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Bully ad too rude?

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The Advertising Standards Authority has heard complaints about the TV advertisement for Bully: Scholarship edition on the wii. The advertisment showed Jimmy Hopkins using a slingshot, also 2 students giving another student a wedgie and a cook sneezing into a pot and others.

According to the ASA a website over 30 people have complained about the Bully ad. Some of them said it was "offensive and distasteful and it encourages bullying to occur, while others thought it was shown at bad times .

The ASA also dismissed the complaints, "Some might find the name and content of the game to be a very very bad taste, the content of the ad was not likly to cause serious offence."
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Published: 497 days 23 hours ago | News | Wii | Industry News
 
 

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Nintendo of America - 498 days ago
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We at Nintendo believe in kid friendly advertising.
Why do you think we didn't advertise No More Heroes.
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cooke15 - 497 days 20 hours ago
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Nintendo didnt publish no more heroes
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Hi-def freak - 497 days 22 hours ago
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The 30 people complaining are all from people that got bullied when they were in school!
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Azurite - 497 days 22 hours ago
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...when it's at least 30000 complaints.
May they sign a petition while they're at it.
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