Tetsuo2501 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 i figured this was more of general news, due to the fact that this makes Nintendo look really bad. A copy of DS title Animal Crossing Wild World sent out to media yesterday by Nintendo came loaded with most of the game's secrets unlocked, it also included a nasty surprise. When you come upon Baabara, the town's resident sheep, you're greeted with a racial epithet. The word is used repeatedly in your conversation with the sheep. "I almost forgot about you, N—-a" "So got any juicy gossip for me, N—-a?" "Just thinking about it gets me all excited, N—-a." The word, written with a tilda over the N and an accent over the A, apparently popped up in the game because the person who was playing it, most likely a Nintendo employee, customized the greeting of the critter to include the word. One of the draw's of the original DS title was that the text speech of the game's inhabitants can be customized. The sheep was first discovered by MTV's Stephen Totilo, who reported on it over on Multiplayer. I was able to track the sheep down on the version sent me by Nintendo and verified that she's just as mouthy in my version. It appears that Nintendo copied the save for the game to multiple copies of Wild Word and then sent it out to game writers. The copy came with a letter explaining that content had been unlocked so writers could check out how moving stuff from the DS Animal Crossing title to the recently released Wii version worked. We've contacted Nintendo for comment and will update when they reply. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 You're an idiot. It clear says Ñiggá, notice the tilde and the acute? Do ya?! Oh noes, we cannot use Spanish! Let me make it clear for you: Ñiggá Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuo2501 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 yeah, i'm an idiot. cause i wrote the f*cking article. do you ever have anything worth a sh*t to say anymore, get over your power mod trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 yeah, i'm an idiot. cause i wrote the f*cking article. do you ever have anything worth a sh*t to say anymore, get over your power mod trip. I am not talking about you, you self-centred egoist. I am referring to whoever wrote the article. The world doesn't orbit around you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Murders Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Calm down ladies. I'm pretty sure this isn't the first game to be taken out of context. Vice City is the first to come to mind. Resident Evil 5 is more of a current game to come under scrutiny. Honestly, who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runey Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) Honestly, who cares? Crybabies with sand in their vagina. "Oh noes, a game said nigga, we must crucify and stone those responsible!" Also, if the game said "Inbred honky cracker", I guarantee there wouldn't be a topic about this, because there wouldn't be an article to post. Edited December 5, 2008 by Runey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Guys, it's ok if the game creator who made that name is black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodOcean Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 To be fair, the tilde means it's pronounced with a "Nyuh" like piñata or jalapeño. But with that said, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say Baabara the sheep didn't vote for Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimov Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 do you ever have anything worth a sh*t to say anymore, get over your power mod trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerouac. Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 It's like tokyo breakfast all over again. Also Svip has upped the ante here, I love the Danish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdal Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 do you ever have anything worth a sh*t to say anymore, get over your power mod trip. Not sure if this is supposed to represent a banhammer or if you're saying he hit the nail on the head... Anyway, this is silly. Who cares if someone at Nintendo is slightly racist? It's not like you can screen for that in the hiring process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Murders Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Wait... Is that a dolphin covering the word? This offends me greatly. GREATLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 There is ni**er and then there is nigga. Nukka. We need an ebonics specialist in this topic pronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 There is ni**er and then there is nigga. Nukka. We need an ebonics specialist in this topic pronto. As a resident of a Chicago suburb my entire life I think I fill the requirements for that quite well. The word used, as pointed out by Flagg, is "nigga" not "ni**er." This is hardly racist. "Nigga" is the common descriptor, salutation, or label for pretty much anyone used mainly by minorities in every day speech. Examples of the word could be: "Whaddup nigga?" "Shi nigga, dat nigga Big D owe me twenny dallas." The use of the accent over the N points toward a variation of the pronunciation of the word "nigga" where there is a "y" sound added in. In this case it would be pronounced "nyi-gah." This way of pronunciation is not as common as the plain "nigg-ah" way, but accepted none-the-less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodOcean Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 The use of the accent over the N points toward a variation