Teaser Tweet Suggests Binding of Isaac on the 3DS

I hope it is true, I'd certainly buy it.

This game puts me off because it's full of guts and poop. :/ I heard it's pretty good though.

I'm pretty sure it'll happen. We just have to wait for the exclusivity period to expire.

I would buy this if it released on any of Nintendo systems,but for me it seems unlikely.

I played only a tiny bit on PS4... It seems shockingly anti-Christian, maybe I haven't played enough, but there are parts of the world where Christians are persecuted & killed for reals for their beliefs, I don't know if this is the right message especially for N. What if it was anti-gay or woman or black or Hindu or anything else, would people care? I think so.

Isaac action on the go? That would've been awesome. But all those shenanigans with the game earlier... I wonder if that's true at all. I mean, this game, in original form, barely worked even on powerhouse PCs and I actually wonder how could they even made the original work on the U.

After nearly 3 years there is a possibility of Isaac on the go - if it was two years ago, or even a year ago, I probably could be happiest person on the planet, but now... I'll probably stick to PC or PS4, after the price drops.

Meh. Already have it on Steam, and I don't enjoy the game enough to purchase it again.

@Dave24 The original is a flash game. Rebirth is completely reprogrammed properly. (To the extent Nicalis ever does anyway).

Will buy couldn't careless about the haters who constantly rally against this game.

Rather have it on the WiiU, but I'll still get a 3ds release.

i think this is a hint of both a wii u and 3ds port, but i'm taking this with a grain of salt.

@snoox Some of it can feel that way, but overall the game takes a somewhat neutral approach to Christianity, treating it simply as a framework of stories and characters to base content off of, which some might see as just as bad. Not to spoil anything, but the first ending (as far as I got in the original) turns the tables on the whole seemingly anti-Christian thing.

I say we start rallying against Mario, calling it 'anti-Italian' or Pokemon, saying it's 'Satanic'. Who's with me??!!!

About time! The game is so addictive, better than most retails! would be great to play on the go. Will definitely be getting it

@nessisonett
No one because your idea is exceedingly stupid

@Tarzan Hahahahaha Either you're very subtly being sarcastic or you genuinely though I was being serious. I can't decide which. Relax, it's just a bit of ye olde witty banter.

Buy it in a heartbeat.

@nessisonettg
Well obviously you weren't being serious, but you see it generally isn't appreciated when you mock people for not liking a game due to its alleged anti Christian themes.
Your post may have been sarcastic but you were hoping for a response, you got it! But it's not an affirmative because it was a bad post.
Don't give up though there's always next time!

Meh, the "message" of the game doesn't interest me (though I'm very much against every religion), I just hate the artstyle. Everything looks deliberately gross, but in a very forced and cheap way.
Also, Nicalis is involved, so NA might see it in february, and EU has to wait until summer 2016, at least.

Not sure how people could think it's anti-religion or whatever consider the story it depicts is straight from the bible. That's kinda like saying the bible itself is anti-religion.

The game does not make light of any of the topics it touches such as child abuse, gender identity, infanticide, neglect, suicide, abortion, and religion itself.

Yes bring on the Binding of Isaac Rebirth, that will be a sweet game. Also Nintendo we need Isaac (from GS) for Super Smash Bros. 4 as DLC please.

i like it on ps4 and would pay again to have it on the toilet

Hope this is true. I preordered it on Steam and have been playing it religiously (heh) since it was released. Fantastic game, too bad some people are offended by it.

I might get it if we see a NA release. I'm not against any religion but I want to see what all the fuzz is about

@KodyDawg It's based very loosely on the story of Isaac and Abraham. There are both holy and evil weapons and powers you can use. Playable characters range from Isaac to Eve to Judas. Bosses range from random monsters to personifications of the 7 deadly sins and the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse. There is no doubting that the game is vile and disgusting - for better or worse - simply due to the sheer amount of blood, feces, etc you see. If you're really concerned about whether or not it's anti-religion, look up the ending on youtube. If you don't find that or the gameplay elements offensive, it should be fine. I'm Christian and was far less offended than I expected to be.

