NINTENDO CENSORING THINGS AGAIN

Why don't they just patch the animation out of the triggered nations, instead of removing it completely?

children's game. this hand gesture is similar to flipping the bird, so not sure why people are sperging out over it being removed from a game for kids.

>>377304432
I can't believe Nintendo removed an offensive gesture from a game rated E.
Fucking sell outs

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They did pretty much exactly the same thing back with Super Mario RPG

You need to remember that Nintendo aren't the ones at fault here. They're censoring it because sooner or later some fucking moron will take offense to it.

I remember back in the 80's Nintendo used to censor anything which might have caused offense - even changing the names of stupid inconsequential things like the HOLY spell in Final Fantasy.

Nintendo know fine well that it's the parents who control the purse strings and it ultimately the parents who will decide what their kids will play. So it's best to keep them onside.

It's worth noting that back in the day, Nintendo kept a firm eye on censorship. Meanwhile, SEGA did not give a fuck and happily shilled games with people getting their spines fucking ripped out and bitches getting raped.

Next thing you know, the entire goddamn gaming industry is standing before congress, asked to explain themselves and eventually a new strict age rating system gets put in place.

Don't blame Nintendo for censorship, they're just protecting themselves from idiots.

>>377306314
>Meanwhile, SEGA did not give a fuck and happily shilled games with people getting their spines fucking ripped out and bitches getting raped.
>rated E for everyone

>>377304609
Because the game is the same version in all countries.

Personally I'm not sure why this was ever made like this to begin with, it's not even a pose they use in the splatoon game.
Still dumb.

>people more triggered about them removing it from a kid's game than by it staying

god you people are pathetic

>>377306314
yeah nice reddit spacing

>>377305739

I can't tell whats going on here. In the Japanese version is he crossing his arms and pouting? The American version looks like he's angry/raging. That doesn't seem like the same thing as OP to me.

>>377304432
Isn't that some kind of offensive gesture? Sort of like how Valve had to change the L4D2 cover for the UK release because they weren't aware that the cover was basically saying fuck you.

@377304432

argument about censorship are important, censorship is shit, it sucks and nintendo is one of the biggest group of culprit about it

it's a good thing that there is now a group of people that actively cares about this sort of thing big enough to raise a stink, so can you retard can stop try false flagging this group over and over for easy (You)?

>>377307113
Not him, but for fuck sake grow up.

Holy shit, someone took the time to construct their thoughts using grammar, sentence structure and spacing. Get fucked you stupid uneducated pleb.

>B-but reddit!

Fucking clown shoes at a funeral, that's what you are.

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>>377307182
The japanese version is using a pose that's usually associated with saying "up yours", so they changed it for the western versions

A similar pose was used for the squiddo in Mario kart so they've changed that too

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>>377305739

>He replaced Geno with Bowser

That is the real crime, Mallow sucks dick.

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>>377307373
>Isn't that some kind of offensive gesture?
indeed it is. the real story should be about nintendo failing to realize this before adding it to their game.

I'm sure at some point they'll add pic related and pretend like they didn't know it was offensive.

>if they didn't censor the game, SJW triggered and they got sued
>if they censored the game, /v/ triggered and nothing happen

you know which will be better

>>377304432
Does that gesture mean something different in Japan?

>>377307636
>they didn't know it was offensive.
You probably don't know yourself how many of your moves are seen as obsene elsewhere.

>>377307742
No it means the same thing. But the Japanese don't mind having a squid loli elbow-deep in their assholes.

>>377307742
I've seen it as a victory pose or something else in games but I think it's more light hearted than in most European insults. Like usually something with wrestling is what I've mostly seen before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras_d%27honneur

Americans are literal cucks

>>377307693
>SJW triggered and they got sued
Soccermoms are the ones who would be complaining about this.

>>377307742
Its the japanese version of flexing your bicep

>>377307742
In America and Japan both its showing off your muscles

>>377307910
Yeah, I could swear I've seen that gesture in an some anime where a character did it to signify being proud of their strength, superior skill (like they've just bested someone in some kind of contest), or something like that.

