So, news! Upcoming game Dead or Alive: Dimensions for the 3DS currently doesn't have a place on Nordic distributor Bergsalas website. How come, you might ask?



Everything started with a thread on Swedish forum "Flashback", which is famous for being the biggest place to discuss EVERYTHING. A user started a thread saying that he would try to convict the company for selling a game figuring child pornography to test a newly installed law. Last year, the same law got a Swedish manga translator convicted for the same crime. It's currently being tested in the highest instance of the Swedish courts. According to this new law; any picture depicting a person under 18 years of age, even if it's animated or a drawing, is child pornography .



Back to the actual case about this game. Bergsala's Patrik Johansson told Swedish website Gamereactor that "Nintendo of Europe has due to various reasons decided not to distribute the game in Sweden. They do not want to go into details, but state it's due to several resons. Thus, unfortunately I cannot declare Nintendo's reasoning regarding the matter."



The theory spreading around is that the games characters Kasumi, Kokoro and Ayane who are all under 18 years old can be seen in revealing outfits. This might be further used in the "Figure Mode" (where you apparently can take photos of the girls) and thus, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY is the thing you're looking into if you're buying DOA: Dimensions in Sweden.



One Swedish retailer is however still going to sell this game.



So, what do you think? Isn't this kinda of a stretch for the industry? I'm a huge fan of manga and anime, and I've always liked the Dead or Alive games somewhat, even if they include a kinda of a pervy side.