@EarthboundBenjy poop? I mean I like toilet humor, but I couldnt play a game on a Nintendo system with something like that. I wont even play with Wario on smash just because of is fart move.

The Wii U should already have this game. The plot just make it more unique, since I've only played on my friend's Steam account I'd like to purchase Bind of Isaac for the 3DS - hopefully alongside the New 3DS, c'mon NoA.

I watched the trailer for this game, the one with all the crazy looking people, and now I want to play this.

I played (I think) a demo of this... either way, even as a Christian, I'm not easily offended. It's just a game, and I can enjoy the game play without agreeing with the message. I'll consider purchasing this if it's released; it's not at the top of my list, but depending on what other games are coming out around then, I might download it. Either way, I remain neutral about the whole "religiously offensive" argument. If others are offended, I understand, but I still continue to believe the media I'm exposed to doesn't affect my faith - if it really shook it that much, I must not have had much faith in the first place.

Got it for free on my vita with ps plus this month. It's a fun game if you can get past the overall grossness of the game. Only played for about 20 minute so far because I'm enjoying two of the other indie titles offered so much. Luftrausers needs to get a 3ds release. It's a terrific score attack shooter.

No thanks, I'm not interested.

@TimLatshaw
Are you sure it's a game running in 3DS? I thought they're just cut papers/stickers stuck on the 3DS's screen.

I don't see any running 3ds in that picture..

@retro_player_22

I don't know about the first point or this game in question. Might be interesting or might not. I wholeheartedly agree with your 2nd point though!

I have the original on Steam and it's great. I would love to see it on the 3DS.

I'm having a blast with it on my Vita. Got it through Ps+ and I'm playing the hell out it. Didnt get warm with the initial release on PC, because I suck at shooters... but its growing in an addiction successivly.

With couch coop I would instantly buy it for my Wii U, too. ^^

Don't retro 3D glass are one side red, one side blue ? Just like the two wings on the logo on top.

"...Tyrone Rodriguez"

Gives up hope that it will ever come to Europe

Too late for me, just got it for free on Vita.

@KodyDawg SPOILER And you also have to beat Satan. The game is not anri-Religion, is more about religion used by people as an excuse to be pieces of feces (Issac's Mom)! Sincerely I enjoy the gameplay so much that the "story" and the theme don't bother me at all.

Would buy.

i have this game on vita and its ok, just not really my type of game. but i think its funny how people get offended by a story from their own religion. people use religion to do horrible things, its a fact, get over it.

I'm not going to get it on the 3ds.

I already pre-ordered the game on pc and got it free on my vita and ps4 so no need to have more copies of the game even though I freaking love it (I even have over 200 hours in the original).

I really hope that this is coming to Wii U and 3DS, I would certainly buy it day one ^^
This game is just awesome ^^

I've always been curious about this one. The visuals and the flow, in the trailers I've seen, didn't impress me much, however.

@snoox It's just a videogame...

To those who are so adamant that this game is anti-<insert religion here>, please stop and let us enjoy the game. Your religion has killed and caused so many real suffering in the last few millennia, that it makes criticizing a satirical videogame irrelevant.

Brah, is it coming to N systems or not? Enough with the teases.

@Auwwy well said my friend, if they could find a cure for religion .....

Hopefully Nintendo is still blocking it. I'd prefer not to see hateful and/or racist content on the eshop.

@Auwwy
People say that all the time, but the number of people killed in the name of Christianity is actually pretty low, especially when compared to the number of people killed in non-religious wars, or under non-Christian leaders.

@TrueWiiMaster which part of this game is racist ? because i'm sure you have played it, and not just making blind comment's.

@TrueWiiMaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriminalgeschichte_des_Christentums

@snoox it absolutely is. They present the patriarchs of Judaism as psychotic and horrible people. It's only allowed because it's attacking christians. If it were gays, blacks, or women there would be calls for the game to be banned. In fact we've seen this, when gay relationships were removed from tomodachi life there were calls for boycotts. But of course it's attacking christians so you'll have all the people saying "oh no it portrays the patriarchs are psychotic lunatics and by implication everyone who is part of that religion is following a bunch of lunatics, but it's not anti-chritian at all. "

The creator didn't even bother to try to understand what he's attacking, it's just a disgusting and bigoted game.

