You actually thought nintendo, a company let me remind you that recalled EVERY copy of mario party 8 in the UK because it had the word "spastic" in it once, would let you or anyone based on one of the most horrific and disgusting tragedies to ever happen?

Before you go all defensive no matter how you sugar coat it "oh its his imagination" it brings up bad memories, emotional scars and bad thought of victims or their families. This is what Reprar is trying to point out but because it is your project your are being blind.

Also grow up seriously your just throwing shit and hoping some sticks. If he was obssessed he would need to go see a psychiatrist not a doctor as you pointed out.

There is a world of difference between "being inspired by" and "stealing". But anyway - I suspect you are arguing for fun now.

Lubernard - but you know Life is Beutiful has been criticized for trivializing the holocaust - and Pans Labyrinth is a cert 15 (in the UK at least). When you say 'children' what are ages are you thinking ?

(I would have used GRave of the Fireflies ... and maybe Maus as starting points for presenting this sort of thing to children)

WHAT THE HELL....Nintendo Europe sucks balls.

It may be up to parents to decide whether their children can play it - but you do have to provide guidance ? (Pegi etc ?)

You see my main concern (as a parent) is that you may have a game suitable for 10 year olds, with additional content suitable for 14 year olds.

@Lucbernard

I just notice you said this,

"In case you were retarded"

Unbelievable.

You use a word which insults disabled people and yet pretend to make the moral high ground !! Even mentioning handicapped children.

You're just an attention seeking hypocrite.

the day Reaprar says anything nice will be the day I learn what the opposite to surprised is.

This does suck :(

@ Reaprar:

Yes, I read the comments, as I have for every other time you've gone batshit over this game in one of Luc's cblogs. You're trolling.

Reaprar? TROLLING? NO WAI, I dont believe it

Here's your solution Luc: release it on PC, and 5 people will play it, just like if it came out on DS. Game, set, match.

Sorry to hear it, Luc. If NOA doesn't change their mind, I'll be sure to import a European copy because the game looks damn interesting and I think should be supported.

Im sad to hear about the news of your game but I am not really surprised. Society is too "scared" to let anything of this nature come out. I could see kids playing this though, despite that opening message about the kids being killed.

Look at advance wars: days of ruin. There is a whole lot of death and dark overtones in that but I bet plenty of 12 year olds play it. I guess its just that the holocaust is still such a touchy subject (for good reason of course) that such a game just seems too "controversial".

Luc, do whatever you can to release this game. Whether you sell it as educational or as a lollercaust, your idea is awesome and I would like to see the end result.

@tribble, shhh. Your question wasn't answered, so why hassle for more? I guess because in the current state of the net, the term retarded has gained a second connotation,. You seem to be trying to pick up some a very minor part of this whole debate just to either get attention, or troll a bit. Sorry, but that's the case.

In the same way I assume when people argue with you, you will painstakingly go through every single one of their points, and also point out spelling error.


I'm sure if you find the term genuinely offensive, Luc would be more than sorry. It's not cool to make a big issue out of a very minor part of the whole denbate.

Too many ass holes in this blog assuming too much. Some even making out that using the word 'retarded' in a derogative way dictates an entire thought process, as well as certain individuals dealing out negative comments and expecting none in return.

Grow the fuck up.

To all of you saying "you actually think nintendo would let you release this" can shut the fuck up. That doesn't make it right.

Anyway, i hope things work out for the best

PC. PSP. There's a great chance Sony would allow such a game on the PSP, and anything goes on the computer. There's a huge, thriving industry of indie developers producing and releasing games for digital download on the PC; The most recent success is Audiosurf, but it's hardly a rare thing. If you look up information on it, you'll see tons and tons of similar games, from similar very small teams released solely through their websites, customers purchasing the game through Paypal. Piracy almost never touches these teams; they go completely under the radar of most pirate groups, who are out to make a name and notoriety for themselves by hitting big publishers.
Seriously man, if you've already got as much of the game planned out and worked on as it seems, releasing the game via PC would be piss easy, and profitable, and you'd have a huge available audience.