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Aliento	Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists cont... « on: December 03, 2008, 08:19:23 pm »
I just saved Hyrule! I'd say that's worth a kiss. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 464	http://kotaku.com/5101425/nintendo-sends-game-to-journos-with-racial-epithet-surprise Quote 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, Nâ€”-a" "So got any juicy gossip for me, Nâ€”-a?" "Just thinking about it gets me all excited, Nâ€”-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. ... Someone at Nintendo just lost their job. Great job moron. Shame on Nintendo for not catching this. « Last Edit: December 03, 2008, 08:22:21 pm by Aliento » Logged
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D-Pad A.K.A. Gyrowolf	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 08:31:08 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 147	LMAO! Wow. WOW! Someone's losing a job. Logged
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Kyubi GET ON THE BALL!	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #2 on: December 03, 2008, 08:51:05 pm »
:3 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2485	Nintendo- true innovators in quality control Logged
:3 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2485	Gannon-banned brother.

Faldomar	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #3 on: December 03, 2008, 09:23:45 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 718	lmfao! Now that's one BaAaAaAad sheep. Logged
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TKM A 7-ton chicken that would eat Colonel Sanders	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #4 on: December 03, 2008, 10:06:23 pm »
Chippy is more of a gopher than you'll ever be. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 270	That's crazy, !@#$%! ...hey, don't blame me. I'm just using the tag line my game's player set for me, !@#$%. Logged
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शेफाली Shefali	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #5 on: December 03, 2008, 10:11:55 pm »
虫めづる姫君 Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 2990	Quote from: TKM on December 03, 2008, 10:06:23 pm That's crazy, !@#$%! ...hey, don't blame me. I'm just using the tag line my game's player set for me, !@#$%. What, Ã‘iggÃ¡?! Logged

TKM A 7-ton chicken that would eat Colonel Sanders	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 10:32:57 pm »
Chippy is more of a gopher than you'll ever be. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 270	I've actually seen something funnier, except that it wasnt seen by the media or anything (though I tried to get a screenshot somehow). In my ACWW game, there was some fat dykish penguin I hated. I can't remember her name, I just know I always wished she'd leave. Anyway, one day she asked me to change her tag line, so I made her say "I'm a !@#$%." When she finally moved out, I walked into her house and found her packing her boxes. Amongst the dialog when I talked to her, I swear to god she said "Don't worry, I'm not chasing after some boy, I'm a !@#$%!" Logged
	What you should be doing is taking off your top and getting killed by Greg Kinear.

Starforsaken101 Wake the Beast	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #7 on: December 03, 2008, 11:45:09 pm »
www.mouffers.com Reputation: +69/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2577	HAHAHAHA...!!! Oh wow. That's horrible LOL! Sorry I was lulling for quite a while over this. Logged

Swoftu Super Fighting Robot	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #8 on: December 04, 2008, 10:59:55 pm »
Reputation: +0/-3 Offline Gender: Posts: 3096	It's okay, the cartridge is black Logged

TKM A 7-ton chicken that would eat Colonel Sanders	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 01:59:22 am »
Chippy is more of a gopher than you'll ever be. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 270	This was Nintendo's official reply, as stated on Xplay's website: Previously played copies of the 2005 DS game Animal Crossing: Wild World were sent to 14 members of the media to demonstrate the ability of players to transfer items to the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii. We regret that an offensive phrase was included without our knowledge via a wireless function that allows user-generated catchphrases to spread virally from one game to the next. This version is limited to 14 copies created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers. We sincerely apologize for the incident and are working with media who received the game cards to return them to Nintendo immediately. Quote created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers any gaming journalist who didn't already know that, probably deserves to be offended. Logged
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Takuthehedgehog	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #10 on: December 05, 2008, 04:34:05 am »
Your expression has changed too Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1001	So why did Nintendo send a three year old game out to the media when a Wii version just came out a couple weeks ago? Logged
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Windy	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #11 on: December 05, 2008, 11:00:37 am »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 2245	Quote from: Takuthehedgehog on December 05, 2008, 04:34:05 am So why did Nintendo send a three year old game out to the media when a Wii version just came out a couple weeks ago? Because you can connect the two together. Logged

TKM A 7-ton chicken that would eat Colonel Sanders	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #12 on: December 05, 2008, 06:20:57 pm »
Chippy is more of a gopher than you'll ever be. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 270	yeah, the article explained that it was to demonstrate transfering items from WW to CF. Logged
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Takuthehedgehog	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 12:30:22 am »
Your expression has changed too Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1001	Quote from: TKM on December 05, 2008, 06:20:57 pm yeah, the article explained that it was to demonstrate transfering items from WW to CF. Oh. I only read the part Aliento posted. Logged
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DJvenom super-sage	Re: Animal Crossing game shipped to Journalists ... « Reply #14 on: December 06, 2008, 04:18:43 am »
Colbydude was here. Reputation: +7/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2898	Someone's townie spouting out the N-word when the game's catch phrases are viral between HUMAN BEINGS (I made one of my townies say fart-knocker) is definitely a "secret". Logged
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