I'm not sure how many have seen this but: Mario Kills Tanooki.
Yes, PETA is going after the worlds favorite plumber. I guess the past 30 years of killing turtles, fighting with a woman stealing monkey and giant lizard, destroying mushrooms, polluting the air with go-karts, cleaning up pollution, and flying around space destroying the ozone. But this was the straw that broke the back? Seriously, go fuck yourself. This is just bullshit.
The original Tanooki suit debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1988. For 23 years he's been wearing the same suit (not in recent games, but Super Mario Bros. 3 has been rereleased frequently on various mediums and most are recent ie: the GBA remake, and released on the Virtual Console for the Wii and 3Ds) this isn't something new. This is just a case of PETA trying to use shock value to push a campaign to get attention; like that little kid who always did stupid shit in school or at a party. Like you know, Tom Green.
Now let me state, that I am all for the ETA part of PETA. It's the People that give that organization a horrible name and causes problems like this. A lot of the ideals and a few of the things that they've accomplished over the past few years have been rather nice. However, their public relations group are full of fucking morons. Who thought this was a good idea? You know how big a backlash this is going to get? Hell I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo sues them for defamation of character. Mario is an icon, and one of the most recognizable characters of all time (right up there with Sonic and Micky Mouse). You don't do something like this.
I guess this counts as a mini-rant / the "WTF Moment of this week".
I'll leave it with this image.
they're just the attention mongering assholes that mommy and daddy didn't hug enough while growing up they got pawned off and butt-ugly aunt myrtle while older brother steve got fawned over and told how perfect of a little bastard he is
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Fuck you with a 10 foot pole without lube >_>
Wow. That game alone could get them sued. Copyrights copyrights... but still. This is the sign of times. PETA hasnt complained about anything, on a large scale, in some time. Everyone nowadays with these "99%" rallies that absolutely no one has any clue what is being protested. Its basically Woodstock minus the band plus more drugs/ pissing on the street. Bunch of homeless looking hippies banging pots and pans shouting take down the system and evil corps while tweeting and facebooking all night about it. Right... but getting back to PETA.
ReplyDeleteI would love to know who thought of and got this published. Also as a side note, why didnt they go after Bear Grylls for that episode he killed some kind of seal/otter and then used its skin as a fucking dive suit!? I dont care if it was dead. If they can spin that Mario story, why not this one. See video below:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/man-vs-wild-seal-skin-wetsuit.html
Because aside from a running piss joke no one knows or cares who Bear Grylls is. Mario is basically Micky Mouse in terms of popularity/recognizably so I guess they get they just get a bigger shock value out of this story. On a related note, their Anti-KFC campaign uses a platformer game based entirely off of Super Mario and uses chickens as the leads. Don't believe me? Check their site under "Kentucky Fried Cruelty"
ReplyDeletePETA has now said that this Mario thing was done as a tongue and cheek thing. Just a joke to draw attention to it. I find this funny. For as if someone used PETA as a "T&C" thing, you know dam well PETA would have sued for anything.
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