@GN004Nadleeh How I judge all games now, how are they on the toilet

The problem with todays world is that every one believes that they have the right to express there opinion AND have others listen to it.

The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense !

@Auwwy dare you to add up the body count from secularism in the last 200 years.

This is great and all, but I wouldn't buy it. I already got it for free from Sony for Playstation Plus on my PS4 and my PSVita. I hope they don't lose to many sales because a large portion of gamers already own this.

@Yorumi name a war or a conflict which has not been based on religion ? from the civil war through to the recent troubles in Syria, all of them has had its roots in religion.

@Yorumi are you saying agnosticism (the Russian dictatorships and others were in fact agnostic), by definition lack of faith (not denial of some sort of deity) caused killings? The difference here is that many people were killed because of religious teaching themselves while lack of faith by itself is just that, lack of faith. It's not a religion, doesn't have teachings.

@Auwwy We all believe in something: if you don't believe in God, you believe in humanity (someone will say they believe in themselves - same thing). Most religions, believe it or not, fall in the latter category, hence all the trouble we are experiencing - or have experienced.

@617Sqn
I haven't played it, nor do I intend to, but I have looked into it. It takes the story of Isaac and Abraham, the father of the Jewish race, and warps it, using it as the premise for a game even fans often say is disgusting.

As for religion being connected to every war, you might be right to some degree, but being connected and being the cause are not the same thing. Religion didn't cause WWII, the worst war in history, for example.

@617Sqn I love you're ignorant comments about religion and science(btw it was christians who developed much of modern science and many would argue science wouldn't have taken off like it has without heavily christian populations), that said who says it entirely has to be war. The theory of evolution put into practice has caused billions of deaths in the last 200 years, yes I typed that right. The holocaust was from the belief that if we're all evolving then some races must be more evolved than others and we need to eliminate the lesser evolved people to keep them from polluting the gene pool. But that's not the only one, the eugenics movement killed millions. Around the turn of the century the germans nearly wipped out the herero(i think I spelled that right) people in africa. Then there was the body trade and human zoos. Grave robbing and murder to sell preserved parts of people so "scientists" could "prove" that certain races(always races other than their own of course) were less evolved and inferior. And of course there were the human zoos where they would kidnap people and yes put them in a zoo in tribal clothing so the "superior" races could see what the barely above animals, the inferior races were.

Then we have organizations in america like planned parenthood. It's founder was a strong believer in eugenics, believed in mass forced serializations of inferior people and eventually started abortion mills, to as was said "eliminated the inferior people." They, to this day still have the majority of their "clinics" in heavily minority areas, and the majority of abortions are done on minority populations. They're killing around a million a year from that alone. Btw christianity teaches that life if absolutely sacred and no one at all has the right to take life from an innocent person.

Shall we count up all the dictators like lennin, stallin, mao, n.korea, pol pot, hitler(already mentioned), and many more. They wanted to stamp out religion in their countries and ended up killing hundreds of millions if not billions.

China today has enforced population controls and murders children by the millions to force their citizens to comply with their one child policy. I havn't even gotten into all that happened to the Australian aboriginals.

Although not actually carried out we have the various athiests who preach to thunderous applause that we need to eliminate 90% of earth's population. They're literally calling for a mass killing of over 6 billion people.

By contrast the spanish inquisition killed around 3000 people in 300 years. Even one death is horrific to something like that, and as far as christianity goes it can be 100% proven than anyone like that is action completely inconsistently with the teachings of Christ.

I'm not pretending like nothing bad has happened in the name of religion, and specifically christianity, I imagine you've probably never even heard of what happened in geneva. But you may want to take some time to educate yourself and take a look at the billions who have experienced extreme suffering and death at the hands of secular humanists. No one comes out looking good in history but the body count from secular humanism in the last 200 years is just unimaginable.

@Auwwy
What was I supposed to get from that link?

