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No, Nintendo Doesn't Hate Gays. AKA "Why ‪#‎Miiquality‬ is Pointless".

There's controversy surrounding Nintendo’s upcoming game, Tomodachi Life. The issue stems from the fact that the game does not allow same-sex characters to be married. It was exacerbated by Nintendo saying that the reason for this was because they wanted to avoid “social commentary”. Admittedly, Nintendo have handled this situation badly, but all those who are arguing that Nintendo are being homophobic are, frankly, wrong. Let's take a look at why.

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CustardTrout3680d ago (Edited 3680d ago )

Well this is awkward
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http://imgur.com/q8RIS8L

randomass1713680d ago

Oh criminey. Do people seriously think this non-issue makes Nintendo homophobic??

3-4-53680d ago

* Quick, somebody List/Name ALL the games that allow you to be in a relationship with somebody of the same sex.

Now compare that to the list of all games ever created.

How many actually allow it?

randomass1713680d ago

^This. This controversy is so dumb... and to think Nintendo wanted to AVOID controversy.

jacqueline_carter3680d ago

I approved the article but I disagree. I think we have every right to be angry with nintendo.

iamnsuperman3680d ago (Edited 3680d ago )

I agree with you. I also find it funny considering the tag line for this game is something like

Your friends. Your drama. Your life.

Urm apparently not for the gay community.

DragoonsScaleLegends3680d ago

So should they add a lesbian, transgender option also? Or would Nintendo still be evil because they only added in gay dudes.

DragonKnight3680d ago

Why do you have any right to be angry with Nintendo?

randomass1713680d ago

You're angry because you can't make Miis gay in a game that isn't even a real dating sim? -_-

wonderfulmonkeyman3680d ago (Edited 3680d ago )

Why?
There's plenty of other games on the internet right now that would allow someone to choose to date their own gender.
Why must this game and every game like it cater to gays just so the creators can avoid being villainized, when there are already other options that cater to the demographic that wants to marry their gender?
Why can't there be two sides to this coin, some games for straights and some games for gays, without both sides trying to villainize each other over the issue?
If equality is ever going to mean anything, then there's got to be a way for both sides to get what they want without being forced to be together every single time in every single instance.
Forcing issues only makes people fight back harder sometimes.
That doesn't solve everything very quickly.

voodoochild3463680d ago (Edited 3680d ago )

No you don't. Stop being a hypocrite and be TOLERANT of Nintendo's right to make a game the way they want to. It's not even a dating sim so I don't understand why people care about sexual orientation. Surely your life isn't so unfulfilling that you have to find something to hate on. Please find something to do...

KonsoruMasuta3680d ago

Not everything has to cater to your demographic. If only people would realize that.

randomass1713680d ago

I'm so shocked people are upset because they can't make Miis marry other certain Miis. I mean... why does it matter? There are worse offenders out there anyway.

Activemessiah3680d ago (Edited 3680d ago )

On a more serious note, this game came out in Japan a while ago and they have JUST decided to give the west one of their "very japanese" games that we don't usually get... but now that this has happened, Nintendo will unlikely do this again and we might miss out on actual gems... so well done, you may have just cost us future ports. -_-

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos15d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H915d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX14d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H914d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro14d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos13d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8815d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7714d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos14d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris14d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno31d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.