Nintendo respond to Animal Rights Attack!

Last week the Animal Rights group PETA launched a campaign against mega gaming company Nintendo. This was in the form of a playable flash game called Pokemon, “Black & Blue ‘Gotta Free ‘Em All'” aimed at the series and more relevantly the new Pokemon Black & White 2. PETA have since thrown out a press release on the attack, below is a copy of said release.

“Games such as Pokémon send kids the wrong message that exploiting and abusing those who are defenseless is acceptable when it’s not,” says PETA Director of Marketing Innovations Joel Bartlett. “But with Pokémon Black and Blue, children can experience the great feeling that comes from saving others from harm.”

Much like animals in the real world, Pokémon are treated as unfeeling objects and used for such things as human entertainment and as subjects in experiments. The way that Pokémon are stuffed into pokéballs is similar to how circuses chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods.”

Nintendo have reportedly had little to say on the subject so far releasing only this.

“Nintendo and The Pokémon Company take the inappropriate use of our products and intellectual property seriously.”

I for one as a writer have made my own mind upon the subject, but what do you guys think? Here is your turn to discuss. Leave your comments below on what you think of this attack against the franchise. To help make up your mind I have provided a link to the said flash game below. Don’t forget to check out Pokemon Black & White 2 released last friday for Nintendo DS. Check back for all the latest news and reviews here on Push Start.

http://features.peta.org/pokemon-black-and-white-parody/