Arguing about the religious status of atheism/agnosticism is getting very off topic, so I'll try not to touch it. I will say, though, that one could argue that it was the lack of faith that allowed the Russian dictators to rule as they did. I mean, before Stalin, was there ever an atheist (he was an atheist, not an agnostic) with so much power? And has any leader had as high a death count under his leadership as Stalin? My point is, even if an atheistic leader didn't specifically declare that he was killing in the name of atheism, that doesn't mean atheism had nothing to do with the killing. The number of people who died under Stalin is at least several times the number of people killed in the name of Christianity.

@andrea987 I might agree that the human nature and psychology is the root cause of all suffering... But religion is the way our bad side is too much often addressed towards certain kinds of people. And hypocrisy is really bad (telling something is about love when it gives a reason for so many bad things to happen, for the gain of the people who misuse people's faith).

@TrueWiiMaster mao and stalin are probably competing for highest body count by a single ruler(both die hard atheists btw). The body count by each of those two individuals compared to even including islam with christianity is probably not many times, but orders of magnitude larger.

Let's everyone calm down and start talking about the actual game. If you don't want to play it, fine! Most of us aren't offended so don't tell us why we shouldn't play it.

I'll DEFINITELY buy this if it comes to Nintendo consoles. I hope its not just a tease.

@nessisonett
Every comment you've made on this article has been about people who are offended, not about the game...

@nessisonett while generally I agree, if people want to make disgusting games that's fine. However, I just have to ask if you would have the same attitude if the game was overtly racist and people were posting that some race was the cause of all the world's problems(also if it happened to be your race)?

@Yorumi you completely misunderstood evolution. The simplest way to define a species is "specimens of different species can't generate fertile offspring". Homo sapiens, our species, is an unique species. Races are an entirely different thing and are based on genetic criteria. Races in a certain species can have fertile offspring, and homo sapiens has no races.
Leaving eugenetics aside, which is horrible and isn't caused by lack of faith itself, you demonize abortion. About this, science has its own beliefs (we can't define an embryo as an human being up to a certain part of brain development) while most Christians argue that a fertilized egg already has a soul. But a lay state can't base itself on a religious belief, I hope you can attest to that. So abortion up to that moment isn't legally or scientifically murder. But science and the law agree with you that from that point onwards it's murder.
About the atheist dictators, it's again human nature behind it. The difference here is that religious teachings are used by some people to direct other believers' bad side against others for their own gain (be it " salvation ", but gains are often economical in nature), so there's a layer of hypocrisy that is really bad.

@Yorumi This game doesn't say that Christianity is the root of the world problems does it? Also Nintendo made a game for the NES called Bible the Game and that's also based on characters from the Old Testament. As I see it, you should look past the 'offensive' story because this won't bother most people so don't push your views on us. PS I'm Catholic.

@Auwwy no I havn't misunderstood evolution at all, you have failed to understand my point because of your bias and ignorance toward christians. Look up how SCIENTISTS applied the theory of evolution in the late 19th and earth 20th century. Back then it was stated as a scientific FACT that certain races were inferior. You were thought of as absolutely crazy and unscientific to believe otherwise. Please research your history.

Furthermore the atheists today are trying to criminalize the teaching of any counter evidence to evolution like for example Dr. Sanfords experiments and others. Atheists are trying to throw people in jail for free thought, so talk about hypocricy.

Also on the abortion point, there is no denying this. We're talking about human beings with a heart beat, central nervous system, and brain waves, fully capable of feel pain. Oh btw atheists argue abortion should be legal as late as 2 years old.

And as for your final point, you realize how terrible that looks? For there to be hypocrisy that means someone is acting inconsistently with what they're saying. So for religion they're saying it's bad to kill but doing it, for the atheists they're saying eh there's no hypocrisy so it's fine to kill billions. You'd rather have someone ruling who believes it's ok to kill billions, but not someone who believes it's wrong to kill?

@nessisonett nice dodge, people in this thread at saying it's the root of all the world's problems. Oh btw you're doing as much pushing views on people as anyone else commenting this thread. So answer the question, if the game portrayed blacks as lunatics and psychopaths, and people were commenting that it's ok cause blacks are the cause of all the worlds problems would you have the same attitude?

@nessisonett
Are you referring to one of the games made unofficially (without Nintendo's permission) by Wisdom Tree? I'm fairly certain Nintendo never made a religious game.

