http://kotaku.com/5889193/indie-game-blocked-by-nintendo-over-questionable-religious-content

Maaaaan, I thought we were past this.

C'mon, Nintendo. Remember the good ol' Super Nintendo days? When you just blundered in there and replaced all of the crosses with ankhs, as if that fucking matters. And when you changed a Japanese title like "The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce of the Gods" to the nonsensical "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past", which is nothing but a terrible pun since the game has nothing to do with time travel and there is no titular link to the past, as there is no startling revelation about the backstory or anything.

So yeah, just demand McMillen can release the game as long as he removes all religious references, because we sure don't want to anger those Christian folks! Right? Or wait, better yet: I don't know, Nintendo, don't be so extremely family friendly just this once! It's a great game!

Anyway guys, try not to turn this topic into one giant religion vs. atheism flame war.

Nintendo once again proving to be on the cutting edge. 

Welcome to 1992?

@Milkman said:

Nintendo once again proving to be on the cutting edge.

Nintendo will never be cutting edge I fear. NEVER.

to be fair, the wii IS the family home console...

This guy is classy enough for the eShop

Meh. I respect their decisions. Kudos to them for sticking to their model in the face of cynical hardcore gamers. Nintendo has done you bitter trolls a favor and given you all something to whine about.

Yeah, to me it's very understandable on their decision. Just play it on the PC and be happy.

I think the real issue is that religious people might go on some crazy crusade against people or a company for something like a video game.

I will be happily summoning Satan, Beelzebub, and Lucifer on my DS in Devil Survivor 2 once I'm able. And that's still only a T-rated game! Shame about this.

Yeah, I was about to bring up SMT.

Yeah, to me it's very understandable on their decision. Just play it on the PC and be happy.

Welcome to 1992?

How the hell would this game work on a Wii mote anyway?

@katanalauncher said:

How the hell would this game work on a Wii mote anyway?

The game was to be on the 3DS.

It's kind of intense. I'm not convinced it could make it to XBLA or PSN either.

I like that it's for religious reasons and not the fact that you play as a naked baby who cries on things.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@OllyOxenFree said:

Yeah, to me it's very understandable on their decision. Just play it on the PC and be happy.

Same here. You don't have to be religious to understand that this game doesn't suit Nintendo's "family" image.

But Nintendo allows M-rated games to be released on their platforms. MadWorld on the Wii, GTA: Chinatown Wars on the DS - neither is a family game. So I guess this means that the eShop/WiiWare is considered a more direct representation of Nintendo than disc-based games? But that still seems preposterous, when most of the content on those services isn't even published by Nintendo, and Nintendo is really just a distributor.

Edit: Upon further examination, I don't think a single M-rated game has ever been released for DSiWare, WiiWare, or the eShop. I didn't check every single game, but I did look up anything whose title wasn't clearly a kid's game or a puzzle game. Now I'm curious whether this is a choice by developers/publishers, or a Nintendo mandate. Interestingly, the PSP Mini version of Hero of Sparta is rated M, but the DSiWare version is rated T.

Shame on Nintendo, they're missing out on a good game. To be honest, this makes some sense. Still, this is ridiculous. C'mon Nintendo. The E-shop could get better with games like this.

Maybe it has nothing to do with religion but more how closely it resembles Legend of Zelda. I never played it, so what do I know. Article reading.

I would very much like to see what a censored version of Binding of Isaac would be like o_o He would have to change the entire premise of the game and remove a whole bunch of enemies and items.

@Claude said:

Maybe it has nothing to do with religion but more how closely it resembles Legend of Zelda. I never played it, so what do I know. Article reading.

Only in that the room designs and map are pretty much ripped straight from zelda, other than that they're not even close.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@OllyOxenFree said:

Yeah, to me it's very understandable on their decision. Just play it on the PC and be happy.

Same here. You don't have to be religious to understand that this game doesn't suit Nintendo's "family" image.

So I guess this means that the eShop/WiiWare is considered a more direct representation of Nintendo than disc-based games?

@Claude said:

Maybe it has nothing to do with religion but more how closely it resembles Legend of Zelda. I never played it, so what do I know. Article reading.

Only in that the room designs and map are pretty much ripped straight from zelda, other than that they're not even close.

eh whatever

nintendo has the family console market so i understand where there coming from

that game is pretty dark. power ups are you being a maochist to yourself. but none the less fun

Would be a good fit. Tis a shame, but honestly, there is some mature-ass content in there. Scary religious stuff, violence, and naked children. I mean, is this really a surprise?

Maybe Nintendo are still pissed

@jonnyboy: lmao, that was great thank you ;p although I thought this guy was way funnier for some reason. (the other guy just freaked me out)

And yeah... this is just Nintendo being Nintendo, they're not willing to risk controversy over an Indie game, and I cant say I blame them. People are idiots...

Ehhh, It's not much of an issue. Anyone who has a 3DS has a computer capable of playing The Binding of Isaac. Is censorship bad or whatever? Sure. But there are other, more infuriating things to complain about than a somewhat unnecessary port of a game that has been available for months.

Watch out! An allusion that might offend somebody!

This doesn't bother me. Even with removing the religious references in the game, Binding of Isaac is still pretty messed up. I could easily see a news broadcast taking the premise out of context and make a sensationalist headline out of it. "A new Nintendo video game has you killing your mother!"

Zelda: Paganism

Pokemon: Slavery/Dogfighting

Luigis Mansion: Occult

looks like they should clean up their own ballcourt first..

I think this game would have actually done something neat with the 3D due to the simplistic design and layout of the game. Oh well, not really surprised it's not coming out on the e-shop. Sucks for those waiting for it. But I highly doubt it would come out on any closed platform.

Why is anyone even surprised? I extremely disagree with them, but Nintendo wants to be family friendly and this obviously does not fit it.

At first I was a bit upset, I would love to have this game on the go. I just bought it on steam today for my Macbook and its a ton of fun, In a sense I have a portable version. Its just not on the 3DS.