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Mario's Raccoon Suit Enrages PETA
redletterdave writes "PETA believes Nintendo's iconic plumber Mario takes a 'pro fur' stance" because he 'wears the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers' in the new handheld game released Nov. 13. PETA illustrated its disgust with Nintendo in an online campaign called 'Mario Kills Tanooki.' The page includes a side-scrolling Super Mario-style game called 'Super Tanooki Skin 2D,' where you play an angry, skinless tanuki that must chase a bloody raccoon-pelt-wearing-Mario across a 16-bit world and try to reclaim its fur."
As I noted in my submission yesterday, this stems from their anger at Chinese fur farms that often have tanuki. At first it seems like this directed at Mario and Nintendo however I think they're merely using the popularity of Mario to get this message out about the cruelty of Chinese fur farms.
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PETA has really outdone themselves this time.
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I would not kill a person, and I would not wear fur. But I would do either in a video game. Video games have not influenced me to murder people or wear fur, because I can tell the difference between games and reality.
Because they're about 11-13 (depending on which region you're talking about) years late on this one.
you managed to get me on your website with the flash game.
Japan has a folkloric reverence for raccoon dogs as mischievous shapeshifters. It's just a silly suit Mario is wearing, and there's no implication that Mario killed and skinned a human-sized raccoon dog to wear its fur and fly in it.
But as a card-carrying member of PETF (People for the Ethical Treatment of Fungus), I'm outraged that Mario also stomps on giant, walking mushrooms.
Well, at least kicking turtles is OK!
So children will kill racoons to wear their fur to be like Mario? This is just PETA again mad at another company because they don't think like them.
By wearing tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur.
Isn't it? I eat chickens, cows, and fish almost daily. They are delicious. Why not adorn myself with their carcasses too? I don't see a problem.
I'm not a gamer. I don't even have the slightest interest in games. But this one I'll buy and give to some kid just to piss off those PETA fucktwits.
Seriously, PETA is such a joke, why give them any more publicity than they deserve?
Dressing up as an animal is bad? Are they going to be going after kids for wearing animal costumes next Halloween?
And a better question, has anyone told PETA about the furry community yet?
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This is a magical Tanooki skin from a magical Tanooki that sheds it's skin annually and Mario is simply finding these and using the residual magic to help him on his quest. He also donates free plumbing work to the Normal Non-Magical Tanooki Preserve.
Are these people aware that a Tanuki is a MYTHICAL Japanese Raccoon Youkai (Spirit) with a magic shape shifting abilities that can normally talk like Humans? That is why Mario has his abilities in the game. He didn't skin an actual Raccoon dog, he gained the spirit energy of the Youkai including its Statue ability...
Tanooki Mario is over 20 years old.
Why now ?
Don't you think? It's Mario after all, not some game with "Conflict" in its title.
That Game is more disturbing than Mario wearing a fashionable suit made of Raccoon... Personally I think that PETA should leave noncorporeal video game entities alone...
"I think you know what I'm talkin' about, Mr. President; We're gonna kill us a mummy!" - Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley
They collect lots of idiots into conveniently concentrated groups, so we can efficiently ignore them all at once.
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That was fun ... they should totally release that on Steam, maybe even XBL. I'm sure they could come up with some really cool achievements too!
PETA is just a PR equivalent of Internet Trolls. They regularly release outlandish PR releases just so that they can get some publicity. Don't feed the troll. Just ignore them and they will go away.
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"The Tanooki suit first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3, released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1998. In the game, touching a power-up in the shape of a leaf would suddenly give Mario a raccoon ears and a tail, and allow him to fly for a short period of time; however, the raccoon suit did not cover his entire body."
Ahem...
http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/02/Mario%20Dress%20Up/Raw/tanookicoll--article_image.jpg
Sincerely,
Frogs Everywhere
Not to mention the number of turtles he's fucked up over the years. The man is a monster!
I had no idea I could take PETA less seriously than I already did, but damned if they didn't find a way.
Like this: Great Ape Project
Help our family to get three basic rights instead of fighting fur in video games.
PETA could do so much good... but it's all about marketing it seems.
In related new, another bat-shit insane branch of PETA has come out against the so called "Mario Bros" for their anti-turtle behavior, unusual cruelty to Goombas, and seemingly unwavering hatred for princess-kidnapping reptiles. Predictably, the "Mario Bros" had no comment.
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They make Cindy Sheehan look positively introverted. They'll hijack anything, offend anyone to get their word out in the press, and even on Slashdot apparently.
Remember, PETA is one of the most prolific animal killers in the country, hires out their animal-killing expertise to pounds across the country, and even kills animals obtained under the pretense that they'll be adopted out.
PETA, yeah, as long as wanton killing is considered ethical.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Imaginary Animals. I guess you could argue that real/imaginary isn't specified so PETA includes both, but umm.. yeah..
