PETA VS NINTENDO ohh dear lord

[the_ultimate_evil]

Mario Kills Tanooki: PETA's new 8-bit 'thriller'

Nintendo this past weekend took over Times Square in New York to honor the Mario legacy and the new Super Mario 3D Land. PETA decided to honor the game as well, in the infinitely more macabre Mario Kills Tanooki. The name is somewhat of a misnomer — never once do you see Mario explicitly kill anything — but regardless, you play a fur-less raccoon dog (PETA's description) chasing after the Italian plumber wearing what looks to be our protagonist's fur (and subsequently flying longer than he ever has in any other Mario game).

We're just going to shut our brain down for a second and jot down some impressions. The controls are simple — press space to jump and collect coins — although the responsiveness seems to be a bit inconsistent. The missions are procedurally-generated — just like Skyrim — in that sometimes you're trying to reach Mario by jumping over pipes, and other times you are required to jump over cliffs in an effort to catch up. It also runs on Adobe flash, which might cause some stuttering.

Not mentioned? All the koopas mercilessly left naked after Mario knocks them out of their shell. Score is judged not by how close you get to Mario but by how many coins you collect. Our high score is 18, before we had to walk away and take a breather. Game is via the source link, and be advised it's neither for the faint of heart nor for those allergic to bad game design.

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/14/2561689/peta-mario-kills-tanooki-nintendo

look i'm all for animal rights but does anyone even take these guys seriously anymore

 

[Spider-Who?]

Yeah, it’s pretty dumb. I doubt Nintendo can do anything about it – parodies are protected.

This reminds me of something I saw the other day. It was a commercial for some animal rights group asking viewers for donations, pleading that money is desperately needed for underfunded and overcrowded shelters and veterinary clinics. Ok, that’s fine. I get that, and I support these types of endeavors. But then the commercial ends with saying “everyone that donates will get all these things for FREE!” and then they show all sorts of grab bag goodies – clothing, tote bags, trinkets, etc.

Ok, I get that its meant to be an incentive to get more people to donate, but does that really equal out? Do they get enough donations from the free junk to justify throwing money away by giving people the free stuff? Seems too risky and a little hypocritical, especially for a company that claims it is bleeding money and needs cash desperately, only to use their funds to buy a bunch of useless stuff to give away.

I dunno, I guess I feel like there could be more cost effective ways to receive donations than to spend money on gifts to donators.

 

[Duke]

This is absurd & really pathetic. Peta needs to focus it's efforts on something more important.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Being protested by PETA is becoming increasingly like that "Top 10 Warped Toys" list that Reverend Rose released every year: it started off as an annoyance to toy companies, but later it became almost like a badge of honour, especially for companies like MacFarlane Toys.

 

[Immortalfire]

This is absurd & really pathetic. Peta needs to focus it's efforts on something more important.

To be fair, they stay pretty focused on euthanizing animals every year.

 

[bullets]

 

[Grillz]

Geez, I just played it and it seems like it would be a creepy pasta. Seriously though, if it is such an issue, why didn't they say something about Super Mario Bros. 3? That had the Tanooki suit, as well as the Frog suit.

 

[Teelie]

One day PETA may actually be involved in the ethical treatment of animals but for now it's just a joke of an organization that seeks publicity via any means necessary.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

PETA certainly did fall off of their rocker.

 

[Victarion]

The People Eviscerating Tiny Animals would, of course, prefer that you used a double-bladed serratted blade to castrate the tanooki balls, rather than smushing their brains.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

PETA is losing their marbles.

 

[enterthemadness]

PETA is a joke and a sham of a organization.

If there's a Austin Powers 4, I want to see the bad guy played by Myers running PETA...

 

[chaseter]

PETA: People Easily Trolling America

 

[Spider-Vader]

Jesus Christ... PETA is such a joke. Someone needs to make a REAL animal rights jokes that actually helps animals.

 

[Superman 1265]

There is no facepalm in the universe that's big enough for this.

 

[ThDWgeek]

They're so ridiculous. I mean, I'm all for animal rights and I respect the work of organisations that actually help animals, but this is pointless and just absurd. There's no mainstream group of people that flay animals and wear the fur to gain their powers, so why make this? Yes, it could be a simple "fur is murder" thing, but why involve Mario? I honestly don't get why they don't stop doing stupid PR rubbish like this and focus their energy on actually doing some good.

 

[Batman713]

Those ******s at PETA support terrorism. They should be treated as terrorists and face the law.

 

[Cheezypenguin]

PETA and Nintendo....2 things that need to go away.

 

[Wolfwood]

Nintendo? Sir, you jest!

Did anyone try playing the game? I got to 19 coins, **** is kind of hard.

 

[Raiden]

Why didn't PETA protest against Rockstar over RDR, since you can kill wild animals in that game? They are tools who are just trying to grab as many attention as they can get.

 

[Teelie]

Rockstar is not as high profile as Nintendo. PETA is only interested in publicity.

 

[Destructus86]

Personally, I love PETA. With all the bad news in the world...it's nice to see someone who can put out news that makes me laugh.

 

[Godzilla2000]

How does PETA know that Tanooki suit isn't made from fake fur?

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Tigers are going extinct and they care about a domesticated farmed animal raised for their fur. Why not try to have the Chinese allow farming of Tigers to keep the wild tiger population from being poached to extirpation?

 

[Ultra Lantern]

PETA and Nintendo....2 things that need to go away.

PETA is the only thing that needs to go away.