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When did Nintendo get so political?
- Thread starter julian
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It's nice to see QAnon getting representation on this forum.
I know this is some WeekendEra parody shit...I hope.
They took away Mario`s plunger and now mushrooms are his only solace. What are we teaching our kids? What are our values?
Which would be the total opposite to what the colours represent for political parties in the U.S.
Nintendo hate Trump but love Boris, those cats are basically in the same gang so that makes no sense. Can we get some other countries input as to what their political parties colours equate to as well?
Yeah, only kidding, don't bother, thread's obviously high.
Nintendo hate Trump but love Boris, those cats are basically in the same gang so that makes no sense. Can we get some other countries input as to what their political parties colours equate to as well?
Yeah, only kidding, don't bother, thread's obviously high.
Think of the blue shell. Get too far ahead of the pack you're pulled back. It's basically a metaphor for socialism. They also celebrate the workers with a plumber as their mascot.
Many games and characterd are designed to give kids an anti capatalist mindset, Mother 3, Tom Nook, Wario...
Many games and characterd are designed to give kids an anti capatalist mindset, Mother 3, Tom Nook, Wario...
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cmon, you cant be serious.
1st of all, nintendo is the least political company.
2nd paper mario was developed in japan, i think they give a rats ass about some third world politics.
3rd the choices you showed us are absolute random examples. red/blue/the tape are ok and unpolitical.
1st of all, nintendo is the least political company.
2nd paper mario was developed in japan, i think they give a rats ass about some third world politics.
3rd the choices you showed us are absolute random examples. red/blue/the tape are ok and unpolitical.
So would that mean that traffic signals are also political and so is everything else when there is a red sign warning something since thousands of years?
you do realise that in the rest of the world these colours are reversed for political parties?
in rest of the world red = left and blue = right/conservative
in rest of the world red = left and blue = right/conservative
Why are there so many serious replies chastising the obviously joking OP for stretching it even after a confirmation that it was indeed a joke?
Gib mir deinen Saft ich geb dir meinen
less topical but still good advice
(Don't ban me, that's a quote from the game!)
Yeah I know! It's so silly! xD
..They, they are being sarcastic right? {paranoia sets in}
Around never unless you count Nintendo America translations
I Mean have you ever read what Yoshi is saying?
I Mean have you ever read what Yoshi is saying?
this feels like such a joke thread...
Especially the colors and check sign or cross marks. In Japan, blue is used on a number of traffic lights instead of green, red still being red. Could just be what the colors they decided on for no reason as the two colors usually just go together in general.
Especially the colors and check sign or cross marks. In Japan, blue is used on a number of traffic lights instead of green, red still being red. Could just be what the colors they decided on for no reason as the two colors usually just go together in general.
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I would have expected something like some of the sidequests in Xenoblade X, but the newest Paper Mario?
And a checkmark and an X? That is a reach.
And a checkmark and an X? That is a reach.
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Explain this, Nintendo!
Nintendo did remove various religious audio and imagery in Ocarina iirc
Sure, why not
In Splatoon lore, Inklings (squid people) and Octolings (octopus people) have been fighting for a long time following The Great Turf War. The Octarians lost that war and were forced to live in a massive underground expanses known as Octo Valley and Octo Canyon. The first game involves the Octarians stealing The Great Zapfish, an electricity-producing fish, from Inkopolis.
In Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion DLC, you play as an Octoling attempting to enter Inkopolis and join Inkling society, yet you're trapped in an underground metro-like testing facility. To get out, you must complete various challenges all according to a voice talking to you through an old-timey telephone.
Once you gather enough of the macguffins, it's revealed to be a trap—the voice is an A.I. built by human scientists (humans went extinct by their own actions eons prior) to pass on all human knowledge and history, but only to sentient/sapient species that could pass the tests.
