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Dead Or Alive: Dimensions Has Been Reclassified

Kotaku AU

Dead or Alive: Dimensions, which was pulled from sale in Australia just over a week ago, has now been reclassified.


June 10, 2011
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Nintendo Believe That Media Reports Alerted The Classification Board

Kotaku AU

We’ve just gotten off the phone with a second Nintendo representative who informed us that, despite what retailers have been told, Nintendo are not seeking out an MA15 rating specifically. We’ve also been informed that it appears as though the media storm concerning Dead or Alive Dimensions and its photography mode was what alerted the Classification Board.


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Nintendo Blame THQ For Dead Or Alive’s Classification Issues

Kotaku AU

We’ve now spoken to both the Australian Classification Board and Nintendo regarding the classification of Dead or Alive Dimensions. The game has now been put in the unique position of having its classification revoked by the Australian Classification Board, and we now have more details on precisely why that has occurred.


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Dead Or Alive: Dimensions Has Its Classification Revoked

Kotaku AU

We’ve just gotten word that the Dead or Alive: Dimensions, which was the subject of much controversy in the mainstream media as of late, has had its classification revoked. We’re currently looking into this and will have more information soon.


May 31, 2011
News

The Absurdity Of International Game Ratings

Different cultures have different tastes. That’s a given, and will always result in slight differences in game ratings. But what’s just happened to 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions is too strange to overlook.


May 20, 2011
Nintendo

Report: Dead Or Alive: Dimensions Is Kiddy Porn In Sweden?

The 3DS’s line-up is slimmer in Sweden. Fighting game Dead or Alive: Dimensions isn’t currently on the website for Bergasala, a Nintendo game distributor. There might be a good reason for that.


April 14, 2011
Nintendo

Dead Or Alive Dimensions Kicks Off On May 24

Punching, kicking, throwing and jiggling, Dead or Alive style, comes to the Nintendo 3DS on May 24 in North America, Tecmo Koei announced today, nailing down the previously vague release date for Dead or Alive: Dimensions.


March 23, 2011
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American Censors Cover Up Dead Or Alive’s Shameful Inner Thigh

The Japanese box art for Dead or Alive Dimensions features Kasumi about to kick someone right in the face. The US art is similar, only it decides American teenagers are too vulnerable to handle a little inner thigh.


March 16, 2011
Nintendo

Fighting Game And Hack-And-Slash Game Delayed

Tokyo game maker Tecmo Koei delayed 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions and action title Troy Musou for “various reasons”. The new release dates are TBA.


February 11, 2011
Nintendo

New Dead Or Alive Wants Players To Focus On More Than Fighting

The fighting game also has picture-takin’. Lots of it. Dead or Alive Dimensions has a “Figure” mode that allows players to not only collect character figures, but snap 3D photos of them.