Dead or Alive for 3DS Banned in Australia

[Tonyhan]

I'm not familiar with this franchise at all, but I'm sure there are fans that might be interested in discussing this. What do you think?

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...d-in-australia

From the source:


Nintendo 3DS game pulled from shelves after government revokes initial rating

The Nintendo 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions was banned from sale in Australia late late week. It had previously been given a PG rating by government censors, and had already gone on sale in Australia on May 28.

Before its Australian release, the game's launch in Sweden was cancelled following claims that it may breach Swedish child pornography laws. Additionally, the game was not released in Denmark or Norway.

Three of the game characters — Ayane, Kokoro and Kasumi (pictured at right) — are listed as being under 18 years of age. In Dead or Alive: Dimensions, the in-game photography mode allows players to look up characters' dresses in certain poses.

Following the game's release in Australia, the Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, asked the Classification Board to re-examine the game and its rating. O'Connor and the Board said in a statement on Friday that the Board was not initially notified that the game may contain sexualized material inappropriate for the PG rating. The Board told Nintendo on June 2 to provide reasons why the game should be reclassified within seven days. The Board accepted Nintendo's response, but decided to ban the game on Friday until it is it re-submitted for classification.

O'Connor added, "The material in this game is clearly not appropriate to be played by children. […] I am pleased the Classification Board took swift action to address community concerns."

Nintendo explained that it did not believe the game contained child pornography. Another company, THQ, had already submitted the game for classification, but "did not provide adequate information regarding the contents of the game." A spokeswoman added, "Nintendo Australia is currently working with the Classification Operations Branch on this."

[Solidseal]

But you can show little 7 yo girls in clothing less then Beyoncé wears on the telly for some amusemant television...

Sometimes I see schoolgirls at the age of 11-14 wearing clothes that are meant for 18+ imho.. parents are alowing it.

[Elementium]

Wow.. Australia, where games go to die.

I'm so so sorry aussies

That's some intense censorship down there.

[Doirdyn]

This is really old news

[Mif]

Wow.. Australia, where games go to die.

I'm so so sorry aussies

That's some intense censorship down there.

The worst thing is, it in no way reflects the values of our community.
The censorship board seems to be a secret bastion of ultra conservatives that are offend by carrots because they look phallic.

[KassieDS]

The worst thing is, it in no way reflects the values of our community.
The censorship board seems to be a secret bastion of ultra conservatives that are offend by carrots because they look phallic.

Aye that's pretty intense :/

You can just bet Yahtzee is going to have a fucking field day with this lol

[Blaschnack]

Probably the only country with even worse censorship than germany. Apart from countries with a little more "drastic" leadership, like China or Iran and so on...

[Edge-]

It's also banned in some of the Nordic countries I think. I can understand if it was legitimately showing nudity ect., but this is just silly. I guess they'll have to get their game the hard way now. It's not like a ban of the game stops people from getting a game they really want, it just means that retailers lose out on money.