The European eShop pages for the FRLG re-releases all include the following disclaimer:>Note: Some features may differ from those on the Game Boy Advance version of Pokémon FireRed Version.https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Pokemon-FireRed-Version-3031207.htmlThis disclaimer is not present in any of the US/Canadian, Latin American, Japanese, or Australian eShop pages for the games.In addition, the ESRB rating for the re-releases has been upgraded to E10+ and includes a mention of "simulated gambling", meanwhile the European PEGI rating remains 3+ and has no mention of gambling.PEGI's guidelines are incredibly strict on any and all depictions of gambling or casinos in video games, and thus would necessitate a 12+ rating at a minimum (or possibly even 18+) if all content was left intact.The European versions of these Switch re-releases are definitely censored and will cut the Game Corner in some way. The European eShop pages also list the game's filesize as 39MB, whereas the US and other pages say 40MB, the missing 1MB is likely the cut Game Corner content.
europoors lose again!
>>58944030>the missing 1MB is likely the cut Game Corner contentI'm going to laugh my ass off if EUnuchs just can't complete the game because they can't get the Silph Scope.
>>58944030AMERICAFUCK YEAH
>>58944045I doubt it will be gone since a major plot point takes place there. You just won't be able to gamble or get any of the prizes
i get the principle but what enjoyment is there to be had of the game corner
We knew this when they were put up at a 3, you dense retard. The only way that was ever going to happen was if they deleted the gambling hall.
>>58944030I like how in game fictional gambling is prohibited but you can play pokemon masters with real money in the EU just fine
>>58944056>You just won't be able to gamble or get any of the prizesWhich would mean you can't get Porygon, which means the game will be broken for European players.It is completely unacceptable to release these games in such a state, it would arguably count as discrimination towards European Pokemon fans.
>>58944056I'd say you'll be able to buy coins, but not gamble in the slots. The thing IS tied to both 'dex completion and game progression.
>>58944065>We knew this when they were put up at a 3, you dense retard. The only way that was ever going to happen was if they deleted the gambling hall.Nobody is talking about it though because the internet is dominated by Americans and Latin Americans who think because the ESRB rating lists "simulated gambling", it must mean the Game Corner is present in all versions.Even Serebii.net has not reported on this scandal yet, and that site is run by a Bong.We cannot let Game Freak/Nintendo/TPC get away with this, this is discrimination against Europeans. Why should we be forced to play a censored, incomplete version of the game?
>>58944069>doomposting this hard
>>58944030Some guy was saying that ratings don't apply to old ports.... so... where is he now?What are the chances they change the game corner? It'd be lame but buying the TMs and Mons is so much easier.
>>58944081>We cannot let Game Freak/Nintendo/TPC get away with thisGet away with what, wanting to release the game in the EU at all? I mean, they could just refuse to release the game in the EU, that would be fucking hilarious.
>>58944070>expecting one of the worst series when it comes to QA to think of that.Nah, you just won't be able to get Porygon, Ice Beam, or Flamethrower
>>58944081Because you allowed your governments to turn you into docile slaves
>>58944081Get away with what, the deranged fictional scenario you wrote in your head? They took out the machines, probably like how they did it in LGPE, but still had the gambling hall present (not identified as such though). They need to have both the shop and storefront in-game, because game progression AND the pokédex. And I'm pretty sure they're aware of that too.Or you can spack out like an insecure little incel, immediately jumping to the worst thing you can think ofg because "muh sensorchip[11".
>>58944083It's not doomposting, it's fact. The PEGI rating is clearly listed on all European eShop pages as 3+ which means the Game Corner simply cannot be present in those versions.Reminder that PEGI's guidelines do not just restrict actual gambling gameplay mechanics (eg. playable slot machines), but also the aesthetics of gambling. The fact that the Game Corner clearly resembles a casino in aesthetic terms means that it would necessitate a 12+ or even 18+ rating according to PEGI's rules, even if the slot machines themselves were unplayable.>>58944085>What are the chances they change the game corner?100%, but only for Europe. If you live in a PEGI-rated gaming region, you are fucked and will only be able to purchase a censored version of the game.And these re-releases have no physical versions either, so you can't choose to import an American copy to get around it.
