ESRB are a joke, Manhunt 2 gets banned but this game doesn't

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#1 Nintendo_Man
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http://au.ds.ign.com/articles/834/834194p1.html

This game got an E rating somehow. If anyone is from Mexico, tell us if the game has been or will be released there. A game which had the word spastic has to be edited in the UK and yet this game doesn't.

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#2 Jynxzor
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The hell?
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#3 slickchris7777
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ROFL, is that game a joke?
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#4 Nintendo_Man
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It is a real game.

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It is a real game.

Nintendo_Man

Did she just say what I think she said?

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#6 BreakingPoint8
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http://media.ds.ign.com/media/952/952397/img_5051618.html

http://media.ds.ign.com/media/952/952397/img_5051621.html

"Need a ride boy?"

WTF LOL.

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#7 tktosc666
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looks like a racist game , btw im from mexico
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#8 Nintendo_Man
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People thought that Manhunt 2 would traumatise kids.
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#9 istreakforfood
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i dont know. i played manhunt 1 and i found that game very disturbing on the ways you kill ppl. i dont want to imagine how bad it is in manhunt 2.
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#10 BreakingPoint8
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People thought that Manhunt 2 would traumatise kids.Nintendo_Man
Imagine your ten year-old son runs off to Tijuana in order to take back his Nintendo DS, which was stolen by the son of a Mexican Mafioso. Imagine that the only way for him to get to TJ is to hitch a ride with predatory adults who promise they'll teach your child more than just a little Spanish. Then imagine that the only way for him to return home is to become an international coke mule.

This ludicrous scenario may seem an unlikely story for a children's game, but that pretty much sums up the plot of Spanish for Everyone, Activision's tongue-placed-firmly-in-cheek game for the Nintendo DS. This whacky linguistic adventure not only fails to teach kids any Spanish, but encourages them to accept rides from strangers, wander the streets of Mexico's most notorious neighborhood by themselves, and get involved in the family's illegal business practices. How it got an E rating we'll never know.
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#11 Nintendo_Man
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I am surprised Activision would release something like this an dnot some unknown company.
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Spanish For Everyone is divided into four short scenarios following the adventures of a boy named Shawn (no last name provided). One day Shawn's DS is stolen by his friend Miguel, whose father forces Miguel into a limo and drives off to Mexico with the police hot on their tail. Instead of being alarmed for Miguel's safety, Shawn is so devastated by the loss of his DS that he resolves to travel to Mexico to get it back. Luckily Shawn's aunt Gina, a pedophilic woman with a penchant for being in the right place at the right time, offers to drive her nephew to Tijuana. Along the way she offers to teach him "many things," and Spanish is one of them. If you think that's creepy, wait until you meet the talking bull who proclaims Shawn the savior of the world or the slimy uncle who works for Miguel's uber rich father, but refuses to divulge any details about his job except to say that he is an "exporter" to the United States.

Not only is this game horribly offensive with its barrage of Mexican stereotypes, but it completely fails in its objective of teaching Spanish. Instead of learning how to conjugate verbs or learning the difference between masculine and feminine nouns (a key component when learning a Latin-based language), you're subjected to four pointless mini games that pretty much require you to know Spanish in order play them. Worse, there are tons of grammatical mistakes in English that make the dialogue hard to follow.

Wow.

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I am surprised Activision would release something like this an dnot some unknown company.Nintendo_Man
Seriously and d-bags like Jack Thompson go after games that are clearly rated M for Mature, here's a game that'll turn your kid into a racist and it's rated E for Everyone.
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#14 ljlrj
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i though that game was an joke but it real
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#15 AgileNate
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ESRB didnt ban Manhunt 2 but gave it an Adult Only rating the 3 Systems banned the game.
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#16 NikoBellic
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:lol: oh wow, i should buy this for someone for Christmas.
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#17 thriteenthmonke
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:lol: oh wow, i should buy this for someone for Christmas.NikoBellic

Have any Mexican friends?

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#19 Kaosed
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[QUOTE="NikoBellic"]:lol: oh wow, i should buy this for someone for Christmas.thriteenthmonke

Have any Mexican friends?

im mexican and i find it very funny lol

the game was made to flop

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#20 nevi
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Yeah i´m mexican and find it funny as well.

The sexual innuendos and hidden suggestive themes are countless.

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#21 Kaosed
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Yeah i´m mexican and find it funny as well.

The sexual innuendos and hidden suggestive themes are countless.

nevi

why make such a game anyway:?

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#22 SergeantSnitch
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Yeah i´m mexican and find it funny as well.

The sexual innuendos and hidden suggestive themes are countless.

nevi


"I'll teach you many things, and spanish is one of them!" Really? What else can you teach me Gina Vasquez with your pedosmile? Wow, this game is ridiculous, lol.