States Chronicle - Latest Breaking World News

Friday, March 5, 2021
Log in
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
  • Investor Relations
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Latest News
    • Right Colors for your Skin Tone
    • MOST ACTIVE NASDAQ After-Hours
    • iPhone 5C Release Date
    • Samsung Galaxy S5 Release Date
    • The History of the Atkins Diet

Nintendo Promised to Allow Same – Sex Relationships in Tomodachi Life in the Future

May 12, 2014 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow

tomodachi life relationshipsIf you are a Nintendo fan and stayed updated to the past week news, then you already know about the social media gay awareness campaign started by a gay young man, Tye Marini, who felt his right to engage in a same – sex relationship in the life simulator game Tomodachi Life was violated by Nintendo. If you are not familiar to the case, however, let’s review it briefly.

Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life is a real life game simulator set to be released for the English speaking players in North America and Europe this summer on 3DS. The game was released in Japan last year and had quite a success, so it is easy to imagine the eagerness of the other players in the world to develop their own Mii characters and start having fun together. But one such enthusiast player noticed that the English version of the game didn’t allow people to build gay characters and engage in same – sex relationships, which, for a gay person was a bit bothering, to say the least.

Tye Marini decided to launch an awareness campaign, pressuring the Japanese publisher to modify the game so that gay players be allowed to live a normal, non – excluded life at least in the game. Marini’s social media awareness campaign rapidly gathered a lot of followers and escalated fast enough to receive the support of gay advocacy groups and organizations too. They all asked Nintendo to reconsider its policies and align them to the real state of facts: other game publishers allow players to build gay characters and engage in flirting, wooing and even marrying same – sex characters.

While initially Nintendo was pretty categorical about not changing anything related to the game, the pressure built up rapidly and the Japanese publishers together with the American party issued a public statement apologizing to the gay users for not taking them into consideration. Moreover, Nintendo promised to allow same – sex relationships in Tomodachi Life in a future installment. The official apology and pledge made Marini very happy and calmed things down, at least for a while. According to the media, Nintendo admitted they couldn’t change anything about the upcoming English version of the game, but they will take into account the wishes and needs of their gay fans in the next game installments in the series:

We apologize for disappointing many people by failing to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life,” Nintendo said in a statement released Friday. “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.

Moreover, Nintendo officials also stated that

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.

Keeping this promise is mandatory for Nintendo, as gay advocacy groups are keeping an eye on them. While other major publishers are friendlier and friendlier with their gay customers, Nintendo still needs to prove it is able to catch up to its fellow game developers. Even if Nintendo promised to allow same – sex relationships in Tomodachi Life if the future, the issue of virtual equality is still a hot subject many other publishers are treating with maximum of sensibility.

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Nintendo, real life simulator, Tomodachi Life

About Janet Vasquez

Janet hasn’t had the happiest of childhoods. Her parents shipped her off to a girl-only boarding school when she was merely a child. After a few years spent with the nuns she unexpectedly remained pregnant and was kicked from the school. But this didn’t hinder her.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 30 other subscribers

Doom and MiniDoom 2

Volunteer-Based Mexican Studio Releases Sidescrolling Doom Clone

March 12, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Chinese Mom and locked iPhone.

Toddler Locks Chinese Mom Out of Phone for Half a Century

March 9, 2018 By James Faulkner Leave a Comment

Alexa laughing

Amazon Alexa Laughing out of the Blue Puzzles Engineers

March 8, 2018 By Jack M. Robinson Leave a Comment

Flippy and the Burgers

Meet Flippy, World’s First Fast-Food Robotic Chef

March 6, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

System Shock

System Shock Remastered Delayed, Nightdive Studios CEO Announces

February 19, 2018 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Sea of Thieves.

Sea of Thieves Optimized for Low-End PCs

February 14, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Sony and VR

Sony Touts New Generation of VR Controllers

January 31, 2018 By Deborah Cobing Leave a Comment

YouTube

YouTube Stiffens Its Monetization Policy to Discourage Spammers and Bad Actors

January 18, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Google Art Doppelganger

Google App Can Now Show Your Art Doppelganger

January 15, 2018 By Troy Rubenson Leave a Comment

YouTube mobile app logo on a smartphone

YouTube Now Enables Vertical Videos on iOS

December 24, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Samsung Galaxy S2 with a shattered screen

Cracked Smartphone Screens Are a Thing of the Past – Self-Healing Polymer Gets Fixed Just by Pressing It

December 20, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Bing logo on a white background

Bing Improves Its Search Results with the Help of AI and Reddit Integration

December 16, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

White hashtag on a blue background

Follow Your Interests on Instagram by Directly Following Hashtags

December 14, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on a leather seat

Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Make More People Happier as Compared to iPhones

December 13, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • Doom and MiniDoom 2

    Volunteer-Based Mexican Studio Releases Sidescrolling Doom Clone

    Mar 12, 2018
  • Chinese Mom and locked iPhone.

    Toddler Locks Chinese Mom Out of Phone for Half a Century

    Mar 9, 2018
  • Alexa laughing

    Amazon Alexa Laughing out of the Blue Puzzles Engineers

    Mar 8, 2018
  • Flippy and the Burgers

    Meet Flippy, World’s First Fast-Food Robotic Chef

    Mar 6, 2018
  • System Shock

    System Shock Remastered Delayed, Nightdive Studios CEO Announces

    Feb 19, 2018
  • Sea of Thieves.

    Sea of Thieves Optimized for Low-End PCs

    Feb 14, 2018
  • Sony and VR

    Sony Touts New Generation of VR Controllers

    Jan 31, 2018
  • YouTube

    YouTube Stiffens Its Monetization Policy to Discourage Spammers and Bad Actors

    Jan 18, 2018
  • Google Art Doppelganger

    Google App Can Now Show Your Art Doppelganger

    Jan 15, 2018
  • YouTube mobile app logo on a smartphone

    YouTube Now Enables Vertical Videos on iOS

    Dec 24, 2017

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Markets
  • National News
  • Nature
  • News
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • World

Copyright © 2021 statechronicle.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Contact

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more.