>>58944030>The European eShop pages also list the game's filesize as 39MB,the German version is 38 for whatever reason. Doubt the text differences is 1 MB.
>>58944095Do you magically not count and magically not live in a country run by zogbots?
>>58944085100%, they literally CAN'T get a 3's rating with gambling aspects (even fucking balatro, so closely based off card mechanics but not actually gambling itself can't escape a 12's). If they have a 3, they dummied out the slot machines to pass that rating.
>>58944102Your post makes sense however... until proof is shown. Speculation is just wasted breath. (Posts)
>>58944090>Get away with what, wanting to release the game in the EU at all?Why can't they re-release it with a 12+ or 18+ rating? 12+ would be more likely, since Balatro successfully got re-rated as 12+ despite having gambling aesthetics.No kids are going to buy this game. It's purely marketed towards adults who grew up with the GBA originals. So why does it matter if little 5 year old Billy from London can't buy it? Better to have that be the case than to force ALL Europeans, regardless of age, to play a censored version of the game.
>>58944081>this is discrimination against Europeansreminder that Europeans originally got the games years later than others. Reminder that Europeans got the least amount of events. Reminder that Europeans prices are 1:1 the US prices despite the Euro being worth more than the US dollar.
>>58944103>Doubt the text differences is 1 MBIt's absolutely not text removal with that much of a filesize difference, they removed something substantial and it's going to be hilarious.
>>58944036Your president is a pedophile btw
>>58944124so is your prince
>>58944117>Why can't they re-release it with a 12+ or 18+ rating?Can't argue against that, same as what I said before, I almost wish they would have just refused to release in the EU or slap an adult rating on a Pokemon game.
>>58944112Very retarded however the uk is not in the eu now. Though we may use the same system still. Again I'll wait till I see it. Capped everyone's predictions though. >buy mons and tms >simply close it all>slip it through somehow>change it to a different game like voltorb flip
>>58944092>They need to have both the shop and storefront in-game, because game progression AND the pokédex>>58944102Or they just locked the machines from being able to be played, likely deleted or replaced text referencing it and left it at that. Buying coins (maybe tokens this time, in for a penny and all that) isn't problematic, swapping tokens for prizes isn't problematic. The whole thing is incomprehensible to kids (and normalfags) unless you specifically know about how Japanese gambling offers winnings, so scrubbing gambling refs from it, but leaving it there won't actually annoy PEGI. Even if small-minded spastics think Game Freak went nuclear like in Gen 2, when they couldn't;t kill a bug, so just killed the area that spawned the bug.
>>58944116>Your post makes sense however... until proof is shown.The proof is the age rating. It is literally impossible for FRLG to be rated PEGI 3+ while still having the Game Corner intact. The fact that the age rating is 3+ inarguably means they have censored the games ONLY for the European releases.Releases outside of Europe are not censored however, since the American and Australian ratings include mentions of "simulated gambling". The American ESRB rating was also upgraded from E to E10 as a result of the gambling.We should not stick our head in the sands, we need to get outraged NOW if we want to have any chance of forcing Nintendo and Game Freak to backtrack on this decision. We need to make it clear that Europeans will NOT purchase gimped, unfinished, unplayable censored versions of these games.
>>58944030Will the Switch release have a shiny Pidgey as the very first encounter before you get pokeballs like in some of the roms?
>>58944142>Or they just locked the machines from being able to be played, likely deleted or replaced text referencing it and left it at that.That does not satisfy the PEGI guidelines. The Game Corner clearly still aesthetically resembles a casino, which means a 12+ or possibly even 18+ rating according to PEGI. They do not take issue with actual gambling mechanics (which is why games like FIFA/EA Sports FC or Fortnite do not get rated 18+), they ONLY take issue with the aesthetics of gambling (which is why Balatro was rated 18+, and then 12+, purely for having the aesthetics of casino-style Poker).
