Nintendo Responds To Same Sex Marriages Petition in Tomodachi Life

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Earlier this week, a petition emerged on the Internet in order to claim the possibility of a relationship between individuals of the same sex in Tomodachi Life. While the goal of the game is to manage the social life of the player's Mii and see evolve in an environment where everything is allowed, some were shocked that they were not able to behave in the game as they would in real life. Nintendo of America was then compelled to make a comment ​​through a statement.

"The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation. We hope that all of our fans will see that Tomodachi Life was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game, and that we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary."

That said, Nintendo claims to have heard the criticism and has taken it into account for the future installments, but also states that it is too late for Tomodachi Life as it cannot be changed. Many responded that Nintendo is merely pulling the wool over their eyes, referring to the bug occurred this year in Japan and unblocked homosexual relationships. To recap, Nintendo had then quickly corrected the "bug" with a patch whose description stating that it would prevent "strange relationships". While this statement was rather wrong, to be entirely fair the bug could potentially corrupt the save data of players.
 
Nintendo can do what they want with their games. They are the ones who create it. I'm sure there are alot of people who would find this thing offensive and of course Nintendo had to say something. You can't make everyone happy with what you do. I'm sure the game will be a big hit.
 
I wonder if they didn't allow it for hentai reasons.
 
Demon_Skeith said:
I wonder if they didn't allow it for hentai reasons.
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Not really. Apparently, players could do it by marry a male and female character, and then changing the gender. There were risks of this corrupting the save data (according to Nintendo) which is why they created a patch.

I can't say whether that's true or not, if that happens to be an excuse they probably only did it because of parents.

Society is still pretty homophobic, and being a game company that targets kids and teens mostly but also allows same sex relationships doesn't sit good with parents.
 
I really don't get the big deal about it. Nintendo isn't enforcing their views of "right and wrong" or even saying them. It was a game not working as intended. Shocking, you can do things in video games that you wouldn't normally do in real life.
 
Joshua said:
I really don't get the big deal about it. Nintendo isn't enforcing their views of "right and wrong" or even saying them. It was a game not working as intended. Shocking, you can do things in video games that you wouldn't normally do in real life.
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Sadly people always want more. MMO's for example. None of the first ones allowed same sex relationships. Then after a few slightly popular games started including it, gamers complained about how more games should include that feature, not taking into consideration that different countries have different laws in regards to video game content.
 
The guy makes sense. The first time I heard about this game, I was looking up something else and someone had made a song in that game based on that something. But I digress, I would be glad to hear about a future game like this with the feature to marry whoever regardless of gender, and more features, even if I've never played this ever. It would be cool if I could play it. I wonder if I could put in or recreate my Vislor Turlough avatar in there. I probably could, it looks like I'd have the capability.
 
This is another example of people literally going out to look for inequality. I am sure that they did not purposefully non include that aspect in order to make stand against same sex marriage. That would be absurd to do, and even more absurd to accuse them of doing so

That being said I do believe that game makers need to be alive to the hot topics of the modern world and regulate their games accordingly. Personally, I believe the best method to do so is to remain firmly sat on the fence, and this is what I think that Nintendo have done in this situation. My not including same sex marriage, they haven't gone against it nor are they supporting it, and the public release is perfect. Clearly distancing themselves from real life situations so as to strengthen the fact that this is a virtual world with no real life political or ethical underlying dogma with it
 
This topic upsets me, because people have behave like complete morons. The first I heard of this was a guy who understood the situation and was trying to be responsible. Then some idiot found his video and decided to start up a lynch mob - and Nintendo has been branded as homophobic for no reason. Seriously though I don't get what the big deal is - especially since the commercial for it are playing on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network and Nick Jr. Jeez - pick your battles guys!
 
Esperahol said:
This topic upsets me, because people have behave like complete morons. Nintendo has been branded as homophobic for no reason.
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My thoughts exactly. If you don't drape yourself in a gay pride flag every day, you get deemed homophobic by everyone who does. The way I see it, there's no way for Nintendo to win in this situation, no matter how much they try to stay neutral. By including the traditional means of marriage as a fun little joke that wasn't meant to be taken seriously, they're marked as the biggest anti-gay/Westboro Baptist Church supporting/satan-worshipping/puppy-kicking organization since Chic-Fil-A. If Nintendo did include gay marriage as an option, they'd be seen as the over-supportive yaoi organization who drapes themselves in a gay pride flag every day. With something as miniscule as goofy weddings in a goofy video game, overlooking same-sex marriage to please a few people, or at the very least, anger others, is understandable.

I'm sure no one at Nintendo thought something like this would be blown so greatly out of proportion and it's a shame that it had to be this way. There's nothing wrong with supporting gay marraige, but to burn everyone who takes a neutral stance in the matter is rediculous.
 
Last couple of posts have been great at making the logical point and I am thankful the super sensitive people haven't taken over this topic and painted it with their quite simply outrageous and exaggerated views.

In the modern world, everything is being criticized even if it is slightly non PC and this is taking away from the actual big causes that still have not been resolved. When a game is called homophobic for non including same sex marriages, that is the perfect example of such an insane time we live in
 
To be honest, i have no problem with same sex marriage in my game.
The view that it is wrong is so old now and everyone has moved on from that view by now anyway!
 
There are a few games out there that entertain the idea of homosexual themes. However, based on the audience that Nintendo draws I can understand why some people may be bothered by it more.
Personally, I don't really care one way or the other in that I'm not an advocate or a dissenter by any means. 

In any case, interesting stance they've taken.
 
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