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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Florida Attorney General goes after the Wii leaves the PS2 and PSP alone!

Here it is from Joystiq..

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, in an un-aired interview with Fox News reporter Orlando Salinas, is concerned over the release of the Rockstar's Manhunt 2 for the Wii. McCollum is apparently concerned over the motion controls, which are expected to simulate general movements of a murderous nature. GamePolitics has the details, but at this point it looks like a lot of posturing and not too many actions words like: investigate, interrogate and, our favorite, sue.

The Fox News report was originally expected to air last night, but is now being slated closer to Manhunt 2's July release. Fox News also spoke with Jack Thompson, who sent a letter to McCollum and Florida Governor Charlie Crist about the game. A portion of the letter says, "Florida retailers are scheduled to sell a very violent video game called Manhunt 2 which will be available, remarkably, for "play" on the kids-friendly Nintendo Wii gaming platform ... [it] utilizes hand-held motion capture devices... It is a training device."

Here's where it gets good. According to GamePolitics sources, McCollum will not be focusing on the PS2 or PSP version ... only the Wii. One source says, "That's where they're kicking up their heels." At this point, neither McCollum, nor Gov. Crist have made any official statements on the game. Thompson asked that Manhunt 2 be declared a public nuisance, which also tried and failed to do in 2006 with Bully. We can already imagine the headline if this escalates: Nintendo Wiimote waggles into court over Manhunt 2.

What do you think?



 

  

 

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First they went after gamers for the games graphics violence, that failed.....looks like since you simulate an act of agression the gamers are automatically guilty, and the lawmakers think, that this will make gamers kill people. His argument will be, there have been nearly 8 million wii's sold, if manhunt 2 sells even 1 million, thats 1 million murderers.
What are we to do???
can anyone say frivilous lawsuit?



Free publicity?



They keep trying to do this. When will they realize there is no point to this. Jack Tompson will lose over and over again. Let games be games besides a few days ago I wanted to beat the crap out of my co-worker instead I went home and played Godfather on the Wii, afterwards I cool. lol



 

  

 

Dolla Dolla said:
Free publicity?

lol, yeah this could help Nintendo for all the people out there still thinking it's "just a kid system".



 

  

 

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I'll be terrified to leave my house after the release of Manhunt 2. I'll have to lock myself indoors so I don't get murdered.



First of all, sure, Wii is mostly familly friendly but Nintendo never said there wouldn't be any violent games.

Secondly, it would be stupid to ban that game, because the devellopers aren't responsible of people's act.

Finally, the act of violence comes from one's mind and motivation. Someone who kills doesn't do it because of a video game, they already have a violent mind. They are responsible of their act and chose to do it.



Is it just me or are most of the video game complaint/attorneys bitching, eminating from florida??
I think since Florida is a retirement community, attorneys that are sharp as a marble and retirement folks get scared of anyone age 30 and under that is going to care for them.
Maybe the attorneys should invest in depends! Or at least bedpans. The aging geriatrics are making it harder and harder for anyone younget then they, to have a fun time.
they say our generation is wrong, and they may be right. They started the downfall of this nation, in the 50's and earlier, there was respect, then came the burning of the bra's free love, spreading disease, doing drugs, then these same people try and raise us, and want us to care for them.
Generation X and younger need to stand together. Bad thing is, no one cares anymore.
I believe in freedom, and the constitution. I believe that playing manhunt is expressing yourself(motion controls). It will never pass, but game companies need to start filing frivilous lawsuits against attorneys!
they need to sue them for violating their freedom of expression as will our. A good ole class action suit........
It is time we take America Back!



This is what good ole Bill McCollum looks like,

 

I betcha he has a Wii...........looks like gates, thats it, He has a 360 and is jealous that the wii is catching up lol!

 



well as many of the nintendo guys have said, the Wiimotes simulate realism. When it is a mario game, that is great and fine. But when you simulate, torture, murder, killing, and other assorted things like that... with you having to go through the motions to do it, it really does come close to a training program to teach someone to murder people. I dont think the controls on the Wii are near good enough to be that, I think they suck and are too useless to be considered a training program, a simulator, or anything like that. But it seems most people think they simulate your hands in every motion that you do, so that would refer to the fact that most peole think that is a murder sim. That's funny. I hope he gets counter-sued.



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