xaszatm said:
And I agree with you. I do think that Nintendo has handled this situation poorly as well, during the first few months when it came out. They could have at least attempted to see if they could have changed it back then but they didn't. And that is a mistake on Nintendo's part. But asking for that change now, over a year later with the original team on other projects, is slightly unrealistic. Something Miiqualty understood, as his main goal was to increase awareness to hopefully change this in either this game or the next one. In this scenario, I do see Nintendo in the wrong, and I applauded Miiquailty for raising awareness towards this problem so NoA could hear about it, which they did.
The issue of this topic however comes not at that situation but at the loads of articles that screamed "Nintendo says No to Homosexuality" or "Nintendo attacks innocent protestor over homosexuality" (yes, those are actual articles). These articles twisted the truth to make it look like Nintendo was a moustache twirling villain and convinced many people to swear off Nintendo forever, the exact opposite effect Miiquality wanted. People have the right to complain about Tomadachi's lack of homosexual relationships, no question. The Miiquality is an example of complaining, after all. But to twist the wording serves no purpose but to hurt both sides. It lessens the chances of Tomadachi to ever have homosexual relationships and lowers the opinion of everyone who saw this event in more clear eyes.
But yes, I do agree that Nintendo's orignal developers have handled this situation poorly since the first game out in 2008.
Well, would you look at that. We came to a conclusion we both agree on and perhaps mutual understanding. Crazy...
Though, there are probably still things, I won't go into detail now, you'd disagree with me.
Seems to me no gaming company has any spokesperson with remotely diplomatic or political persuasion skills. Like I said I think the response they gave is very problematic but it also practically asks to be blown out of proportion. With better phrasing and showing some good will they could have avoided all of this. But perhaps they didn't want to give any hope for the future and that also infuriates some of us.
weirdo8977 said:
considering how Nintendo likes to keep to tradition I don't see them changing their stance anytime soon.
Yep, that's the main reason why I'm so pissed at them. Not because they've made a mistake in the past, not because theymaybe don't want to spend resources on a year old game but because I don't see any realization on their part.