Jumpin said:
They're violent in the same way as hitting a tennis ball is violent, or Care Bears hitting people with their chest beams to make them care, or not really at all. I can see the argument for Pokemon with some of the bite moves and such, but it is done in such a puffy and ungratuitous way that it is extremely mild-cartoon violence at best. Violence is definitely far from what the game is about. When people talk about violent games, they mean shooting people, stabbing them with daggers or swords, or blowing them up with rpgs.In addition, punching them, kicking them, or ramming chains through their skulls. Blood, guts, and gore. |
I definitely see your point but what I'm looking for specifically (which I realise should have been more clarified in the topic) are games that doesn't rely on fighting as a mechanic at all. Non-violent was probably the wrong wording for it since I agree that Mario and Pokémon aren't really violent by any stretch of the imagination (well, Pokémon has the potential to be violent).