>>58944117Because the games and series is aimed at kids and you're WHOLLY retarded if you don't understand this is explicitly for sperg alphababs to FINALLY play Kanto with a proper battle engine. So no, you retarded little monkey bastard, they COULDN'T sell it at 12's or 18's, because that goes against everything they hope to achieve with the fucking things. Fuck off to burgerstan if you *need* to pretend to be a high roller in your kiddy game.
>>58944147How sure are you that other elements of fire red would land it in a 3+ if the regulations have maybe changed over the years.... Also the uk doesn't heed to the eu anymore.
>>58944160>So no, you retarded little monkey bastard, they COULDN'T sell it at 12's or 18's,Then why were they happy to sell the Generation 1 & 2 3DS releases in 2016 as 12+ rated games in Europe? (See here: >>58944065)FireRed and LeafGreen are literally worthless if they are not content-complete. Who in their right mind would pay these prices for censored, unplayable versions of these games? Even the most diehard of shills would call this a scam.
>>58944083The game is going to have a National dex you can't complete, most notably Eevee being unable to evolve into Espeon and Umbreon, you think they wouldn't screw over Porygon simply because they don't care?
>>58944148Ffs i thought that was real lmfao
>>58944140UK isn't part of the EU, it's still in Europe and still part of PEGI (which is a pan-europe agreement, not european union directive/collective). Meaning unless they want to withdraw from that and start rating their games to their own system (they won't, they're pissing money away on their political endeavours as it is to want to waste more setting a ratings board up for vidya), they're getting PEGI classed games, thus PEGI friendly submissions in that gaming ecosystem.
>>58944160gen 3 is not a "proper battle engine", it's 20 years out of date
>>58944183>no fairy shit>no mega shit>no regional form shit>no dynamax shit>no z move shitsounds proper to me
>>58944030Slot machines are banned in children games.
>>58944158>the Game Corner clearly still aesthetically resembles a casino, which means a 12+ or possibly even 18+ rating according to PEGINo, because they're not gambling MECHANICS lad. PEGI's bothered about mechanics like poker teaching events, teaching the process of slot machine gambling or how to win rolling dice. They don't give a shit about the aesthetics of a building the devs can simply rename to a video game arcade, if need. But like I already said, continue doomposting because you're a retarded bitch having an episode, why don't you?
>>58944090Worldwide. We cannot let them get away with releasing this game at all. I'll only be happy if GameFreak is shut down and all the execs have to work at konbinis
If you think about it, Chuck E Cheese is just a casino made for kids.
>>58944166Because the ratings in the EU at the time were only that strict. It wasn't until 2020, 4 years after they released the VC efforts did the laws change and PEGI's ratings shift accordingly.Cool, I don't give a fuck what you think. You're sperging out like a retard, because you sit in your own head all day and talk to the voices.
>>58944190>Slot machines are banned>Meanwhile gachashit games like Pokemon masters where you literally gamble your money away for a chance of getting 1 single limited time character are allowedWhy are they like this?
>>58944210>Why are they like this?Gacha is too new for regulatory boomers. Nothing will change until the generation that got scammed by it is in charge.
>>58944174Thought that would be the case sadly.We would rather spend all of our tax pokeyen importing millions of jynx and lizakbars rather than looking after the natives.
>>58944216You rather spend all your tax money brexiting, only to find out yis couldn't actually go full daily fail little englander brexit.And I'm fucking delighted for yis, couldn't have happened a better bunch of cunts.