of the pronunciation of the word "nigga" where there is a "y" sound added in. In this case it would be pronounced "nyi-gah." This way of pronunciation is not as common as the plain "nigg-ah" way, but accepted none-the-less. but how you actually pronounce the word, as it is spelled with the tilde and the acute, isn't even a word. I think the accents were only used to bypass any censors that may have been in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive La France Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 This whole "kids and profanity" thing is ridiculous. Have any of these censors ever been in a school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statutory Ray Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 If anybody thought everybody who plays games like these weren't already going to replace every possible word with "sh*t" "penis" "fart" or "ass" this might be newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I make my Animal Crossing guys, say funny things all the time. The Japanese don't know what "nigga" means anyway. Not everyone speaks english, and knows all our little slang words. It is supposedly the most complex language on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochie_old Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 o noes! Wheres Jack Thompson when you need him most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Rockstar Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 The use of the accent over the N points toward a variation of the pronunciation of the word "nigga" where there is a "y" sound added in. In this case it would be pronounced "nyi-gah." This way of pronunciation is not as common as the plain "nigg-ah" way, but accepted none-the-less. With the double 'G' it would be more like 'Knee-Ig-Guh' but that's beside the point. Darth made a great point, Japanese don't know what it would mean or offend anyone but it must've been translated from somewhere; so its that person's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlitement Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) Ehh.. I'm pretty sure that screenshot was made by someone who chose the name "Ñiggá" and so the characters refer to him by that name.. Oh, and to anyone who thinks this is "racist": f*ck you. Why does everything have to be labeled racist? Edited December 5, 2008 by nlitement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 No, seriously, this is the same thing that happened to littleBigPlanet, with some Qu'ran quotes in music, and suddenly people were off their nuts! Everything offends everyone these days. If I am ever going to make a game some day, I will make sure it offends as many as possible. And if you're not offended, oh, I'd be glad to accept your complaint, maybe we can get that fixed in a patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigNekkidSnake Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 No, seriously, this is the same thing that happened to littleBigPlanet, with some Qu'ran quotes in music, and suddenly people were off their nuts! Everything offends everyone these days. If I am ever going to make a game some day, I will make sure it offends as many as possible. And if you're not offended, oh, I'd be glad to accept your complaint, maybe we can get that fixed in a patch. Now thats a game I want to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJimmy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I think you've all been quite misled - The use of the word 'Ñiggá' is there because it's the characters name. And I have a feeling there was use of the ticks above the letters because the normal 'Nigga' would not be allowed to be put into use as a name in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I think you've all been quite misled - The use of the word 'Ñiggá' is there because it's the characters name. And I have a feeling there was use of the ticks above the letters because the normal 'Nigga' would not be allowed to be put into use as a name in the game. Phonetically, Ñiggá would be pronounced differently than "Nigga". And we all know that there are names of places or people whose pronunciation may be offensive slurs in other languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanzant Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 GUESS WHAT? NINTENDO WII WON THE f*ckING CONSOLE WARS HAHHAHAHA f*ckING IDIOTS WHO FIGHT OVER XBOX AND PS3. RACISM WINS! CHECK SALES. HAHHAHA Svip did your Mom too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 GUESS WHAT? NINTENDO WII WON THE f*ckING CONSOLE WARS HAHHAHAHA f*ckING IDIOTS WHO FIGHT OVER XBOX AND PS3. RACISM WINS! CHECK SALES. HAHHAHA Svip did your Mom too. I thought racism was over now that Obama won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dice Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Nigga isn't a racist word, is it ? It's more like a street friendly call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drag_Drift Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 If I am ever going to make a game some day, I will make sure it offends as many as possible. And if you're not offended, oh, I'd be glad to accept your complaint, maybe we can get that fixed in a patch. Anyone here think that Svip should overlook the development of GTA V? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struff Bunstridge Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Anyone here think that Svip should overlook the development of GTA V? No. It'd never get off the ground, cos he'd be firing everyone every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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