@Yorumi Are you saying that there are no black psychopaths or serial killers? If the bad guy was black, I wouldn't take his ethnicity into account. I didn't say that Catholics were the root of the worlds problems. They aren't and neither are blacks. People are entitled to their opinion though and there is free speech. I don't agree with UKIP but I can't stop them saying what they do.

@TrueWiiMaster Regardless of whether Nintendo MADE the game, Nintendo let it be released on the NES.

@nessisonett lets try this one more time. Since this game deals with real people, lets take MLK for example. Do you suppose there wouldn't be any concern for a game that portrays MLK as a psychopath and murderer, and the civil rights marchers as a bunch of lunatics?

Also you seem to be unaware that wisdom tree illegally released games. They wern't approved by nintendo they basically rom hacked existing games and sold them.

@nessisonett
As Yorumi just said, Nintendo never approved of the games. They were released without any permission from Nintendo. They even have different cartridges (black with a weird ridge on the end) because they couldn't use real NES cartridges. I think the game you were referring to is Bible Adventures.

@Yorumi The Old Testament is a metaphor. These are stories so they aren't 'real people'. I admit, I had forgotten Wisdom Tree were unlisenced but there are plenty more examples. Take The Bible Game for GBA. In this game you beat demons with bibles. I have no more to say on this subject. I have a life.

@nessisonett first of all the old testiment was written over about 1300 years, it's not one single book. The history told in most of the books, what can be, has been proven out by archaeology. Genesis itself, where Abraham, comes from has had numerous sites found by archaeology. Many of which that were said to be "just a myth." Not only that but finds of ancient writings from long gone civilizations have confirmed much of the history contained in genesis.

Genesis itself is written in the same style as jewish history, not myth, not poetry, but history. You may choose to deny the scientific evidence for this history but that doesn't change what it is, and the weight of evidence is extremely against you.

Also notice how you're still dodging the question. So like always it's one standard for me and a different standard for you.

@Yorumi science does wrong and it's constantly evolving as we learn new things, using a method Galileo devised in 1600 and that is still used. In 1800/first years of 1900 we didn't know about DNA and genetics so scientists had to base themselves on biological features. As genetic science developed, we found out that humans have no races.
About young earth creationism I don't even want to talk. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evidence_against_a_recent_creation and please link me a source for "all atheists want creationists to be jailed", since all I know is that they don't want it taught in US schools (sorry, Italian here...) since it's scientifically wrong.
About abortion, please link me sources for all your claims about " atheists". All I've studied is that currently most scientists hold that up to a certain point in brain fetal development you can't classify an embyo as an human being. Laws about it are based on this.
And about hypocrisy: all of us have a bad side. But leveraging a faith to direct said bad side against other people is bad. This doesn't make it fine to kill people, you're making me saying things I didn't say. And all those dictators created a sort of religion, with themselves as a deity. This also happened in ancient Rome and ancient Egypt, and somewhat by most of the modern emperors/kings who claimed they were "appointed by God" and their power was of divine origins.

@Auwwy Completely agree, that's what I said, religion is just another way to exploit human nature. Like science, politics and commerce. Don't confuse it with God, that's all. Religions (particularly the problems related to it) are all our fault, I'm afraid.

@Auwwy you're really going to use wiki as a source?
http://creation.com/age-of-the-earth
Sources cited linking to peer reviewed research by highly educated scientists. Ultimately interpretation of evidence is going to be biased by a worldview. Look up the parable of the candle to understand better how worldview biases everyone.

You are also woefully ignorant of history, stalin and mao were avowed atheists and hated religion. They did not set themselves up as gods, they were iron fisted dictators, and those are only the worst of them. I also love how whenever you don't like the facts you just find some reason to say they don't count. I suppose it's ok to attack religion if you ignore all the facts.

I didn't say all atheists want to criminalize it but a lot do.
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/atheism_pr.html
There's a source for dawkins: “‘How much do we regard children as being the property of their parents?’ Dawkins asks. ‘It’s one thing to say people should be free to believe whatever they like, but should they be free to impose their beliefs on their children? Is there something to be said for society stepping in? What about bringing up children to believe manifest falsehoods?’”

