Fans Petition to have character named after Christina Grimmie in new Zelda game

tony_2018 · Jun 25, 2016

FAST6191 said:
I would have no problems if the dev of a game named a character after their newsagent's dead goldfish that they won at a fairground. Petitions started outside a work to have basically a rando that happened to also be a fan added to a work seems so utterly pointless and laughable from where I sit. The hold a contest and get your name in thing from the SNES game seems a more valid thing to do.
Equally I would have no problems with Nintendo ultimately doing it, I would just hope the motives are pure cynically driven marketing.

Had to quote that out of context.

I agree...I'm a fan and hope to god I save the world and get my name in the next Zelda/Link game.

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Dr.Hacknik said:
Nintendo will never listen, they're just a bunch of self centered ass-holes, who just want your money.

Why should they?

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If you guys want this to work, you better send in a team who specialize in "Inception". Go ahead, work up another petition to have the government start on that project. And then get another petition to have it funded from the poor ONLY.

RedBlueGreen · Jun 25, 2016

Dr.Hacknik said:
Nintendo will never listen, they're just a bunch of self centered ass-holes, who just want your money.

Because it's self centered to not put in something only thousands will get, even though there are millions who probably won't understand. Look at how many of us in the thread didn't know who she was. Now consider how big the Zelda fan base is. The people who are shitting on Nintendo for not doing this are the assholes.

tony_2018 said:
agree...I'm a fan and hope to god I save the world and get my name in the next Zelda/Link game.

I would actually love to see a character named Tony (or another common modern name) in a fantasy game as an easter egg.

Dr.Hacknik · Jun 25, 2016

I support the petition entirely! But, i don't think it's gonna get very far.

Deleted-355425 · Jun 25, 2016

get fuct. she wanst anyone special. Lets see some of our killed soldiers names in some games.

Smiths · Jun 25, 2016

oh shut up fan petitions.

Noctosphere · Jun 25, 2016

SuzieJoeBob said:
If they are petitioning for virtual characters to be renamed to Christina, why not petition for the people in Orlando that were massacred. 49 dead > 1 dead

Here is my C++ code showing my level of "shits given":

Code:

bool giveAfuck; int main(){ if(49 > 1) giveAfuck = false; else giveAfuck = true; std::cout << "SuzieJoeBob gives a fuck: " << giveAfuck << sd::endl; return 0; }

you wrote it wrong, it's std::endl;
not sd::endl;

03bgood · Jun 26, 2016

xdarkx said:
A simple solution to those that still in favor of the petition... make a Zelda clone game, and have one of the character named Christina Grimmie. Reasons? Zelda clone games are nothing new. Also, some people did make games over the deceased, for example "That Dragon, Cancer" or Kanye West's game.

I'd love to see a Zelda clone with a futuristic sci-fi environment, instead of a medieval fantasy one. I know StarTropics was the closest thing we got to a sci-fi Zelda-like game, but it played different than Zelda, other than the dungeon exploration gameplay.

TotalInsanity4 · Jun 26, 2016

03bgood said:
I'd love to see a Zelda clone with a futuristic sci-fi environment, instead of a medieval fantasy one. I know StarTropics was the closest thing we got to a sci-fi Zelda-like game, but it played different than Zelda, other than the dungeon exploration gameplay.

I wanna see the original concept of the first Zelda come to fruition, where it was like time traveling through various ages

tony_2018 · Jun 26, 2016

Yeah thats right, change about 49 people who died in Orlando. Go ahead start a petition for them to be added to a game. FULL NAME RECOGNIZED.

Shining Greninja · Jun 26, 2016

Foxi4 said:
The fans should go get bent, who the hell was Christina Grimme, what has she achieved beyond being a fan and why should we commemorate her in any way? God, I hate these worthless petitions.

This sentence is something I agree with. My friend died and he was a nintendo fan so let's make him a character too!

Apache Thunder · Jun 26, 2016

Meh, I'm indifferent to this. If they do add her. Cool. If not, meh.

Given that this game is going to be super open world with perhaps a lot of NPCs that aren't important in the storyline to fill the vast regions and I can see room for them to insert an NPC with her name somewhere and not have it jut out too much. If this was a game that followed the mold of Skyward Sword or Ocarina of Time, the limited pool of NPCs would make an idea like this not work out. It would stick out and not fit in with the game style. But Breath of the Wild is going to be really big so I can see room for them to do this.

Realistically though...Not going to happen. I just don't see Nintendo doing that. The best you can possibly hope for is perhaps an easter egg tucked away deep in the game somewhere. Maybe they'd be willing to put her name on a tombstone in Kakeriko Graveyard assuming such a location will exist in this game. But full on NPC. Not sure about that.

Deleted User · Jun 26, 2016

Wow great petition I rate stopthisbullshit/10

03bgood · Jun 26, 2016

TotalInsanity4 said:
I wanna see the original concept of the first Zelda come to fruition, where it was like time traveling through various ages

That sounds too similar to Sonic Generations.

TotalInsanity4 · Jun 26, 2016

03bgood said:
That sounds too similar to Sonic Generations.

No I mean like "medieval but then Link goes to future to fight Ganon"

DarthDub · Jun 26, 2016

Why not immortalize Satoru Iwata?

RedBlueGreen · Jun 27, 2016

DarthDub said:
Why not immortalize Satoru Iwata?

Because he wasn't a pretty white girl who was shot after her concert.

Shining Greninja · Jun 27, 2016

RedBlueGreen said:
Because he wasn't a pretty white girl who was shot after her concert.

Iwata was the president of nintendo, Christina was a girl that not many people knew of until after Orlando shooting. If anyone deserves to be in the next Zelda game, it's for sure iwata

RedBlueGreen · Jun 27, 2016

Shining Greninja said:
Iwata was the president of nintendo, Christina was a girl that not many people knew of until after Orlando shooting. If anyone deserves to be in the next Zelda game, it's for sure iwata

I 100% agree, somebody relevant to Nintendo/Zelda should be in the game. I'd like to see a lost looking NPC named Satoru/Iwata tell us he's from a distant land.

grossaffe · Jun 27, 2016

I would think Pokemon would be a good series to immortalize Iwata. He had a big hand in bringing the series west, and it was thanks to his expert programming skills that Gold/Silver was able to include the Kanto region.

CHICAGO-lollie · Jun 27, 2016

XDel said:
From what I read, this is a touch of what the recently proposed "Democratic Socialism" would be like, except in that scenario, Nintendo would be forced to do what ever "the people" say.

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Dude. I'm sorry, but literally zero of what you have said here is relevant. This has nothing to do with democratic socialism, or neo-Marxists, or sexual orientation or gender identity, or even generating hype for the sake of discussion.

A singer was shot dead. It just so happened that she was a big fan of the Zelda series. Her fans are looking for some way to celebrate her life, for some form of validation or acknowledgement. They're grieving, the petition manifested as a result of that grief.

I personally don't believe the petition will have any affect on the new Zelda game, but I also believe that it would be a very easy and simple gesture for Nintendo. Like really, to make it happen: Nintendo of America's localization team could look at Zelda's town NPCs — there's nearly always one or two entertainer NPCs in an RPG, whether it be a bard or a dancer or whatever. Maybe there's a singer NPC in there somewhere. NoA's localization team could look at one of these NPCs and say, "Let's call this one Grimmie." And that's it, acknowledgement made, validation given. Anyone who wasn't previously aware of the singer wouldn't even question it, while those in-the-know would appreciate it.

It likely won't happen. In the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't really matter. But it's really not that big of a deal, either.

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