Roger The Kangaroo Cut From Tekken 7 Due to Animal Activist Fears
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Roger Jr., the boxing kangaroo, has been cut from the console versions of Tekken 7 due to fear of animal activist protests.
Remember that viral video earlier in the year of a man rescuing his dog from a kangaroo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIRT7lf8byw] by punching it in the face? Well, while hilarious for us, it's been a headache for the folks over at Bandai Namco, who are cutting Tekken 7's boxing kangaroo: Roger Jr., as a result.
"There was a video of a man's dog being headlocked by a kangaroo, and he punched it in the face", executive producer Katsuhiro Harada said in an interview with VG24/7 [https://www.vg247.com/2017/04/27/tekken-7-roger-the-kangaroo-cut-due-to-animal-activists-kuma-the-bear-still-in-because-hes-stronger-than-a-human-being/]. "It turned into a big problem. People were complaining about him punching a kangaroo. It seems that in the last few years there's a lot more animal activists - even though they probably wouldn't play our game they would still hear about that, about a kangaroo in our game being punched, and would complain about it."
While Roger Jr. is still currently in the arcade versions of Tekken 7 playable in Japan right now, when the console and PC versions of the game launch on June 2 this year, he will be cut.
Meanwhile, Kuma the bear, will remain in the game because a bear is "obviously stronger than a human being".
Source: VG24/7 [https://www.vg247.com/2017/04/27/tekken-7-roger-the-kangaroo-cut-due-to-animal-activists-kuma-the-bear-still-in-because-hes-stronger-than-a-human-being/]
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Roger Jr., the boxing kangaroo, has been cut from the console versions of Tekken 7 due to fear of animal activist protests.
Remember that viral video earlier in the year of a man rescuing his dog from a kangaroo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIRT7lf8byw] by punching it in the face? Well, while hilarious for us, it's been a headache for the folks over at Bandai Namco, who are cutting Tekken 7's boxing kangaroo: Roger Jr., as a result.
"There was a video of a man's dog being headlocked by a kangaroo, and he punched it in the face", executive producer Katsuhiro Harada said in an interview with VG24/7 [https://www.vg247.com/2017/04/27/tekken-7-roger-the-kangaroo-cut-due-to-animal-activists-kuma-the-bear-still-in-because-hes-stronger-than-a-human-being/]. "It turned into a big problem. People were complaining about him punching a kangaroo. It seems that in the last few years there's a lot more animal activists - even though they probably wouldn't play our game they would still hear about that, about a kangaroo in our game being punched, and would complain about it."
While Roger Jr. is still currently in the arcade versions of Tekken 7 playable in Japan right now, when the console and PC versions of the game launch on June 2 this year, he will be cut.
Meanwhile, Kuma the bear, will remain in the game because a bear is "obviously stronger than a human being".
Source: VG24/7 [https://www.vg247.com/2017/04/27/tekken-7-roger-the-kangaroo-cut-due-to-animal-activists-kuma-the-bear-still-in-because-hes-stronger-than-a-human-being/]
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