Super Mario Galaxy - Violent? ESRB says YES!

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@Words Of Wisdom

I hope your not suggesting that its a genetic predisposition. That smacks of a eugenics. When you accept such a point of view then the rational conclusion is mass sterilization. Personally I think its more established that personality traits are developed during the formative years. Basically what constitutes your mindset, and behavior is largely formed by the age of five.

While that should obviously be well beyond the point where children actively start gaming. I can image there are some pretty incompetent parents who will have little timothy strapped to their lap at age four while they play GTA, or Resident Evil. Effectively warping a fragile mind. Exposure does have influence.

Cartoon violence is real violence in that children are prone to mimic it. Thats what childhood is about replicating what adults do. Thats why we have toys like pretend tools, kitchen sets, and dolls. Play is a form of education. I can tell you from personal experience that watching cartoon violence can lead to real violence. I had a young cousin after watching a certain rascaly rabbit take a metal tree stand to the back of my head. Then say I shit you not where are the stars. Oh there were stars alright inside my head a whole rainbow of stars. Little children cannot gauge consequences.

A shame we need warnings for what should be common sense, but then again we have a lot of incompetent parents out there. We don't need to be giving them any excuses for it. We need to be sure they can take full responsibility rather then pawning it off on games. Thats what a good warning does it makes a product judgment proof.