Nordic Dead or Alive release ruined

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-20-nordic-dead-or-alive-release-ruined

A possible violation of Swedish child pornography law means Nintendo 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions won't release there, or Norway, or Denmark.

Distributor Bergsala capitulated without a fight and pulled the title, not wanting to stoke the national fire that raged recently when a manga translator was charged with being in possession of child pornography.

"Nintendo of Europe have decided not to release the game in Sweden, for various reasons. However, they do not want to list any details regarding their decision," said Nintendo and Bergsala in a joint statement to Eurogamer Sweden.

"We are sorry for how this impacts the Swedish fans of Dead or Alive. Thankfully, it's extremely unusual that these things happen."

The case stems from a forum poster who noticed that three Dead or Alive: Dimensions characters - Kasumi, Koroke and Ayane - violated Swedish law by being under 18 and in a pornographic situation. The pornographic situation in this case being the Figure Mode, where the posing girls can be photographed from every angle.

The author of the report had no intention of outlawing the game. The aim instead was to highlight why the child pornography law should be changed. The author took his report evidence to the police who dismissed it as "lacking" in evidence. Underage girls in thongs, the police concluded, do not equate to porn.

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Teeheee

lol sucks for them

As i said in the joystiq article, such laws are idiotic. Who the hell is hurt by lolicon in the first place? It's not like child-porn proper, it's victimless

I personally think this is absolutely hideous. People should be allowed whatever sick perversions they want, as long as it doesn't harm anybody else.

I firmly believe that  fictional children's pornography is just fine (as in, acceptable). Nobody should control what people fantasize about, no matter how sick they might find it.

How dare you enjoy things I don't enjoy. You should be outlawed.

Been a while since I was last time here, only to have this pop in front of me. I'm just baffled... :S

Welcome back. As for this thread, I have nothing to contribute to it.

Explain to me why would people want child pornography in their games?  I understand that in this case it's a stretch but seriously, wtf is wrong with women 18 and above? Can't hey just write that the girls are 18 instead of 17- ... seriously?

I really try to avoid such controversial topics because some comments just make me cringe.

To the poster (whoever, I forget) who said people are allowed to enjoy their underage sex fantasies.

Exactly, keep it in your mind. If it comes out in any form or shape (be it anime porn or games) I find it perverted.

And that's my personal opinion on the matter as I get sickened when people try to defend this shit.