PETA versus Tanooki wearing Mario

[treismac]

http://features.peta.org/mario-kills...m_medium=Media

I snagged this off of Kotaku, by the way. The game itself is an interesting little take on my favorite Mario power-up seeking revenge.

I say Nintendo makes a game where you are a Tanooki that saves other animals to judo flip this situation in Nintendo's favor. They could donate part of the proceeds to both PETA and ending the Tanooki fur trade in Japan. Everyone would win: Taookis and gamers!

The PETA assertion that Nintendo encourages or condones fur use by Mario wearing a Tanooki suit is ridiculous, however. If I was part of their PR or advertising, I would have advised/written something much more savvy that sort of threw a challenge Nintendo's way to help rather than to insult them. Anyway...

[Collector_Gaming]

*smacks forehead*
i got nothing. seriously i got nothing.

hey peta

[BlastProcessing402]

*smacks forehead*
i got nothing. seriously i got nothing.

hey peta

That emoticon encourages abuse of our animal equals.

[Amon_Re]

Maybe someone should remind PETA of the survival chances of animals in their own shelters.....

In the meanwhile, I'll go eat some bacon.

[Berserker]

Is it wrong to want a full game done in this bloodied apocalyptic mushroom kingdom style? Edmund McMillen needs to get on this ASAP.

And what I learned from this game is that it's wrong to take skin from Tanookis. It is, however, apparently OK to smash them in the face with blocks and pipes and throw them down bottomless pits.

[Collector_Gaming]

That emoticon encourages abuse of our animal equals.

actually i love animals. I use to have horses when i was younger.
I've always had a dog. about 5 cats in my life time. 2 Sheep. 2 Chickens. 3 Rabbits. 1 cow. 7 birds i believe. and god knows how many gold fish +1 beta fish.

Its just i hate peta because they take this whole thing to way beyond where it needs to be. Their basic input on what needs to be done is humans should be wiped from existance so the animals can run free and do what they want.

Imagine if carnivore animals outside of us... had their own peta organizations.....

[Aussie2B]

Just another day in PETA stupidity. They give real activists of animal-related causes a bad name.

From what I personally know about the tanuki fur industry, I don't think it's a particularly popular fur or THAT widely used. In fact, there's a problem with "faux fur" being sold in America that is actually genuine tanuki fur. I don't know what the hell is up with that.

I am against killing animals for fashion. I think that's majorly messed up. I'm also against killing animals purely for sport, or killing animals in a way that's less humane than other reasonable options. But if you're going to eat it or if you're from a culture that needs the fur/hide, that's a different matter. PETA is just all kinds of stupid.

[Gameguy]

Please let Nintendo be able to sue PETA for defamation. It's not like they actually harm any animals, it's a video game.

[treismac]

PETA... eh. I love animals, but, like the rest of you, I don't think humans should be second class citizens behind animals. They are so fanatical that they are clueless to how wacked out of their minds their propaganda sounds to others. Yeah, "radical" gets everyone's attention, but so does clever or thoughtful or, hell, cute, and those don't turn people off like radical does. PETA should definitely use the innate cuteness of animals more to pull at heartstrings rather than their normal piss people off routine.

As a sorta relevant side note:
I just feed a cousin of the tanooki, a raccoon, who visits my house from time to time. They are such smart and interesting creatures. I think I'd have a better shot at domesticating him than my cat's feral girlfriend.

[treismac]

Please let Nintendo be able to sue PETA for defamation. It's not like they actually harm any animals, it's a video game.

It is hard to imagine ANYONE ever deciding to skin a tanooki alive after playing Super Mario 3 or the Super Mario 3DS. Seriously. If anything, Super Mario 3 actually lead me to discover that the animal existed, and later I developed a fondness for them after reading and watching videos about them.

[RP2A03]

Things I've learned playing Mario:

1. It's OK to wear tanuki fur.

2. It's OK to stomp on turtles and then kick them around.

3. Dinosaurs are loyal friends, but all bets are off if you come up short on a jump. Hop off his back to reach the platform and laugh as the sucker falls to his death.

[fahlim003]

I've waited a long time to share this:

The illustrator of these surely wants to give the impression Mario is seriously boot-fucking that sea-turtle or braining that goomba. Mario looks both pleased and mightily pissed off at the same time.

By the way, go to hell PETA.

[Shulamana]

Was too short.

[pseudonym]

Peta is trolling with these half-assed games and seems to think that any publicity is good publicity. Ignore them.

[Sunnyvale]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzB5PQiXwrk

[djshok]

[Buyatari]

I hate PETA. Abuse for the sake of abuse alone should be frowned apon but animals have a real world purpose other than looking cute. You won't ever see cows or pigs or chickens on the endangered species list for a very good reason and it isn't because they look cute.

[j_factor]

I'm not a fan of PETA, but I don't really see anything wrong with this. It's an amusing parody, and the tanuki fur industry is a real issue if you care about that sort of thing.

[substantial_snake]

As soon as I saw this picture I got a horrible sinking feeling of dread in the bottom of my gut and then it hit me, its a picture of a strain or Ebloa so really its a microscopic virus kitten. Awesome.

Oh and seriously fuck PETA. I have not interest in abusing animals but their campaigns of trolling anyone who doesn't follow their doctrine is no longer amusing, its just sad.

[treismac]

In case anyone was wondering: 00:09 is my best time. Take that Japanese Tanooki poachers!!!