http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/g-20070720104531864036 en http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-168965.aspx 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. news Jul 13, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/news/bully-banned-in-brazil/a-2008011495316255093/g-20070720104531864036 Because "everything in the game takes place inside a school" news Apr 14, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-133496.aspx Bully has taken a beating in Brazil, where a judge suspended sales of the video game on the grounds it is too violent for young children and teenagers, a prosecutor said Thursday. Judge Flavio Rabello prohibited the game from being imported, distributed, sold or promoted on Web sites or in stores in Latin America's largest nation, said Rio Grande do Sul state prosecutor Alcindo Bastos. Companies have 30 days to comply with the judge's order. Bastos said the judge found the game was inappropriate for children. The aggravating factor is that everything in the game takes place inside a school, Bastos said. That is not acceptable. news Apr 11, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-131198.aspx Rockstar Games announced today that it has completely purchased Mad Doc Software, the developer responsible for the recent port of Bully to the Wii and Xbox 360. In addition to purchasing the developer, Rockstar has re-branded the dev Rockstar New England. news Apr 4, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/news/bully-stirring-up-controversy-again/a-20080305114014617096/g-20070720104531864036 Canadian Teachers' Federation up in arms as Scholarship Edition hits the shops news Mar 5, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/screenshots/g-20070720104531864036 screenshot Mar 4, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/screenshots/g-20070720104531864036 screenshot Mar 4, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/screenshots/g-20070720104531864036 screenshot Mar 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-118925.aspx Bully: Scholarship Edition, the revamped version of Bully/Canis Canem Edit is now available to buy for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 at North American retail stores for a suggested retail price of $49.99. Europe will be getting it March 7th [Friday this week] with a retail price of around £29.99 news Mar 4, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/review/bully-scholarship-edition/a-2008030494814421040/g-20070720104531864036 Find new ways to get into trouble in this overhauled version of 2006's charmingly goofy teen-angst adventure review Mar 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-118661.aspx A coalition of groups representing four million teachers from eight unions in several countries - Australia, Britain, Canada, South Korea, the Caribbean and the United States - is urging retailers to refuse to sell Bully: Scholarship Edition. Bully: Scholarship Edition features a shaven-headed teenager who adjusts to life at a new boarding school by harassing others, which the organizations say glorifies bullying. The abuse includes dunking pupils' heads in toilets, photographing them naked and physically assaulting them. Teachers are also targeted. news Mar 4, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/f/the-top-7-failed-franchises-we-know-how-to-fix/a-2008021418225161008/g-20070720104531864036 They've been broken for years. Here's how to set them right feature Feb 18, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/videos/g-20070720104531864036/v-2008021415465266039 video Feb 14, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/preview/bully-scholarship-edition-hands-on/a-20080213142334539025/g-20070720104531864036 Welcome (back) to Bullworth. It looks nicer now preview Feb 13, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/f/trailer-trash/a-2008020182730508091/g-20070720104531864036 See The Force Unleashed, Ninja Gaiden II, Tiberium, and more! feature Feb 1, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/videos/g-20070720104531864036/v-20080130161032585044 video Jan 30, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/news/first-trailer-for-bully-scholarship-edition-hits/a-20080130163116225043/g-20070720104531864036 Catch the remade controversy-magnet in action news Jan 30, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/news/bully-controversy-kicks-off-again/a-20080122101755919024/g-20070720104531864036 UK retailers refuse to stock 360 and Wii versions, teachers call for a ban news Jan 22, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-101892.aspx A violent new video game which is set in a school and encourages players to act out assaults on pupils and teachers has been condemned by anti-bullying campaigners and teaching unions. The game, called Bully, features a shaven-headed pupil who torments fellow students and teachers at his school. Critics said the game was glorifying school bullying and called for it to be banned. The PC World and Currys chain of stores said it had already decided not to stock the game. A spokesman said: We don't think this is suitable for sale in our stores. We are careful about what we sell and this is something we have decided not to list. news Jan 20, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-101864.aspx Although the date wasn't on exactly on target, it seems that GoNintendo's speculation that the Bully Scholarship Edition would hit in early March (based on a listing at Gamestop) was right on the money. Rockstar has announced that the school year at Bullworth Academy will begin in the US on March 5th and March 7th in the UK with all the crotch kicking, swirlies, hiding in lockers, stealing and boy kissing you can handle. news Jan 19, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/bully-scholarship-edition/preview/bully-scholarship-edition-first-look/a-20080116105438781073/g-20070720104531864036 Get ready to repeat a year of school as Jimmy Hopkins in a revamped, expanded adventure preview Jan 16, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-97073.aspx Rockstar Games is best known for its Grand Theft Auto series, but Wii and Xbox 360 owners will soon discover another worthy title in its library. Bully: Scholarship Edition arrives on Wii and 360 on March 4 in the US and March 7 in the UK. Both version are priced at $49.99 and include the original game along with a bevy of extras. Added to the original PS2 version are eight new missions, four new school classes (biology, music, math and geography), new unlockable items and clothing, new two-player offline minigames, new awards and, of course, Achievements. (The first two screenshots below are from the X360 version and the second two are from the Wii version.) news Jan 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-96779.aspx Joystiq writes: Jimmy Hopkins is supposedly ready to kiss the girls (and boys) at Bullworth Academy on Wii and Xbox 360 starting March 3. Bully: Scholarship Edition will feature new content and that's still all about we know at this point. Perhaps we'll get a little hands-on time with it at GDC, but we don't even really know if the Wii version will have waggle and the Xbox 360 will sport better textures. news Jan 3, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-87705.aspx According to French site Jeux-France.com, the remake of Rockstar's PS2 title won't be hitting the Wii and 360 until 7 February. It had previously been listed as appearing this year. Given that 2007 is now drawing to a close and we've not seen much of it yet, this isn't exactly a huge surprise. Still, if Rockstar feels it needs more time, so be it ¿ the PS2 version received glowing reviews when it was released in 2006, so a little extra development time will hopefully ensure that the 360 and Wii version are of the same standard. news Nov 24, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-85864.aspx After the furore surrounding Rockstar Games' Canis Canem Edit (a.k.a. Bully) eventually died down, few could argue that all the game contained was mild school ground pranks that left a warm, fuzzy feeling of nostalgia inside. Thankfully, it seems that despite all the negative press, Canis Canem Edit has finally received the recognition that it deserves, picking up Best Videogame Script award at last night's Writer's Guild of Great Britain Awards 2007. news Nov 19, 2007