Poll of the Day > Apparently, Mr. Game & Watch was a little racist...

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LinkPizza
11/07/18 3:56:30 PM
#1:


Nintendo has to update one of his moves. Heres an article Google showed me...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku.com/nintendo-says-it-will-remove-racist-native-american-ani-1830282076/amp
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ReggieTheReckless
11/07/18 3:59:04 PM
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They should have at least had him using his red color if they wanted to show it being racist!....

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ninja_lootz
11/07/18 4:26:00 PM
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How is that racist?
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LinkPizza
11/07/18 4:27:26 PM
#4:


Idk. Thats just what happened. I dont think it is, but some other people did...
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TheSlinja
11/07/18 4:28:53 PM
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the game the sprite comes from is prolly a better rep of how this would be racist im guessing
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TigerTycoon
11/07/18 4:30:27 PM
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It wasn't racist, but SJWs were making a big deal about it on social media, and Nintendo caved.
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Mead
11/07/18 4:34:55 PM
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Some folks are arguing that its insensitive because of how many stereotypical depictions have been used to attack or diminish their people historically

I dont really have any views on this myself, but I can see where theyre coming from this time
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SunWuKung420
11/07/18 4:48:25 PM
#8:


As a card carrying member of the Choctaw Nation, I'm thoroughly offended.

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TheOrangeMisfit
11/07/18 4:54:19 PM
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Mead posted...
Some folks are arguing that its insensitive because of how many stereotypical depictions have been used to attack or diminish their people historically

I dont really have any views on this myself, but I can see where theyre coming from this time


Soy alert
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Mead
11/07/18 5:02:22 PM
#10:


Not gonna apologize for using my brain
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_AdjI_
11/07/18 5:03:01 PM
#11:


Sounds reasonable enough, especially where the GBA port of the original game was already changed.
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SilentSeph
11/07/18 5:18:23 PM
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I think it looked cool personally.
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Blighboy
11/07/18 5:19:04 PM
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Nintendo has literally one black character and they made him a racist smh
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Lil_Bit83
11/07/18 5:24:12 PM
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How in the fuck is he racist? He's just a pixelated silhouette.
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TLR_
11/07/18 5:29:31 PM
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I'm not gonna pretend I'm hugely upset or anything. Never paid Game & Watch any attention, and I'll likely not even play them in Ultimate... but in a world where these crazies misconstrue Zelda's role in BoTW to fit their dipshit narrative, Nintendo's just doing what they gotta do to crowd control these SJW loons.
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WhiskeyDisk
11/07/18 6:33:16 PM
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Can we just stop being outraged about everything all the time?
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Mead
11/07/18 6:38:21 PM
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WhiskeyDisk posted...
Can we just stop being outraged about everything all the time?


Part of that is to stop being outraged about small groups of people being offended

The majority of clicks that these sites get about these stories are from people that think stuff like this is BS
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joemodda
11/07/18 7:23:33 PM
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He should just be removed outright since his name sounds a lot like "Gay man Watch"
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SilentSeph
11/07/18 8:22:35 PM
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joemodda posted...
He should just be removed outright since his name sounds a lot like "Gay man Watch"

Duck Hunt should be removed too, sounds like 'Da C***'
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green dragon
11/07/18 8:31:57 PM
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Who knew a character in black face was racist
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ReturnOfFa
11/07/18 9:19:40 PM
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A lot of Native Americans got pissed off, and hey, I'm willing to listen to them. Go look at pictures of other silly pictures if you care about silly video game pictures so much.
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Krazy_Kirby
11/07/18 10:37:14 PM
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so a feather is racist now?
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WhiskeyDisk
11/07/18 10:52:17 PM
#23:


Krazy_Kirby posted...
so a feather is racist now?


Peanut butter and jelly is racist now ffs...

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_1874905
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
11/08/18 4:17:36 AM
#24:


Mead posted...
WhiskeyDisk posted...
Can we just stop being outraged about everything all the time?


Part of that is to stop being outraged about small groups of people being offended

The majority of clicks that these sites get about these stories are from people that think stuff like this is BS

P much.
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Kyuubi4269
11/08/18 4:26:38 AM
#25:


Mr. Game & Watchs character didnt have this move in previous Smash games


I distinctly remember a torch attack in melee.
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LinkPizza
11/08/18 4:49:29 AM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
Mr. Game & Watchs character didnt have this move in previous Smash games


I distinctly remember a torch attack in melee.

