WiiWare Poker Game banned in Australia

Australia has one of the strictest ruling systems when it comes to consumer gaming. Many times first person shooter games are banned from the country but this time they have banned a poker game created by WiiWare.

The new game is called Sexy Poker and it was created by Gameloft. Sexy Poker is a strip poker game where the player is up against sex females dressed in sexy costumes such as nurse outfits or police uniforms. Players then play and if they do well the females will disrobe.

The Board of Australia refused to classify the game because nudity was used as an incentive which means the game cannot be sold in the country. A statement issued by the Board stated:

“In the Board’s view Sexy Poker offers depictions of nudity as an incentive or reward to interactive game play. In the Board’s view, the general rule in the guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer Games prohibiting depictions of nudity as an incentive or reward, applies to the game play described above, as the player is shown increasingly detailed amounts of nudity following successful game-play. In the view of the Board, the impact of the game exceeds strong as except in material restricted to adults, nudity and sexual activity must not be related to incentives or rewards. As such, the game cannot be accommodated in a MA15+ classification.”