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Nintendo Attacks Marriage
Cordova, TN; May 11, in the year of our Lord 2014--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is shocked that Nintendo has come out and
attacked marriage. One radical (Tye Marini from Mesa, Arizona)
stirred up social Internet circuits on a campaign to radically
change Tomodachi Life. What did he want? He wanted Nintendo to
redefine marriage in this Nintendo 3DS game to fit his extremist
views on homosexuality. He wanted to play homosexual in the
video game. His campaign was recognized by Nintendo of America
in their statement on May 9th.
“Nintendo is Committed to Fun and Entertainment for Everyone
Redmond, Wash. -- We apologize for disappointing many people by
failing to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life.
Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to change this game’s
design, and such a significant development change can’t be
accomplished with a post-ship patch. At Nintendo, dedication has
always meant going beyond the games to promote a sense of
community, and to share a spirit of fun and joy. We are
committed to advancing our longtime company values of fun and
entertainment for everyone. We pledge that if we create a next
installment in the Tomodachi series, we will strive to design a
game-play experience from the ground up that is more inclusive,
and better represents all players.
-- Nintendo of America“
Nintendo immediately drew fire from the super majority of
Americans who do not want marriage redefined. Nintendo also
faces some major hypocrisy. When have they provided for
Christians? In fact they have demanded Christian images be
removed from games (crosses taken off tombstones). They have
denied licenses to companies making Christian games (remember
Wisdom Tree). Nintendo has a long history of discrimination
against Christians. For a decade they have been asked to include
a church in Animal Crossing. They have been asked to put God in
their games instead of a false goddess. Nintendo continues to
fail in terms of providing for Christians.
Yet Nintendo has never bothered to apologize to Christians for
all of the slights. Why is that? Why is their culture so hostile
to Christians? I guess Christians are not part of the everyone
they are talking about. Every single time we ask Nintendo to be
inclusive of Christians they completely ignore it. Other
organizations have made the same request, and Nintendo ignores
them as well. Yet one radical stirs up a militant redefining
group who attacks Christians and they quickly issue an apology.
Talk about a major double standard.
Nintendo is completely wrong. They can not pick one side of a
hot button issue and provide for both sides. Putting redefined
marriage into a game is going to offend billions. So they will
make a few people happy, and offend many more. Nintendo would
have been much wiser in keeping silent on this issue. Because
now they have opened themselves up to all kinds of problems.
They have attacked traditional marriage. They are admitting they
arrogantly think they know better than billions who have
accepted the definition of marriage for thousands of years.
Nintendo is saying they do not want money from every single
person who believes in traditional marriage. Their apology slaps
traditional marriage folks right in the face. How will Nintendo
provide for traditional marriage folks?
World Vision recently took a stance like Nintendo and it hurt
them. Chick-Fil-A took a traditional marriage stance and it
helped them financially. If Nintendo cares about their business
they will take note of what has happened with these two
companies. One radical is not going to keep their business going
over the long term. When will Nintendo issue an apology to
Christians? BTW will Tomodachi Life include a church, pastor
and/or priest?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming