<b>Yannick LeJacq:</b> Ntendo of Ameri will not allow gay relatnships Tomodachi Life, and their logic jt don't add up
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NTENDO'S REJECTN OF GAY RELATNSHIPS GIV FANS A LOT TO BE ANGRY ABOUT
They jt n't fall love if they're gay. Even as the pany ntu to flounr s current state of fancial secury, much of the cricism om fans, tractors and dtry analysts is livered as if om a ncerned iend, rather than a dispassnate changed on Wednday, when Ntendo of Ameri (NOA) rpond to a social media mpaign askg the pany to allow players to enter to gay relatnships s game Tomodachi Life wh a flat nial issued to the Associated pany "never tend to make any form of social mentary wh the lnch of Tomodachi Life", the statement reasoned. 'Your life', but not if you're gay.
But if you make a game that's meant to simulate life – even a "whimsil and quirky versn" of life – and then tell a portn of your players that they're simply not allowed to make an thentic simulatn of their liv, somethg isn't addg the weirst part of Ntendo's jtifitn for effectively banng gay marriage the prec ltle virtual universe of Tomodachi Life is yet to e. But part of what they loved about , acrdg to a report by my Kotaku lleague Brian Ashcraft, is that there was ially a bug the software that allowed players to dulge gay relatnships – or at least male on.
Japane players were "thrilled by the bug, postg photos of their gay upl onle". And given s tight-lipped reputatn, the clost we may ever get to hearg anyone om Ntendo speak ndidly about LGBT reprentatn is this week's opaque ncln that is g s sudn anti-gay marriage stance as "an opportuny to better unrstand [s] nsumers and their expectatns" and is "lookg to broan [s] approach to velopment whenever possible" Ntendo – the world's largt vio game pany by revenue – really never thk about the sexual inty of s ctomers before 2014?