N-Word Slur Appears In Nintendo Game
On Wednesday afternoon both MTV Multiplayer and Kotaku posted stories detailing how they had received copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS from Nintendo. Because these carts were meant to show off the character importing feature of Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, the DS carts were already opened and had saved games featuring a ton of money and bonuses. Both Multiplayer and Kotaku discovered one unexpected twist, though: a strong racial slur repeated during conversations with in-game character Baabara.
We contacted Nintendo regarding these reports and received the following official response:
“Previously played copies of the 2005 DS game Animal Crossing: Wild World were sent to 14 members of the media to demonstrate the ability of players to transfer items to the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii. We regret that an offensive phrase was included 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.”
This is a surprising slip-up from the family-friendly company with what is perhaps their most family-friendly game, but at least they admitted to their mistake immediately. 1UP also received a copy of the DS cartridge and has been requested to return it, as stated in their response.
SOURCE: 1Up.com
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Comments (12)
My only question is how does that word “accidentally” show up in a video game? Has nintendo tried to research that?
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I am so pleased that most people see this for what it is. Media hype. In this day and age of game interactivity it is very easy for some moron to think he is funny and make Nintendo have to explain itself.
We have REAL problems that need REAL solutions and this is problem number 387,445,211 on the list.
I agree we most, we as a people should stop using the “N” word ourselves but at the same time I’m sure the company responsible will make sure this issue is resolved. Lets move on.
I’m tired of people complaining about the use of the word. It’s like blacks can call other races what we want,but don’t wanna be called that. Then we try and justify our using the word by saying that we say it differently. It’s still the same thing. We need to get past that word. The word is not holding us back, we are holding our own selves back. The word has never killed any black man, but there are countless black men killing other black men everyday. And I bet most of them if not all of them have used the word frequently. So we need to grow up and find out where our true faults are, because it’s not in a simple word that we ourselves use everyday!!!
GROW UP…why do we use the word in the 1st place? Its stupid to me when people say it then get all hurt and offended when other people use it…The said it was an accident. It was from another wireless user…its not like they programmed the game to say it…But seriously…I’m only 20 yall need to grow up!
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