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Ntendo me unr fire om fans and gay rights anizatns last week after refg to add same-sex relatnship optns to the game "Tomodachi Life. Already a h Japan, "Tomodachi Life" is set for release June 6 North Ameri and Mari, a 23-year-old gay Ntendo fan om Ma, Arizona, lnched a social media mpaign last month seekg virtual equaly for the game's characters.
"I don't believe they are a homophobic pany at all, " Mari said. "Yet the issue do mark a cultural divi between Japan, where gay marriage is not legal, and North Ameri and Europe, where gay marriage has bee legal some plac. "While many English-language gam don't feature gay characters, several role-playg seri produced by English-speakg velopers, such as Electronic Arts, "The Sims, " Microsoft Studs' `'Fable" and Bethda Softworks' "The Elr Scrolls, " have allowed players to create characters that n woo others of the same sex, as well as marry and have Ntendo said this past week - rponse to Mari's growg mpaign - that wouldn't add same-sex relatnship optns to "Tomodachi Life, " the publisher of such gamg anchis as "The Legend of Zelda" and "Mar Bros.
" was lled out by fans and anizatns such as the gay advocy group GLAAD. "Ntendo has taken a first step, but if the pany's longtime valu are rooted `fun and entertament for everyone, ' then needs to tch up to peers like Electronic Arts, which has been clive of LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) gamers for years, " said GLAAD Print and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis a statement.