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Animal Crossing censorship ENRAGES adult players photo

Today, we received a furious email from an incensed Animal Crossing fan, absolutely horrified by the fact that a new  update to the game has censored "bad" words. For Christina and her friend, there was no greater joy than making Animal Crossing characters say depraved and nasty things. Unfortunately, their innocent fun has been stamped out by those Nazis at Nintendo. Won't somebody think of the children?

Here's what Christina had to say:

Animal crossing santized EVEN MORE

My roommate and I are animal crossing addicts!
We are adults, and as such take delight in making our little innocent animals say nasty things. At this point most of the animals in our town had the catch phrase "sex fiend.".. up until last night's system update. Now everyone who had a catch phrase containing a "bad" word has had their phrase switched to "!!!!!!!!!!!!" That's right, now everyone in town is spewing exclamation points at us.
I love nintendo to bits but this is just wrong. We are ADULTS who purchased a game to play in our own home. 

Unbelievable. Nintendo simply didn't think about those poor animals who have now been silenced by the fascists in control. We all of us have a right to force anthropomorphized animals to call us sex fiends, and to deny us that is to violate everything we fought Hitler and Ganondorf for. 

Destructoid asks:
Where does it end? Will we soon be banned from calling ourselves "POO" and "ASS" on arcade machines? Will we be thrown in the stocks for drawing comedy penises and mustaches between the legs of women in magazines? Will the so-called President Obama bring back hanging for people who make fart noises when someone bends over to pick something up?

Nintendo has set a terrifying new precedent with this insane abuse of power. We have only fear for the future of free speech.


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Necro BABS's Avatar
Necro BABS at 03/26/2009 21:03
Oh the humanity...
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 03/26/2009 21:03
I question the sanity of any adults who play Animal Crossing. Playing a game just so you can hear cute creatures shout words of pure hatred is not something an adult should be doing.
ParaParaKing's Avatar
ParaParaKing at 03/26/2009 21:03
ALSO !!!!! !
gatorsax2010's Avatar
gatorsax2010 at 03/26/2009 21:05
Why should we listen to pedophiles?
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 03/26/2009 21:05
I tested this just a few hours ago, and "CokMustard" is still totally uncensored.

Crisis averted!
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 03/26/2009 21:07
Man lobster milkshake that !!!!!!!!
Haxan's Avatar
Haxan at 03/26/2009 21:08
Brilliant shoop there. I got an audible chuckle out of it.
MrSadistic's Avatar
MrSadistic at 03/26/2009 21:09
BOOBS, BOOBS, BOOBS, BOOBS
Cowboy TTop's Avatar
Cowboy TTop at 03/26/2009 21:09
Nintendo have lost it. Power went to their heads ages ago, so don't be surprised by this.
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 03/26/2009 21:09
Are you sure adults are complaining about this, or just ridiculously stupid people who act like children?
grafkhun's Avatar
grafkhun at 03/26/2009 21:21
Too bad, deal with it Christina.
moocow21's Avatar
moocow21 at 03/26/2009 21:31
I understand the general consensus of mockery over the complaint, but I don't understand why they would patch in censorship in the first place..
Tactix's Avatar
Tactix at 03/26/2009 21:52
"We are ADULTS who purchased a game to play in our own home."

While I agree with that statement, and dont like to see censorship of any kind...I do kinda agree with Nintendo here ONLY BECAUSE this is an E rated game. Although they may be adults playing a kids game, it is still a kids game, and probably should have tools in place to keep it an "E" rated experience.

Now try that censor bullshit with anything greater than that, and I wouldnt be happy...
de BLOO's Avatar
de BLOO at 03/26/2009 21:54
@moocow21

