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Nintendo Responds To ‘Animal Crossing’ Slur
When Stephen opened up the copy of "Animal Crossing: Wild World" that Nintendo send him to demonstrate the ability to transfer items to "Animal Crossing: City Folk," he didn't expect one of the town's inhabitants to drop a racial slur. Nintendo had since released an official statement about the ...
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Nintendo Responds To N-Bomb Furor
The Escapist : Latest News — ... have questioned what the big deal is, since the phrased isn't actually coded into the game. Obviously I didn't anticipate a need to explain this, but the simple fact is that this isn't your 14-year-old brother training your game to say something stupid; this is Nintendo sending a product to game journalists as part of an official public relations campaign. It has to be held to a higher standard. And when it's not, it reflects extremely poorly on the company and its products. Source: MTV Multiplayer

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