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Nintendo Makes Statement Regarding PETA Tanooki Suit Claims

Posted on Tuesday, November 15 @ 08:45:39 Eastern by


Yesterday, PETA attacked Mario for wearing a Tanooki suit in various games. And now, Nintendo has spoken out, but it's not the chain-chomp your face off response we wanted to see:

Mario often takes the appearance of certain animals and objects in his games. These have included a frog, a penguin, a balloon and even a metallic version of himself. These lighthearted and whimsical transformations give Mario different abilities and make his games fun to play. The different forms that Mario takes make no statement beyond the games themselves.

Nintendo's defense is on the weak side, but we wouldn't doubt if they were feeding their lawyers some mushrooms right now to grow their case. PETA, after all, is using Mario's likeness for their campaign. 

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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 9:12 am
    Fuck PETA. Seriously... this fat little plumber transforms into a weird dog squirrel thing and they make a federal case out of it. I say good for Nintendo for not stooping to their level.
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 9:18 am
    I love who created the game. Also, I love how PETA waited 23 years just to argue with Nintendo about this.
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 9:28 am
    Also, found their game. This so hilariously stupid, and the game is hard as hell.
    features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 9:43 am
    Is this real? Super tofu boy? Super Chick Sisters? It's hard to take PETA seriously when their website looks like a parody that someone else would do about them. That and why don't they get all upset about any of the Cabela hunting games?
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  • shandog137
    shandog137
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
    What is really sad is the number of silver back gorillas killed in the name of Donkey Kong. That is a tragedy. Wow... Donky Kong now this. Nintendo must hate animals.
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  • StudioTan
    StudioTan
    Joined: Jan 2010
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
    Who takes PETA seriously?
    0 0
  • Yokiro
    Yokiro
    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
    PETA does.
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  • Commiebot
    Commiebot
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
    I'm not even sure what PETA can legitimately get angry at anymore, or why people fund them.

    BRB, going to dress up as Wario and steal all their coins.
    0 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
    Eat their ramen as well
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  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
    PETA is a joke. I consider myself an animal lover. However, I am hesitant to call myself that to anyone because I don't want to be put in the same category as these whack jobs.
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  • Eddy_DS_Fettig
    Eddy_DS_Fettig
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
    So apparently we DIDN'T care about Tanuki's back in the early 90's. Or frogs. Or turtles. Or flowers and fungi, for that matter.

    This reminds me of when people were trying to make RE5 out for being rascist, only this is even MORE retarded.
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
    In 2027 theyll argue the case of Minecrafts leather drops from cows and Red Dead Redemptions hide trade. You know your cause is fleeting when numerous pictures of hot naked women dont work.

    The princess would rather live in another castle than wear fur.
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  • Capt_Dastardly
    Capt_Dastardly
    Joined: Sep 2011
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2011 at 3:41 am
    So to combat the fact that mario 'wears an animal skin' they have made a game 1000 times more offensive and sinister to highlight this? I'm against killing children, maybe I should go kill some kids to highlight that point... Or at least make a **** flash game.
    Get a f*ckin life PETA their are literally 100's of better cases you could be fighting instead of being so absurd. IT. IS. A. GAME. IT. IS. NOT. REAL.
    (no animals were harmed in the writing of this post)
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