Australia Bans New Mortal Kombat

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 24, 2011 @11:29PM from the finish-him dept.

daria42 writes "Mortal Kombat is one of the oldest video game franchises around, but it looks as though Australia's classification board hasn't heard of it. Today the organization confirmed it had banned the newest version of the game from being sold in Australia, citing excessive violence, such as 'bloodspray' and 'limb dismemberment.' In a Mortal Kombat game? Who would have thought?! The ban comes because Australia does not have an R18+ classification for video games, despite extensive lobbying efforts by the video game industry and consumers."

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Australian version by Lord+Lode · 2011-02-24 23:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Maybe they should release an Australian version of the game, where you just slap each other instead of fighting.
1. Re:Australian version by FrostDust · 2011-02-25 00:28 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Wouldn't be that much different from Germany's version of Counter-Strike: Source, where characters decide to lie down and peacefully surrender after being shot, even when it's a head shot.