kotaku.com/.../study-says-video-games-have-problematized-view-of-religion

So I have to wonder, is this going to be the new focus of anti-video game groups? If it isn't violence or sex it has to be something right?

nintendo:  taking the crosses out of their games since 1988.

An odd choice, but given the hyper sensitive world we live in, does this kind of action really surprise anyone? First it was violence in games, then it was/still is sex. I can only imagine what the religion phase will be like.

But a video game about children capturing animals and making them fight other animals is completely wholesome?

I really would've bought it

Bahahahahaha. It's hilarious that the 3DS thinks it's too good for this game.

So they'd rather release garbage than something fairly decent? I'm starting to dislike Nintendo more and more.

this doesn't surprise me. nintendo has prevented religiously charged games on their consoles (at least in america) since at least the days of the nes.

i think they're just trying to cover their butts from people like jack thompson who would blame nintendo themselves and not the developer from mature content on a "kids' handheld game"

If you're not playing this on Steam, then you're doing it wrong.  Plain and simple.

Besides, it'd probably be more expensive to have it on the 3DS anyways, publishing costs and all that good stuff.

Oh Nintendo - glad to see you back in early 90's form! All religious imagery and fatalities must go!

So Resent Evil; a game about terrorism, murder, and monsters eating people alive gets passed, but a game that doesn't show religion in the absolute most positive light is 'too much'?

Hypocritical much, Big N? And since when are you going all Disney Nazi on us? Nintendo has made questionable and disturbing games available to it's audience before, wasn't Silent Hill remade for the wii? What about that black&white comic style game from Capcom where you impaled people on street signs? ...Uh, hello? You do remember your causal bubble burst and you admitted you wanted the hardcore audience back, RIGHT!?

AND for that matter a Japanese company shouldn't give a single eef about silly western quirks like this. I smell a big, stinky sewer rat here. I am wondering if this is just because it was an indi developer and they didn't have the prestige to talk back to big bad Nintendo, because nothing else about this makes any sense.

Jesus Christ Nintendo, what are you doing? This is not 1984. If you're going to cater to all tastes, that doesn't mean pander to the parents of 10-year-olds who'd rather play a 1-button game on an iPhone any way. You can't afford to alienate your fans by not having any games.

That does suck for Nintendo fans :/

This reminds me of the old nintendo days when any game that had religious or political symbols were removed or changed.

This is why I can't stand Nintendo and I have a "big-boy" video game console in my 360

What a shame. I have a 3DS and I agree that the consumers should be able to pick whatever game they oughta get. But hey, there ARE other Nintendo 3Ds games that are amazing so I'm not even that disgusted.

Reminds me of the whole LittleBigPlanet mishap... at least they didn't take it off the console entirely though. I agree though, you'd think consumers would have the ability to decide.

Anyone that didn't see this coming is a fool, Nintendo is a much higher profile company than Valve, and most parents ignore parental settings so there really isn't anything stopping some kid from playing this game on the eShop, imagine the stink that this would raise if some over protective parent found out about it, while It sucks for people like me(named Izzak), Nintendo's decision makes perfect sense, Steam can have anything they want on it, it isn't that high a profile platform and doesn't have to worry about huge scale negative publicity, but Nintendo has to tread carefully with things like that...

*cough* release it on vita *cough*

Nintendo probably would have allowed it if they got an ESRB rating. I mean, that system is supposed to be how they warn people of possibly offensive content. If McMillen doesn't get one, then technically Nintendo is liable as a retailer, so of course they won't sell it.