Zero Punctuation: Tomodachi Life - Nintendo Life Simulator
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I think calling Tomodachi Life a "life simulator" is like calling any given Mario game "a day in the life of a plumber". TL in many ways is The Sims by way of Monty Python.
That said, I do agree with the LGBQAQ folks who feel that the game didn't include them. That's why I was happy to see Nintendo stating that the next installment (if there is one) will be more inclusive (source: http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/c4fwbi-uave2t9r1h7sfzx0aoa-d4pgx).
That said, I do agree with the LGBQAQ folks who feel that the game didn't include them. That's why I was happy to see Nintendo stating that the next installment (if there is one) will be more inclusive (source: http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/c4fwbi-uave2t9r1h7sfzx0aoa-d4pgx).
Are there prizes being handed out for defending homosexuality or something? Seems like the thing to do these days if you have a public voice. Personally Id be pretending to care about womens rights, more likely to get a root that way at least.
Geier makes a good point, there are 100 minority groups not represented in the mainstream media, I guess this is just the one that's trendy right now. "ooh look Ive got gay friends and I understand their needs".
Yeah most impressive.
Geier makes a good point, there are 100 minority groups not represented in the mainstream media, I guess this is just the one that's trendy right now. "ooh look Ive got gay friends and I understand their needs".
Yeah most impressive.
Lack of LGBTQ aside, *Insert mutterings* I like the game. Yeah, there's not a ton to do, but it's oddly something that I like playing. There's a demo out now, so I suggest at least that.
Also, yeah, I lied to the game about my gender, so it could be worse. I mean make a Mii that looks like you, but the other gender, an fill in the rest as you normally would, and it's close enough. Not great, but close.
Also, I wish he included his QR code in the review.
Also, yeah, I lied to the game about my gender, so it could be worse. I mean make a Mii that looks like you, but the other gender, an fill in the rest as you normally would, and it's close enough. Not great, but close.
Also, I wish he included his QR code in the review.
I almost didn't watch the whole episode for not giving a shit about the game, but that animation made it worth it.Imre Csete said:
Yahtzee is spot-on about this thing. This barely qualifies as a game. You feed and clothe and house your Miis and (vaguely) direct who they can or cannot be friends or "sweethearts" with, but your input is absolutely minimal. Who knows what the criteria is for various levels of friendships. Why are my Miis rolling on the ground of their apartments? Why do they have all this junk to hand out to me like they raided the local Goodwill? How could banana splits be anyone's worst food of all time?!
But it's so damn weird sometimes that you end up spending several hours watching this bizarre spectacle of your Miis hooking up and having surreal dreams and spawning mutant children. I made my tabletop group's Shadowrun characters and having my OTP hook up in the game made me unreasonably happy considering how little influence I had on anything but the proposal. I got my money's worth out of this, somehow, but this "game" should probably be free or at least sub-$10 considering every day has the same progression, just a slew of different items to collect and the possibility that more of your Miis will intermingle and do something weird for your amusement.
But it's so damn weird sometimes that you end up spending several hours watching this bizarre spectacle of your Miis hooking up and having surreal dreams and spawning mutant children. I made my tabletop group's Shadowrun characters and having my OTP hook up in the game made me unreasonably happy considering how little influence I had on anything but the proposal. I got my money's worth out of this, somehow, but this "game" should probably be free or at least sub-$10 considering every day has the same progression, just a slew of different items to collect and the possibility that more of your Miis will intermingle and do something weird for your amusement.
Coolblue said:
^ what he said and also this
I really don't think the developers honestly went in with the intention of lets upset the LGBT community by not including same sex marriages, when clearly they were aiming the game at kids. If this is the pinnacle of LGBT rights then they're beginning to grasp at straws.
This again, huh? I find it strange how few people are willing to take the time to acknowledge the fact that this game wasn't crafted with Western sensibilities in mind. Foreign markets are not the primary audience. It was made in Japan, for Japanese people. A country where gay marriage isn't legal and hardly spoken about.
The problem wasn't that the game didn't have gay relationships in the first place, it was that after they removed them (they were added by a bug) their response was an extremely patronising, "We we were only trying to make a whimsically fun game, not political commentary", thereby implying that gay people are restricted from ever being whimsical fun and that acknowledging their existence constitutes a political statement.42 said:
Imagine if this was about the subject of race, for contrast. If a Nintendo life sim had only been designed with white characters and then a glitch allowed black people, but Nintendo's response was 'We didn't include black people because it wasn't meant to make political commentary'.