Parents shouldn't be allowed to teach their kids something he doesn't approve of. The state stepping in means taking children away or jailing parents(we saw a case of this in germany, parents fled to the US seeing asylum when the state wanted to jail them for homeschooling their children).

I could go on but we're massively off topic. Point is you're massively ignorant of anything you don't want to face. You then attack other people out of that massive ignorance, while ignoring the immense problems faced by people with a worldview similar to yours. Blaming other people for the world's problems is how hatred and wars are born no matter what the belief system. Perhaps instead of blaming others for all the problems in the world you could start with yourself and make the world just a little bit better place.

@Yorumi oh cry me a river, white heterosexual christians want to be persecuted so bad. I suggest you go back to roman times. I on the other hand will still be a black gay man living in a world where my very life is in danger every single day.

@Yorumi "I didn't say all atheists want to criminalize it but a lot do."
Did you seriously just say this?

@Auwwy
"since all I know is that they don't want it taught in US schools (sorry, Italian here...) since it's scientifically wrong."
That's where Intelligent Design comes in. Creationism shouldn't be taught in schools because it's religious. Intelligent Design is fairly all-encompassing, and can even include evolution. The reason atheists don't want ID in schools is that it allows for the possibility of religion.

As for angry atheists, it's not hard to find them online. They obviously don't represent every atheist out there, but they're the loudest. It's not unusual for them to make statements like "Creationists should be shot" or "Creationists shouldn't be allowed to have kids".

@Arcamenel
When did anyone mention "white heterosexual christians"? People were talking about Jews, one of the more persecuted races on Earth, and Christians, which can be any race or gender. What's more, Christians are being persecuted in the Middle East right now, where their lives actually are in danger.

And how is your life in danger every day? Your account says you live in the US, which isn't really known for killing homosexuals.

@TrueWiiMaster Didn't Nintendo release a few games that had religious content, but was Famicon exclusive?

@LazyGamer it depends on what we call "religious content." Lots of things have taken inspiration from religious text and such(how many times have you seen norse themes in games). Not specifically games but the anime madoka magica clearly pulls heavily from the bible.

It's a bit of a red herring though, the complaint isn't so much that it contains religious content but that it's specifically attacking said people. It's kind of like the difference between military shooters often using arabs as villains(since that kind of thing is in the news) and one making attacks and insults against specific arabs and implying the entire race is descendant from lunatics.

I was kinda hoping for a Wii U version of the game! I almost certainly won't buy the 3DS version and almost certainly WOULD buy a Wii U version! Make it happen and you get my money since I have had my eye on this game for quite some time since I enjoyed Super Meat Boy so much!

@Arcamenel

"I on the other hand will still be a black gay man living in a world where my very life is in danger every single day"

The best quote to come out of this entire thread

@MikeLove That says a lot about this Comment Section, then...

...I just fail to see why there are so many feces...

Seriously though, @Arcamenel, stop being so dramatic.

@WinterWarm

Shhhh! Are you trying to draw attention to the man?! He has people out there trying to find him and kill him!

This game is a lot of fun. I have it on the PS4, and the 3DS deserves to have such a gem. I don't understand Nintendo's original fear about the religious themes since Nintendo is clearly making games with strongly anti-religious themes anyway--Xenoblade Chronicles and Bayonetta 2 instantly spring to mind. On top of that, Shin Megami Tensei IV was not friendly about mythology, modern or ancient, throughout. If anything, Nintendo feels like the most atheistic of the big three (and good for them!), after all, it was Microsoft that published a game where you play as a Templar--among history's most brutal people.

My only issue is the seeming "do it all in one life" aspect of Binding of Isaac--it takes longer to get into than I would have liked, but it's a wild and creative experience. Not blasphemous enough, though. I mean, you're just trying to escape crazy-religious Mom, not actively killing god like in Xenoblade, Bayonetta, or SMT4.

I just bought the original Binding on Steam during a sale, got it for like two bucks. If I like it, I'll definitely get it on 3DS if it does come out.

This is cool, but doesn't really concern us Europeans since Nicalis is handling the ports. We all know by now that Nicalis games just don't get published in Europe.

@MikeLove I'm going to assume that's sarcasm and just. . . Play video games.