Nintendo is releasing the "airplane" flying game so to speak on sept. 11th. I know it has no tie in but seriously, shouldn't they have seen this would be a slight problem.
9/11's an important day in our history, but it doesn't mean that other things can't occur on that day, even space craft/airplane related things. The airports stay open on that day. People fly, NY offices stay open... we remember, and life goes on. It's a non-issue as far as this release date.
Yeah I don't know what your thinking, the world cant shut down on 9/11. Not to mention a game about talking animals, having space battles make me think about 9/11 about as much any random episode of the Muppet's.
People are way too sensitive...and look way too far into things... Life goes on following horrible events. there is little point in shutting everything down because something happened 10 years ago
Yeah I don't know what your thinking, the world cant shut down on 9/11. Not to mention a game about talking animals, having space battles make me think about 9/11 about as much any random episode of the Muppet's. Sepewrath
I dont think it really matters. People can associate any day with any moment that is important to them. The world does not revolve around the U.S. By your logic, they should cancel all flights in and out of the states because there is too much comparisons to those events of 9/11, but that wont happen.
There are a huge number of days in the year where a large number of people have died on, that day isn't any different or special than every other day of the year, get over it..
I don't see it as a problem either. Reason I brought this up is because some lady at game stop today was complaining about it and the store owner was all " yeah you aren't the first. Nintendo has been getting a lot of angry calls." I'm just saying they should have seen that coming with the way people are.
I don't see it as a problem either. Reason I brought this up is because some lady at game stop today was complaining about it and the store owner was all " yeah you aren't the first. Nintendo has been getting a lot of angry calls." I'm just saying they should have seen that coming with the way people are.JamTKD
I find it VERY hard to belive Nintendo is getting a lot of calls because STAR FOX (a fox driving a spaceship, SPACESHIP) is releasing on 9/11. I think its just you backpedaling from making a stupid thread. Again, just my opinion...
[QUOTE="JamTKD"]I don't see it as a problem either. Reason I brought this up is because some lady at game stop today was complaining about it and the store owner was all " yeah you aren't the first. Nintendo has been getting a lot of angry calls." I'm just saying they should have seen that coming with the way people are.SRTtoZ
I find it VERY hard to belive Nintendo is getting a lot of calls because STAR FOX (a fox driving a spaceship, SPACESHIP) is releasing on 9/11. I think its just you backpedaling from making a stupid thread. Again, just my opinion...
-.- yeah I lied about a star fox thread. Your opinion is wrong. That experience at gamestop is what led me to making this thread. For all I know the gamestop guy could be lying to satiate the customer. If a mod sees this, feel free to lock this thread. It's turning into flaming.
[QUOTE="JamTKD"]Nintendo is releasing the "airplane" flying game so to speak on sept. 11th. I know it has no tie in but seriously, shouldn't they have seen this would be a slight problem. Seriously, man, it's just a date. If publishers were to avoid releasing games on any date that some tragedy happened in the past then they would never release any games.
It's more than 'just a date for U.S. citizens- to downplay the tragedy just because it was ten years ago is offensive. Of course, anyone taking offense to a videogame release date is just being ridiculous, but that's no reason to trivialize the event. Equally ridiculous were the decision to cut a whole scene from the first Spiderman, and contemplating changing the subtitle of the second LotR movie.
I find it VERY hard to belive Nintendo is getting a lot of calls because STAR FOX (a fox driving a spaceship, SPACESHIP) is releasing on 9/11.SRTtoZ
Way to underestimate the stupidity of the whistle-blowing masses.
I don't see it as a problem either. Reason I brought this up is because some lady at game stop today was complaining about it and the store owner was all " yeah you aren't the first. Nintendo has been getting a lot of angry calls."JamTKD
He probably told her that just to make her happy so she wouldn't continue making a fuss about it. I really doubt that Nintendo has gotten many calls at all.
It's coming out in September 11th, 2011 because that's the date Nintendo believes is best.
It has nothing to do with the events from 10 years ago.
People need to stop being so sensitive. 9/11 was a terrible thing that happened to the US; it doesn't mean Nintendo is purposely putting out a Star Fox game on the 10th anniversary of it. Plus, it's a Sunday - Nintendo releases games on Sundays often.
I don't really see the problem. 9/11 was a terrible day in our country's history, but that doesn't mean we need to spend every anniversary of that day sitting around thinking about it. So I think an action shooter starring talking animals isn't really a huge deal :P Now, if the NFL season doesn't happen this year, THAT would severely piss me off. The first games are scheduled to be played in New York and Washington D.C. on September 11, and it will be an emotional and powerful couple of games. Kinda random I know, but that's the kind of thing that would upset me, not a video game being released. Though I will admit if a new Call of Duty came out on September 11, THAT might be a pretty controversial issue...
