Bionic Commando Rearmed, Capcom's Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network revamp of the classic 8-bit title, is nearing release, folks. But make sure the kids are asleep -- the game has received ratings in multiple territories, and it looks like the folks at Capcom/GRIN are pulling no punches:
North America (ESRB) - M
Europe (PEGI) - 18+
Germany - 16
Australia - M
Japan - B
That's right, Bionic Command Rearmed as received mature ratings across the board. The game's producer, Ben Judd, understands the risks in not compromising the game for a softer rating.
"It's a gamble and again, this along with the $10 price tag is not the best business decision," he writes on the game's official blog. "But then, one of the things that made those 2D games so great was their innovation. And innovation is founded upon taking risks. No doubt, when the original team made an infamous dictator as the original bad guy and showed his demise in explosive 8-bit glory, they too were taking some serious risks."
In an email to me, Judd also went out of his way to point out the hot new boss theme music currently thumping on the site's music player. The verdict? Hot. My excitement for this game is reaching dangerous levels.
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10:02 AM on 04.15.2008
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Only $10?
I think its full of WIN!
I guess because it's packed with pure awesome?
What Rucksack said.
That said, I don't see what the big "risk" is. It's a downloadable title, nobody has ever been carded trying to buy points cards, and most parents are clueless/don't care about parental controls. If anything the M rating is going to help sell the game to kiddies who aren't familiar with the original...
Who here actually played the original version in Japanese? I know I didn't...
Besides, the second the game has Nazis, the game would be unsellable in Germany...
What Yeep said...
What i said.
What you say?
what'll happen when the good games stop coming? :(
*high-five* for Capcom.
MaxVest:thats the only thing i can think of also.
wait ,i remember guys did slump and fall off buildings in some videos. more blood?
GIMME GIMME GIMME
Also, when can we expect to get the soundtrack? Ask Judd that.
http://bioniccommando.com/music_player.php?loc=en
However, no one from the west can claim that this game should have Nazis in it because that's not how the west got to know this game in the first place.
BTW, thanks for posting the link to the music, Mabec!