Censors Ban Ikkitousen for “Exaggerated Breast Jiggle”

Rofl
A mere 4% said yes
Says a lot

moar like exaggerated ahoge.

Say no to censorship.

Many top selling games are M rated and I know of no stores reluctant to sell them. Wal-Mart has gone back on it's policy and sell GTA now. The only restriction for M rated games is prohibited sale to minors, which is only store policy.

Is the article not confusing M with AO (adults only)? Stores won't sell AO games, of which none have been made.

And DOX2 was rated M, and showed way more skin than this game.

LOL the result is radical!

I've got a solution for you: Hand the license and publishing rights over to Atlus.

# Yes (3.0%)
# No (97.0%)

This is damn HERESY!!!!!!!!!
Those censorship bastards should shove a boot up their asses!!!

You know, Dead or Alive somehow managed to get a T rating... though I've not seen any of this game's content, the description certainly suggests nothing racier than was in there.

Of course the bosom-juggling in that one was so extreme as to be comical rather than erotic, really.

If they are intelligent enough they will put an "english language" option in the menu and make a few more copies for importers, that way even english speaking users will fully enjoy the game.

This is because America is more sexphobic than it is afraid of violence and such. Everyone sees nudity at some point, especially since we have to be naked to do things like shower. It's an all natural part of life. Ripping someone's arm off and beating them over the head with it is not so nice but we'd rather see that than a nipple. I hate our backwards morals. Maybe if we loosened up a bit we'd be happier.

Though I could always go for some exaggerated breast jiggling myself.

yah itz a fighting game. don't need to know japanese to enjoy it.

whats the big deal? the game probably wouldnt be good anyway being based on a cartoon and all...then again there are exceptions somewhere...

Obviously people would buy it if instead of the tits and skirts and shredded clothes you put in explosions, gibbing and set it as an fps

FUCK THEM!!! THEN LESSEN THE BOUNCING BREAST ON THE JAILBAITS ON DOA GAMES!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK~~~!!!! THAT FUCKING FUCK CALLED FUCKING CENSORSHIP~~~~FUCK!!!! AND WHO EVER VOTED ON THE I WILL BUY CENSORED IKKITOUSEN~~~FUCK YOU GUYS~!!! JUST FUCK!!!

They could release 2 version of the game one being mature and other being censored.
Final option get the imported one.

Yes (4.0%)
No (96.0%)

OWNED!

When is the ESRB gonna learn that the majority of boys learn to fap in their early of before they even reach their TEENS? Teens need to fap. If only they didn't have to feel so wrong about it.

lol let it be rated "M". its not like ratings matter anyways

96% no

owned!!

As much as I'm not into boobs, this is just wrong.

How funny. In the Sega Saturn game, Fighting Vipers there were several Female characters who you could strip down to nearly nothing by destryoying their armor, and how about Soul Calibur? The Breasts in that game Jiggle nearly as much as they do in Dead or Alive.

Sounds like the publishers just got lazy to me.

I didn't even know about this game before this. :P I hope they end up releasing it uncensored with an M rating at least.

Moralfags must die!
if you get the game censored is possible that you can hack it and the history of Manhunt 2 will be repeated :3

"All the female characters are dressed in short skirts or skirts with a high slit. The game features frequent depictions of panties, cleavage, and exaggerated breast jiggle. A special attack move allows some characters to rip opponents’ clothes to shreds - exposing even more of the female anatomy (legs, breasts, partial buttocks)."

WTF? The reasons why they gave it an M basically EXACTLY describes other games already on the american market that have a T rating, like SOUL CALIBUR 4. If they can be released with a T then why can't Ikkitousen? That's just majorly FUCKED UP.

I say they just release it uncensored but with the M rating. Dead or Alive 4 had it and it sold well. I would have liked that option in the poll.

What did this game get rated in Japan?

who are the 3% ????

I think it's interesting how they are reluctant to release an M rated game, and yet 96% of the poll says they'll only buy the uncensored version.. bad marketing judgement? I'd say there's more than enough "Mature" guys to buy this game, should they ever release it as it is.

I've heard of this kind of thing happening with AO ratings, but this is the first time I've heard of M rated games having a hard time getting on shelves...

An M rating wouldn't have done anything to the title. Every game store sells M rated games. This more on the lines of the company not wanting to release it as such.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
-UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
this is like Rapelay all over again!!!