I believe he had a torch attack, but I don't think the feather was there. I could be misremembering, though...
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ParanoidObsessive
11/08/18 6:11:15 AM
#27:


TLR_ posted...
I'm not gonna pretend I'm hugely upset or anything. Never paid Game & Watch any attention, and I'll likely not even play them in Ultimate... but in a world where these crazies misconstrue Zelda's role in BoTW to fit their dipshit narrative, Nintendo's just doing what they gotta do to crowd control these SJW loons.

It's essentially the worst thing you can possibly do, because once you demonstrate that you're actually listening to them instead of ignoring them, they redouble their efforts to shit on everything you do. Because now they KNOW they can bully you into doing what they want.

This is why it's so common for virtue-signalers to turn on each other, and why people like Joss Whedon and Wil Wheaton took a ton of shit on Twitter in spite of being some of the stronger SJW-type voices out there themselves.

The people who are legitimately racist or sexist don't give a single shit what a bunch of jumped-up assholes on Twitter think, so SJWs have very little power over them. And since the SJW mentality is less about actually accomplishing things and more about having a sense of accomplishment (false or otherwise), they'll usually choose to go after the people they know they can intimidate more than the people they should actually be trying to intimidate. It's slacktivism at its finest.


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LinkPizza
11/08/18 6:13:50 AM
#28:


ParanoidObsessive posted...
TLR_ posted...
I'm not gonna pretend I'm hugely upset or anything. Never paid Game & Watch any attention, and I'll likely not even play them in Ultimate... but in a world where these crazies misconstrue Zelda's role in BoTW to fit their dipshit narrative, Nintendo's just doing what they gotta do to crowd control these SJW loons.

It's essentially the worst thing you can possibly do, because once you demonstrate that you're actually listening to them instead of ignoring them, they redouble their efforts to shit on everything you do. Because know they KNOW they can bully you into doing what they want.

This is why it's so common for virtue-signalers to turn on each other, and why people like Joss Whedon and Wil Wheaton took a ton of shit on Twitter in spite of being some of the stronger SJW-type voices out there themselves.

The people who are legitimately racist or sexist don't give a single shit what a bunch of jumped-up assholes on Twitter think, so SJWs have very little power over them. And since the SJW mentality is less about actually accomplishing things and more about having a sense of accomplishment (false or otherwise), they'll usually choose to go after the people they know they can intimidate more than the people they should actually be trying to intimidate. It's slacktivism at its finest.


I agree. People just have to ignore them.
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Krazy_Kirby
11/08/18 10:06:21 AM
#29:


WhiskeyDisk posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
so a feather is racist now?


Peanut butter and jelly is racist now ffs...

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_1874905


why does the brown and red have to be between white?? huh??!!
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SKARDAVNELNATE
11/08/18 11:14:10 AM
#30:


Do we know what race Mr. Game & Watch is?
Is it racist for him to practice his own cultural heritage?
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_AdjI_
11/08/18 11:33:31 AM
#31:


LinkPizza posted...
Kyuubi4269 posted...
Mr. Game & Watchs character didnt have this move in previous Smash games


I distinctly remember a torch attack in melee.

I believe he had a torch attack, but I don't think the feather was there. I could be misremembering, though...


I believe you are correct.

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...
Do we know what race Mr. Game & Watch is?
Is it racist for him to practice his own cultural heritage?


Given that said culture is fictional and must therefore have been created by somebody, potentially, if it mirrors an existing real culture closely enough to be considered a depiction of that culture.
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VixYW
11/08/18 12:30:35 PM
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Was anyone offended by THAT? Really? It was just a feather and a torch. It didn't even put the natives under a bad light at all.

If anything, they should've think it was cool to be referenced in a big game like this.
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Sefrig
11/08/18 1:13:05 PM
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i mean it is racist, but it was changed, so the issue is now settled

i'm sure people will find a way to say that people are still mad about it though
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Mead
11/08/18 1:28:16 PM
#34:


LinkPizza posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
TLR_ posted...
I'm not gonna pretend I'm hugely upset or anything. Never paid Game & Watch any attention, and I'll likely not even play them in Ultimate... but in a world where these crazies misconstrue Zelda's role in BoTW to fit their dipshit narrative, Nintendo's just doing what they gotta do to crowd control these SJW loons.

