So the Gamecube is the kiddie console..?

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Acclaim Entertainment Inc. AKLM.O on Monday said its controversial video game "BMX XXX" will not contain topless nudity in the version to be released for Sony Corp.'s 6758.T PlayStation 2 console later this month.

 

Some of the nation's leading retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N and Toys R Us Inc. TOY.N , have said they will not carry the game because of subject matter that also includes strippers, pimps and coarse language and features the tagline "Keep It Dirty."

 

In the edited version of the game, players will be unable to create topless female characters for stunt-bike sequences, Acclaim spokesman Alan Lewis told Reuters.

 

Versions of the game for Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O Xbox and Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s 7974.OS GameCube will not be edited, Glen Cove, New York-based Acclaim said.

 

"BMX XXX" for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox are launching Nov. 15 and for GameCube closer to the end of the month. All three versions had been scheduled for a Nov. 19 launch.

 

"I would say that the distribution continues to expand," Acclaim Chief Executive Gregory Fischbach told Reuters. "The distribution on it is pretty good."

 

Fischbach said the game will still have distribution through major specialty game retailers and music and video retail chains.

 

So far major retailers have not indicated they would roll back on their initial decision not to carry the game, he said. Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY.N said last month, however, it would consider selling an edited PS2 version.

 

In reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter results in October, Acclaim said its results for the current quarter might be hurt by limited distribution for the game.

 

Changes to the game for the edited Sony version were "done with good taste and in humor," like the decision to place the title "BMX XXX" in black lettering over the tops of the previously nude women, Fischbach said.

 

Fischbach said the game was no more extreme in its use of language, violence or any other adult behavior than Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.'s TTWO.O smash hit "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," which launched last week and is expected to be the best-selling game of 2002.

 

Both titles carry "Mature" ratings from the Entertainment Software Rating Board, meaning they are not intended for children under the age of 17.

 

"The success of 'Vice City' made everybody kind of pay attention," Fischbach said. "When you kind of look at the two games, there's a great deal of similarities between them."

 

Acclaim shares closed up 4.84 percent at $1.30 on the Nasdaq. The shares are off 35 percent since a Sept. 19 profit warning and are off 75 percent for the year.

 

I gotta admit Nintendo is surprising me for not having it be edited, but it might do some good for the overall image of the Gamecube. Of course, the game probably sucks but thats besides the point..

[Guest Flyboy]

The first BMX sucked, so I don't think it'll help the GC with the casual gamer too much.

[Guest Downhome]

Yes, Gamecube is still the "kiddie console", in the publics view at least. I have no respect for them making this game in the first place, much less anyone allowing it to be sold to the public.

 

No, I'm not some anti-porn bastard, but if nudity is to be in a game, how about have a f*cking point in it being in it, ok? This game is nothing more than an example of all that is wrong with the media today, and it pisses me the hell off. This game, even if they admit it or not, is AIMED at teenagers, and younger. Even the damn sport it's based on is more popular to that group of buyers, not the 18+ group they "claim" they are aiming for.

 

This game sickens me, period.

[Guest Leena]

It would be pretty sad for even a kid to want video game nudity...

[Guest Downhome]

It would be pretty sad for even a kid to want video game nudity...

Well, I can understand why they would want it. Not the computer generated nudity mind you, but the rea video of stippers. This game includes actually video footage of women stripping, that is the thing right there.

 

Regardless though, a BMX game has no point for nudity, and is simply being marketed to teens and younger, period. I don't care what they, or anyone else says, that is the audiance this game is aiming, and I despise it, ESPECIALLY since this game is just pointless, blatent, nudity, that serves no purpose, other than to be controversial with hopes of make a few bucks.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Hey, I said the game was gonna suck and that I really don't want it, but its good to see that Nintendo, which at one point not that long ago edited out the Blood in the first Mortal Kombat for the SNES, isn't having this game be edited for their console and Sony is...This one particular game might not make a huge difference, but maybe developers (including Nintendo themselves which, lately have been pushing the envelope further than usual with some games) will put more mature themed games out for the Gamecube. Right now they won't do it because the Gamecube is considered to be a Kiddie console...You have to see where Im coming from here as a Nintendo fan for the last 15 years...The Kiddie Console issue has plagued Nintendo since the Playstation came out in 1995 and was targeted towards adults. Granted Nintendo was to blame for admitedly targeting kids in the early days of the N64, but for the last 2 or so, they've been trying to change their image, but to no avail.

