Ntendo: Gay relatnships won't be an optn 'Tomodachi Life' vio game

Contents:

• NTENDO APOLOGIZ FOR OMTG GAY MARRIAGE FROM 'TOMODACHI LIFE'
• NTENDO PROMIS GAY UPL TOMODACHI LIFE SEQUEL
• WHY WON'T NTENDO LET YOU BE GAY S NEW LIFE SIMULATOR?WHY WON'T NTENDO LET YOU BE GAY S NEW LIFE SIMULATOR?
• NTENDO: GAY RELATNSHIPS WON'T BE AN OPTN 'TOMODACHI LIFE' VIO GAME
• NTENDO ON GAY MARRIAGE AND TOMODACHI LIFE
• RUMOR: BUG MAK GAY MARRIAGE POSSIBLE NTENDO GAME [UPDATE]

NTENDO APOLOGIZ FOR OMTG GAY MARRIAGE FROM 'TOMODACHI LIFE'

They jt n't fall love if they're gay.

Ntendo isn't allowg gamers to play as gay an upg life simulator game. Tye Mari, a gay 23-year-old Ntendo fan om Ma, Arizona, lnched the mpaign last month, urgg Osaka, Japan-based Ntendo Co. " The issue marks not only a cultural divi between Japan, where gay marriage is not legal, and North Ameri and Europe, where gay marriage has bee legal some plac, but also the teractive world, where gam are often pastakgly "lolized" for other regns, meang characters' voic and likens are changed to su different lol and ctoms.

NTENDO PROMIS GAY UPL TOMODACHI LIFE SEQUEL

While many English-language gam don't feature gay characters, several role-playg seri produced by English-speakg velopers, such as "The Sims, " "Fable" and "The Elr Scrolls, " have allowed players to create characters that n woo characters of the same sex, as well as marry and have children.

Other more narrative-driven gam, like "Grand Theft Auto IV, " "The Last of Us" and "Gone Home, " have clud specific gay, lbian and bisexual characters. Ntendo hted Friday that may allow for gay relatnships future versns of s “Tomodachi Life” vio world’s largt vio game pany has been the target of cricism om gay-rights gamers who plaed that characters aren’t allowed to have same-sex relatnships English edns of the life-simulator game.

”A gay Arizona man, Tye Mari, took to social media last month urgg Ntendo to add same-sex relatnship optns to English versns of the handheld Ntendo 3DS game. "Ntendo has said that the abily for same-sex relatnships to occur was not part of the origal game that lnched Japan, where gay marriage is not legal.

WHY WON'T NTENDO LET YOU BE GAY S NEW LIFE SIMULATOR?WHY WON'T NTENDO LET YOU BE GAY S NEW LIFE SIMULATOR?

But the game found self at the center of some fairly heavy ntroversy last year that’s rearg s head aga as the wtern dience begs to notice a gapg absence Tomodachi Collectn: there are no gay or lbian relatnships. Regardls, Ntendo was clearly only tryg to assist s nsumers, but also advertently took an unfortunately jarrg stance on gay marriage. We know Tomodachi Collectn was signed and released whout addrsg the prence and realy of gay and lbian relatnships society, which is eher a severely egreg oversight or a lculated omissn, but which is ?

NTENDO: GAY RELATNSHIPS WON'T BE AN OPTN 'TOMODACHI LIFE' VIO GAME

Gay marriage is not yet legal Japan, though there is no law agast homosexual relatnships, and same-sex sexual activy was legalized 1880.

So, Japane society accepts the prence of homosexualy but has yet to grant gays and lbians equal rights.

NTENDO ON GAY MARRIAGE AND TOMODACHI LIFE

When polled 2013, 54% of Japane cizens said they thought homosexualy should be accepted their untry.

There were obvly ncerns about the possible backlash that uld have rulted om a game that ma such a blatant statement about gay rights a untry that has anythg but a universal opn on the matter. Omtg same-sex upl om Tomodachi Collectn was most likely done an effort to avoid alienatg the percentage of the populatn that don’t approve of gay marriage.

It’s te that gay rights are a divisive topic many untri, but when a game is signed around recreatg morn life and marriage you will evably end up upsettg someone. Tomodachi Life is a life simulator, and as such should reflect real life, where gay, straight, bisexual and transgenr dividuals are all prent.

RUMOR: BUG MAK GAY MARRIAGE POSSIBLE NTENDO GAME [UPDATE]

In the meantime, the game’s lack of sexual choice will obvly be a al breaker for some, but let’s all remember that the omissn of gay and lbian upl Tomodachi Collectn was a rult not of spe, but of a pany aaid to change wh the tim.

Why oh why is there no mod for gay upl. Ntendo didn’t want to make any sort of social mentary about clivy s game, and that jt wanted the game to be “ a playful alternative world, ” but not beg clive was self makg a social ment, as was poted out by the mpaign’s lear Tye Mari, a gay male who wanted to be able to marry his fiancé’s Mii the game. They jt n’t fall love if they’re gay.