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[-] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 19 hours ago

It's nice to see a household-name company standing up to a stupid conservative stance taken by their government, especially as a USian who was a nintendo kid.

It doesn't make the soulless corporation GOOD (and I see they are getting the hate they're due) but it's still nice to see.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 5 points 18 hours ago

Kinda like when Chick-fil-A corporate stood behind the Utah location that had pride flags.

It doesn't absolve them, but it's a good step forward.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

So when are they going to stop deadnaming Birdetta?

[-] mEEGal@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Just go FUCK YOURSELF, Nintendo

probably the gayest thing you're capable of

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

Hey nintendo, your rainbow capitalism does not excuse your anti consumer behavior and general shittiness towards your biggest fans.

[-] blinfabian@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

i could almost forgive them if they fully animated mario with the suit declaring he accepts gays and voiced by charles martinet with a speech of around an hour long

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I'll forgive them if they rescind all cease and desist orders sent to fan games/animations/comics/etc.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

voiced by charles martinet

unfortunately, he's retired from the role

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Surely the deeply religious Chris Pratt doesn't have any problematic views on gay people. The same Chris Pratt who has worn a Three Percenter hat, a known white supremacist org that his brother is a part of.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 200 points 1 day ago

"Here at at Nintendo, we treat all our customers equally.

Like absolute shit."

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

"Do you have money?"

"Yeah."

"Right this way, you exploitable rube!"

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Hey at least they dont discriminate /s

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They hate, not discriminate

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago
[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 133 points 1 day ago
[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 day ago

It's, "So long, gay Bowser!"

[-] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Thats the joke

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

I thought they were trying to be welcoming to the gays

[-] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

They are, it was an exclamation of surprise at Bowser's ... dimensions

[-] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

At this point, Nintendo should be aware of all the rabid gays that would die for Bowser (me included)

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[-] stickly@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

It took me far too long to realize this tweet was about an actual suit and not some tanooki style gay powerup

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Nintendo is one of the most aggressively greedy, anti-consumer, capitalist companies on the planet. Don’t be fooled by their no-effort rainbow capitalism. They would throw us all under the bus in an instant if it benefitted them financially.

[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

yea my thoughts, if they stated this, they previously did some data crunching to see that their Japanese target audience tend to be more progressive than average Japanese and decided this would result in a net financial gain.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 60 points 1 day ago
[-] bananasuit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

I am ALL gay on this blessed day :-)

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Wife makes gay with a rolling pin for extra flavor.

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[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Look at the roster of F-ZERO GX and tell me there aren't at least half a dozen LGBTQ reps among them

[-] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

well, it's called F-ZERO G(ay)X

and don't forget the arcade F-ZERO A(roace)X

Nintendo can fuck off with this ploy. They've sued the living shit out of anyone and everyone, including people just opshop selling retro Nintendo games and consoles; leading to hatred and disgust by, once avid, Nintendo gamers and fans; and now, suddenly, they love the gays? Fuck that lie up their money shitting shitter hole!

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

I get it, I also agree Nintendo is an awful, greedy corporation that happens to make fun games from time to time. However, this is a pretty big deal in Japan. For a company to openly support a still quite socially, culturally taboo topic there, is pretty crazy to see.

Anyway, I guess my point is, if they're condoning and supporting the advancement of civil rights for a stigmatized demographic, I think that's important, even if the company is still a shitty, greedy husk.

[-] stray@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago

They're only doing this because public opinion has already shifted towards acceptance of LGBT people.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Virtue signalling is still better than doing nothing.

[-] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

True. Rainbow capitalism is still capitalism and only done to get more money, BUT look at the US right now and how much it sucks for the LGBTQI+ community. If the decision is between rainbow capitalism and capitalism that dosn't even pretend to care, rainbow capitalism is the better choice.

[-] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

pirating nintendo games somehow feels extra good now

[-] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago

be gay do crime etc etc

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[-] bibbasa@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago

of course nintendo would support the gays, gay luigi has been an open secret for years

[-] DonGirses@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago
[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Dear pesky okamas,

The Liberal Democrats and I have taken over the National Diet. Same-sex marriage legislation is now a permanent guest on one of my seven Lib Dem tables. I dare ya ta sign it if ya can.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago
[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

So long gay Bowser

Have fun at your gay wedding

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I just realised Mario’s moustache goes far beyond his mouth.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

It's only attached to his face above his lip. The rest a kind of handlebar moustache.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

It's a classic cartoonish exaggeration. Nobody has that nose shape either.

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Speak for yourself

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Or that shape dick.

What?

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 18 hours ago

There are definitely people who could grow facial hair like that, though.

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