>>58944166>Even the most diehard of shills would call this a scam.Sensible chuckle.gif There's multiple very active threads on this board right now of autists who will NEED complete collections right now where they spend all day fantasising they are in a sexual relationship with a 10 year old girl from the GameThen the normies Then the bootlickers Then the seribii guy will probably guy 10 000 copies while neglecting his wife Nintendo could release a hot shit in your mouth and slap a pikachu and zard and a lopunny on it and people would be bragging about buying the pokeDump+ lifetime subscription.
>>58944227>scottish person typing in their accentHoly unbearable fucking cringe.
Pre-ordered all the European versions of both games in 3 different Nintendo accounts.
>>58944250have the (You) you were begging for you attention seeking clown
>>58944210European nanny-statists only care about introducing laws which make people more miserable and depressed, not combating actually evil things in this world.
>replace the game corner with a shop where you can just buy the gamecubelocked monshow hard would ametitardd seethe?
Don't care still buying it.
>>58944248>brit at it againHilarious, yis just can't help yourselves. No a haggisnigger though, sorry. Also didn't vote to rape my financials like you clearly did, kek.
>>58944309Pokémon fans really have no standards, huh? This isn't a franchise but a cult
>>58944299I'm going to assume that behind all of that ESL tard rage you meant "ameritard", in which case: why would anyone from the US seethe? They're getting an unaltered game.
>>58944314Rebuying the games I love as many times as I want. One day you'll also love something.
>>58944312>No a haggisnigger thoughWhy are you saying "yis" then?
>>58944319actual scotsman here, never once heard anybody say that in my life
>>58944319Because it's part of my regional dialect. So if I'm not a haggisnigger, yet use "yis" in my speech patterns, where could I be from? Go on, show us that vaunted "intelligence" you brits like to think yis possess.
>>58944330Far as I'm aware, you lot never used it as a shorthand.Which goes to show the absolute lack of attention our english friend's paid to the world.
>>58944336I don't know, I don't speak third-worlder
>>58944314>he say when he bought swooshit anyway
>>58944341Funny, I'm speaking the language your lot foisted on me. Did brexit fuck yis up THAT much? Jesus, glad my populace isn't wholly retarded like yours.
>>58944314They really don't. They would literally let the janitor at the Nintendo office take a steaming liquid shit into their mouth then brag about it, after paying ofcourse. Pokemon is a PEDO CULT
>>58944352Irishman? Sad what happened to you guys in the past couple decades desu.
>>58944030Imagine if they replaced it with fucking Voltorb Flip again. And worst, they again remove the option to buy coins.
>>58944352Bro I've seen your migrants bringing little girls back to rape in the hotels your tax money is paying for. Seen some push back too which is nice but Ireland is being BROWNED. proper jinxed prior to gen 2.
>>58944030So if I buy it via US eshop I'll be fine?
>>58944376Yeah, I've seen the AI sloppa online too. I can tell you there may be a couple wrong cunts around, but I remind you, the catholic church had a far greater and far more pervasive and systematic process of abusing kids and the waster immigrants aren't at that level yet. I'm more bothered about the trafficked women from the eastern european gangs than I am the darkies, but again I know the actual problems in the country.
>>58944355>Pokemon is a PEDO CULTJust preordered all the other languages
>>58944186>he wants less typesYou're such a stinky diaper man, nigga.
>>58944377You can't buy from the US eShop with a EU account.
>>58944444With a vpn you can. Checked pents of disinfo
>>58944186You forgot>no phys/spec split shit
>>58944030They already censored the gambling references in the original releases of FRLG, what more do they want? Fuck the Europeans for forcing them to turn the Gamblers into "Gamers"!
>>58944092They could conceivably add a couple free items in the gift exchange room for Ice Beam and Flamethrower and make Porygon a gift Pokemon.
>>58944523So now they get free shit while the rest of us have to earn (or pay) for it?
>>58944444I have US, JP and AUS accounts in addition to EU.
you guys know Pokemon Unbound is free yea?
>>58944299>ametitardd1) dumb esl2) literally everyone in the world would have the same edition except YOU.
