Nintnedo Apologizes for Game's Same-Sex Slight

This was an interesting article about Nintendo’s new game, “Tomodachi Life”, and the feedback fans gave to the release. The game is all about your character flirting, going on dates, getting married, and having children. However, your personal avatar, or “Mii” (pronounced “me”) cannot marry those of the same gender. This caused a problem because Nintendo is excluding a large audience of potential players that may not buy the game due to the inability to marry those they are attracted to. The game is being released next month, and is already too late in the process of making a game to be changed that drastically. This said drastic change is far too large for a single update, and nearly impossible to split over multiple, smaller updates for the game.

Several gamers worked together to create some way Nintendo could listen to their protests. Thus, #Miiquality was born. It was started on Twitter and Facebook, and is made up of many gamers pleading for a change. "By excluding same-sex relationships in a game that's focused around relationships like this one, they're really excluding a lot of people," Marini told CNN affiliate KTVK. Games like Sims have included same-sex relationships for a very long time, and while this is a large step for Nintendo, they would do well to learn from several other life simulation games that are doing well all over the world.

This story was particularly fascinating to me because I am quite interested in all sorts of games that Nintendo comes out with. I used to play them a lot more, but cute little games like this still win my sympathy. These sorts of games Nintendo comes out with are just the sort of games I loved as a kid; they seem to have no real point, just a lot of quick and easy enjoyment.

See the article yourself at the original article. Or, you can look at other stories like this at the CNN page. If the game itself sounds interesting to you, you can look at it right here, on the official page. This game is also available on the Nintendo eShop, an online shop only available on the 3Ds and 2DS and full of downloadable content. Enjoy!