Nintendo wont allow The Binding of Isaac on the 3DS eShop

[Frederica Bernkastel]

I personally don't blame Ninty for not allowing this game on the eShop. Interestingly though, I am a Christian and I wasn't offended by this game. Some of it actually made me chuckle a bit.

The best part is that even priests agree that hell is all bullshit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtIREJVPfQY

Fine, I don't care about Binding of Isaac. Just give me Super Meat Boy!!

Nintendo will reject Super Meat Boy for being too hard.

 

[Deleted_171835]

While I would have liked to see the game on the eShop, I'm not too surprised that Nintendo didn't allow it.

The should just put a M rating on it and sell it.

This game probably would have garnered an AO rating instead of an M rating. I mean, this is a game where you control a naked kid that uses his excrement, urine and blood to fight giant vaginas and demons. And one of his power-ups is to stick a coat hanger through his head. Along with a cartoonish art style that makes the game even more creepy. You can just imagine the outrage from religious groups and "unsuspecting" parents.

 

[spotanjo3]

I am glad that it wont allow such as 3D boobs bouncing games at all. It is not necessarily and very silly things to do. I applaud Nintendo for this. Good job, Nintendo!

EDIT: Please do not attack me. We all have different opinions. Let's keep in peace at each others, alright ?

 

[p1ngpong]

How amusing.

Realistic simulated murders (IN THREE DEEEE) are perfectly fine in Nintendos book. Who cares about that?

But a game like binding of Isaac, which is completely unrealistic, and more comical than anything else, is far too unsuitable to be associated with Nintendos hardware.

I beg you don't cry, Nintendo. ;O;

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

You people are missing the big picture on Binding here. It is a game that openly puts in christian references, and puts them in a bad light. Nintendo does not have a system to stop underaged's from buying it. There is also a gratuitous amount of blood and guts and other various bodily fluids. In short, it's an offensive game to a good chunk of the world. But hey...I don't see Binding on XBL...or on PSN. But I don't see you people complaining about that. You're just looking for a reason to bash on Nintendo. As usual.

And to the person who mentioned VVVVVV, there is absolutely no blood or anything in that game. IIRC, it'd be rated E. Binding would be rated M. "Questionable religious content" is a perfectly fine excuse(Do tell me what game in Japan has 3D lolicon breasts, because I've not heard of it before. I could see them allowed 3D breasts of the normal variety, but that's slightly sexual content, and I don't think people are going to throw a hissyfit over that. Religious people have a tendancy to throw one, though. Most, anyway.)

 

[Zarcon]

I mean, this is a game where you control a naked kid that uses his excrement, urine and blood to fight giant vaginas and demons. And one of his power-ups is to stick a coat hanger through his head. Along with a cartoonish art style that makes the game even more creepy. You can just imagine the outrage from religious groups and "unsuspecting" parents.

This pretty much nails it.
If the reason was really just "questionable religious content" then pretty much every JRPG ever would be banned on Nintendo consoles.

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

Maybe Nintendo just didn't like the game? Also the art style would probably appeal to kids who would then download it and be sickened or scared out of their gourd.
It's really Nintendo's choice and they have never really taken kindly to blatant religious references.

That being said Nintendo did allow the Doki Doki Majo series to be released on their hardware but if you remember it was never released outside of japan and though
it does have a heavy sexual nature it doesn't have anything to do with religion, AFAIK.

 

[Clydefrosch]

i can pretty much understand it. i honestly wouldnt want my children finding this game in the eshop, if i had children and stuff.

what im wondering is, if they would consider building a new game using the same general system, but instead of tears, babies and blood and pee, they would just use classical things. fire, water,bolts, laser and bullets. monsters could probably remain mostly, just the few christian ones might have to be changed.
seeing as the game is always praised for its old school replayability and number of weapons, it wouldnt lose much of what makes it great by changing the atmosphere to something a little different.

 

[ScarletCrystals]

Meh.

SMT: God is, if not evil, an asshole. Let's lead an army of demons to defeat him.

 

[Deleted User]

Nintendo says no to religious questionable content.
Nintendo says yes to bouncing boobs, touching underage girls to reveal them as being 'witches' and dangeous sexualisation.

It's not a question about a game being overrated; Iwata, take a leaf out of our books and pull your head out of your ass.

 

[stinkoman]

You people are missing the big picture on Binding here. It is a game that openly puts in christian references, and puts them in a bad light. Nintendo does not have a system to stop underaged's from buying it. There is also a gratuitous amount of blood and guts and other various bodily fluids. In short, it's an offensive game to a good chunk of the world. But hey...I don't see Binding on XBL...or on PSN. But I don't see you people complaining about that. You're just looking for a reason to bash on Nintendo. As usual.

And to the person who mentioned VVVVVV, there is absolutely no blood or anything in that game. IIRC, it'd be rated E. Binding would be rated M. "Questionable religious content" is a perfectly fine excuse(Do tell me what game in Japan has 3D lolicon breasts, because I've not heard of it before. I could see them allowed 3D breasts of the normal variety, but that's slightly sexual content, and I don't think people are going to throw a hissyfit over that. Religious people have a tendancy to throw one, though. Most, anyway.)

