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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
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http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/peta-slams-mario-over-fur-suit-211025773.html
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PETA slams Mario over use of a fur suit
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals might be barking up the wrong mushroom.
On Monday, the controversial organization issued a press release attacking iconic Nintendo mascot Mario for wearing a 'Tanooki' suit in his latest adventure, the Nintendo 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land, which hit shelves on Sunday.
"Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but by wearing the skin of an animal, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur," PETA says.
The raccoon-like suit, which grants Mario the ability to glide across the screen, has been a part of the franchise since first appearing as a power-up in 1988's Super Mario Bros. 3. In the new game, Mario acquires the suit not by doing something lousy to a Tanooki, but by snagging a Super Leaf.
Still, PETA insists this encourages animal abuse.
"Tanukis are real-life raccoon dogs who are beaten and, as PETA's undercover exposés show, often skinned alive for their fur," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "This winter, everyone can give raccoon dogs and other fabulous animals a 1-UP by keeping our wardrobes fur-free."
To help prove their point, PETA has even commissioned a crude parody video game called "Super Tanooki Skin 2D" in which players try to re-capture their skin from a flying Mario (Warning: Kind of disturbing, and totally not fun.)
It's just the latest in a long line of PETA game complaints. In 2008 they went after Cooking Mama for not being a vegetarian, while just last year they parodied challenging downloadable platform hit Super Meat Boy for starring a piece of raw meat.
Nintendo has yet to comment, though we're pretty sure it will sound like a hand slapping a forehead.
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Super Tanooki Suit 2D game link at Source. Too much trouble to link properly here.
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Hacker
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Joined: Sep 13 2008
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See... This is why PETA get's a bad reputation
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Cameron
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Joined: Feb 01 2008
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I know someone's going to get upset over me comparing the two, but this honestly reminds me of something Westboro Baptist Church would do, attacking something for no reason other than they can.
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
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Careful. I'm a member of PETA
People
Eating
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Good. Anything that keeps the Tanooki Suit from ever coming back again is fine with me. Especially when it's a watered down version.
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Ky-Guy
Title: Obscure Nintendo Gamer
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Location: Michigan
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I don't give a rat's ass about that. PETA kills dogs in their own headquarters and they're totally apathetic around terrorist acts.
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Optimist With Doubts
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I think the best action is to ignore this. This is clearly a publicity ploy, attention is what they want.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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AtmanRyu
Title: The Wandering Dragon
Joined: Jun 25 2009
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PETA is indeed one running gag that gets funnier the more you listen to it:
Mario Kills Tanooki Flash Game
Anyone with a lick of sense (i.e. the entire planet) knows he gets that power from a LEAF.
This Flash Game, going by PETA logic, is teaching kids that REAL Tanooki skin is where's the shit at.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
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I think separating the topics is fine, leave one for discussion of the game and the other for discussion of PETAs objection.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
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I like how it says "Other Animal Friendly Games" near the bottom. This is animal friendly? I mean you're playing a skinned Racoon, that's kind of more fucked up then playing games like Loaded and Splatterhouse.
In fact this is boarderline Creepy-pasta worthy
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
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*spoilers* at the end you get your skin back
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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PETA is indeed one running gag that gets funnier the more you listen to it:
Mario Kills Tanooki Flash Game
Anyone with a lick of sense (i.e. the entire planet) knows he gets that power from a LEAF.
This Flash Game, going by PETA logic, is teaching kids that REAL Tanooki skin is where's the shit at. |
actually, he gets the raccoon tail from the leaf. he gets the suit from the, well, suit.
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Optimist With Doubts
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In the game PETA references its a leaf that transforms you.http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-super-mario-3d-land/17-5230/
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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This is fucking stupid. As has already been said they could have brought this up like 30 years ago.
It's pretty obvious though that they are just doing it now since it's a new game and that they want to get noticed.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
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its a joke supposedly
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has confessed in a statement that their anti Tanooki suit campaign was in fact just a joke. Clearly they managed to troll quite a few people including a variety of mainstream news outlets.
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. |
http://mynintendonews.com/2011/11/16/nintendo-petas-anti-super-mario-3d-land-campaign-was-a-joke/
i tried searching the PETA website, but i couldnt find this 'confession'
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
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its a joke supposedly
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has confessed in a statement that their anti Tanooki suit campaign was in fact just a joke. Clearly they managed to troll quite a few people including a variety of mainstream news outlets.
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. |
http://mynintendonews.com/2011/11/16/nintendo-petas-anti-super-mario-3d-land-campaign-was-a-joke/
i tried searching the PETA website, but i couldnt find this 'confession' |
You can never tell with them. I wasn't aware they had a sense of humor.
They should be concerned everyone thought it was legit since this is exactly the kind of thing they'd do... or are doing 
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