Controversies surrounding Super Smash Keyboards and Killer Minecraft

Super Smash Keyboards and Killer Minecraft are two fighting game franchises created by Drillimation Systems and published by Bandai Namco. Over the course of the games released throughout the years, they have generated controversy due to its frequent use of blood and cruelty towards women, as well as underage individuals being injured/killed.

North America
In North America, all installments in both series are rated Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board for blood and violence. Depending on the context of each individual game, the game can have other descriptors besides the two listed on every installment.

Europe
In Europe, before the establishment of PEGI, the games in the UK were generally rated 15. Right after PEGI was established, all games starting from Killer Minecraft 4: Hopeless Masquerade onward were rated 16, while in some territories in Europe this rating was lowered to 15.

Japan
In Japan, the games were not rated until the CERO was established in 2002, and all games starting from Killer Minecraft 4: Hopeless Masquerade onward were rated CERO C. Super Smash Keyboards 8 and its sequel were rated CERO D due to more graphic violence and a bit of sexuality (including partial nudity and costume breaks). However, starting from Super Smash Keyboards X, the series returned to CERO C.

Australia
In Australia, all installments in both series are rated M. Like Super Smash Keyboards 8 and its sequel, it received an MA15 rating for the same reason as Japan before it returned to receiving M ratings starting with Super Smash Keyboards X.

Criticism and protests
When the first Super Smash Keyboards game became popular in the United States in the early 1990s, several politicians and parents were angered by the game's use of blood and the Fatalities. A group of school principals in Trenton, New Jersey set up a campaign to warn parents of the game's content. One Chuck E. Cheese's location in Macon, Georgia issued a ban on allowing the game in their arcade.

In a 1993 poll conducted in the United Kingdom, children between the ages of 8 - 14 years of age were asked what their favorite of the "big three Drillimation games" were, with Super Smash Keyboards being the most voted. This drew the concern of several parent councils, one school in Manchester urged a campaign to prevent their kids from playing the game. Susumu Takajima, who is not opposed to allowing kids to play the game, has always asserted that the game is not meant to be played by pre-teenagers and that both franchises always receive the highest non-restricted rating.