Why? So people start talking about it and get free (and efective) pubicity. Hell, now I will not forget the release date of Star Fox 64 3D. That's why they did it, even if they have almost no correlation, the chose the date for a reason. And that's fair, they are just releasing a non-polemic videogame, so no one should get upset for this.
It's more than 'just a date for U.S. citizens- to downplay the tragedy just because it was ten years ago is offensive. Of course, anyone taking offense to a videogame release date is just being ridiculous, but that's no reason to trivialize the event. Equally ridiculous were the decision to cut a whole scene from the first Spiderman, and contemplating changing the subtitle of the second LotR movie. [QUOTE="SRTtoZ"]I find it VERY hard to belive Nintendo is getting a lot of calls because STAR FOX (a fox driving a spaceship, SPACESHIP) is releasing on 9/11.El_Zo1212o
Way to underestimate the stupidity of the whistle-blowing masses.
Its not that I underestimate those morons, its that I have a hard time believing 1) Some kid who works at Gamestop automatically knows that Nintendo is getting calls from disgruntled parents and 2) that they really RELATE star fox to September 11th.
[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]Yeah I don't know what your thinking, the world cant shut down on 9/11. Not to mention a game about talking animals, having space battles make me think about 9/11 about as much any random episode of the Muppet's. JoeJoeLaker
Agree 100% with you.
Normally I'd agree that it wouldn't be a big deal, but this year is the 10th anniversary of 9/11 AND it's the first 9/11 since Bin Laden was killed. It's gonna be a bigger deal this year. People are not going to be paying attention to the re-release of a game that came out in the 90's.
I don't think it's insensitive at all, for reasons that other people have already said. I just think it might be a poor business decision on their part.
[QUOTE="Sepewrath"]Yeah I don't know what your thinking, the world cant shut down on 9/11. Not to mention a game about talking animals, having space battles make me think about 9/11 about as much any random episode of the Muppet's. PoindeJ
Agree 100% with you.
Normally I'd agree that it wouldn't be a big deal, but this year is the 10th anniversary of 9/11 AND it's the first 9/11 since Bin Laden was killed. It's gonna be a bigger deal this year. People are not going to be paying attention to the re-release of a game that came out in the 90's.
I don't think it's insensitive at all, for reasons that other people have already said. I just think it might be a poor business decision on their part.
It's a game about fox's, frogs, blue jay's, and other various animals having aerial battles. Seriously? I'ts not like theirs a stage thats set in NY and the Twin Towers could be crashed into upon the players choice. :/
Yeah, this is a terrible idea. Seriously, Nintendo, release it on just about any other day and avoid the bad press. You don't have to be a patriot to see this is in pretty bad taste. Maybe they want the publicity.
Yeah, this is a terrible idea. Seriously, Nintendo, release it on just about any other day and avoid the bad press. You don't have to be a patriot to see this is in pretty bad taste. Maybe they want the publicity.
janardan123
Or, yaknow...if they even realised this connection that only those who want to look for it are seeing, they could have realised that its not a huge deal in the end
if people are offended by game that is about a fox and his fury friends flying spaceships being released on 9/11 they need to get a life and stop being so sensitive. I bet fox news will do a segment calling Nintendo al-qaida members because they are releasing it on 9/11.
Sept 11 is a sunday & NOA has a habit of releasing their products on Sunday. Almost all official Nintendo products are released on sundays in the US.
painguy1
Awe c'mon Nintendo! I generally use amazon to get the best price and skip the tax, but my copy of Ocarina arrived a few days later that it should have. Either way, day one for me.
Eh, I understand the conflict, but its not a federal holiday. As long as we take the time to remember all of those who died that day in 2001, then it should not be a problem :)
Okay, there's no connection... we ALL know that (I hope to God). It's just realeasing on a Sunday because that's what NOA does. I bet a LOT of other things are happening that Sunday and there is no correlation or anything to be upset about.
What needs to be addressed, however, is everyone on here saying "It was just a day that something happened" or "it was ten years ago." I'm not sure how many of you live in the US, but it was not just "some event." It was one of the darkest days in US history and marks the start of another terrible age of fear, not to mention the death of countless innocent Americans... and that's just from a general US citizen view. For people that have some kind of connection to it (I had family very nearly involved and it's very sensitive for me, I can only imagine what it's like for families that lost someone) it's even more intense. This thread should be locked at the very least so there are no more posts of that nature, but I think it should be deleted. This is an incredibly inappropriate subject to discuss casually, and seeing all the "people need to move on" posts ARE something to be upset about. The phrase that came out of the event was "Never forget," and people aren't going to, nor should they be expected to.
The Mythbusters message boards at Discovery.com have a policy of removing threads related to 9/11, and while Gamespot didn't need this policy as it wasn't something that was likely to come up in video game discussion, it seems like a good idea in this instance.
I'm not some super patriot or total "Made in the USA" wacco,but this is still aVERY sensitive subject for me... I can only imagine others would feel this way as well.
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