Nintendo deny seizure claims

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23 Apr 2004, 06:41 AM
Damian79

Nintendo deny seizure claims

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BBC3's recent Outrageous Fortunes has been spreading Outrageous lies according to Nintendo.

BBC3 have been doing a series of programmes called 'Outrageous Fortunes' which focus on big-money companies and the scandals behind them. On Monday they portrayed Nintendo, and they weren't happy over some claims.

According to the programme Nintendo have been knowingly included "seizure-inducing content" in their games.

Nintendo denied this allegation and issued a statement. 'The notion that Nintendo would knowingly include in its games material that it knew could cause seizures is ridiculous. There is nothing more important to us than the health and wellbeing of our players." The spokesperson continued speaking about the matter: "We began including a warning about seizures with our games in the UK in 1993. We were the first videogame company to provide such warnings."

The programme however stated that Nintendo have denied to provide vital information during court cases twice. The cases were ones where parents have sued Nintendo over problems Nintendo's games have caused to their children.

BBC3 also tested several of recent Nintendo games and states they would not pass the Independent Television Commission's guidelines for television broadcasts regarding flashing images.

Forgot link: http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=6368
23 Apr 2004, 11:14 AM
Zerodash

OMG conspiracy!
23 Apr 2004, 11:24 AM
johnk_

idiot's news.

let me guess.. it's british, right? :rolleyes:
23 Apr 2004, 01:03 PM
MarkRyan

Yes, BBC = British Broadcoasting

And yeah, that's a pretty ridiculous claim. The only times I know Nintendo's been in trouble for seizure-inducing stuff is from Pokémon cartoons that aired in Japan, not their videogames.

And what benefit does Nintendo have from hiding little seizures in their games? It'd be about as good as selling exploding TVs, or cigarettes that kill you...oh wait.
23 Apr 2004, 01:32 PM
Frogacuda

I heard Iwata eats babies.
23 Apr 2004, 02:27 PM
Zerodash

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

I heard Iwata eats babies.

Its true. He had to kill his own father because he caught him eating a bowl of babies' brains.
23 Apr 2004, 02:34 PM
Mzo

When stupid kids hurt their hands playing Mario Party (using the analog stick with their palms like tools), Nintendo sent out free fingerless gloves to anyone with stupid children.

They really do go out of their way. I don't believe this news.
23 Apr 2004, 03:17 PM
RedCoKid

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Originally Posted by Mzo

fingerless gloves

Do you mean mittens? :bang:
23 Apr 2004, 03:38 PM
Zerodash

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Originally Posted by RedCoKid

Do you mean mittens? :bang:

No, Nintendo first chops off the children's fingers, then gives them gloves to cover their palms/knuckles.

I believe this news.
23 Apr 2004, 03:45 PM
Joust Williams

Man, what's with people and these soft hands playing MP? We were casually playing on of the N64 ones a long while back, and my sister suddenly looks at her hand. There's this huge chunk of flesh completely separated from the rest of it.
23 Apr 2004, 05:50 PM
Master

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

And what benefit does Nintendo have from hiding little seizures in their games? It'd be about as good as selling exploding TVs, or cigarettes that kill you...oh wait.

I'd explain the benefit but you wouldn't get it because you have to have component cables to see the seizure inducing visual clues.

Get component cables!

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Originally Posted by BoBVila

Man, what's with people and these soft hands playing MP? We were casually playing on of the N64 ones a long while back, and my sister suddenly looks at her hand. There's this huge chunk of flesh completely separated from the rest of it.

Keep your Haterade(R) to yourself! People with soft hands are people too. :P

I read somewhere that people with soft hands rule. A lot. I rest my case.

Sadly I have soft feet too. The beach on a hot day is my nemesis. I have to borrow my girlfriend's sandals to walk over to our towel. For shame.
23 Apr 2004, 05:55 PM
Mikey

BBC Three is the trashy BBC Channel. BBC Four is the more serious and far more interesting one. They ran a good documentary a while back: 'Tetris: From Russia With Love.' Anyone see it? It was about the battle over the rights to the game.
27 Apr 2004, 05:07 PM
Adman

Yeah, I caught that documentary, great stuff. I thought it was awesome how Elorg outplayed the Americans, meeting all 3 companies on the same day without them ever knowing.