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Pub. in Talks For Binding of Isaac 3DS [Update: Rejected Due To Religious Content]
- Thread starter AceBandage
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sorry for doublepost
I asked Edmund about news, his response:
ok
God works at Nintendo?
Well, I guess that explains their name.
nicalis = manitos the hacha
That's the one.
Father_Brain
Banned
Ridiculous. I thought Nintendo didn't have a content-based approval process anymore, as long as the game stays within the bounds of an M rating...
AceBandage
Banned
Does Binding of Issac?
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Well it's PC only, an indie game, and on steam. It isn't rated of course.
I honestly don't even pay attention to the ESRB ratings on Steam (only thing that reminds me is age gates when I go to their store pages. )
PixyJunket
Member
Isaac just might be an extreme case.
It's also probably why he mentioned previously not to expect it on any console, ever.
It's seriously bummer news, either way, I would have been overjoyed to have portable Isaac.
AceBandage
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Colonel Mustard
Banned
You think this would be any different from any other platform holder?
charlequin
Banned
Hard to say. The ESRB is a significantly more reactionary and arbitrary body than the MPAA. It wouldn't particularly surprise me if they decided that outright rejection of religious-themed content was acceptable.
How about Apple's? I know Android allows anything.
What does SMB have to do with this.
The game has really questionable content in it that could push it pass an M rating. It's as simple as that. Also, I don't see it on any other platforms besides Steam.
AceBandage
Banned
Apple has no review system, but if they got enough complaints afterwards, it would be taken down.
Father_Brain
Banned
Nintendo would reject any game that isn't ESRB-rated, so I'm not quite sure McMillen's account is completely accurate. I dunno.
Last time i checked, they had some kind of content rejection, most famously no porn allowed or that game that criticized phone manufacturers.
Since you need some money to even submit it to the ESRB, maybe it was just them finding out if Nintendo would even take it, given they got it ESRB rated. Dunno.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Well this is disappointing.
Traumahound
Member
Unfortunate, but not really that surprising. I don't think Nintendo can be blamed (unless it shows up on a Sony or MS system). I put 40 hours into Isaac and it's definitely one of the most adult games I've played. I would be pretty surprised to see it show up on any console.
Pureauthor
Member
Somehow I doubt Sony would be any more amenable to a game with BoI's subject content.
Plus Team Meat have a beef with Sony. :/
As he Tweets read, Nintendo was fine with nearly all the content. The religious stuff is what messed some of it up. There is more to it than we know.
Zoramon089
Banned
LOL, Sony is harder on this type of thing than Nintendo. Stop living in the early 90s bro
Not really. They were actually thinking of putting BoI on PS3 and Vita.
Maybe SCEE, but SCEA seems more anal on technical things.
AceBandage
Banned
To be fair, religious content stirs the pot more than sex and drugs.
Simpsons movie had Bart's penis and was rated PG-13. Yes, I'm aware that
AceBandage
Banned
That one still baffles me.
It's another game that won't be any of Nintendo's systems?
Did you play the game? I didn't find the content all that questionable, maybe that's just me.
It's out on Steam and on European retail shelves apparently. Maybe other platform holders would be willing to face the media and parents on this one? I don't know if Nintendo was the first one they pitched or the last.
I saw it yesterday actually on shelves. It is actually rated PEGI 16.
Zoramon089
Banned
Good for you? If this game was rejected it's because:
1. Devs didn't want to submit it to the ESRB and Nintendo doesn't allow non-ESRB rated games or
2. They submitted it and it was possibly going to get rated AO and Nintendo doesn't allow AO rated games
Nintendo doesn't really reject or censor games based on content anymore
PixyJunket
Member
His tweets were pretty clear, Nintendo rejected it based on the religious content, they did not care about the violence and poops.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I think they didn't realize it was his thing. I don't know. I was surprised to see it in the movie.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Make sure you don't burn any of your backups.
not psycho
Member
Every time I think about this being on the 3DS I laugh. There was just no way.
A naked kid using his own tears, blood, urine, and excrement to fight demons, his bible-thumping abusive mom, and giant vaginas. One of his power ups is to hang himself with a noose, another one is to have a coat hanger through his head. Not to mention other dead, rotting kids littering the levels.
Cool game though.
A naked kid using his own tears, blood, urine, and excrement to fight demons, his bible-thumping abusive mom, and giant vaginas. One of his power ups is to hang himself with a noose, another one is to have a coat hanger through his head. Not to mention other dead, rotting kids littering the levels.
Cool game though.
Colonel Mustard
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Come on now. You understand why this would be acceptable in the European market. You know why this wouldn't get by under an AO rating in the states.
No platform holder would back this. The risk is high with little payoff.
I don't find the game's content that questionable. You don't find the game's content questionable. Joe Fuckwhit will. Gaffers like ourselves exist in a bubble...as a whole, we find subject matter permissible that your average idiot wouldn't. It sucks, but it's the truth.
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