>>377305739
Japs can't learn from their mistakes, no wonder they got nuked twice

>>377308114
No, in America it's similar to giving someone the finger, basically saying "fuck you" with a gesture.

>>377305258
"up yours" isn't an offensive gesture. in fact, it's the kind of gesture you'd have seen by a bully in a children's show in the nineties, precisely because it's an acceptable "fuck you."

that we are now at a point where even this has to be sanitized for muh keedz is fucking insane.

>>377308145
It's literally "look at my muscles!" In both Japan and America

Are all Brits this ignorant of other cultures?

>>377308204
No, it's not. That's a British thing.

>>377308260
I'm American, and see>>377308204

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>>377304432
In Japan this gesture is similar to sticking your tongue out at someone, but in Italy for example, this gesture is the same as flipping the bird.

This just makes sense desu, nothing to do with social justice.

>>377308260
No it's fucking not. Not that guy, but American and used to seeing it in both ways. Japanese as they use it and western world as an insult.

>>377304610
Anti-censorship autists can't discriminate between what's acceptable to remove and what's not

>>377308339
I've seen it used in at least one American movie as a "fuck you."

>>377308260
>It's literally "look at my muscles!" In America
When was the last time you left the house? 1932?

Looks like the "We can do it" poster. I think she's just flexing her arm. I barely recognize it as an insult because it's so uncommon in North America.

>Be child
>Live in America
>Autists scream at nintendo to keep a Japanese gesture in the American release of the game that means something akin to swearing here
>Learn it from game
>Do it around friends because I love mario kart
>Adult sees
>Get in trouble

Thanks autists

>>377308531
>because it's so uncommon in North America.
if you left your house you'd know it's not. you also type like an autist or esl and make a reference to a ww2 poster which it doesn't look like at all.

>>377308623
oh poor poor child, we have to think of the children!

>>377308531
because it's a rude gesture in parts of europe. /v/ can whine and blame americans, but this is on europe this time.

also, kids game.

>>377308531
Actually if you look closely at the "we can do it" poster you can see that Rosie is pulling her sleeve back rather than using the "fuck you" gesture.

>>377308723
In the poster she is folding her sleeve but that poster has been parodied a dozen times without it, making that exact gesture.

Can someone explain me this meme or this gesture shit? I'm a 3rd worlder shithole so I have no idea.

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>>377304432
itt Americans who still don't realize that this is a rude hand gesture in the UK.

>>377304432
This is the woman we can do it pose so this means they're sexist

>>377308736
It's mario kart you fucking turbosperg.

Holy shit.

I'm gonna screencap your post

>>377308393
>>377308204
I'm American living in Japan. Only my dad and people around his age knew that that gesture was meant to be offensive thanks to Beatle mania. You're just more educated about foreign cultures than the average american

>>377308623
Its not autists fault but faggot adult who thinks its okay to fuck with others for no good reason

>>377308758
Even if the offensive nature of the gesture originates from Europe, that doesn't change the fact that it carried over to America as well.

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>>377308260
https://youtu.be/zgwdsa2Q_rs?t=540

I'm sure this was just a "Look at my muscles" gesture, anon. 9:00 if it fucks up.

>>377308937
see>>377308823

>>377308914
piss off m8

grown up in a pretty ethnically european place so that gesture and the other are known to me. the arm thing is much more known here than the child in here would have you believe and that v is known by older people but not as common anymore.

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>>377304432
am I the only one who thought it was based on pic related?

>>377308623
He would have literally got in trouble no matter what from this logic anon.

>>377308823
That what they do in Japan. The character here is just doing it quickly

>>377309101
you and one other retard. it's nothing like that

>>377309101
Nope, that's what I thought too.
Still appalling that people are so thin-skinned, however.

So who is censoring this and which regions are getting it censored.

