Somebody caught this on Discord and it is wild. UPDATE: Developer has responded
The lengthy arm of PEGI might have whacked one of many yr’s largest eShop success tales.
Reviews emerged on our Discord server this morning of a UK-based chatter trying to buy Balatro at 1130 GMT, even going as far as to achieve the purpose of funds being added to their eShop steadiness. Earlier than the acquisition accomplished, the sport was eliminated.
There was no updates from the sport’s builders relating to the obvious ban. Though not confirmed, it’s seemingly that the sport’s content material (utilizing playing cards to make poker palms in a roguelike) might have run afoul of the necessary PEGI 18+ ranking for playing in video games.
UPDATE 1:00pm EST: Developer PlayStack has issued a touch upon their social media (here) reiterating that they do not have an anticipated time of return, however the elimination was apparently attributable to a unilateral ranking change: initially the sport was assigned an 18+ ranking, however following discussions with the authority (not named however presumably PEGI) had been in a position to affirm a 3+ ranking.