Seduce Aussie Classification Board Dont Want Sexy Poker
Australia’s notoriously strict Office of Film and Literature Classification Board has denied yet another new game title.
Gameloft’s racy Sexy Poker game is slated for release on the Wii platform later this year, but poker fans may never legally see a copy of the game down under. The concept of the game is nothing new; a stripping-incentive format has been used in fun-only arcade and poker games for years. So what’s the hold up?
The OFLC’s highest rating is MA15+, and the Board cites a longstanding anti-nudity rule from the official Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer Games as the basis for the ban. This rule prohibits the use of reward-based nudity in approved games—a concept that’s central to Sexy Poker.
As anyone that has played strip poker knows, clothes are the only betting currency. The same is true in Sexy Poker where players are pitted against six increasingly less clothed female opponents over several rounds of draw poker.
Because “nudity as an incentive” is Sexy Poker’s main selling point, it seems unlikely that Gameloft will be able to alter the game enough to meet the OFLC’s MA15+ standards. Fortunately for gamers eager to try the skin-to-win title, the game has already received the thumbs up for distribution in parts of Europe, and North America’s classification board is expected to follow suit.