What about the Frog Suit?
Interesting Link: http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/
So much hate in here. They are just people concerned about the ethical treatment of animals. Kind of like a scientific ethics committee trying to stop people taking animal abuse to extremes in the rush to consume anything and everything.
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Man, the people they have looking for stuff like this must have just come out of a time loop or something. I could have told them Mario wears a raccoon suite years ago.....
I get the feeling time will prove Peta is a money laundering operation. They just do crazy shit on the side to make themselves think like they are a legitimate operation. There can't possibly be that many nut jobs to continue funding their actions.
kills 85% of animals it receives.
PETA is launching a soft-port .xxx site and put out a gruesome comic book named "Your Mommy Kills Animals" targeted at children.
I have nothing but contempt for PETA. Even If I were a vegetarian/vegan, I would distance myself from that organization as much as possible.
make imaginary.friends COUNT=100 VISIBLE=false
Dumb-du-dumb-du-dumb-dumb-dumb...
Dumb, dumb-dumb, dumb-dumb-dumb-dumb...
I think you can guess the rest.
More proof, if any were needed, that PETA are fucking psychos. I find it hard to believe they don't get off on this kind of gruesome crap, because they seem to be the fount for so much of it.
Pop psychology: meat-eaters who fixate on how the sausage is made either
- become serial killers, or
- join PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals is doing what?
Mario actually wears ethically-sourced faux tanooki fur.
Spending 90% of your time killing animals for pelts, fishing, cooking with MEAT, it's like a virtual slaughterhouse.
I'm surprised PETA has not spoken up on how Mario keeps a gorilla in a small cage. Sometimes this poorly treated gorilla escapes causing all sorts of havoc. Mario has also been known to sometimes take shrooms and abuse turtles, causing much property damage while he steals other people's money. And he acts like it's just some sort of game!
Doesn't give a shit.
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
I'm still somewhat surprised that I haven't seen anyone yet point out that the Raccoon suit and Tanooki suit were two different things in Super Mario Bros. 3. The Raccoon suit only gave you a spin attack and let you fly, while the Tanooki suit also gave you the statue ability.
That site, and the game itself, is actually hilarious! It's in the realm of self parody at this point.
PETA dudes must have been Sonic fans who swallowed Sega propaganda about freeing animals from evil Dr. Robotnic who only wanted to cure diseases with animal testing.
It's only natural they hate Mario and NintenDON'T
Dont you mean 21-23 years ago?
PETA is a media whore with the mantra "Do whatever it takes to garner media attention," to promote their belief that animals are equal to humans in every regard. Honestly I think they may be on to something here. Think of all the possibilities if we could tax animals and collect votes.
Mario has been donning the skin of the tanooki since Super Mario 3 (1988). In this game he also donned the skin of a, ghasp, frog!. The horror!
So when a bunch of Nintendo fanboys make their own non-commercial game for fun, they get sent all kinds of angry lawyer letters and told to stop.
So what makes PETA immune? I'm being honest here, I would like to know how the law works out this way. It seems to me if fair use doesn't cover non-commercial use by fans, then big organizations like PETA surely shouldn't be covered; and if PETA is covered, then surely the small grassroots fan projects are too?
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Peta gives a bad name to actual animal welfare activists, you know the ones, the ones that actually find homes for abandoned animals instead of killing them.
Don't give an animal to a PETA "shelter" unless you want it dead.
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Ha,this is making my day. So PETA is bitching about a silly game that has a guy wearing a costume and then they create a game where the guy dies too...This is just silliness.
They need to do a power up where he wears a human skin. Maybe that would get PETA off their backs since they never seem interested in people.
Fuck PETA and the horse they rode in on!!!!
Why is it that most of the people that I encounter seem to have been shat from the Sphincter of Mediocrity?
mario's been wearing that suit for something like 15 years. Does it really take PETA that long to catch on?
So the message is that something fun and lighthearted can be made from the skinning of live animals?
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Parody.
PETA is about as predictable as the Westboro Baptist Church when it comes to publicity whoring. They just find something that already has built-in media interest, take a ridiculous position, and watch everyone get outraged and generate a lot of attention for themselves.
They'll do something just as asinine next month. Just ignore them, and maybe they'll go away.
The video is beyond any goatse I've ever seen. The bloody skull of a freshly skinned animal blinking and looking at the camera. I think PETA has some credibility issues, but the video speaks for itself.
I am going to buy the game just to stick it to PETA.
so we can efficiently turn them into Soylent Green them all at once.
There, fixed that for you...
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or a political statement, really.
As a game where there is no win condition, it just sucks.
As a political statement, it's kind of catchy, but it's difficult to take PETA seriously anymore.
"My God...it's full of trolls!"
Who in their right mind thinks Super Mario 3 was released in 1998. It was for the original Famicom and NES consoles!
