The Binding Of Isaac Blocked From Release On the 3DS Due to "Questionable Religious Content" - Polidicks

[quote]One of 2011's more pleasant surprises was The Binding of Isaac, a game Totilo described as "a wonderfully warped Old Testament take on The Legend of Zelda". It's been out on Steam for months now, but was also slated to appear on the 3DS eShop as a downloadable purchase. That was until Nintendo took a look at the game and decided against releasing it. Isaac's creator, Edmund McMillen, took to Twitter earlier tonight and wrote "After a long internal debate Nintendo has decided NOT to allow the Binding of Isaac on the 3ds. :(" Why? "As many assumed the reasons were due to the games 'questionable religious content'", McMillen elaborates. "Thank GOD Steam exists!" Wow. Nintendo's eShop, much like its retail offerings, is easily able to accommodate mature content. That's what game ratings and parental locks are for. For the platform holder to step in and block a game's release directly harks back to the dark days of the early 1990s, when Nintendo didn't allow things like blood or Nazis on its consoles. The Binding of Isaac is based loosely on the biblical tale of the same name. Only, instead of Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac, in the game you play as Isaac and try to escape your fate by trawling though a ton of randomly-generated dungeons.[/quote] [url=http://kotaku.com/5889193/indie-game-blocked-by-nintendo-over-questionable-religious-content]Source[/url] Pretty fucking ridiculous if you ask me.

what else did you expect from a extremely closed system from the company that made how companies decide on what is let onto their shit today

Nintendo may allow mature content on their systems now, compared to the NES and SNES days, but I can see why The Binding of Issac wouldn't pass; even if the religious subtexts got through [in a very fucked up kinda way], the sheer gore and other factors probably would raise some eyebrows (which is actually a very weird thing to stir controversy over considering the Zelda series still has noticeable religious undertones, among other things). Super Meat Boy, on the other hand...

Not a surprise, at least one caught that religion thing.

heh, I made my guy jizz everywhere once. Wonder what Nintendo would think of that

The problem with Nintendo's download services is that they seem to hate people trying to put their games on it.

I could see why, considering it's Nintendo. Still kinda disappointed I couldn't have it on my 3DS.

Well, this is disappointing.

No surprise there. Nintendo has been doing this for years since the NES.

Nintendo does this all the time.

Forget the violence, it must be the religious context. Manhunt 2 is on the Wii.

What's with all the religion-related cockblocking on the media recently ? First youtube, then this ?

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;34924401]What's with all the religion-related cockblocking on the media recently ? First youtube, then this ?[/QUOTE] Because a group of rabid, raging religious nuts (over religion) are much worse then a group of rabid, raging soccer moms (over violence). In my experience anyways.

And yet Nintendo allows this game to be played on the 3DS. [B]If I Were in a Sealed Room With a Girl, I'd Probably XXX[/B] [IMG]http://andriasang.com/con00m/sealed_room_bonus_game/23rs3.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://andriasang.com/con014/sealed_room_girl_bonuses/[/url]

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;34924411]Because a group of rabid, raging religious nuts (over religion) are much worse then a group of rabid, raging soccer moms (over violence). In my experience anyways.[/QUOTE] Who gives a shit about either of those I mean seriously, what do you think will happen if nintendo allows this game to exist on 3DS ? Raging priests with forks and torches will steal all the games and burn them at the stake ?

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;34924449]Who gives a shit about either of those I mean seriously, what do you think will happen if nintendo allows this game to exist on 3DS ? Raging priests with forks and torches will steal all the games and burn them at the stake ?[/QUOTE] Not much, but if I were Nintendo, I wouldn't want to deal with a flurry of annoying angry letters either. But that's just me. v:v:v

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;34924449]Who gives a shit about either of those I mean seriously, what do you think will happen if nintendo allows this game to exist on 3DS ? Raging priests with forks and torches will steal all the games and burn them at the stake ?[/QUOTE] If you hadn't noticed, Religious nuts own america. Either through democracy or financial means.

It's kinda silly that they block it just because of the religious stuff; they're craven if they can't withstand the rabid horde of fanatics. They should take a leaf out of Isaac's book, and use the Bible to defeat them. If I were a publisher or developer, i'd come out and say "stop whining" or something along the lines; actually having some balls unlike the spineless executives in the Nintendo board-rooms. Still, at least there are still other mobile platforms for Isaac to hop onto, like maybe iOS or Android.

It's not because of the religious stuff. Nintendo allowed SMT games on the DS. Most likely it's because the game has no ESRB rating.

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;34924908]It's not because of the religious stuff. Nintendo allowed SMT games on the DS. Most likely it's because the game has no ESRB rating.[/QUOTE] All the examples people keep using are retail games. Nintendo probably doesn't want content like that on the eShop because that content is visible right on the system, whereas you need to seek out retail games yourself. That's just a guess, though, and I still think it's stupid. 3DS has really good parental controls; parents should know that internet-based services can potentially offer up anything, and the parental controls have provisions for blocking access to things like the eShop and downloaded videos. The game hasn't ventured past PC/Mac/Linux, though, so Nintendo might not end up the only company blocking it.

They should try to get it on the Vita. Nintendo would be mad, bros.

[QUOTE=RikohZX;34923029]Super Meat Boy, on the other hand...[/QUOTE] Super Meat Boy was not released on Wii Ware, but not because of questionable content or anything like that. Team Meat ultimately decided to not release Super Meat Boy on Wii, because the size restriction for games on Wii Ware would force them to heavily cut down on the game content for their Wii version. Since they felt it would not be fair to give Wii owners a significantly less complete gameplay experience than the PC and 360 owners, they decided to not release it on Wii. [editline]29th February 2012[/editline] The title of the game is probably the biggest reason the game was considered too religiously questionable, as the name is directly referencing the Bible. I'm sure that even if it didn't have other graphical content, games like Jesus Christ Spacebattle, Buddha's quest for action, Moses' extreme underwater racing, and Prophet Pinball would still be a pretty sensitive subject even if not graphical.

[QUOTE=Miskav;34924498]If you hadn't noticed, Religious nuts own america. Either through democracy or financial means.[/QUOTE] Steam is an American company The binding of Isaac got released on steam What happened ? Jack shit.

[QUOTE=Simski;34925309]The title of the game is probably the biggest reason the game was considered too religiously questionable, as the name is directly referencing the Bible. I'm sure that even if it didn't have other graphical content, games like Jesus Christ Spacebattle, Buddha's quest for action, Moses' extreme underwater racing, and Prophet Pinball would still be a pretty sensitive subject even if not graphical.[/QUOTE] This.

Well the 3DS version probably wouldn't be getting all the updates anyways, and overall be an inferior version.

I heard this was a pretty good game

[QUOTE=AJisAwesome15;34927592]I heard this was a pretty good game[/QUOTE] It is a very good game.

God dammit I love that game, and would be so much awesomer on the 3DS :(

[QUOTE=Miskav;34924498]If you hadn't noticed, Religious nuts own america. Either through democracy or financial means.[/QUOTE] Christ you're misinformed.

I'd be upset if I didn't play it endlessly already on the PC.