Ntendo to Regnize Gay Marriage for Employe, Defyg Japan's Ban

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• NTENDO WILL REGNIZE GAY MARRIAG DPE JAPANE BAN
• NTENDO TO REGNIZE GAY MARRIAGE FOR EMPLOYE, DEFYG JAPAN'S BAN

NTENDO WILL REGNIZE GAY MARRIAG DPE JAPANE BAN

The Japane multatnal vio game pany Ntendo announced they would regnize gay marriag regardls of the untry’s lgs. Ntendo Says Gay Rights. Related | ‘Heartstopper’ Cast Stand Up to Homophobic Protters at London Pri.

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NTENDO TO REGNIZE GAY MARRIAGE FOR EMPLOYE, DEFYG JAPAN'S BAN

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. Off the back of Cha tryg to ban "gay love" gam, Japan is a state of flux right now.