For the record: Super Mario 3 was released in 1988 in Japan and 1990 in North America, as a 5-second effort with google would reveal.
Get over it PETA. Mario eats Mushrooms, not turtle meat. My hoodie has Faux-Fur on it, does that make me pro fur.. no.. it makes me WARM. ;-0
funny Peta doesnt care he rides Yoshi, kicks and jumps on Tutrles and even flying ones! Or that Mario jumps on Eggs that Birdo shoots out of his mouth?
Why doesnt PETA go after BAT MAN then? he has a ton of leather he wears and in his bat mobile and all that
...where you play an angry, skinless tanuki...
Do I smell a new iPhone game?
"Ask any mermaid you happen to see. What's the best tuna? Kittens of the Sea!"
Hey do they know that in Rift you get an achievement for killing and collecting 20 squirrel tears in the starting area? I've attempted this at home and I can't seem to get any blue gem like tears to drop from them. I'm convinced I just cant find their backpacks yet. But give me time I'll find it before I run out of squirrels (hopefully).
The real PETA is People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. Yum!
Did PETA approach Nintendo for a donation and get turned down?
That makes more sense than about any other scenario I can think of.
"We'll make you sorry! We'll muddy the reputation of your decades old video game!"
In other news, PETA is wanting to ban chess as it encourages capturing horses.
They object to Mario. I object to PETA being directly responsible for millions and millions of animal deaths every year. C'est la vie.
Title should read: "Mario's Raccoon gives PETA an idea for a media campaign".
This is clearly a publicity stunt and now looks to be moving towards a gaming campaign, they say some outrageous things, and clearly they see that they've hit a nerve with the gamers, their name is being moved around the interwebs a whole lot more at the moment while people discuss PETA.
Their goal is really to preach to their choir, and this sort of manufactured outrage is only to get free publicity.
Mario is not suing anybody.
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This is less disturbing than the "Promoting Violence against Black People" incident from Resident Evil 5, but still equally as rediculous.
Get a life.
where's ANONYMOUS when we really need them?!
for my son. And maybe wrap it in a couple of furs
Mad props to Nintendo if they add an DLC that gives the skinless Tanuki an appearance in game.
They didn't notice this all those years ago when it was actually created?
Given massive deaths of honey bees in recent years, isn't it too soon to be having bees and bee suits in a Mario game?!
Mario trashes and breaks things all the time while squishing or killing many creatures - he even rips the shells of turtles and beats them to death with it! What about all those disposable stars and consumed fire flowers (or are fire flowers ok... E.L.F.?)
Remember the penguin suit a few years ago? How inhumane and politically incorrect! Penguins do not shoot ice balls at things! Racoons don't hit things with their tails or fly, what will kids grow up thinking?
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Turtles come back out of their shell after a while so just no.
No wonder the goombahs and King Koopa are after his ass. They want payback. Drugs are expensive!
I always thought it was about the Toads having invaded Goomba territory years ago, and the Goombas hired the mercenary company Koopa Troop. Mario found the secret warp zone while working on the drain and ended up siding with the invading Toads.
An anthem for your comment:
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...if these sea kittens are tasty, then kittens must be tasty too.
Who cares about PETA. As far as I know, they can go and eat lettuce. I do not play the game, but I think they should go and get a real job for a change!
God help them if they play Skyrim. I swear I'm swimming in wolf pelts, fur boots, and leather bracers.
It should be PITA. Going after a Mario game, really?
PETA is total scam, the only reason they're raising a stink is to do some fundraising for their "cause". Not my site, but one that tells the real story behind PETA very well. http://petakillsanimals.com/
STFU! You radical PETA clowns just need to crawl back into the hole you crawled out of. No one wants animals to be abused, but, you idiots take the cake. If people want to enjoy a good steak, lobster, chicken, that is THEIR business. Tell you what. You don't scream and holler every time you see someone wearing fur, or fake fur or hide in a flipping video game, and me and the rest of the meat loving people of the world won't kindly kick your butts every time you scream bloody murder (bad pun) every time you see someone sinking their teeth in a juicy steak.
The PETA people need to get a life. Seriously. And eat some nice red meat, it will help clear their heads.
what will kids grow up thinking?
I still unconsciously punch at question marks hoping to find money. :/
I never have found any, and I sure spend a lot on LCDs
Although, perhaps ironically, ellipses absolutely infuriate me!
I don't see how that one can be the fault of Nintendo, but now I am highly suspicious of PETA for some reason... arrg!! Damn you PETA!!
That's like saying water's wet.
That's all PETA does.
Why the hell are you giving free slashvertisment to these rampant asshats?
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
Wow, PETA's motto should be "Encourage Bacteria!, it's the only culture we know!"
:)
But seriously, isn't PETA acronym for Preparation and Eating of Tasty Animals?