>>377309101
It is based on that pick

It's a common gesture in both Japan and America

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I'm Americlap and I have never seen this gesture in anything other than the "we can do it!" poster.

>>377308980
>it carried over to America as well.
I've never once seen this gesture in my life and I'm a three sport athlete.

>>377307427
Sure is reddit in here.

>>377309101
she's raising her sleeve in this image.

>>377309101
>>377309174
it was not intended to be that and it's offensive in europe where they don't even know rosie exists

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>>377309267
sUrE iS rEdDIt iN hEre

>>377308237
No. In places in Europe, it is offensive.

>>377309290
I immediately knew that was the case when I read "censored" but it's still what I thought of first

>>377308237

It depends on your country. In some nations it's just as severe of a gesture as flipping someone off.

>>377309264
You've never seen Ace Ventura?

>>377309153
I didn't know that. As far as I know the offensive nature of the gesture relates to simply grabbing your bicep when you do it.

>>377309264
same. played football and basketball in high school, and not once did I see anyone use it.

maybe common in some guido neighborhood, but that's all I can think of.

>>377309290
Right, but outside of Europe it isn't an offensive gesture

I live in Japan, it's a really common gesture, and when I was a kid in America it was also fairly common and completely benign

The game is basing it off of Rosie, not the offensive European gesture

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>>377309385
Oh boy.

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>in Bongland, the peace sign is an insulting gesture
>in Bongland, displaying your muscles during a competition is an insulting gesture
>Bongs think Americans share their "culture" because 240 years ago, we used to be British
Wow.

>>377308237
it's the equivalent of telling someone to fuck themselves in some countries

>>377309460
>when I was a kid in America it was also fairly common and completely benign
This was never the case

>>377309428
Only in Europe. It's a common gesture in Japan, and completely benign.

Last time I checked it was also common and benign in America. Literally just "look at my muscles!"

>>377304432
>>377309101
wtf i love nintendo now

>>377304432
blame yuropoors
they ruin everything good around the world

itt americans:
>it's not offensive to me so it should stay! I'm the center of the world!

>>377309428
>You've never seen Ace Ventura?
I'm not 35 so no.

>>377309540
Yes it was, and other posters in this thread have backed up my claim

You're just more knowledgeable about European culture than other Americans

>>377309623
No one is saying that, just telling people why it was ever in the game

Learning about American culture won't hurt you

>>377304432
https://youtu.be/gt7l8QAwmHY?t=1m17s

You fucktards

>Nintendo is a kids company
>Kids start emulating that gesture in public
>Parents freak the fuck out

Use your heads.

>>377309528
>in Bongland, the peace sign is an insulting gesture
no it's not, who the fuck does the peace sign with their palm facing inwards?

>>377309730
Japanese schoolgirls

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>>377309623

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BASED NINTENDO ABSOLUTELY DESTROYING FEMINAZIS IN THE CUNT

>>377309548
American here, I wouldn't do it to someone on the street.
>>377309627
I've seen "old movies are bad" faggots before, but this is ridiculous.

>>377308914
Europe's asinine censorship is well-known. They used that sign for L4D2 and had to be changed in Europe only. Anywhere else, the inkling is showing off her strength.

>>377309783
dumb backwards japs

>>377309730
No one, that guy is retarded.

>>377309528
>>in Bongland, the peace sign is an insulting gesture

palm outwards it's a peace sign, palm inwards and it's an insult directed towards the french descending from the battle of Agincourt, showing you've still got your archery fingers

>>377309528
>the peace sign is an insulting gesture
The pace sign has your palm outwards. Inwards is basically saying fuck you.

>>377309936
Japan does.