Doki Doki Mahou Shinpan, although it's not 3D as far as I know. I heard someone else refer to a witch touching game, so I'd assume.

And I don't see what the big deal is. It's kind of irritating to see them censoring any criticism of religion on the eshop, though. It's the job of the parents to decide what their kids can and can't play, not the people releasing it.

 

[BigLord]

I honestly completely understand Nintendo on this.

Just take a look at the game. Nintendo has allowed pretty crazy shit on their systems. But Binding of Isaac is... well, it has awesome gameplay. But its imagery, wow...

I also see why some people would want to play this on their 3DS. But I have to agree with alunral: someone's gonna complain about the game if it gets released on 3DS. And then it will be Nintendo who will have to pay the price, not the game's creators.

Which is a pity, because the game looks fucking awesome!

 

[Valwin]

How amusing.

Realistic simulated murders (IN THREE DEEEE) are perfectly fine in Nintendos book. Who cares about that?

But a game like binding of Isaac, which is completely unrealistic, and more comical than anything else, is far too unsuitable to be associated with Nintendos hardware.

I beg you don't cry, Nintendo. ;O;

but please would someone think of the children

 

[Foxi4]

How amusing.

Realistic simulated murders (IN THREE DEEEE) are perfectly fine in Nintendos book. Who cares about that?

But a game like binding of Isaac, which is completely unrealistic, and more comical than anything else, is far too unsuitable to be associated with Nintendos hardware.

I beg you don't cry, Nintendo. ;O;

but please would someone think of the children

Manhunt 2 for the Wii.

/thread.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

It's their house, it's their rules. If you don't like it, slog off.

 

[LAA]

The thing is that this is a downloadable title and not a retail one, so the chances of this game getting in the wrong hands are pretty big.
I don't think that Nintendo want to handle more ridiculous lawsuits involving their name.
I mean, if they sell games like these to under aged boys/girls at the store it's ultimately the store's fault and not Nintendo's .

No! That doesnt make sense at all. Thats like saying some kid finding porn on a computer and sueing the computer company for making a computer that can access those websites. Thats just stupid. Its just nintendo being over protective again, when they dont need to be and I find it kinda disgusting they even stop people releasing games. Customers should be disappointed too. Its not like we're looking forward to anything on the e-shop in particular anyway, and because of this, its no wonder we dont hear of anything else.
I do understand its nintendo's choice at the end of the day, but you dont hear of XBLA/PSN doing it, and notice something? People use them way more than they do for the eshop. Nintendo just need to learn to let people do their own things and not be concerned. Leave the people alone who dont want to play it, and give people the choice to play something they're interested in.
I was hoping nintendo would be evolving this way, but now, seeing this just makes me lose further hope for their digital future. Wii U for that matter too, I bet that'll hardly have anything, cause nintendo will block it all.
I love nintendo for their uniqueness and all, but please, just let people do their own things nintendo. Its a bad sign I've downloaded more things on vitas PSN store in a week (All vita stuff btw) than I have from the eshop (3DS/VC/Ambassador stuff included) for nearly a full year. Nintendo should be asking themselves why is that? Just get support nintendo, you know you need it. Pushing people away wont help

 

[WiiUBricker]

Perhaps the real reason why Nintendo doesn't allow this is that the game is a bit like Zelda?

 

[Bladexdsl]

evil fucked up zelda apparently ninty like boobs more

 

[Wintrale]

Perhaps the real reason why Nintendo doesn't allow this is that the game is a bit like Zelda?

"A bit"? I've only seen one screenshot of The Binding of Isaac and it's a complete rip off. Even so, I don't believe that's why they refused it. If it had been suggested as a retail title, it would've been released without a hitch. The religious tone is irrelevant because the first Devil Survivor had you gathering an army of demons to fight off Angels with the option to overthrow God. I think the real reason it was refused was because of the style and tone of the game. It has a character called Dr. Fetus in it for crying out loud. The game has content put in there, just like Super Meat Boy, soley for the shock factor. That's likely the real reason it was refused - Nintendo doesn't want that kind of exploitative game on their eShop. Ripping off Zelda is one thing, but ripping of Zelda so you can tell the story that The Binding of Isaac has with the kind of characters it has... That's a very good reason to not allow the game.

 

[Midna]

Perhaps the real reason why Nintendo doesn't allow this is that the game is a bit like Zelda?

"A bit"? I've only seen one screenshot of The Binding of Isaac and it's a complete rip off. Even so, I don't believe that's why they refused it. If it had been suggested as a retail title, it would've been released without a hitch. The religious tone is irrelevant because the first Devil Survivor had you gathering an army of demons to fight off Angels with the option to overthrow God. I think the real reason it was refused was because of the style and tone of the game. It has a character called Dr. Fetus in it for crying out loud. The game has content put in there, just like Super Meat Boy, soley for the shock factor. That's likely the real reason it was refused - Nintendo doesn't want that kind of exploitative game on their eShop. Ripping off Zelda is one thing, but ripping of Zelda so you can tell the story that The Binding of Isaac has with the kind of characters it has... That's a very good reason to not allow the game.

I agree. loli and satanic games may be offensive, but this sort of thing is disturbing.