PETA upset over Mario Land LOL

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/peta-slams-mario-over-fur-suit-211025773.html

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals might be barking up the wrong mushroom.
On Monday, the controversial organization issued a press release
attacking iconic Nintendo mascot Mario for wearing a 'Tanooki' suit in
his latest adventure, the Nintendo 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land, which
hit shelves on Sunday.

"Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but by wearing the skin
of an animal, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur,"
PETA says.

The raccoon-like suit, which grants Mario the ability to glide across
the screen, has been a part of the franchise since first appearing as a
power-up in 1988's Super Mario Bros. 3.  In the new game, Mario
acquires the suit not by doing something lousy to a Tanooki, but by
snagging a Super Leaf.

Still, PETA insists this encourages animal abuse.

"Tanukis are real-life raccoon dogs who are beaten and, as PETA's
undercover exposés show, often skinned alive for their fur," says PETA
Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "This winter, everyone can give
raccoon dogs and other fabulous animals a 1-UP by keeping our wardrobes
fur-free."

To help prove their point, PETA has even commissioned a crude parody video game called "Super Tanooki Skin 2D" in which players try to re-capture their skin from a flying Mario (Warning: Kind of disturbing, and totally not fun.)

It's just the latest in a long line of PETA game complaints. In 2008 they went after Cooking Mama for not being a vegetarian, while just last year they parodied challenging downloadable platform hit Super Meat Boy for starring a piece of raw meat.

Nintendo has yet to comment, though we're pretty sure it will sound like a hand slapping a forehead.

LOL too fucking funny

i know theyre just being stupid right now...

All Nintendo has to do is ensure the public that the suit is made from fake fur. Problem solved.

or made out of human hair

captain organic wrote:

All Nintendo has to do is ensure the public that the suit is made from fake fur. Problem solved.

Or just say "fuck peta". Did they also have a problem with Mario attacking King Koopa? What about throwing turtle shells?

... let's not get started on Donkey Kong then

Are you ok with this kings?

LOL

PETA is the stupidest, most retarded(yeah mother fuckers I call shit and people retarded, deal with it) ignorant group of fuck nuts I've ever heard of in my life. I really question the right these people have to breathe our air.

laugh until your heads come off...but i don't see why not supporting a malicious dog torturer and killer in Michael Vick makes me a radical, crazy activist like those in PETA.

This is 1 funny thread.

As long as Super Mario 3D didn't slaughter and raccoon/dogs, I am all for their game. But if they mutilated and wore real raccoon/dog skins, I won't play. But I don't own a Nintendo, so opa.

Jesus Christ.........Fuck PETA.

GDPofDRC wrote:

http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/

"Me and my brother love to shoot cats! If you don't like seeing dead
animals please stop following me. I'm not even going to try and educate
you PETA idiots."

OU wrote:

"Me and my brother love to shoot cats! If you don't like seeing dead
animals please stop following me. I'm not even going to try and educate
you PETA idiots."

i don't see the point of shooting an animal like that... is it for food? i doubt it

killerofchicken wrote:

OU wrote:

"Me and my brother love to shoot cats! If you don't like seeing dead
animals please stop following me. I'm not even going to try and educate
you PETA idiots."

i don't see the point of shooting an animal like that... is it for food? i doubt it

Yeah, that's just wrong.

It's not an endangered species. Might make a nice rug. What's the difference between shooting this and shooting a bear?

Or a human?

OU wrote:

It's not an endangered species. Might make a nice rug. What's the difference between shooting this and shooting a bear?

i never said shooting a bear was acceptable... its just not necessary. i understand if its in self defense. and ppl actually eat bear.

now i sound like a peta bitch...

What kind of cat is that? All I know is that I would never hunt something that can kill me. He has some balls both ways posting that pic and hunting that cat.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Or a human?

Seems a bit extreme. You are card carrying member of PETA?

Josh, that's just a bob cat.