'Federal Fighter II Turbo') is a parody fighting game, developed by Austrian studio Colour Colliders on behalf of German satire format Browser Ballet and published by funk in 2017.
[3] The playable cast of Bundesfighter II Turbo consist of satirical depictions of the leading candidates of the 2017 German federal election, representing the CDU, SPD, Left, FDP, AfD and A90/Greens parties.
As a browser game, Bundesfighter II Turbo is not subject to the USK's approval before release, which is why a member of the VDVC (Association for Germany's video and computer players) only filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office in Berlin after its launch, alleging a violation of Section 86a of the German Criminal Code.
In addition, the public prosecutor's office noted in its official reasoning: "In technical literature, the 1998 ruling of the OLG Frankfurt is considered outdated.“[10] Despite this decision not setting a new precedent, as a response to the controversy, the USK updated their ruleset on August 9, 2018.
The revision saw a change concerning the application of the Sozialadäquanzklausel, making it so, instead of categorically denying video games the definition of art or educational material and thus the admission of the use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations, now it is up to the USK to decide on a case-by-case basis.