"It was all a JOKE!" says PETA.

[Xuphor]

I know there's a topic about how much PETA sucks for the Tanooki suit fiasco, but this deserves a new news article according to every other website it's featured on, so I figured it does here too.

http://nintendo3dsblog.com/it-was-all-a-joke-says-peta

Mario fans: Relax! PETA’s game was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur. We wish real-life tanukis could fly or swat enemies away with their tails and escape from those who profit from their skins. You can help them by never buying real fur.

 

[emigre]

Shame it was a crap joke.

 

[RupeeClock]

I had a feeling that PETA may secretly be Nintendo fans n' all.

Still, it's fucking PETA. Nobody takes them seriously or wants to like them.

 

[Forstride]

Yeah, it was a joke, just like PETA itself.

 

[Veho]

Oooooh, so that bit where "by wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur;" that was a joke, duuuh, how could I not have realized [/sarcasm]

Spoiler

 

[alidsl]

basically they are covering themselves for making one of the most obsessive flash games of all time

 

[updowners]

So the Cooking Mama game one wasn't?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Where's the punchline?

 

[Gahars]

The PETA Plan:
Step 1) Whine and bitch to create controversy
Step 2) Bask in the glory of all the attention you recieve
Step 3) Say,"Just kidding you guys"
Step 4) Begin planning next publicity stunt

Cycle, rinse, repeat.

 

[Canonbeat234]

The PETA Plan:
Step 1) Whine and bitch to create controversy
Step 2) Bask in the glory of all the attention you recieve
Step 3) Say,"Just kidding you guys"
Step 4) Begin planning next publicity stunt

Cycle, rinse, repeat.

I couldn't have said it better than myself. You're telling me that PETA troll'd Nintendo about their issue then take it back just for the lawlz?!
No that wasn't a joke; it's a scapegoat for them not to look stupid in front of their supporters.

 

[sputnix]

this was all a ploy just to stay in the news longer kudos peta now made yourselves looks even dumber [if that was even possible]

 

[Snailface]

NMA thinks Peta's a joke too, lol.

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[BloodWolfJW]

I think PETA was just trying to not get in some serious trouble. Honestly, who wouldn't kick there ass for this? I show them some animal abuse; after all, humans are animals, right?

 

[431unknown]

I didn't know raccoon dogs were prized for their fur I thought the raccoons were.

 

[TheBlueBadger]

If they just said that to begin with, people'd be more likely to support their cause. Joke or not, it's hard to not get a little disgusted seeing a family videogame icon flying across a bloody meadow wearing the bleeding skin of a raccoon dog. Coming out and saying it was just a desperate plea for attention doesn't want me to donate to them, regardless of their cause

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Oh, that's cool. I'll just take this money and post it to WWF and not PETA. How's that for a joke?

 

[notmeanymore]

I love how they retract their statement here, but not the one on Meat Boy.

Team Meat definitely pwned PETA on their own though.

 

[InuYasha]

Step 1.Make a stupid joke or comment that will offend a large group of people (complete)
Step 2.People read it,bitch/blog/tweet about it (complete)
Step 3.Get as much attention as you can with it (complete)
Step 4.Say it was a joke after people get annoyed or pissed about it (complete)
Step 5.Go back into your cave for awhile and repeat steps 1 thru 5 again so you can try to stay relevant (stay tuned)

 

[junkerde]

nah nintendo told them they had a lawsuit, next day it was just a joke, fuck yeah GO NINTENDO EVEN THO UR SYSTEMS ARE OF A DYING BREED!

 

[air2004]

PETA = Pee Everywhere Tits Ass