They have been turning off comments for a while. I guess the "Where's Smash and BOTW 2" became tiring. Also, to prevent people from saying stupid stuff about the couple.
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Latest US Nintendo ad features a gay asian couple
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Interesting, never knew about that. Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I figured it was because of that, but apparently it's because it has children in the video.
It's nice but pretty unremarkable in 2020, billion dollar multi-nationals have been doing this for years.
I don't think this brings us any closer to a Tell Me Why or a TLOU2 caliber, Nintendo funded game with LGBTQ folk front and centre.
I don't think this brings us any closer to a Tell Me Why or a TLOU2 caliber, Nintendo funded game with LGBTQ folk front and centre.
I thought this ad was super cute. My longtime boyfriend and I have gifted my nephews a bunch of Nintendo-related stuff over the years, so this commercial felt pretty real to me haha. :')
Yep.
This thread seems like a concoction of video game marketing dragging its feet, and this place having significantly more investment in video game commercials than whatever ad Wayfair is running this month.
Agreed. It took until 2020 before we were able to choose skin colour in a mainline Animal Crossing.
20 fucking 20.
It's an interesting anecdote and I don't doubt that marketing got really excited that they could do this. But I'd like Nintendo to put more LGBTQ+ people in their games instead
Off-topic but them using the phone regularly instead of the NSO app for voice chat was a missed opportunity.
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+1 For including a gay couple
-1 Theyre male asians. And so the emasculation of the asian man in western media continues.
-1 Theyre male asians. And so the emasculation of the asian man in western media continues.
Nice ad but lol I'd like to see actual representation in Nintendo games. Truly am still salty about that tomodachi life commentary and fire emblem has made baby steps in the right direction (after the awful representation in Fates) but still has soooo much work to do.
Lmfao what?
Bahaha, oh Nintendo.
Um, what?
Agreed, animal crossing especially lol
It's time Nintendo; make Link and Sidon a thing in the Breath of the Wild sequel.
Also include more M/M options in the next Fire Emblem game. And allow people to use their own pronouns and marry anyone in the next Tomodachi Collection game (it's text-to-speech; i'm sure some assholes would misuse the ability to input pronouns, but it should still be there). And make Pearl x Marina and CJ. x Flick as canon as possible.
Thanks in advance.
Also include more M/M options in the next Fire Emblem game. And allow people to use their own pronouns and marry anyone in the next Tomodachi Collection game (it's text-to-speech; i'm sure some assholes would misuse the ability to input pronouns, but it should still be there). And make Pearl x Marina and CJ. x Flick as canon as possible.
Thanks in advance.
Asian men are disportionaly potrayed as gay in media. Its part of the larger topic of the desexualisation of asian american males.
The desexualization of the Asian American male
Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung takes a difficult look at why so many Asian American males feel desexualized in US society.
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Asian men are disportionaly potrayed as gay in media. Its part of the larger topic of the desexualisation of asian american males.
The desexualization of the Asian American male
Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung takes a difficult look at why so many Asian American males feel desexualized in US society.
You said "emasculation" of the male Asian.
You said portraying an Asian as gay is "emasculating" them.
Switch ads have always been so good, just throw another on the pile. What a reversal from the Wii U years.
Slightly off-topic, but has anyone noticed that the PS5 and Xbox Series ad campaigns are exactly the same thing, at least in the U.S.? Dude flies away into some CGI world of space fantasy shit -- I wouldn't be able to distinguish them if not for the logos, and I think maybe Master Chief is in one?
Seriously every single person's Switch Online experience.
Slightly off-topic, but has anyone noticed that the PS5 and Xbox Series ad campaigns are exactly the same thing, at least in the U.S.? Dude flies away into some CGI world of space fantasy shit -- I wouldn't be able to distinguish them if not for the logos, and I think maybe Master Chief is in one?
Seriously every single person's Switch Online experience.
Not sure if youre just pretending to be ignorant or you actually didnt realize that gay is often negatively associated with being more feminine.
Plot twist: Uncle Kenny and uncle mic are actually brothers.
Jk. great to see more diversity for lbgt community.
Jk. great to see more diversity for lbgt community.
That's true. We haven't really gotten anything overt. I'm glad customization of characters are getting better at least.
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I'm aware. And your post certainly sounded as if you were the one associating it with that, which is why I wasn't the only one to question it.
Probably not doing something similar to the Jenner Pepsi ad.
Ionno about this one, my man. What race should they have been?
And what's "feminine?" Seriously. Trying to understand here.
Being a corporate cheerleader and applauding meagre efforts that are completely unremarkable in 2020 I guess.
It's the commodification of LGBT people for marketing purposes and while that has its upsides, it's also banal now.
This always feels like a weird claim since 1. it's been 8 years between mainline entries and Happy Home Designer had the option in 2015 and 2. Mii Masks were a thing since the Wii version and I'm pretty sure those changed the skin tone. It wasn't really anything close to perfect but, it feels a weird thing to harp on when there was options. Like complaining that being a PoC in the mainline games was restrictive or tanning thing if you wanted hats was bad is fine, but your claim is false except in the most literal sense. It's like complaining you can't be gay in Animal Crossing when there's no built in romance options. I feel there are better options to get angry about like the lack of PoC in the Mario universe. At least, that can't be disputed
A gay male relationship too. That deserves major props. Good on Nintendo. I challenge Sony and MS to do the same. I also welcome the beet-red gamer rage at being inclusive.
Let's not put on the baby mittens when talking about Nintendo. It's 2020. A corporation putting a plausibly deniable gay couple in a commercial isn't something they should be getting props for tbh
As mentioned in that Sony diversity thread, it's nice that Nintendo have done this and it's a step in the right direction, however the most important thing is giving opportunities behind the scenes to these demographics, which would do more for diversity/equality.
She's also based on and named after the hime ika, a very small squid: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiosepius_paradoxus
And she's barely shorter than other adult inklings, Marina is just tall.
