14 copies of the new, popular game Animal Crossing: Wild World comes complete with racial slurs. While testing the demo game, a user had a sheep approach him and say, “How are you, nigga?” Nintendo recently released a statement regarding these copies:
“Previously played copies of the 2005 DS game Animal Crossing: Wild World were sent to 14 members of the media to demonstrate the ability of players to transfer items to the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii,” Nintendo said. “We regret that an offensive phrase was included without our knowledge via a wireless function that allows user-generated catchphrases to spread virally from one game to the next.
“This version is limited to 14 copies created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers. We sincerely apologize for the incident and are working with media who received the game cards to return them to Nintendo immediately.”
Thoughts? In all of the efforts to advance technology are we making the world of tech a little too social? This game is mainly marketed to children, which means that if people are able to insert their own phrasing, who knows what could be said?
Umm, yeah…funny how they blamed it on “wireless functions.” LOL