I picked the CNN article covering Nintendo’s apology to gamers about not including same-sex relationships in their new game, “Tomodachi Life.” This was offensive because it is a life simulation game and one of the main features of it is the relationship system. Tye Marini is a Nintendo fanatic and was excited to hear that Tomodachi Life, which was originally only available in Japan, was coming to North America. He was disappointed when he realized that his in game avatar, or mii, was only allowed to be romantically involved with characters of the opposite sex as opposed to his real life fiance. Marini’s campaign has gained popularity over time on facebook and twitter where gamers are asking for Nintendo to reconsider. Nintendo has since stated that the game is too late in development to change anything but that they will consider having this feature in any possible future installments. Marini will not boycott the game as he says that it will cause more harm than good.
I chose this story because I am quite a big Nintendo fan myself and I have heard of this story before. I was also interested in how the community would react to a mistake like this and was surprised to find that they took it very well.
If you want to read more about this, visit http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/08/tech/gaming-gadgets/nintendo-game-gay-protest/index.html?iref=allsearch
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