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>Nintendo region locks games
WAHHHHHH I WANNA PLAY ANY GAME FROM ANY COUNTRY

>Nintendo gets rid of region lock and by effect has to remove things offensive to other cultures
>people still whine

You faggots are pathetic

>>377309730
It's a bit of an urban peace sign when the palm is in and the fingers point downwards/sideways. Also much animes.

just nuke europe already

>>377309912
Brits are the ones giving offensive meanings to random gestures. I think that's dumber and more backwards than schoolgirls trying to look cute in a photo

>>377309835
>I wouldn't do it to someone on the street.
No shit, it's reserved for competitions, or otherwise displaying your competitive superiority. That said, I almost never see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7iu1jo7wA

Can you people shut it with the Rosie the Riveter references? That gesture has long meant fuck you in the U.S. Watch my clip, even major movies use it.

>>377309386
>>377309402
>>377309535
This is why we can't have nice things. Outrage culture.

>>377309835
See >>377310213

If you do it aggressively at someone they might take offense to it but literally any gesture becomes offensive if you do it aggressively enough

>>377310104
It's no more a random gesture than the middle finger but you wouldn't see that in a kids game

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>>377309728
I've had "Huevon" done to me at clinics and just now realize what it means.
I'm retarded.

>>377310265
>we can't have rude things in a game for kids
go play forza if you want fuck yous and name calling

>>377310214
A much less vulgar and toned down version of a fuck you.

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>/v/ so desperate for something to get mad over they see a problem with a literal non-issue
You people are faggots, holy fuck.

>>377309958
>>377309945
So, basically you guys are just flipping the bird but with too many fingers. Fucking Brits.

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>>377310341
It's literally an American national symbol for look how strong I am

>>377310265
>outrage culture
oh fuck off, it's a kids game

next you'll be saying it's alright if Mario tells other races to go fuck themselves when he overtakes

>>377310020
Show me 10 pictures of japanese people doing the peace sign with their palm facing inwards

>>377310393
Even if that's true, is it appropriate for characters in an E rated Mario racing game to tell each other: "screw you"?

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>>377310450
Go fuck yourself, I'm not doing that much work to educate your ass.

>>377310328
>if you do it aggressively

That's exactly what I'm talking about. What did you think I meant? If I walked around gently placing my hand on my bicep people would just look at me funny, but if I slapped my bicep at someone they'd be pissed.

>>377309728
Why do such conservative countries in the middle east have so many offensive gestures?

>>377310419
The origin was an insult used by British longbowmen against the French. When bowmen got captured the French would have their two fingers cut off so they could no longer pull their bow. So it was basically a "fuck you I've still got my fingers haha" gesture

not sure why it cropped up again 600 years later

>>377310593
>has literally thousands of animu pictures
>won't spend a minute to find 10 to support his argument

>>377310447
No, she's pulling her sleeve back here.

>>377310447
She's pulling up her sleeve to show her biceps, not doing the same gesture as OP

>>377310650
>So it was basically a "fuck you I've still got my fingers haha" gesture
are they retarded

>>377310626
Because Middle East countries are not conservative. Middle Eastern countries are some of the most uncivilized and degenerate cultures in the world. The fact their citizens are well covered in public is a sign of societal oppression, not modesty.

>>377310086
This desu, we would have literally zero censorship issues if Europe just fucking went away, Germany especially. Nothing good comes from Europe these days and they're all doomed anyway so let's just stop acknowledging their existence.

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>>377310450
I'm gonna be honest, I don't have 10 pictures of Japanese schoolgirls on hand but I love here and can tell you it's pretty common

>>377310214
>The gesture is tame enough in the US to be used in a PG-rated movie
That, and it's not really the same as a bicep/tricep grab, so much as it is a thrust.

>>377310593
Google image search "peace sign hand"

Of the first 50 images shown, 3 of them have the palm inwards.

>>377310567
Yes. The difference is intent. It's not like calling someone a faggot, the gesture in the OP is much less direct, and a lot friendlier. It doesn't even look the same. It is going to become impossible for people to grab their arm in anything directed at children now? Hell, it's much more common in our culture for people to feel their own muscles as well as others' in order to compare them.