"All the female characters are dressed in short skirts or skirts with a high slit. The game features frequent depictions of panties, cleavage, and exaggerated breast jiggle. A special attack move allows some characters to rip opponents’ clothes to shreds - exposing even more of the female anatomy (legs, breasts, partial buttocks)."

Soul Calibur 4's Ivy Valentine would like to have a word with you...

The game looked horrible anyway, I doubt it would've sold.

I wasn't even expecting this game to come to the US, this would be the only game I would want play from this publisher if it's not censored, on their site every other game is just whatever.
http://www.valcongames.com/
Even if they're aiming for a T rating it still wouldn't sell well. And I'm sure the diehard Ikkitousen fan already has a import, or a burnt copy.

I;ve had the jap version for 2 years now not that much to censor

Censors in Ikkitousen? Fuck that, its better just to drop it :P

I say they made the right decision

good.

Something isn't right when "jiggly breasts" are given the same rating as "severing an enemy's testicles by pulling a sickle between his legs" and "stabbing an enemy in the back with a crowbar, following it up by jamming it into the enemy's head, wiggling it in the skull, and finally prying the head off from the spine" (from the game Manhunt).

Well I think it's a bit pointless to censor a game which has been promoted almost completely on the breasts that move, the clothes that are torn apart and panchira...
I mean you don't watch Ikkitousen or Queen's blade only for its story or you'd be lying, you watch it also because you can see all of this so why the fuck would you want to censor it if it's done specically for all this?
But I guess it was more or less predictable ... Unnecessary but predictable ... -_-'

ok to be hounest i think this is a load of horce S#$%
mostly cas um wev already had all of that in previous games sutch as rumble roses, teken, soul caliber and pretty much every fighting game to have ever come from japan i meen in gulty gear they show an up skirt vew of Bridget with no underwear on don't really see the difference here

I am reminded of the dreaded death sentence that is the "NC-17" rating for movies. God forbid (and He apparently does, according to these ratings boards) adults should have easy access to certain kinds of entertainment not suitable for children, the elderly, or the willfully ignorant. I make it a point not to support censorship, monetarily or otherwise.

That's so awesome....

Europe = Violence? NUUU CENSOR this shit!
US = pft...Violence, so? But GTFO with your boobs!

LOL.

FUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT!

CENSORS ARE GOING TOO FAR!

hmm i learned something from sancom today, esrb is corrupt. teh lol. btw #1!

too bad the game isnt for ps3...HD shirtless cartwheel kicks... oh the satisfaction

Heh, the game will some how arrive at the hands of people who want to play it regardless.

'exaggerated breast jiggle. A special attack move allows some characters to rip opponents’ clothes to shreds - exposing even more of the female anatomy '

exaggerated breast jiggle win!

since the only ones the would be buying this are the fans, I don't see why a M rating matters too much...
plus it's a PS2 game, how well are those even selling nowadays in the US?

wow ok so i can see the ripping off clothes but man the first DOA was bad with the jeggl-mantion you could go into the options and turn it up were thay bounce all over the place. games now are even worse like ring rose or something like that were you were girls wrestler and man the costumes were off the wall.

Seems strange that after paying for the rights for the game and, I assume, doing some localizing already, they would rather cancel the game entirely, rather than release the M-Rated game in low numbers, to recoup some of their costs and please some of the die hard fans.

But then again, what do I know about the actual costs of doing such things?

I'm not a huge Ikkitousen fan, so I'm not too bothered by the loss, but it is a sad to think that violence in general is all right, but as soon as you throw in a little exaggerated T and A, well then, now you've gone too far.

I hate it when organizations don't know anything about the products they're handling. Exaggerated breast jiggle? This warrants censorship? We have dozens of violent games on all consoles(I play them), and A lack of sports bras gets a game an "M" rating? As I've noticed before, America and the UK are a bunch of 5 year olds who love the guns and but think boobs are icky.

Whatever, I'll just get Japanese version

I'm curious, because it might just be where I live (southern New England), but where are stores reluctant to stock M-rated games? Even Walmart stocks them around here. And it's not like an M-rated game can't sell well, unless the target audience is kids. I'm not saying the rating isn't stupid and hypocritical, but on its own, it shouldn't have been enough to cancel a game adaptation of a show that's basically about tits. The fact that it IS a game adaptation of a show about tits (and, as the above poster commented, being released on old hardware) probably had more to do with the decision.

Censoring Ikkitousen leaves you with nothing at all, no?

Which idiot voted yes?

That's ESRB for you. They are only interested to see Gill's dangling balls instead of girls' panties and boobs.

if the characters were guys i doubt they'll be making any comments..