Red Steel and Twilight Princess are reminiscent of terrorist videos ... at least to one individual in the UK. Apparently, this ad was a bit too "violent, offensive, and disturbing" for seventeen (yes, seventeen) television viewers in Britain, and they made their displeasure known. After a review by Britain's Advertising Standards Authority, however, the ads were deemed okay to go. "We also considered that viewers were unlikely to link the ad to recent events in Iraq. We concluded that the ad was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence," the Authority said. Translation? Damn, y'all are sensitive.Obviously, we've now won the console war. Sony and Microsoft can just go home. Good game, guys. Good game.
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3-30-2007 @ 6:42PM
wakachamo said...
OK, so Nintendo first gets complaints all around the world that Nintendo games are too kiddy, now this? I agree with Alisha, we're all too sensitive. >_>
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3-30-2007 @ 7:03PM
Isaac said...
In all fairness, if you were not embroiled with the gaming world day in, day out - I can see why that ad would make you jump out of your seat a bit. It's frenetic, brightly-coloured, loud violence. Regardless of whether it's animated.
I personally think it's OK since I play games, but is holding a sword to someone's neck and slicing things to death really appropriate for broadcasting on an unsuspecting audience? Hmm...
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3-30-2007 @ 7:19PM
Mr Khan said...
This couldn't be better for Nintendo's image
Think about it, rational people who know of Nintendo's long history of being family-friendly won't be negatively impacted by this
But suddenly, Nintendo has the air of being somewhat of a badass, which helps it infringe upon the 360 (and in Britain, the PS3) on that attitude
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3-31-2007 @ 9:04AM
ssuk said...
Remember that Britain is the country which banned Life of Brian from many of it's regions without even viewing the film to see if it was appropriate. So yeah...
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