Author Topic: Mario will be banned forever? (Read 10501 times)

Suffix · « **Reply #15 on:** August 26, 2005, 09:34:10 AM »

I sure wish "kiddy" would somehow morph into "fun," or "entertaining."

Eclipsed Moon · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2005, 05:08:25 PM »

A. What the hecks are you talking about, all games will be banned? Can anyone show me any case in which something was banned in America besides legal reasons (e.g., The Profit, countless sample-heavy recordings)? With proper releases, you could have the filthiest of porn mixed with the most violent of murder and it would be perfectly legal. The same applies to video games.

B. If you want to see GTA games off the shelf, run your own store.

C. Right on CMN. (I'm typing responses as I read this thread, so I may just be repeating things that other people have said)

D. People like naked people. Not all people, but some. That said, people will always buy games with naked people in them. They won't be all the games that are bought, but some. Games will probably become more cinematic over time, and while M-rated games will gain more acceptance (and Nintendo, if wise, will be releasing M-rated games like everyone else), it will probably blend in with the others, such as many people may go to see movies rated anywhere from G to NC-17. It's just an initial shock thing. In the future people will laugh at the concept that people were shocked by the stuff in GTA games. If it had been a movie, it probably would have slid by everyone, unnoticed.

E. "kiddy" somehow morphing into "fun" or "entertaining" just doesn't make sense. Unless you're in advertising.

Edited by - Eclipsed Moon on 8/27/2005 4:10:24 PM

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2005, 05:46:27 PM »

Sex sells. The Bible does say, if you can't have anything your hands can't have, don't give it to your eyes. Okay, I might be a little extreme there, but I still think that it's not a good idea to do this kind of stuff.

I have the body of a God! Unfortunately, it''s Buddah.

UM+SF · « **Reply #18 on:** August 27, 2005, 08:32:00 PM »

Ugh, I hate these political-type arguments, but this one's good, even if it is unlikely. Besides, people don't need overly gory games, as Nintendo proves with its great sales with few M-rated games for their systems.

smfan1085 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2005, 09:09:56 PM »

Have any of you heard that GTA:SA was issued an Ao rating recently? I must say I'm glad.

I strongly believe that all games like GTA and God of War should be rated Ao and taken off the shelves of ordinary stores, if they must exist at all. Even if games like those don't make people violent in real life, I believe that they can still corrupt them. And sex in games is NOT GOOD. My explanation for why it isn't can be found elsewhere (probably the "Mario in another T game?" topic). People could very well be inspired to sexual immorality in real life by playing a game with sexual content. It's considerably different from the violence thing. Also, parents will be more likely to buy their kids those games if they are found on the shelves of just any store. And younger kids playing those games would definitely not be good.

EDIT: Oh yes, and I don't think anyone's gonna ban the good games just because there are bad ones. That would be senseless.

Edited by - smfan1085 on 8/27/2005 8:34:18 PM

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #20 on:** August 28, 2005, 03:30:20 PM »

I read a topic in the Dallas Morning News the other day that said kids have killed themselves after they became hooked on these games. Strange.

I have the body of a God! Unfortunately, it''s Buddah.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #21 on:** August 28, 2005, 10:52:57 PM »

"Have any of you heard that GTA:SA was issued an Ao rating recently? I must say I'm glad."

It's been at AO for quite awhile, but it won't be for long. They'll be re-releasing the game with the hot coffee thing taken out, and will most likely bear its original M rating.

Plus, the people at Rockstar made it completely inaccessible, you could only get to the game if you had something like a GameShark. They didn't think anyone would be smart enough to get to it. Though, why they even MADE the "mini game" in the first place is beyond me....

And as I've said in another thread, not everyone plays video games for the violence. I know people (such as my brother) who own the game who enjoy the free-roaming aspect of the game, in which the character can go anywhere they want, and can stray away from the main point of the game, as it is completely open ended.

(My brother is 20, if you want to know. I also didn't direct this whole reply to you, smfan, the last paragraph is in general.)

Trainman · « **Reply #22 on:** September 03, 2005, 01:37:35 PM »

Ok, this is also extremely stupid.

-Uh, Mario won't be banned because of something from a totally *different* game and *different* SYSTEM. That wouldn't make any sense for a something of a toally different nature to be banned because of something else. That makes absolutely NO sense.

-Mario like... can never be too bad. The worst thing I have seen in a Mario game is PM:TTYD when Goombella (right?) makes a sexual reference: "Those things really suck... HP." [in reference to the Fuzzies.] The worst rating I've seen is T for Mario... and like borderline E. Mario will never have intercourse with Peach or anything.

-Come on folks, let's grow up here. You don't have to censor EACH word that seems to be bad like "poppyc*ck" or "Andy Rodd*ck." They aren't "bad" words. I figure someone will censor "Moby D*ck" or something stupid in the future.

Edited by - Trainman on 9/3/2005 12:38:28 PM

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #23 on:** September 03, 2005, 04:08:31 PM »

No, I like this topic. I don't think it's stupid.

I have the body of a God! Unfortunately, it''s Buddah.

Markio · « **Reply #24 on:** September 03, 2005, 05:17:39 PM »

Whenever I think of video games as being illegal, I always imagine police coming in the house to check, so I'm upstairs, and I pull up a secretly cut portion of the carpeting and put my game boy advance under a floorboard.

Hey Trainman, you forgot Saltw*ter.

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #25 on:** September 03, 2005, 05:24:50 PM »

Wow, this reminds me of Farenheit 451.

Johnny thought he was a chemist, but dosen''t any more,

What he thought was H2O was H2SO4!

smfan1085 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:46:25 PM »

Trainman: I don't understand the reference in PM:TTYD that you referred to. What did Goombella mean?

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j00r 73h r0x0r, d00d!

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #27 on:** September 03, 2005, 10:49:24 PM »

Take HP out of the sentence and you'll get it.

Trainman · « **Reply #28 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:45:03 AM »

Eh..... do people seriously not get that reference........

Oh yeah, sorry for forgetting saltw*ter. That's like the worst one.

And yes, tak Vid's order there and you'll get the reference and when you still don't get it, then you apparently like don't have ears or something.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #29 on:** September 04, 2005, 03:44:52 AM »

Uhhhh, I wouldn't call that a "sexual reference".

I bte yuo cna rdae tihs by lkooign at it.