Anyways, it's been getting harder and harder to take this organization seriously.
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and just issue a C&D for trademark infringement. And make a press release regarding PETA's visceral presentation.
I haven't seen it mentioned that PETA is putting up these billboards next to elementary schools:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/peta-to-kids-would-you-eat-your-dog-for-thanksgiving/
Because, you know, the way to get people to agree with you is to be a complete asshole about it. After all, it worked for Al-Qaeda.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
So, what does PETA have against it? Raccoons taste bad?
and post about the 'People Eating Tasty Animals' .. blah blah.
Apparently after a quick search, I've realized there are more folks eating tasty animals, than those that are against such preposterous notions (preposterous to them, of course. not me, I eat lamb).
We're like rats, in some experiment! -- George Costanza
PETA needs to waste more time and money by hiring Limp Bizkit to perform "I gave it all for Tanooki" in protest.
I'll pound the sh*t out of a beaver.
He had that suit on in Mario Bros 3, popularized by the movie the Wizard starring Fred Savage. Should not PETA then be skinning Fred Savage because they came off their 20 year drug induced haze and realized that its 20 years later?
Here is the money quote:
But the numbers don't tell the full story. PETA says it doesn't have puppies and kittens for adoption because it is not an adoptive agency but a "shelter of last resort," taking in animals that other shelters reject because they are unadoptable and euthanizing those that are suffering. They refer adoptable animals to the nearby Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/03/09/petas-euthanasia-rates-have-critics-fuming/
can someone just gag the peta folks with raw steaks?
Am I the only one that thinks PETA sounds like a clan of confused 12 year old girls? Really, it's an organization, treat it like one! This load of bulchite is ridiculous and unprofessional. And if they want to have at the very least a VALID group then they need to focus on VALID concerns!
And to drive my point home: raising animal abuse and testing awareness is one thing. Protesting over a tiny feature in a 30 year old game is simply absurd, and beyond what should be considered anything above childish.
I swear if they keep this up, no one will even think about "PETA" anymore, will be as dead as a mid 90's rapper.
Where have PETA been? Are they new or something? Mario has been doing that since THE BEGINNING OF TIME. Why only make a fuss about it now?
I wonder how they feel about the old school Altered Beast game.
Er, quite. We could efficiently throw them into the Solent all at once. The possibilities are endless.
And, before anyone complains about death threats, that's irony. I don't mean it.
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Goomba's are mushrooms that sided with the Koopas.
Obviously Goombas and Toads are different species. And they sided with Koopa Troop because they hired Koopa Troop to run off the Toads. Remember that the game's manual is written from the point of view of Mario and the occupying Toads, so of course it'll make the Goombas and Koopa Troop look like bad guys, just like various native American nations were "bad guys" in some western films.
This is the biggest load of bullshit I've seen in a while. I suppose all the cute animal pajamas and hats in Japan should be banned, too?
I am not devoid of humor.
I will listen to what they have to say when they stop being the world's #1 pet euthanizer. They kill more adoptable animals each year than anyone else, so they don't have a right to claim the moral high-ground.
...Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES
What kind of BS is this? Not only Super Mario and his suit have been around for, i don't know, 30-ish years, more then any of these furries have been on this twisted planet. And just NOW they actually had a tiny thought in the back of their head saying: "Hey, this guy wears a fur suit! F*** him up!" I mean, PETA is full of hypocritics, liars, furries, money-eating sons of bitches and 16 yo girls. Of course something like this had to happen
Where can I get this game ?
...upsets PETA, then nobody should tell them about Anthrocon.
Furries make the internet go.
Q: Why does PETA get more upset about fur than about leather?
A: Because little old ladies make safer targets than biker gangs.
Strike while the irony is hot! -- The Freethinker
PETA is the new Scientology.
I come here for the love
An image that comes to mind was some chick in a cage with spots painted on her skin, holding a sign that says "I'm a sexual deviant"
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
1. Mario gets that suit from a magical leaf.
2. Mario's been fucking up animals left and right for years. Murdering turtles, abusing dinosaurs, the guy is a madman, where the hell have they been?
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
Thanks PETA for the idea!!!
Without u I would have never known about this
Now I'm going hunting.
-HasHie
As if anyone cares one whit what PETA thinks.
Why would you punch question marks? You should be reading them! (Make sure to take off your clothing first, though, if you haven't identified destroy armor yet.)
so we can efficiently make ponchos from their skin all at once.
fixed.
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...Mario has had the raccoon suit since... what? 1988? PETA have had TWENTY THREE YEARS to raise this! Don't they have ANYTHING better to do, like take a bullet for Siberian tigers?
Operation Guillotine is in effect.
What is your point? Yes, if you can find a home for an animal, place it. If you can't, PETA will euthanize it instead of letting the animal freeze or starve.
How many abandoned animals do you care for at your house?
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