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[Ahnez]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

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So yeah. There you have it.

Well, there is it

Thankfully, its fake

 

[Lights and Waves]

Thank Goodness!

Mods, please close this thread. It's not letting me edit the title.

 

[nukedeggs]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

Translation below.



So yeah. There you have it.

Awesome!! Back to the petting controversy thread then lmao

 

[TheKingOfPain]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

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So yeah. There you have it.

Meno male, sarebbe stato vergognoso altrimenti.

Good, that would have been shameful.

 

[Shuggananas]

aaaand there you go, it was all BS as expected

 

[Mael]

Nintendo must be really surprised how, of their entire stable of game franchises, it would be seemingly fringe ones such as Fire Emblem and Tomadachi Life that seem to cause the most controversy.

Disappointing news if true.

Tomodachi is hardly fringe, it's one of their biggest runaway success as of late.
At the rate it's growing it should easily pass stuffs like Zelda.
It's already beyond anything Metroid ever did.
Fire Emblem isn't even fit to be in the same category considering all the stuffs thefring stufff they''re removing were put there in a bid to have the game sell and have the IP saved from being put in the same box as Fzero.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Well some people here sure look stupid now

 

[DrArchon]

Called it. Now hopefully this can die and we can stop having people slam NoE for something it isn't doing.

 

[Qurupeke]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

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So yeah. There you have it.

Good.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

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So yeah. There you have it.

Good. Shame that this was actually believable.

 

[Jarmel]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

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So yeah. There you have it.

Hopefully the EU version is left untouched.

 

[DecoReturns]

You guys jump to conclusions too soon.

Good lord. At least wait for confirmations

 

[fernoca]

More proof tthat some people just need to take a few pills or smoke something to relax before posting.

EU version doesn't even have a release date.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

What do you expect when "it's just localization" has been used to shut down these discussions for so many months now? I'd rather we not have this argument now either but I'd rather we never had it in the first place.

Because the fact of the matter is, it IS just localization. However, in this case this instance of localization further infringes upon a historically oppressed minority.

So, even if this is just normal localization, it has now forced itself into a civil rights issue.

 

[Primethius]

Well, there go all the slippery slope fallacies that were being thrown around.

:lol

 

[patapuf]

EU games are held up to the standards of every region they are released in. It might not be the case for Italy--but if NoE does business in Russia and seeks to release a Russian version of the game?

Well, uh. Yeah. The EU release would include a Russian language option and the copy of the game sold in Sweden would be the exact same copy as one sold in Russia.

For reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games

Yeah but depicition of homosexuality isn't banned in italy.

And this is a multi 5 release. Russian legislation isn't relevant.

 

[danmaku]

That's why i'm against any form of censorship.

It takes away from the public the chance to form an opinion by themeselves.

Human pets ? Do it !

Gay relationships ? Go for it.

Let ME approve or disapprove.

This. I doubt this rumor is true, though. It could happen in Italy, but wouldn't fly with the rest of Europe and they can't make a special version just for Italy.

 

[TUSR]

Does that mean if you make a female avatar, you can marry Tharja#2?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Now THIS is a problem.



Fan service and civil rights are not the same thing. Blushing anime girls (and guys) whose faces you can rub have not been historically oppressed and denied representation. They have not been told they don't exist, persecuted for how they were born, and denied the same space to find partners as everyone else.

Including same sex relationships is passive activism and valuable because it acknowledges a humanitarian conversation being had all over the world. Including same sex relationships sends a message of normalcy and encourages acknowledgment of different sexual orientations.

Including alienating fan service is, simply, not any of these things.

Not all content is created equal. A creator or company deciding to remove certain content has more weight when it reinforces a historically problematic dialog about the validity of human sexuality.

Yup.

Still waiting on a confirmation before anything, but this isn't remotely equal to the removal of bad fan-service.

 

[Ludger Kresnik]

PEOPLE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.

Better start packing, because I just got a reply from Nintendo Italy's PR Manager.

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So yeah. There you have it.

THANK THE HEAVENS.

 

[mullet2000]

It's actually fucking ridiculous that some think a petting mini game is on the same level as same sex relationships.

But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised on gaming side.

It's honestly embarrassing that some people are framing the removal of the minigame and this as the "same thing."