FrostuTheNinja
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Dogshit answer for a dogshit question.
Good for him.
Good for him.
Why should that be? Sexual orientation isn't political
That's Nintendo
Are people seriously going to be upset about Nintendo saying this? Most of their games barely even have a story.
Ugh, terrible answer.
lol. Ya'll want everything to be political so bad. You can barely get a narrative out of a Nintendo story and you want them to make some statements? Chill.
I'm with him 100%. Why can't a company just focus on people having fun? There's so much bullshit in everyone's real life day-to-day, can't a company just focus on having fun and trying to bring a smile to people's faces?
Every piece of art is influenced by the views of the people who made it. "Statements" aren't necessarily beating players about the head with an idea and don't even have to be intentional to be made.I think there is a difference between making a statement and one being inferred by the user.
I think it's more about his wording, sounds like a coward "we ain't gonna mess with that" answer, ideally the answer would be more along the lines of "that's not the sort of story we want to tell in our games right now".
Absolute dogshit. "We just want people to have fun! Keep politics out of video games!" is such a non-answer.
Fine by me. Not every modern videogame needs to be a discussion. Some people just want fun. Is that so wrong?
Every piece of art is influenced by the views of the people who made it. "Statements" aren't necessarily beating players about the head with an idea and don't even have to be intentional to be made.
He's not a creator nor does he speak for any of them. He gave a vague answer because the question literally has nothing to do with him.
I agree wholeheartedly, its core plot is muddy but a lot of the side quests touched a lot.Funny thing is Xenoblade X did a much better of incorporating social issues and themes than all these western games with their hamfisted, overbearing implementations.
Reggie's not wrong and much of what makes Nintendo games so timeless is how they avoid making political statements, but they could still do more. Pixar fills their movies, Wall-E, Finding Nemo/Dory, with political/grander messages without losing the fun parts of their work. It would be great to see a Mario or Animal Crossing or maybe a Pikmin game take up the cause of environmentalism, for instance, which I could totally see them doing without fundamentally changing the tone of the games.
Not everything actively aims to push its creator's agendas, though.No matter how hard you try, everything has a meaning as it reflects the personality and values of its creator.
Absolute dogshit. "We just want people to have fun! Keep politics out of video games!" is such a non-answer.
He didn't give a vague answer, he clearly took a side by stating that nintendo would never do political statements and being antagonistic of the idea of games being politically charged.
If he had said "right now that not what nintendo wants to tell with it's games" he's saying the exact same "vague" answer without taking a position against the idea of videogames being political.
Also the answer he gave has him speaking for the creators at nintendo already.
That doesn't mean it's making a statement. A user making inferences doesn't change the intentions of the developer. Does it change the interpretation? Yes, but not the intention.
Let's take the idea of making Twintelle black. Some people might see that as some nonsense forcing in of diversity, even if for the developers, it was probably because they just designed Twintelle as being black.
You might say Mario always saving Princess Peach is making a statement about gender roles, but for Nintendo, it's just some stupid fairy tale barebones plot that they've used for nearly every Mario game, because they literally don't care and need an excuse for him to explore and fight Bowser
I mean, everything is a political statement, even an espoused lack of one. And their stance on LGBT representation (how NOA localization eraser a trans character for example, or no homosexuality in miitomo) shows that they have grounds to cover.
Also they're one of the least environmentslly friendly gaming companies and don't they have a pretty bad CSR record? These are political too.
you sure got a lot out of that 1 phrase Reggie said when asked about Far Cry 5, a game made by Ubisoft
”Making political statements are for other people to do," he said. ”We want people to smile and have fun when they play our games."
so when i want gay option in todamachi life i am unfun person? intressting
Games are unfun when they for example promote tollerance too i guess
Are people seriously going to be upset about Nintendo saying this? Most of their games barely even have a story.