>>377310596
If you're just slapping your bicep no one will care, at least not in Japan or America. Pumping your fist at them might upset them, but once again any gesture can be offensive if you do it right

>>377310717
>>377310742
It's the same to Japanese people and Americans >>377310959

>>377310447
It's literally not. Many popular American movies, games, and other media have used the OP gesture as a way to say screw you. Rosie is pulling back her sleeve to show muscle, a way to show women can work too during wartime.

>>377311036
>if you're just slapping your bicep

Sorry, I meant to specify with my arm bent and held up. I didn't know you were autistic and needed that specified.

>>377310947
That still proves people do it. It's a funny and quirky thing. Sometimes they even do it sideways.

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Déjà vu

>>377311213
WOW NINTENDO NICE CENSORING

FUCK YOU NINTENDO SJW KIDDY SHIT

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>>377309945
>Someone else knows about Agincourt
I thought I was the only one.

>>377311168
Like what?

>>377311175
That's what I meant too. What you just described is a benign gesture in America.

>>377310742
>>377310717
Her hand is like an inch from where Britain considers it a "fuck you." Given that, plus the British gesture being super rare in the US, most Americans would see the OP and consider it a gesture that shows off your muscles/strength. Only Brits think other people care about their stupid gesture, while most people use the bird if they want to gesture fuck you.

>>377310932
>An adult's PG movie made before the PG13 rating existed
>Compares to an E rated kart racing game directed toward children
Learn how to make valid comparisons anon.

>>377311389
Finally, someone who gets it

I understand why it's getting cut, but don't pretend that just because something could be taken as offensive in Britain it's offensive in the rest of the world

>>377311309
This anon already posted an example from Rocky of the gesture meaning screw you.
>>377310214

>>377310214
>>377310214
>>377310214
>>377310214
>>377310214
THIS IS THE OFFENSIVE GESTURE IN QUESTION. EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS FOR CLARIFICATION.

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>>377311284
>assuming people don't know about one of the most important battles in English history that is taught in the majority of schools

you a dingus son

>>377311175
Slapping the bicep with an upwardly bent arm does not immediately register as "fuck you" to most Americans. Thrusting the arm might, but only because it mimes actual fucking. Regardless, the gesture is apparently tame enough to feature in a PG movie.

Wait a minute. Isn't the showing muscle gesture pointing to the side, while the insult gesture is pointing it forward?

>>377311284
I learned about it in Age of Empires. Then again in 7th grade.

>>377311616
i'm literally a nigga in africa tho

>>377309385
Holy shit, this should be insta ban

>>377311632
What this guy said

Also rocky was using it because they couldn't get away with a worse gesture / boxers are mostly about muscle

Also rocky movies are old and no longer speak for pop culture

>>377311694
Correct

>>377311802
Oh, in that case, kudos on your foreign education. Agincourt had some pretty cool shit, like those mini-stake things the archers used to defend themselves from being charged.

>>377311632
A PG movie from the 70s, before PG-13 existed. Rocky would undoubtedly have been PG-13 if released today.
Besides, you can say fuck in PG-13 movies. Does that mean you think swearing would acceptable for Mario Kart? It's an offensive gesture that should probably not be in a kid's game.

>>377311580
And? American movies back then would borrow European gestures to get around censorship laws, like using the French thing with the OK sign. Nobody nowadays uses it, and few Americans likely know that it's meant to be offensive

Also not the same gesture as the one in the op

>>377311405
The distinction is that it's not rated R, which is the only rating where blatant displays of "fuck you" gestures are allowed. Not to mention "screw you" is the tamed version of "fuck you", with a tame gesture to go along with it. For the millionth time, most Americans never use that gesture, and the only thing resembling it would be a bicep grab used to display your muscles, which is what the fucking OP is. Both Japan and America understand that the gesture is a display of strength (which is why Rosie the riveter keeps popping up), why are Bongs such idiots?

