharja was included in a large batch of leaked Smash Bros. 3DS photos – supposedly from the ESRB – back in August. Now that the game is out worldwide, it’s clear that she isn’t in any version (North America, Europe, Japan).

Check out the gallery below for a few photos of the removed Tharja trophy.

Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/rumour_nintendo_removed_tharja_from_super_smash_bros_to_avoid_a_higher_age_rating

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But Shulk is in underwear and Samus is in a bikini so ? I did read it's just a rumor but arguing the point

What a dumb reason :/

Just a rumor

Well, it's certain that this Tharja trophy was in the version of the game submitted to the ESRB, but is not in the final retail build. It's possible that some hypothetical DLC pack in the future will add trophies in addition to other content, so this could be a DLC trophy.

Smash is E10+ anyway, and I don't really see how this one trophy would push it up to T.

I hope it's false because the system would be seriously broken if such a thing would have an impact on the rating...

But captain Falcon...

ZSS and pantsu Shulk would certainly make that an odd decision.

Bayonetta 4 DLC!