Nintendo's strategy is to please this rediculous(spell check that word) market of lazy parents, and its been working for them pretty good right now.
smurfee mcgee's Avatar
smurfee mcgee at 03/26/2009 21:57
The whole situation is dumb, but I could do without Nintendo censoring me.
Also, Chronic Logic doesn't know !!!!!!! about Animal Crossing.
superezekiel's Avatar
superezekiel at 03/26/2009 21:59
This is the internet. I like to think we're pretty good at taking horrifyingly distasteful words and properly disemvoweling them for our own devices.
SilverChaos's Avatar
SilverChaos at 03/26/2009 22:03
This is probaably Ninty reponding to the recent "Pedophiles are using Animal Crossing to get to your children" story.
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 03/26/2009 22:04
As long as I can write letters to my animal pals about the filthy things I want to do to them and spell FUCK on the ground in flowers and wear a penis hat I think I'll be OK.
dangerman's Avatar
dangerman at 03/26/2009 22:04
Wait a minute... Nintendo updated one of their games.. WHAT!!?! Since when did Nintendo support their games?
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 03/26/2009 22:06
How was this patch foisted upon the game anyway? WiiConnect24? The Pikmin hat DLC gift?
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Dexter345 at 03/26/2009 22:12
I think this is kind of a bigger deal than you're making it out to be, Jim. As far as I'm concerned, we should be allowed to make our Animal Crossing animals say whatever we want. It's another case of how parents should censor what their kids watch and play, not the companies or the government.
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T9X at 03/26/2009 22:12
LOL @ dangerman ........I see what you did there.

About this "story"(and I do use the term loosely),fuck Christina and her stupid ass friend.If she wants to be immature and feel cool by purposly cursing in a video game,it sounds like Halo 3 is more her style.What kind of moron bitches about a Nintendo game being too sterile?Of course its clean you stupid ass,its fucking Nintendo.Try being retarded on a more mature console,dumbass.
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Jim Sterling at 03/26/2009 22:19
Dexter:

Well, I somewhat would hope the original email is itself a little tongue-in-cheek. That said, while I personally disagree with censorship, I don't disagree with a company choosing to restrict certain words on its product, if that's what they so choose. It's obvious that Animal Crossing is targeted at kids and Nintendo wants to make sure they don't see things like "sex fiend." I don't think Nintendo crossed a line here, at all.
Chatzi's Avatar
Chatzi at 03/26/2009 22:20
T9X: Making animals say hilarious things does not make me feel "cool." It simply amuses me. And I wouldn't be mad if these words were censored in the first place, however I was extremely put out that Nintendo would sneak this new censorship in via the pikmin hat (or the console update or whatever). I've been playing the game for months and I don't like that Nintendo suddenly messes with it.
Sex Fiend!!!
Chatzi's Avatar
Chatzi at 03/26/2009 22:24
Jim, I agree with Nintendo restricting certain words so the kiddies can't see them, but then again, kiddies shouldn't be playing animal crossing with a bunch us dopes who put "bad words" into our games.
(and yes, the email was tongue-in-cheek)
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CrocBox at 03/26/2009 22:33
!!!!!!!!!!!! those !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! in their fascist !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!. This is truely a sad day.
NESgamer's Avatar
NESgamer at 03/26/2009 23:00
Cristina and her friend find amusement on little creatures saying nasty things to them? xD that's amusing by itself.

But Nintendo has no limits, to protect your virginity and innocence. This is just the beginning, gentlemen...

On a serious side: Censorship is always something that pisses everyone off, but remember the target this game is designed for, even if adults enjoy it. Plus Nintendo wants to make sure the parents of said market can feel safe playing (and buying) their games, they get a lot already from people that blames games for everything that is wrong with the world.

Not so long ago this man said only pedophiles (adults) loved animal crossing!
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PushDustIn at 03/26/2009 23:04
@gatorsax2010: You win the internet. Congratulations. I laughed so hard when I saw your comment.

It's Nintendo's game, I mean yeah it sucks you can't use swear words but the game is rated E. They can justify it by saying they are trying to maintain the rating that the ESRB gave them.

Much respect for Jim for posting the article and defending Nintendo's position.
flabzilla's Avatar
flabzilla at 03/26/2009 23:26
I think i'm more suprised at Nintendo actually being able to patch a specific game through a system update.
Drach's Avatar
Drach at 03/26/2009 23:47
censorship is bad no matter how you slice it. Does Nintendo honestly think that certian kids in the world have never heard "bad words" before? I'm sure mom and dad have taught them a few before they could type it into their wii.
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 03/26/2009 23:55
Jim I don't quite understand your sarcasm. That actually sucks. I should ram this LOBSTER MILKSHAKE up your LOBSTER MILKSHAKE
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BahamutZero at 03/26/2009 23:56
:::USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST:::
Drach's Avatar
Drach at 03/27/2009 00:16
@flabzilla: I'm now wondering if Madworld is now full of bleeps.
atastysammich's Avatar
atastysammich at 03/27/2009 00:25
BAN THIS SICK BAN OF SICK FILTH
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 03/27/2009 00:29
I forgot to check and see if Bones still says "abortion."