I'm honestly surprised that they bothered to make a separate version to comply with Europe's ridiculous law instead of just making a single version that is censored worldwide according to Europe's ridiculous law. Especially fucking idiotic that the law bans any sort of simulated in-game casino where there is no way whatsoever to use real money yet does not ban lootboxes, could not be any more backwards.
>>58944559At this point there's clearly a level of spite involved. They want it abundantly apparent to anyone in Europe who asks why the Game Corner is gone that it is their governments fault.
>>58944569>They want it abundantly apparent to anyone in Europe who asks why the Game Corner is gone that it is their governments fault.It's not a government thing. PEGI is completely independent of any European government/state and the EU. They just decided as a regulatory body to be insanely restrictive about gambling depictions. No law in any European country mandates this.
>>58944583How about you stop talking about things you clearly have no clue about alien.
>>58944592>AIdumb underage retards
>>58944583>It's not a government thing. PEGI is completely independent of any European government/state and the EU.I don't give a shit who it is, whoever was in charge of the decision to go "Fake gambling with fake money that in no way has a way to spend or tie it to real money is illegal, but lootboxes that you buy with real money are completely fine" is retarded regardless of who made that decision. I don't give a shit if they are "considering" going after lootboxes now, anyone else who has "considered" doing that either never got around to it, or did but mysteriously suddenly decided they are not an issue, ignore their suddenly full pockets. The fact that they didn't go after lookboxes FIRST, but instead fake slot machines that you can only use in-game money on in games where you can't use real-money in any way could not have possibly been a stupider decision.
hi im john gamefreak the eu versions are going to have the slot machines replaced with an e reader mini game and the score you get in the mini game determines how many coins you get on payout the other versions will have the ereader mini games too but it will be in its original spot there is a coin cost to play the games just like an arcade machine would do
I'm tired of Game Corner erasure.
>>58944124>he’s a pedo>he’s gay for old menPick a lane and get back to >>>/pol/, you’re not wanted here.
>>58944030LMAO.
VOLTORB FLIP CHADS WE'RE BACK
>>58944030>nooo the pixel voltorb casinos are le bad for children!fucking eurocucks
>>58944030So how the fuck will i get Porygon????
>>58945572More than likely you'll just have to buy the coins from the counter and won't be able to interact with the slot machines. Everyone's dunking and dooming because that's all they know how to do. Plus, most of them are American, you can't count on them for salient opinions. I'd honestly put more stock in what the angsty little Paddy in this thread is saying, and most of that is just hatred.Don't listen to that sperg who rants about the "casino aesthetic" and insists it's getting cut entirely, either. The FRLG game corner already looks like an arcade as it is, so it's safe.
>>58945057This. It's an actual win.
>>58944103The german version removed battling because violence bad and all content for children must be teletubbies wrapped up in softened pillows.
>>58944030The USD is so fucked right now that buying them from the US store works out slightly cheaper for bongs anyway.
>>58945572You can’t. Enjoy an unplayable version of the game.
>>58946032Or just bank it in
>>58944352>its actually your fault my entire country is retardedbritkeks
>>58944030and nintendo expect me to pay for this? KEK
>>58944030Europoors just keep losing it seems.
>>58944166>Even the most diehard of shills would call this a scam.You clearly underestimate how retarded pokemon shills can be. Once the news reach the masses that the game corner is censored, you'll get a huge wave of pokefags trying to justify it with arguments such as:>nobody played the slot machines / everyone just bought coins directly anyway>it was needed to rerelease the game in EU, it can't be helped / better than not having the game>you're gonna play it anyway / why do you care you weren't gonna play it anyway>actual gambling is bad so removing all gambling references is good, think of the childrenand more.
>>58945653lel
Everything bad in the world is because France saved the United States from Britain.
>>58946659>nobody played the slot machines / everyone just bought coins directly anywayThis is true though.
>>58944030the disclaimer's on the japanese eshop too apparently, make of it what you will, I'll just wait and see what people discover on release
