@NintendoPro64

Thanks for the pic, because this one sums up how I feel about you and 90% of these comments right now

The Guardian have not put together this list, it is the top 50 selling games in 2012. Ok? Nowhere do they say they think these games are violent, they say they have a label from the ESRB that says they feature violence, ok? Nowhere do they ever say that violent games are bad or should be banned. The video does a pretty good job of explaining the different categories of violent ratings the ESRB use too.

@zoroarkrules25 Now you're jumping to conclusions. They don't ever say that violence = evil. The only reason Animal Crossing and Mario Kart are on there is because the ESRB tells people they feature comic violence on the back of the boxes.

@bunnyking Please read the article. For a start, they make it quite clear this is just a break down of which ESRB labels the top selling games have. It's not the Guardian claiming the games are violent. The more important point is they are NOT suggesting anything be banned. They do no make any comments about violence in games being bad, or being linked to real life violence, so why do you flame them for doing that?

@Zaphod_Beeblebrox It pains me to say it but the journalism fail here is firmly at the feet of Nintendo Life. I can't imagine this article was written without reading The Guardian one, so I have to assume they purposefully mis-reported what the Guardian have said to stir up a posting frenzy. As some of us have been saying, the Guardian article does not contain opinions. It's a list of the top selling games of 2012, and which labels the ESRB gave those games. The Guardian did not pick the games, nor do they ever say violence is bad. They do a GREAT job of pointing out the different kinds of violent content labels from the ratings board.

@Chunky_Droid What facts is it getting wrong? It's a list of the top 50 selling games of 2012, and then shows which labels they received from the ESRB. It doesn't matter if the game received no violent content label at all, it's still in the top 50 selling games so will be on the list. The label you're referring to is 'realistic weapons' which MK definitely does not include.

@0SP_ZELDAiii You are another accusing people of being ignorant, but it's actually NLife and most of the comments that are ignorant here. They didn't 'choose' any games for their list. It's a list of the 50 top selling games of 2012. There's no opinion stated in the piece at all. Here's the the top 50 selling games, and here's what violent content labels the ESRB gave them. That's it! There is nothing ignorant about it at all. What's poor journalist is the write up from NLife that gives the impression that The Guardian have made a list of games they believe are violent. And Pokemon is on there, it's the 5th game on the list. Pretty easy to see if you'd read it.