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Nintendo Responds To Animal Crossing Racial Epithet Issue, Blames Internet [Boundry Crossing]
kotaku.com - 12/4/2008
Nintendo Responds To Animal Crossing Racial Epithet Issue, Blames Internet [Boundry Crossing]
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Earlier we reported on a copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World that was shipped to game journalists with a racial epithet programmed in the speech patterns of one of the game's NPCs. Now Nintendo responds. A copy of DS title Animal Crossing Wild World sent out to media yesterday by Nintendo ...

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GayGamer.net — ... without our knowledge via a wireless function that allows user-generated catchphrases to spread virally from one game to the next. This version is limited to 14 copies created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers. We sincerely apologize for the incident and are working with media who received the game cards to return them to Nintendo immediately. Next time, I'd say unlock the content yourself... or work on that content filter. Nintendo Responds To Animal Crossing Racial Epithet Issue, Blames Internet [Kotaku]

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