Language is fun because you can say horrible things without resorting to certain wholly impolite words, at least until Nintendo introduces "Wii Newspeak."
Autumn's Avatar
Autumn at 03/27/2009 00:35
Wait, I kind of agree. Censorship for adults who play games in their OWN home is kinda wrong.
It's the adults who plays games in little children's homes, after they've tied them to a chair and showed them their winkie...they're the ones who need censoring.

Why can't Nintendo just tell the difference??
Lcdscreen's Avatar
Lcdscreen at 03/27/2009 01:15
I assume that's the Wii version of the game? I'd take !!!!!! over just a whole bunch of empty spaces in the DS version anyway. I tried to make an animals catchphrase something naughty and it turned up as " suck". When there are spaces it looks dumb, with !!!!!! it at least looks sort of censored...

Now I just make everyone say "Desu".
mr spooky's Avatar
mr spooky at 03/27/2009 01:18



Chancellor and V.
Lcdscreen's Avatar
Lcdscreen at 03/27/2009 01:18
Wow that was one mess of a comment... I should probably remember to reread my stuff before I post, especially when it's late and I'm tired.
McSkruff's Avatar
McSkruff at 03/27/2009 02:06
Here's what I would have done.

Sure, go ahead and censor Animal Crossing. But make it an option. Something innocent like "Prevent animals from using distasteful language" or something like that. Turn it on by default. That way, our perverted friends like Christina and her roommate can do whatever they like, the parents don't have to worry, and some of us wouldn't be ratting on Nintendo for violating our first amendment rights.

On the other hand, having an option like that will give people ideas. ("Ooh, wow! They put that option there? Gee, I wonder what I could make them say if I turned it off? Gosh, I never would have thought of that!")
Calebyte's Avatar
Calebyte at 03/27/2009 06:25
"We are ADULTS.."

Yeah? I used to think naming my Animal Crossing characters things like PenisHead was hilarious too, but that was before I graduated from middle school.

Grow up.
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BoBoTheChimp757 at 03/27/2009 07:13
My character's name is "Big Sexy" I hope it doesn't turn into "Big !!!!!"
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kittwalker at 03/27/2009 07:53
This is weak by Nintendo. Yes, I get it that it's "to protect the kiddies" and all that, and that these filthy mouthed animals could transfer between users if they played together online, but really...if you're an adult player ( like me ) you are only gonna have adult friends to play with online. The only people who are likely to have children on their friends list are paedos.

So, really, they should have kept this in, because then any kids with foul mouthed animals MUST have been talking to an actual paedo!
Chatzi's Avatar
Chatzi at 03/27/2009 09:31
Calebyte, I prefer not to grow up, thank you very much.
And as I said earlier, censorship of an e rated game is perfectly appropriate. It's when Nintendo forces changes upon their game AFTER I purchased and played it for months that I get irked. And not only that, doesn't give the owner the option of downloading the patch or even bother to tell us of said patch before they upload it. And I'd feel the same way if the patch changed the color of the flowers or added or removed characters. It's the principle of the thing, not just my penchant for bad words.
I am NOT anti-Nintendo. In fact I love them...sex fiend. I simply feel they overstepped their bounds.
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Creamsnake at 03/27/2009 10:30
"Will we soon be banned from calling ourselves 'CAP' and 'COM' on arcade machines?"

^^^Fixed.

I think this is for the greater good. I guess we just have to be more creative and use words like "jimmer-jammer" when trying to get sexy on line.
Jetsetlemming's Avatar
Jetsetlemming at 03/27/2009 16:55
An E rated game does not lose its E rating simply because a user can choose to write swear words. A G rated Disney movie does not become R because you can choose to stand up and point at the screen and yell "Cunt!".
Having a word filter effect online play like when you're visiting other people's towns is fine and dandy, I suppose, but this makes it sound like it's for everything including offline play, and that's just disappointing. For the two whole days I could stand to play animal crossing ds before throwing the cart under a bus, I certainly made my neighbors say swear words.
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