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11-15-2011, 10:42 PM
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PETA Goes After Mario
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. http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged...211025773.html |
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11-15-2011, 11:00 PM
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 Eaton the Pooh Poster Rank:91 Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 17,296 17,296Posts 12,575Thanked 1,036Quoted 26Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: PETA Goes After Mario
Fuck PETA!  |
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11-15-2011, 11:06 PM
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 My Rank: STAFF SERGEANT Poster Rank:922 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 804 804Posts 1,128Thanked 48Quoted 1Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: PETA Goes After Mario
Wow. As if we don't have enough lawsuits and protests going on right now. *Wraps himself in his thick fur blanket* Preposterous
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11-15-2011, 11:16 PM
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Re: PETA Goes After Mario
Uhh, do they not realize that he also wore it in Mario Bros 3? Anyway, not surprised. PETA are always looking for shit to get bitchy about. |
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11-16-2011, 12:10 AM
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 My Rank: GUNNERY SERGEANT Poster Rank:651 **Corpsegrinding 4 profit** Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,351 1,351Posts 2,209Thanked 22Quoted 0Mentioned 0Contrib. |
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Re: PETA Goes After Mario
Fuck them Bitches at PETA. It's a magic suit not even made out of dead animals. fucking cunts
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11-16-2011, 08:01 AM
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 ✝Mudderator from Hell✝ Poster Rank:10 e-mail Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 96,994
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Re: PETA Goes After Mario
ooh ffs. Must have been awhile since peta was in the news to come up with b.s like this.
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11-16-2011, 01:48 PM
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Re: PETA Goes After Mario
hey if PETA wants to bitch about something i went deer hunting last weekend and shot a buck that layed there for about 10 minutes before he died. if they would rather i would shoot at them and not the deer!!! then no animals would suffer.
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