The A.I. however grew disgusted by Inkling and Octarian society, and decided to design a new species as it saw fit by (literally) blending up the best test subjects, and using that genetic ooze to create it. The A.I. has just amassed enough genetic ooze it needs, and also has a giant human-shaped solar-powered laser cannon that it will use to wipe out Inkopolis so that it can build society anew.
Once you destroy its laser cannon with the help of Pearl and Marina, your Octoling is then able to join Inkopolis society where a bunch of other Octolings have started living alongside the Inklings.
tl;dr—The Octo Expansion is about a member of a downtrodden group forced to live in squalor due to acts/wars made before they were born, and then having to jump through hoops just to immigrate to a more livable place.
There's also this chat log in the localisation between Marina (Octoling already living in Inkling society as a DJ), Cpt. Cuttlefish (old Inkling who fought in the Inkling/Octarian war), and Pearl (Inkling rapper, and partner of Marina) that mirrors out-of-touch/racist people's thinking
If this wasn't the moment when Nintendo "got so political," then it marked the point of no return
In Splatoon lore, Inklings (squid people) and Octolings (octopus people) have been fighting for a long time following The Great Turf War. The Octarians lost that war and were forced to live in a massive underground expanses known as Octo Valley and Octo Canyon. The first game involves the Octarians stealing The Great Zapfish, an electricity-producing fish, from Inkopolis.
In Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion DLC, you play as an Octoling attempting to enter Inkopolis and join Inkling society, yet you're trapped in an underground metro-like testing facility. To get out, you must complete various challenges all according to a voice talking to you through an old-timey telephone.
Once you gather enough of the macguffins, it's revealed to be a trap—the voice is an A.I. built by human scientists (humans went extinct by their own actions eons prior) to pass on all human knowledge and history, but only to sentient/sapient species that could pass the tests.
The A.I. however grew disgusted by Inkling and Octarian society, and decided to design a new species as it saw fit by (literally) blending up the best test subjects, and using that genetic ooze to create it. The A.I. has just amassed enough genetic ooze it needs, and also has a giant human-shaped solar-powered laser cannon that it will use to wipe out Inkopolis so that it can build society anew.
Once you destroy its laser cannon with the help of Pearl and Marina, your Octoling is then able to join Inkopolis society where a bunch of other Octolings have started living alongside the Inklings.
tl;dr—The Octo Expansion is about a member of a downtrodden group forced to live in squalor due to acts/wars made before they were born, and then having to jump through hoops just to immigrate to a more livable place.
There's also this chat log in the localisation between Marina (Octoling already living in Inkling society as a DJ), Cpt. Cuttlefish (old Inkling who fought in the Inkling/Octarian war), and Pearl (Inkling rapper, and partner of Marina) that mirrors out-of-touch/racist people's thinking
If this wasn't the moment when Nintendo "got so political," then it marked the point of no return
there is so much bullshit posted on these forums in a serious manner it can become difficult to tell the difference
particularly when americans are having their elections, anything related to their elections/politics gets ramped up to 1000% and poe's law is off the charts
Alright. Not to a super troubling extent, since no one cares about narrative in Nintendo games, but most of their narratives (be it gameplay or actual story) are rather conservative. Not any more than, say, many classic Disney movies, and probably also not by serious design (but every story has a political agenda, and if you don't actively try to navigate it, it'll more often than not just reiterate the status quo which is by definition conservative) Even Disney had some narratives that challenge aspects of the status quo, Nintendo has never really pushed the envelope in any way.
Anyway, this is nothing - In most of the world red symbolises socialism/left-wing politics and blue symbolises liberal/right-wing politics...
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Lol. I forgot about this but I remember I thought of this forum the moment I saw it.I thought it would be about this brilliant little quip olivia has when talking about the Colored Pencils boss
lol
I don't have a social media account to upload to and it's a hassle getting on my computer. Oddly, the Wii U was a little better about this.
..... I am surprised no one has brought up Fire Emblem. That series has been political since the Nes/Snes days