>>377311979
Now you can. You couldn't say fuck when PG 13 was first created, and you couldn't say fuck in PG movies ever

>>377311580
>Arm thrust that mimes actual fucking
>OP is a bicep grab that shows off her muscles, particularly her shoulder
So, not only is the gesture acceptable in a PG movie, but it's not even the same gesture as the OP? Fucking hell, are all bongs this retarded?

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>>377304432
fuck off with your buzzfeed clickb8 bullshit OP you fucking faggot

>>377310448
>oh fuck off, it's a kids game
It's really not. Call of Duty is a kids game. Mario kart is mostly adults playing. And if the game had a 12 rating it would still be totally fine, and children could still play it regardless. To find this offensive youa ctually got to be an adult with baby diapers.
Prove me wrong. Show me 1 child complaining. Soccer moms dont count.

>>377312092
I would say most Americans who aren't autistic shut-ins know what the gesture means. And even if only Europeans see the gesture as offensive, why should that stop it from being removed? Even if you hate Europeans, they are still valid video game customers.

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>>377312376
>It's really not. Call of Duty is a kids game. Mario kart is mostly adults playing.
lol holy fuck nintendo marks are fucking miserable sacks of shit

>>377309872
It was only censored in Germany and the UK, and for different reasons. The German edition was changed so that the thumb wasn't missing. The UK one was changed so that it was swapped round.

>>377312382
Europeans adding weird meanings to harmless gestures and ruining them for the rest of the world doesn't rub you the wrong way?

Imagine if we had to cut thumbs up from games to appeal middle-easterners

Also why do you expect Americans to know it? Do Brits know what gestures are offensive in Japan? Or Brazil?

>>377312173
In addition to that having no relevance to whether a kid's racing game should have a screw you gesture, you are incorrect. Movie rating systems have never had hard rules. For example, 1983 movie The Right Stuff included the word Fuck, and it was rated PG.

>>377312504
thanks for proving me right

>>377312376
nigga, you so pathetic it hurts. by your logic, zootopia and my little pony are for adults, since the majority of people with interest in them are adults.

>>377312382
>I would say most Americans who aren't autistic shut-ins know what the gesture means
Why would they? The gesture is almost never used in the US, and most popular culture consumption is internal. If anything, people who spend more time on the internet are more likely to come across it.

Also, we've established that the American/Japanese bicep grab is a different gesture (although superficially similar) to the British "fack yoo."

>>377312303
do you have a high quality one

>>377309101
Same

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>WAAAAHH why are they removing something that could potentially insult someone from my FUCKING MARIO KART GAME

There is literally no reason for you faggots to be getting upset over absolutely nothing. This is as non-issue as it gets. That goes to both sides of this argument.

>>377312686
I didn't understand the first part o f your post, try rewriting it

I'm just trying to make it clear that gestures that are offensive in Europe aren't offensive in the rest of the world

>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom created PG-13
>Megadeth's Peace Sells created Parental Advisory

What game shaped the rating system? Was it Night Trap?

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It's not even done the same way. You don't harass foreigners that scratch themselves with their middle finger or point with it.

>>377312647
Why wouldn't Americans know it? The screw you gesture has been used in American media for decades.
And there is a difference between respecting gestures deemed offensive in civilized countries versus acquiescing to the insane demands of barbaric Middle Eastern countries.

>>377312687
what in the name of god does that prove you cretin
you don't know who I am or what side of the fence I fall.

>>377304609
>Why don't they just patch the animation out of the triggered nations, instead of removing it completely?
Fuck off tripfag

>>377312087
>>377312238
And yet the fact remains they cut it out of the game.

>>377312686
Think of the system as a barometer for what Americans consider vulgar, not a hard rule system. The fact is, the vast majority of PG movies had to toned-down vulgarity. In Rocky's case, the gesture accompanies "screw you," which is a toned-down "fuck you." Plus, the arm thrust is exaggerated, whereas the bicep grab in the OP doesn't have an exaggerated thrust motion. They're different gestures.