 

BMX: XXX doesn't even really need to sell well, it just needs to prove to other developers that Nintendo is going to take risks and go after the adult audience..If they can do that then the Gamecube will have 2 legs up on the X Box and should be able to compete well with the PS2..

[Guest Leena]

Well, I can understand why they would want it. Not the computer generated nudity mind you, but the rea video of stippers. This game includes actually video footage of women stripping, that is the thing right there.

 

I guess that would be tolerable then. I saw in a magazine I got, some volleyball game and I think BMX promoting showing boobs on a computer-created image. That's really sad... and I know that a lot of people get into that shit.

[Guest cynicalprofit]

Well there goes ANY appeal the game had.

 

I really think the nudity was a good idea, it said, finally, hey these things called video games dont have to be made only for kids, we can cater to your carnal adult needs, while the concept of bikes and nudity was beyond stupid, atleast an attempt to make a truly adult game was there. GTAVC is not an adult game, its a mature game, for 17+, this was a game with nudity, thats adult. They should have made the hookers get naked in GTA3+, that would have made the game truly adult. But thats my opinion.

 

Atleast were halfway past the point of, hey its a new sonic game, have fun you 21+ crowd. Atleast they're trying to target an older audience with more mature games, but what about something with balls to the wall mature. I mean why not make games with sex in them (they do in japan), why not games where you can rip heads off, I WANT A GAME WHERE YOUR GOAL IS TO BE A SERIAL KILLER GOD DAMN IT. Why, its not legal in real life, and it would be a fun escape, and with the detail one can put into games now a days it would be a real cool play, but once again, my opinion.

[Guest redbaron51]

ah um ah um ah um....

 

 

Acclaim.....

 

 

I see....

 

 

 

BOMB!

[Guest HoffmanHHH]

Nintendo doesn't need the Cube to have any sort of image because the GBA is pulling in HUGE bank. Ergo, they can afford to take a risk. At the same time, Sony's PS2 fanbase is large enough that they don't need to take the risk. XBox....well, they need something.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

I don't see the point of even releasing the game edited. I thought the whole selling point of the game was the nudity.

[Guest Celtic Jobber]

Actually Dave Mirra's BMX 1 and 2 which used the engine that BMX XXX runs on, both received good reviews and Dave Mirra 1 for Playstation outsold Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX by a significant margin. Activision recently bought Z-Axis (the company which created all previous Acclaim BMX games including XXX) to add yet another nail in Acclaim's coffin.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

I don't think that nudity should make a game "Adult".

 

It should still be "Mature"

 

MAture is for 17 year olds and older, and a 17 year old can go to an R rated movie.

 

Therefore nudity in a game is no worse than an R rated film.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

They really need to, you know, ENFORCE the ratings. What's the point of them now?

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

That's besides the point.

 

Kids get into R rated movies all the time too.

 

The ratings are there, and the game's content works within the rights of them.

 

That's all that's asked.

 

I am always completely anti-censorship of any kind.

 

As long as the choice is there to not watch or play it...

 

I say the more variety the better.

[Guest jimmy no nose]

I just found out that they're only censoring the American PS2 game. All other versions of the game(including the European PS2 game) are unedited. Why?

[Guest teke184]

I just found out that they're only censoring the American PS2 game. All other versions of the game(including the European PS2 game) are unedited. Why?

Why? Because the radical right will jump on Sony if they allow computer-generated titties after they already allowed people to hire a ho then beat her to death to get their money back in GTA3.

 

In a nutshell, it's easier to explain violent video games to these groups than ones with a lot of sex and, unless things have changed a LOT, people are MUCH more hung up about sex in this country than violence.

[Guest Lethargic]

It amazes me that there is so much more controversy over seeing a naked set of hooters than there is over the amount of totally over the top violence in the GTA games. There's been some but not as much over this BMX game. It's just like everything else. Violence is ok, the human body is not. Just like in movies and everything else. Look at Solaris. They just slapped this movie with an R rating because of two far away shots of George Clooney's bare ass that you can barely see. But if he shot somebody in the face, it would've been PG-13.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

"Look at Solaris. They just slapped this movie with an R rating because of two far away shots of George Clooney's bare ass that you can barely see. "

 

OMG!!!

 

I AM SO THERE!!!!