Nintendo blocks The Binding of Isaac from 3DS eShop
Edmund McMillen's baby game denied 3DS distribution over 🎉religious content
The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen has taken to Twitter to air his fr✨ustrations over Nintendo's refusal to publish his roguelike baby adventure because of its controversial religious🎶 overtones.
“Attention: After a long internal debate Nintendo has decided NOT to allow the🐈 Binding of Isaac on the 3ds. :(,” he last night, later , “As many⛦ assumed the reasons were due to the games 'questionable religious content'. Thank GOD Steam exists!”
The Binding of Isaac takes its name and inspiration from one of the more disturbing stories in the Hebrew Bible. It casts players as a naked baby who is forced to fight his way through a basement of horr💜ors after discovering his mother has received orders from God to offer him as a sacrifice.
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