It's so easy for companies right now to get good PR (without actually doing fundamental changes in their own; cosmetic capitalism basically) and TPC had to fuck it up lol. This is like so low effort that it makes it look even more insincere.
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Pokémon gives tone deaf response to BLM protests as Nintendo stays silent
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Twitter posts don't solve shit either. Statements from multinational corps don't solve shit. And even if they were to donate it wouldn't really put a dent in anything. This is a problem the American people need to solve and no amount of grandstanding from your fave game company is gunna clean up decades of systemic racism.
I can't believe people are angry at them for posting a positive response. Why does it have to be high effort? Why does it have to meet a certain criteria to be considered useful?
They are on your side, clearly. That's the important thing to focus on.
They are on your side, clearly. That's the important thing to focus on.
You don't speak for me and I don't see the problem with the post.
Same some of the people here over dramatize things, and yes i'm a person of colour. I don't see anything wrong.
Maybe it's high time they changed that. It's 2020. We condemn others (individuals and companies) for being complicit by staying silent, by not saying anything, by not taking a side, so why should Nintendo (and TPC in this case) get a pass for that shit? People keep saying that companies should use their platforms to send a message, let's call them out when they don't then.
That's basically what I was asking? Is it ran by somebody that resides in the states, cause I think people in the US would have a better grasp of the situation than people that live elsewhere.
Not saying I agree. I'm guessing NoJ oversees how things like this are handled broadly and doesn't want to touch politics. They should just let western teams do it though.
The joke here is that nothing would have been infinitely more thoughtful if they had those limitations. or hell, just make a series of posts on people of color in Pokémon would have been better and less patronizing than this.
I'm a person of color to and I see nothing wrong with this, people are trying to make this response way bigger than it is
Just because Nintendo hasn't released a statement yet, doesn't mean they won't. Nintendo did a silence in their E3 2016 event for the shooting at the Orlando gay club.
Just because Nintendo hasn't released a statement yet, doesn't mean they won't. Nintendo did a silence in their E3 2016 event for the shooting at the Orlando gay club.
One might say that Sony cares considering that by delaying their event they just ate a loss in marketing dollars.
Why is discussing what's happening with children inappropriate?
We've been discussing what's happening with our 6 and 3-year-old.
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k, and wtf do you want nintendo and pokemon pages to do? send a squad of charizards to help them riot?
if anything, this gif says "we're in for love between races".
It's tone def because the image they posted is not something that is happening in the world. In fact, quite the opposite. So posting that image is just weird. Especially with no message attached.
No gifs, just a generic statement of "we stand against all injustices" or something and BLM.
Obviously not, I'm talking about the fact that black people are being oppressed and discriminated. Not sure if that's a suitable topic for children
that's their statement.
heard about "a photo is better than 1000 words"?
I said this in another thread, but I think corporations are most useful for a barometer on what has become socially accepted discourse. Beyond that it's mostly empty statements and attempts to ride waves of PR. It does say something about how conservative Nintendo's corporate culture must be if this is the most they can put out there though.
Asking for better than this is not asking for high effort. Other companies sort of set a decent stage over the weekend of how to go about this. I wasn't expecting them to pull a Sony, but this like turning a paper written in crayon.
I don't see this gif as really equating and apparently a lot of other people also don't, so it can't be worth that many words.
These are perfect, and not surprising considering the people behind them. Never met either of them obviously but they both come across really well and this is another good example of that.
I think it is a fine post. That people force others to make a certain level of commitment is weird.
The first thing I saw when I saw that tweet was that it was for BLM. Please let people support a movement in their own way.
The first thing I saw when I saw that tweet was that it was for BLM. Please let people support a movement in their own way.
You know there are black children, right? We learn about this shit really early in life.
Japanese companies are incredibly tight-lipped and conservative when it comes to political matters.
What you're seeing in that tweet is likely the 'best' a western social media exec could convince some higher-ups to approve, OR it's been sneaked through, intentionally vague and ambiguous, hoping that those same higher-ups wouldn't take umbrage with it, since it doesn't contain any outwardly political messaging.
I can appreciate the viewpoint of "They'd have been better off saying nothing", but I think this tweet came from a genuine place of sincerity and care where the admin is concerned.
It is pretty weak, though.
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What you're seeing in that tweet is likely the 'best' a western social media exec could convince some higher-ups to approve, OR it's been sneaked through, intentionally vague and ambiguous, hoping that those same higher-ups wouldn't take umbrage with it, since it doesn't contain any outwardly political messaging.
I can appreciate the viewpoint of "They'd have been better off saying nothing", but I think this tweet came from a genuine place of sincerity and care where the admin is concerned.
It is pretty weak, though.
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So does Nintendo not stand with what their own employees believe in?
Regardless how conservative they are. Pokemon Company isn't Nintendo.
Nintendo is followed by millions of people, and judging the responses to the tweet, many of whom do not care about what is currently happening. Them openly supporting the protesters and encouraging people to get involved by spreading the word, donating, protesting, etc. would be a great help in spreading the word.
No, I don't care if Nintendo has a history of not getting involved in these things. This isn't choosing a side in politics, it's displaying human decency.
YES. It's the lack of text that's jarring and indicative of them being afraid of saying the wrong thing when, in truth, they SHOULD have said that black lives matter. They should have put their foot down harder than they did. It seemed like such a weak effort that many believe they shouldn't have bothered, and I'm inclined to think so too, even if they did mean well.
But people using this for National Dex criticism are awful. There's a time and place, asswipes, and this isn't it.
NOA is very progressive. It's probably the leadership in Japan that doesn't want Nintendo to make any official statement which is a shame.
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