Rating Is Not For EVERYONE
Written: Jul 03 '00
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Pros: none
Cons: offensive language
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| mckowen's Full Review: Goemon's Great Adventure for Nintendo 64 |
We purchased "Goemon's Great Adventure" for our 6 and 7 year olds birthday. We chose this game for several reasons. The most important one was the rating of "E" for Everyone that was given to this product. The second one was that it looked like a entertaining one for smaller kids with the cartoon pictures on the box.
My children were thrilled with their new game and having a wonderful time playing it until a very offensive word in the subtitles was brought to my attention. The game only has a foreign language spoken therefore English subtitles are shown. My 7 year old can now read and was very surprise to see a swear word before her eyes. "Mom, mom! There is a bad word in my game" she yelled. Sure enough clear as day the word "da-n" rhyming with ham was displayed. If that was not enough I also caught reference to a "lovers playground" in this game. I don't know how on earth "Goemon's Great Adventure" earned the rating of "E" with such words spelled out for young children to read!
When I tried to contact Konami about their product, I was left with a voice mail message to leave my name and phone number, and they would return my phone call. Needless to say I've never heard a word back from them. There was a phone number to call the organization in charge of the rating system also on the box. When trying to contact them all I got was a bunch of recordings directing me everywhere but to a person to complain about the rating.
It was our great fortune that Wal-Mart, where we purchased the game, was more than willing to let us exchange or return the game. They were extremely surprised to find out such words were in this product.
Be wary of the ratings on game boxes and especially those made by Konami. Keep your receipt just incase you get an unwanted surprise while your children are playing their new for "everyone" game.
Recommended:
No
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