Mortal Kombat banned in Australia

[Solo-Wing]

We all know that Yhatzee will ***** about this. Can't wait!

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Oh, Australia you did it again! You'd think a country famed for beer, barbeques and laying back would be, well too busy laying back at a barbeque drinking beer to get this worked up about a game.

 

[moretimethansense]

How utterly shocking!
No wait, the other thing, obvioius.

Also

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/mortal-kombat-banned-in-australia/

This is just depressing. This was going to be the first fighting game I was actually looking forward to. The irony.... it stings.

THAT IS NOT IRONY!
Jesus tap dancing christ, that's not even close.

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

Thank goodness I'm in the US, what's up with all this censoring?

This sentence is so laden with irony. I shall now go play my purchased-in-Australia copy of The Witcher, with boobies.

Seems Australia censors violence, not sex. While this is not an ideal state of affairs, it's at least more sensible than the other way around. Besides, it'll probably work out cheaper to import an uncensored overseas copy of Mortal Kombat than buy it here in Aus.

I mock you both from high atop my UK castle. We have violence and nudity in our games because our government, in this aspect at least, treats us like adults. Feel free to bow before my nation's superiority.

((Sorry if that seems like flame bait but thought I'd play to national stereotypes a bit. Seriously though your respective governments treat you like children when it comes to video games))

 

[Doffa]

Apparently its because of the fatalities that it got banned. Even though deadly alliance, deception and shaolin monks all got through fine, and all feature damn violent fatalities. After splatterhouse got through I kind of thought we were done with this. God Damn It! Meh, I'll just import it.

 

[Daniel_Rosamilia]

RIGHT!
This is an open letter to those in America/Canada/anywhere that isn't here:
If you have any space in your house for a 16-year-old, I will pay for it!
This is fucking IT!
I'm moving countries!
Signed, the angry dude with a pet kangaroo.