A screenshot taken from Do Not Feed The Monkeys on Nintendo Switch

Update (Fri 5th Jun, 2020 10:fifteen BST): Information technology appears that the North American eShop has now caught on to the rating fault, equally the game has now been taken down. The game is set up to relaunch on the eShop with a new and correct rating in due time; publisher Alawar says that, "As shortly as we know the new date — we'll let everybody know immediately".

Information technology has as well now appeared on the European eShop, with a more than understandable '12' rating.

Original Commodity (Wed third Jun, 2020 11:30 BST): Before a video game can be released on Nintendo Switch - or any other major platform, for that matter - information technology has to be given an official rating by any relevant organisations. In Northward America, ratings are handled past ESRB, with PEGI handling the same process across Europe.

You'll take seen them plenty of times before; ESRB'south ratings range from 'Due east for Everyone', which ways that a game's content "is generally suitable for all ages", to 'Adults Only xviii+, which speaks for itself.

ESRB Ratings

It'due south pretty strange, then, that Do Not Feed the Monkeys, an indie game centred around the act of voyeurism and consummate with scenes featuring nudity and sexual content, can currently exist found on the North American eShop with an 'E for Everyone' rating. Information technology launched earlier this week and can be downloaded for $12.99 at the fourth dimension of writing - there'south even a free demo available.

What makes the state of affairs stranger still, is the fact that the game's publisher describes information technology as being for "mature" audiences but, and has addressed the fact that the age rating needs to exist changed on social media. So how did information technology get on the eShop with an Due east for Everyone rating in the offset place?

"Equally some of you may know, we intended to release Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Switch today. Unfortunately, we had to change the ratings. Nosotros are waiting for the rating update to exist tested, and nosotros'll exist able to release the game after that. Sad for whatsoever inconvenience!"

If you have children who frequently browse the eShop for new games to play, we'd naturally urge you to steer them clear of this until the rating is inverse. The game's developer describes the game as follows:

This Game may comprise content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Nudity or Sexual Content, General Mature Content

[source gonintendo.com]