It's essentially the worst thing you can possibly do, because once you demonstrate that you're actually listening to them instead of ignoring them, they redouble their efforts to shit on everything you do. Because know they KNOW they can bully you into doing what they want.

This is why it's so common for virtue-signalers to turn on each other, and why people like Joss Whedon and Wil Wheaton took a ton of shit on Twitter in spite of being some of the stronger SJW-type voices out there themselves.

The people who are legitimately racist or sexist don't give a single shit what a bunch of jumped-up assholes on Twitter think, so SJWs have very little power over them. And since the SJW mentality is less about actually accomplishing things and more about having a sense of accomplishment (false or otherwise), they'll usually choose to go after the people they know they can intimidate more than the people they should actually be trying to intimidate. It's slacktivism at its finest.


I agree. People just have to ignore them.

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Revelation34
11/08/18 2:40:00 PM
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That's as racist as drinking water.
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Lokarin
11/08/18 2:42:31 PM
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TIL: Only Native Americans start fires
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green dragon
11/08/18 7:17:26 PM
#37:


are people not looking at the picture? It wasn't just a feather and torch, but also the teeth as well
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supergamer19
11/08/18 7:28:36 PM
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I'm actually a little bummed.I really liked that most of his attacks changed G&W into a depiction of the game that the attack came from. Was a nice little detail. Oh well.
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Revelation34
11/08/18 8:17:13 PM
#39:


green dragon posted...
are people not looking at the picture? It wasn't just a feather and torch, but also the teeth as well


Found the SJW.
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SunWuKung420
11/08/18 8:23:43 PM
#40:


green dragon posted...
are people not looking at the picture? It wasn't just a feather and torch, but also the teeth as well


Well, the English did impregnate a large number of natives.
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green dragon
11/08/18 8:24:08 PM
#41:


Revelation34 posted...
Found the SJW.

you're litterally wrong about everything, soooo...
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Revelation34
11/08/18 8:24:55 PM
#42:


green dragon posted...
you're litterally wrong about everything, soooo...


More white people get "offended" by the Redskins than actual natives.
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Mead
11/08/18 8:25:02 PM
#43:


green dragon posted...
Revelation34 posted...
Found the SJW.

you're litterally wrong about everything, soooo...

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green dragon
11/08/18 8:26:43 PM
#44:


Revelation34 posted...
More white people get "offended" by the Redskins than actual natives.

there are more white people in the USA than native americans (about 73% to less than 1%), so that makes sense
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SunWuKung420
11/08/18 8:29:54 PM
#45:


Mead posted...
green dragon posted...
Revelation34 posted...
Found the SJW.

you're litterally wrong about everything, soooo...


I'm glad at least 2 others have had this REVELATION!
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Revelation34
11/08/18 9:21:29 PM
#46:


green dragon posted...
there are more white people in the USA than native americans (about 73% to less than 1%), so that makes sense


People need to stop being "offended" on other people's behalf.
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green dragon
11/08/18 9:57:06 PM
#47:


Revelation34 posted...
green dragon posted...
there are more white people in the USA than native americans (about 73% to less than 1%), so that makes sense


People need to stop being "offended" on other people's behalf.

You don't know who was offended by the game and watch situation

And just because some people aren't offended doesn't mean others aren't
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Krazy_Kirby
11/08/18 10:00:26 PM
#48:


green dragon posted...
are people not looking at the picture? It wasn't just a feather and torch, but also the teeth as well


teeth?
they have crossed a line!
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SunWuKung420
11/08/18 10:03:09 PM
#49:


Revelation34 posted...
green dragon posted...
there are more white people in the USA than native americans (about 73% to less than 1%), so that makes sense


People need to stop being "offended" on other people's behalf.


On that note, people need to stop offending others to just make themselves feel better and feel better than the person they are insulting.
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green dragon
11/08/18 10:04:48 PM
#50:


Krazy_Kirby posted...
green dragon posted...
are people not looking at the picture? It wasn't just a feather and torch, but also the teeth as well


teeth?
they have crossed a line!

Oh ok, go back to that bubble you're living in
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