Wii Zapper Rated 18+ in Britian.

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Wii Zapper Rated 18+ in Britian.

Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:54:46 PM #43062 Perm Link

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»Wii Zapper Rated 18+ in Britian.

In what can only be a hilarious joke, but is actually a testament to the moronic tendencies of British lawmakers, the PEGI has given the peripheral Wii Zapper an age rating. Why? Well, I guess it vaguely looks sort of like a gun, even though it is merely a base for the Wiimote.

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Apparently, little plastic vaguely gun-shaped thingies are more dangerous than we thought. Over in the the U.K. the Wii Zapper has already received a PEGI-18 rating for when it is released next month. That seems kind of strange to do for a peripheral; even stranger when you consider that it comes bundled with Link’s Crossbow Training, which is mostly derived from a game that received a “T for Teen” rating in the U.S.

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I wonder when people realize the flaw in this when they see how little kids can walk into a toy store with a dollar and walk out with a toy ray gun that is infinitely more gun-looking that this is.

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Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:30:45 PM #43065 Perm Link

Not surprised, considering how Britain seems to loathe firearms and weapons resembling them. I mean, for chrissakes, Scotland Yard started a freaking "If you know someone who has a gun, you have blood on your hands" campaign.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/crimeandpunishment/story/0,,2061962,00.Html <---Where I saw the Scotland Yard campaign mentioned

Guess most of the Brits who know Americans have "blood on their hands" Smily Teeth