wraggster
May 12th, 2014, 23:11
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/c34a3bb1bcc332f7d8bad4ef0661d68c/200105148/tomdoachi-apology.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/09/nintendo-apology/)When Nintendo designed Tomodachi Life (http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/11/nintendo-tomodachi-life/), a bizarre life-sim that puts the company's Mii avatars in an exaggerated parody of reality, it probably didn't expect to provoke a marriage equality campaign. Community cries for 'Miiquality' petitioned Nintendo to add same-sex relationships to the title, but the company's initial response (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/08/nintendo-tomodachi-life-miiversity/) was sterile and dismissive. "Tomodachi Life was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game," Nintendo said. "We were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary." Intentional or not, the lack of same-sex relationships caused a stir. Now, Nintendo is apologizing officially (http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/c4FWbi-Uave2T9R1h7SFzX0aoa-d4pgx).
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/09/nintendo-apology/
http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/09/nintendo-apology/