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Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit, is a third person action-adventure video game released by Rockstar Vancouver for the PlayStation 2. The game was released as Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Xbox 360, Wii and PC. Bully: Scholarship Edition was released by Rockstar Vancouver, with Mad Doc Software (now known as Rockstar New England), involved with the development. The game uses an advanced Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas engine through Renderware.

Gameplay

Bully is a sandbox game, similar to the Grand Theft Auto series set in a school environment. The player takes control of Jimmy Hopkins. The game makes extensive use of minigames, which include school classes.

Setting

The game takes place at Bullworth Academy, a fictional independent boarding school in the New England area of the United States. The school is located in the also fictional town of Bullworth, which resembles Connecticut. A reference to the year being 1992-1995 as the setting can be seen in one of the various arcade machine minigames but school sports flags show the school as champions as recently as 1998-1999.

Plot

The story revolves around the adventures of fifteen year old protagonist Jimmy Hopkins from his arrival at Bullworth Academy. He subsequently takes on and beats the Bullies, Preppies, Greasers, Nerds, Jocks and Townies.

Bully: Scholarship Edition

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Box art for the Xbox 360 version of Bully: Scholarship Edition

Bully: Scholarship Edition was released for the Xbox 360 and Wii video game consoles. The game features exclusive content which was unavailable in the PlayStation 2 version, including eight new missions, additional characters and four new school classes. Single system 2-player competitive multiplayer minigames have also been added, along with Achievements for the Xbox 360 version and Wii Remote motion and pointer controls for the Wii version. The Xbox 360 version also uses a new propriety game engine by developers Mad Doc Software. Bully: Scholarship Edition was released in the PAL region under the original Bully title, and not Canis Canem Edit, as the original game was renamed.

Trivia

It is strongly implied and hinted that the game Bully exists in the same fictional universe as the GTA games, though not fully specified whether it is in the GTA III Era or the GTA IV Era.

GTA IV
- A pedestrian who is almost identical to Jimmy Hopkins, the protagonist of Bully, can be found walking outside the Hove Beach railway station and is rumoured to appear in the mission Blow Your Cover for Elizabeta Torres, dancing in the background.
- On the television show I'm Rich a blonde girl describes her life and explains how she went to Bullworth Academy.
- A few GTA universe vehicles appear throughout the game. Most notably, a black Stallion with a flame paintjob (similar to the Diablo Stallion) and a Regina can be seen in the garage when entering Shop Class. Also, the Faggio can either be purchased at the carnival or stolen from an adult riding one around town.
Jimmy can also be customized to look identical to Claude from GTA III. Similar to Niko's "Claude Outfit" in GTA IV.

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 ==Plot==
 The story revolves around the adventures of fifteen year old protagonist Jimmy Hopkins from his arrival at Bullworth Academy. He subsequently takes on and beats the [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Bullies Bullies], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Preppies Preppies], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Greasers Greasers], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Nerds Nerds], [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Jocks Jocks] and [http://bullygame.wikia.com/wiki/Townies Townies].
-==Controversy==
-Criticisms are due to the adult nature of previous Rockstar games, in particular, the [[Hot Coffee Mod]] in GTA San Andreas. Groups such as Bullying Online and Peaceaholics have criticized the game for glorifying or trivialising school bullying. Most of these criticisms were voiced before the content of the game was available to the public. In 2006, [[ESRB]] gave Bully a rating of "T", the [[BBFC]] gave Canis Canem Edit a 15 rating and the New Zealand OFLC restricted it to persons 13 years of age and over. In 2007, Yahoo! Games listed it as one of the top ten controversial games of all time. Other criticisms include the ability for Jimmy to kiss girls and some boys, as well as the use of sexual themes in parts of the game.
-===ESRB===
-Prior to both the ESRB's rating and the release of ''Bully'', [[Jack Thompson]] filed a lawsuit attempting to have the game blocked from store shelves in Florida. Thompson declared the game a "nuisance" and "Columbine simulator". Thompson's petition asked for Wal-Mart and Take-Two Interactive to furnish him with an advance copy of Bully so he could have "an independent third party" play the game and determine if it would constitute a public nuisance in the state of Florida. Judge Ronald Friedman ordered Take-Two and Rockstar to provide the court with a copy of the game within 24 hours. Two days later Friedman subsequently ruled in favour of shipping the game, noting that there was no content in the game that was not already on late night TV. Similar attempts to have the game banned have also been made by the charity Bullying Online and Labour Party M.P Keith Vaz in the UK.
 ==Bully: Scholarship Edition==