Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
WayForward Technologies, Inc.-
Nintendo Wii U - 15/11/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 12 for fantasy violence towards humans. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Shantae is roused from a deep sleep and, suddenly alert, she plunges into the moonlit forest in search of answers. In nearby Scuttle Town she discovers a mysterious trapdoor, and beyond that, a luminous subterranean cavern. A familiar voice calls out, drawing Shantae to a beautiful fountain. Touching its waters, she is immediately spirited away to the fabled Genie Realm. At her feet a magical seal swells as some powerful evil seeks escape. The chamber trembles with a deep, bellowing roar and everything goes white. Shantae sits upright, back in her bed. Was it just a dream? Or a vision of things to come?
Content specific issues
Non-realistic violence features frequently as Shantae whips her hair at human, animal and fantasy characters alike. They will be thrown back and explode, fade or disappear, or – in the case of zombies – have their heads lobbed off. Shantae herself faces grenades, guns and swords. When struck, she falls back and becomes transparent, then jumps up once more. When defeated completely, she will disappear in a flash.
LEGO Dimensions – Ghostbusters Story Pack
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd-
Nintendo Wii U - 26/09/2015
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 7 for violence in a child-friendly setting or context (LEGO). The creatures or fantastical characters will not show any apparent harm or injury as a result of the violence depicted. The game also contains pictures or sounds likely to be scary to younger children.
Brief outline of the game
A story driven action adventure game which is part of the “LEGO Dimensions” franchise. This iteration weaves the recent Ghostbusters movie into the LEGO universe. General gameplay will consist of puzzle elements mixed with combat sequences.
Content specific issues
The fantastical creatures will flinch upon being hit. If defeated, characters may fall apart into small LEGO pieces. Some jump scares are featured as well as scary (boss) characters.
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
THQ Nordic-
Nintendo Wii U - 23/05/2017
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Nintendo Switch - 02/04/2019
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 18 which restricts availability to ADULTS ONLY and is not suitable for anyone below this age. This rating has been given due to strong violence. Not suitable for persons under 18 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Action role-playing hack and slash in which the player takes on the role of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Content specific issues
This game features scenes of strong violence, including apparently motiveless attacks on defenceless human characters. The violence includes the ability to dismember fantasy characters.
Skylanders Imaginators
Activision Blizzard UK Ltd-
Nintendo Wii U - 14/10/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI-7 for non-realistic violence in a child-friendly setting.
Brief outline of the game
Evil Kaos has discovered the ancient power of Mind Magic and is using it to create an unstoppable army of Doomlanders! With help of the Senseis, you have to stop Kaos and his minions and use the power of your imagination to create your own Skylanders.
Content specific issues
Violence can be quite high in intensity and frenetic but is all set in a child-friendly setting as known from popular children's cartoons. Violence is mostly against fantasy creatures or human-like with non-realistic features - for example, enlarged head or exaggerated features. There are colorful light effects, explosions, puffs of smoke, and cartoonish sound effects. Some of the bosses can be quite fearsome.
Other issues
Skylanders, Disney Infinity, LEGO
Just Dance 2017
Ubisoft EMEA-
Nintendo Wii U - 27/10/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 3 and contains occasional, very mild violence in a comical context. The content of this game is suitable for all persons.
Brief outline of the game
Pick your favourite song and dance along with the fun choreography in the newest instalment of this well-known dance simulation series.
Content specific issues
Features occasional, very mild violence in a comical context. The backdrop to the song ‘In the Hall of the Pixel King’ portrays a pixelated video game. Players shoot energy balls at enemies by dancing. These enemies disappear in a harmless fashion.
SteamWorld Heist
Thunderful Publishing AB-
Nintendo Wii U - 29/09/2016
Advice for consumers
The game was rated PEGI 7 for non-realistic violence towards fantasy characters. Not appropriate for persons below 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Play as Captain Piper and her team of fellow steambots as they explore outer space in pursuit of the galaxy’s dwindling water reserves. Your adventures will take you on board many enemy ships ready to defend their loot.
Content specific issues
Violence in the game is, in the main caused by the use of firearms of various size and calibre, this is supplemented at times by the use of exploding barrels. When shot or blown up the characters will fall apart. The violence is non-realistic.
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Warner Brothers Entertainment UK Ltd-
Nintendo Wii U - 28/06/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 7 for non-realistic violence towards fantasy characters in a child-friendly setting. Also contains pictures and sound likely to be scary to young children. It is not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
A story driven action adventure game which follows the plot of the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The game includes Lego versions of the movie’s characters, who battle against the evil First Order in order to restore peace to the galaxy.
Content specific issues
All the violence in this game is directed at Lego characters. Normal attacks consists of punches, light saber battles, and shooting lasers at enemies. Upon impact characters flinch. When defeated, they fall apart into small Lego pieces which disappear after a short time. All action has a humorous tone. The game features a bunch of scary bad guys which could frighten younger children.
FAST Racing NEO
Shin'en Multimedia GmbH-
Nintendo Wii U - 29/09/2016
Disney Infinity 3.0: Disney•Pixar Finding Dory Play set
The Walt Disney Company Ltd-
Nintendo Wii U - 15/06/2016
Advice for consumers
This game was rated PEGI 7 because it features violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures, mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to human like characters and non-realistic violence in a child-friendly setting or context. It is not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
This is an add-on to the Disney Infinity 3.0 series. It is set in the Finding Dory universe: swimming through various underwater locales, players go out in search of Dory’s family.
Content specific issues
In a child-friendly setting, players can defeat enemies (toy robot fish) by dashing into them, making them fall apart and disappear. The player’s character, an animal-like character, can get hurt by these enemies and environmental hazards.
Other issues
Some bigger enemies, like the anglerfish or the electric eels, may be too scary for younger children.
Dex
Professional Publishing SPL, S.L-
Nintendo Wii U - 20/05/2016
Advice for consumers
The game was rated PEGI 16 for frequent moderate violence towards human characters and the occasional use of sexual expletives. Not appropriate for persons below 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Dex, an augmented woman in the Harbor Prime city, has got on the wrong side of ‘The Complex’, a combined authority of the city's largest corporations. They send assassins after her, and she only escapes due to guidance from enigmatic Raycast, the leader of the city's hackers seeking to wrest control back from The Complex.
Content specific issues
This is a platform style game and violence between characters can involve the use of a variety of firearms, improvised weapons and hands, knees and feet. All hits to the body of a character, regardless of how it has been caused will result in blood splashes. Improvised weapons, such as a crowbar, can be used to continually strike at a character. Characters that have been killed will remain in view wherever they have fallen. There is the occasional use of the sexual expletive ‘fuck’