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Nintendo pledges "action" over inappropriate use of its characters so players "not made to feel uncomfortable"


Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropria…

We will continue to make every effort to ensure that our consumers are not made to feel uncomfortable, not only in our games but also anywhere they come into contact with our IP." The most high-profile example of this in recent memory was a certain Bowsette - a spicy fan mash-up of Peach and Bowser that Nintendo initially refused to comment on when it went viral and trended on social media worldwide, and then later ruled as non-canon. Well, I'm reminded of when Ken Levine once asked reddit to stop drawing naughty pictures of Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite.

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