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Sure

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>>377312952
It's barely been used (if at all) since the 90s

Also take a look at pic related, even the daily mail acknowledges that the gesture isn't offensive in America

>>377312831
You didn't understand it, because you are a buffoon. I will dumb myself down to your mental retardation.

>>377307636
Whats the one where you flick your thumb against your teeth from?

>>377312897
Mortal Kombat and Night Trap I'm sure.

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>>377313071
Mhmm

>>377313040
Yea, to appeal to brits

>>377313074
Oh hey thanks was curious, was this guy >>377313086

>it's okay when japan does it
i hate you faggots and yuropoors
>wahhh i'm offended hurr

>>377313084
Lol anon is shitty writer so he gets angry at others. Good job.

>>377304609
Come back to vitagen, we miss you.

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>>377313158
Yup

I love how people are proving the screw you gesture is outdated, by referencing a painting from the 1940s.

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>>377313286
Agreed

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>>377313074

>>377313331
Just proving that it was never a thing in America, not that it's outdated

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>>377307636
Bwcause in Japan (and most of America) the gesture just means "yeah, I'm a tough person". It is grabbing one's bicep, whereas the offensive version in Europe is placing one's hand or wrist in the back of the elbow joint.

Europe was just to dumb to see a difference.

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>>377313387
I might need to pick up a Switch.

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>>377304432

>>377313243
It's pretty clear he was saying that arbitrary ratings distinctions of the MPAA have no relevancy to whether a particular hand gesture should be allowed in Mario Kart. It's perfectly understandable that he wouldn't want to reiterate himself to people lacking reading comprehension skills.

>>377308204
No, that is a European thing. America has such a huge mix of cultures that it is a toss up for which meaning it will carry, and must be determined by context.

>>377312952
The screw you gesture being discussed right now? That's almost never used in American media, and Americans don't consume much foreign media either.

>>377306448
What game?

>>377313485
This

The only reason it is censored in America is because of New England, no where else have I seen the gesture used in an insulting capacity.

>>377313439
It was a thing though, at least in parts of the country. I'm an oldfag from Boston. The Italian Americans there used the screw you gesture frequently throughout the 70s-90s. Plenty of Americans still see understand the gesture, even if you personally do not.

>>377313040
Because bongs went "Oi!!! That's a right improper gesture there, innit?!" You think Nintendo is gonna bother explaining the cultural differences of the gesture to a bunch of angry Brits, or just say fuck it and change the animation?

>>377313074
>Ants

>>377312376
>Prove me wrong
You have to be an adult to purchase Call of Duty

They've been doing this for decades, people. Bowser did the gesture way back in Super Mario RPG and they changed it outside of Japan. Remember that America is not the only country on Earth, no matter how much you wish it was, and courtesy and respect needs to be shown to different cultures. If that makes you outraged because you don't give a fuck about other people, that's your problem.

>>377313719
Mortal Kombat. Nintendo replaced the blood with sweat.

>>377312806
>This is as non-issue as it gets.

Then why change it in the first place?

>>377313671
Thank you, that was much easier to understand

>>377314658
the removal of an offensive gesture in a kids game is a non issue is what he's saying

>>377304432
This is the equivalent of flipping 'the bird'. Eat shit America

>>377304432

Does anyone thumbs up?

Cause that's an insult in certain holes in Europe.

Does anyone shakes hands with their right hands? Cause that's a total insult in India.

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF EVERYONE?

This is fucking dumb.

>tfw can't be a squid loli doing rude gestures in MK8

>Little girls can't be tough

Fucking shitlords

>>377314354
But when the same is done for America, it is EEEEEVIL censourship and NoA needs to die, eh wot, chap?

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>>377309385
>using a Reddit meme while attempting to mock a Redditor

It's not about being offended. It's about mischaracterization.

>>377304432
Why would you censor flexing?

Why do they pretend to care about the thoughts of subhumans from 3rd world shitholes? The squid not wearing a burka also offends subhumans, but I don't see them scrambling to fix that.