ZombiePlatypus
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I can`t understand the commotion about this and I am a very liberal person and pro-GM.
This game is for kids first and foremost, 6 year olds don't even have a real sexual orientation.
To construct a viewpoint were Nintendo is seen as homophobic or narrowminded in this regard is just ridiculous.
I completely get Trinen's answer, this should just be a fun game and not a political statement, but it seems in these days you are already stamped as "against" if you are not propagating it.
Even if they don't understand it, a lot of kids innately know what they're attracted to. Even if they don't know what gay or straight means. I know I was, and having a cartoon or a videogame show that some boys do like boys and it's ok, would have made a world of difference.
I agree that it doesn't need to be a political thing though. Why can't it just be the game giving more players options? The idea that it inherently becomes a political hot-button issue at the mere thought of doing something that should really be a non-issue to begin with, makes something like this all the more needed.