Slave Zero X
U&I Entertainment Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 26/04/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 26/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features graphic violence towards fantasy characters, bloody violence in an arcade setting, and use of strong language. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Action platform game in which a swordsman merges with a humanoid robot, known as a Slave, in order to fight back against an attempt by an evil tyrant to use the Slaves to enforce his will on humanity.
Content specific issues
This game features graphic violence against fantasy robot characters, which sometimes explode into showers of blood and body parts. Violence during general gameplay includes unrealistic arcade-style reactions and exaggerated blood effects. The game also features use of strong language ('fuck').
Elypse
Les Editions Pix'n Love-
Nintendo Switch - 19/03/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 19/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures, as well as pictures or sounds likely to be scary to young children. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Side-scrolling action platform game in which players take control of Fay, a young fantasy character who is thrown into the Abyss as a sacrifice by his people, where he meats the spirit of Nyx, an entity which was sent into the Abyss some time ago. Together, they work to find a way out.
Content specific issues
This game features mild violence, which is always directed at fantasy characters and which is unrealistic in nature. Enemies explode into particles when defeated, bosses flash when hit, and Fay disappears in a bright explosion when defeated. The game also features some designs which may scare young children, most notably the final boss.
Narita Boy
Team17 Digital Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 26/04/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 26/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence and use of bad language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Platform game in which a person is sent into a video game, within which they must save the world.
Content specific issues
This game features moderate violence. Violence generally involves pixelated fantasy characters, which bleed red pixels when struck. They can also be cut in half before they disappear, although no gore is shown. There is use of bad language, including 'shit'.
Other issues
There are background images showing figures with cigars in their mouths, character bathing without any nudity, and a pixelated character apparently cradling a dead body.
DUCK,QUACK,SHOOT
Excalibur Publishing Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 02/02/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Party game themed around shooting cardboard cut-outs of ducks and other objects, in the style of an old-time mechanical shooting gallery. Players can play on their own, or compete against friends to see who is the sharpest shooter. There are four background themes, including traditional fairground, casino, and outer space.
Content specific issues
While the theme is shooting, only inanimate objects can be shot, meaning there is no actual violence.
Other issues
One of the backgrounds is themed around a casino and features images of roulette wheels, chips and cards. However, this is simply a backdrop and no gambling is present.
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
Spike Chunsoft, Inc.-
Nintendo Switch - 27/02/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence towards human-like characters. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Mystery dungeon role-playing game in which players control Shiren and Koppa as they seek to rescue a mysterious girl being held captive by a monster on Serpentcoil Island, which is also rumoured to be the lost stronghold of treasure-hoarding pirates.
Content specific issues
The game's cutscenes feature moderate violence, including a fist fight between two characters. Violence during gameplay is milder, with strikes resulting in flashes and damage shown using numbers. Characters disappear when defeated and there are no blood effects.
Class of Heroes 1&2: Complete Edition
PQube Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 10/04/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 11/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features scenes of a sexual nature and use of bad language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Compilation of two role-playing dungeon-crawler games, originally published in 2009, which centre around an Academy which trains heroes to explore a Labyrinth in which they can slay monsters and uncover treasures. Players can assemble their own team to take with them into the Labyrinth.
Content specific issues
The games feature sight of women in bikinis in sexualised poses. There is also use of bad language, such as 'shit' and 'piss'.
Other issues
The games also feature turn-based combat although the violence is mild. Damage is shown by numbers and a reduction in health, with characters disappearing once defeated. There is no sight of blood or injuries.
Fights in Tight Spaces
Super Rare Games-
Nintendo Switch - 01/05/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Turn-based fighting strategy game in which players control an agent who must kill a series of enemies to bring down criminal organisations.
Content specific issues
This game contains strong violence towards human characters. Repeated waves of enemies must be killed in order to progress. Blood is seen when characters are attacked. When defeated, enemies fall to the ground and disappear after a short time.
Contra: Operation Galuga
Konami Digital Entertainment BV-
Nintendo Switch - 12/03/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 12/03/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 12/03/2024
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Xbox Series X|S - 12/03/2024
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Xbox One - 12/03/2024
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PC - 12/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence and use of bad language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Side-scrolling action platform game, based on the 1980s run-'n'-gun action game, in which Bill and Lance fight against the Red Falcon forces, the mind-controlled GX army, and an invading alien force.
Content specific issues
This game features moderate but non-realistic looking violence. When enemy human characters are shot or hit by a missile, the effect is always the same: the character jumps into the air, the body is covered by an explosion, and the character then disappears, without any blood or gore. The game also contains occasional use of bad language, such as 'pissed’, ‘bastard’ and ‘goddamit’.
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Astragon Entertainment GmbH-
Nintendo Switch - 27/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Lawn Mowing Simulator is a simulation game in which players create and run their own lawn mowing company.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.
Emergency Call - The Attack Squad
Aerosoft GmbH-
Nintendo Switch - 30/11/2023
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PlayStation 5 - 30/11/2023
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PlayStation 4 - 30/11/2023
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
First-person firefighting job simulator in which players take on the role of a firefighter / rescue worker. Players must analyse each situation, choose which tools are needed and where to use them, rescue people and animals, and find the best way of stopping fires.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.