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PETA: "Mario fans: Relax!"

Posted on Thursday, November 17 @ 18:58:14 Eastern by


Just because PETA was way too late in organizing the "Mario Kills Tanoki" campaign stunt, equating Mario's love for a Tanooki costume to killing raccoon dogs and wearing their fur, doesn't mean they were at all serious. I mean, how can you blame them for something sooooo hilarious? It was a dumb media stunt, anyway. PETA's media coordinator Shakira Croce explains to Kotaku:

Mario fans: Relax! PETA's game was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur. We wish real-life tanukis could fly or swat enemies away with their tails and escape from those who profit from their skins. You can help them by never buying real fur.

No one really believes that Mario actually kills and skins a raccoon dog for his fur in Super Mario 3D Land.

Our spoof is simply making a serious point: that there is a much darker story behind tanuki skins than Mario lets on. In games like Call of Duty, where characters shoot and kill animals, or in Dog Wars, where players have fun fighting and torturing dogs, it sends a dangerous message that this kind of behavior is acceptable.

We know how beloved Mario is-we are huge Mario fans ourselves! We were a little surprised that the game was taken so literally by some, but we're thrilled that we're able to bring so much attention to raccoon dogs whose suffering is very real.

See? They're real Mario fans! They go beyond the everyday love for Mario and turn it into a sick joke. Ha ha ha!

Meanwhile, PETA received 2,345 animals in 2010, transferred 63 of them, had 44 adopted, and killed the remaining 2,200! That's a kill percentage of 93.8%! Go PETA!

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Related Games:   Super Mario 3D Land
Tags:   Mario, PETA


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  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
    Yeah, we wouldn't want anyone sending the message that shooting attack dogs in Afghanistan is acceptable behaviour. Jesus christ, anything that happens in Call of Duty is so far beyond anything PETA should be dealing with.
    0 0
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
    I think a game company should troll PETA. Also, this Dog Wars interests me. ^.^
    0 0
  • Yokiro
    Yokiro
    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
    Point me to the Dog Wars! I want to become the first fancy pink poodle to put all other dogs to shame with the diamond teeth my owner so magnanimously inserted to show off to her fawning friends. Who's the wuss now, other dogs? Not Princess Fu-Fu-CuteyPants, that's who! You know why my name's Princess? Because my kingdom is your balls and I'm entitled to mishandle them all I want! Oh yeah, that sounds like perfect DLC fodder and PETA bait all in one.
    0 0
  • Eyebrowsbv31
    Eyebrowsbv31
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
    the same peta that slaughters any pets brought to them by folks unable to care for them anymore. bah. backfire.
    0 0
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
    Wait wait wait...Using Mario, Nintendo's mascot, to get the message across about animal abuse while the flash game is just a parody?
    0 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
    I don't believe what Shakira says, I know only her hips don't lie
    0 3
  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
    If there is going to be a Post of the Year contest, I nominate this post.
    0 0
  • xxlordskullxx
    xxlordskullxx
    Joined: Nov 2007
    Posted: Nov 18th, 2011 at 11:50 am
    I second that nom nom.
    0 0
  • seesaw24
    seesaw24
    Joined: May 2009
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
    Why don't the hackers lay off video gamers for a while and go after these idiots?
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Nov 17th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
    Id like to see that.
    0 0
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 18th, 2011 at 4:42 am
    The hackers are actually PETA. WHAT A TWIST!
    0 0
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 18th, 2011 at 3:34 am
    It was a joke all along? Oh PETA, you sly dog you. Or should I say, you sly Tanuki Raccoon Dog you.
    0 0
  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Nov 18th, 2011 at 5:45 am
    Sounds like a lame excuse to try to cover there ass from the backlash of there stupidity to me.
    0 0
  • Sammo
    Sammo
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Nov 18th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
    They did it all for the Tanoki. So you can take that cookie, and stick it up your yeah.
    0 0

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