Nintendo dragged by everyone for anti-LGBT comments
Wow, after the comments made recently, everyone has been dragging them.
Salon:
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Of course, the exclusion of gays and lesbians is in fact political, and a form of social commentary. Heterosexuality is normal, family-friendly, it says; homosexuality is not. That Nintendo can think its decision is apolitical is a prime example of what social theorists call “erasure”: The dominant group’s views and identities are taken as standard and value-neutral while minority viewpoints are “marked.” But in reality, heterosexuality is no less political than homosexuality.
I don't have an answer to that. So just let me play the part of a concerned friend once more and say: come on, Nintendo. You're better than this. And it doesn't seem like you have much more to lose anyway.
I apply a simple principle to statements like these: The more words a company needs to use to justify its exclusionary choices, the more simple its motivations. Call it a queer version of Occam's razor. Behind all the corporate jargon and flowery public-relations language lies hatred, pure and simple.
Don't know why it's such a big deal for them to add this. The Sims has gay marriage for years and nobody minds it and Jesus people aren't boycotting it. If they just put that option nobody would have noticed tbh.
Doesn't everyone on Xbox Live use racial and gay slurs though? Let's not act like most of the gaming community is exactly supportive of the whole LGTB community.
Oh please, not like Xbox or Sony are any more LGBT friendly then Nintendo
In before, "Last of Us and Fable have numerous gay characters!!1!" out of the 1000s of games on both consoles that has yet to include anything LGBT related.
At least Nintendo had Birbo and Shiek breaking down boundaries.
Nintendo has Birdo, a canon trans trainer in x/y, Tharja who's bi, Libra who's a drag queen , Heather from fire emblem who's lesbian, Vivian and way more. This reaching that they're lgbt-phobic for not reprogramming their entire game to add in gay marriages needs to stop.
Lol at these articles of people who know nothing about games and are trying to drag. Sure Nintendo worded it wrong, but they are not anti-LGBT. The game was way too far in development to just change it. It would take much time.
The Xbox One E3 thing was sexist and their fanbase is literally sexist/homophobic teenage boys, let's not act like Nintendo are the devil of the industry. They're wrong for this but the dragging is so hypocritical.
Nintendo has Birdo, a canon trans trainer in x/y, Tharja who's bi, Libra who's a drag queen , Heather from fire emblem who's lesbian, Vivian and way more. This reaching that they're lgbt-phobic for not reprogramming their entire game to add in gay marriages needs to stop.
whose the trans trainer and howd you know tharaja is bi
If they just put that option nobody would have noticed tbh.
