Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. But the publisher said it was too late to change the game.

When Nintendo designed Tomodachi Life, a bizarre life-sim that puts the companys Mii avatars in an exaggerated parody of reality, it probably didnt expect to provoke a marriage equality campaign. Community cries for Miiquality petitioned Nintendo to add same-sex relationships to the title, but the companys initial response was sterile and dismissive. Tomodachi Life was […]

Its barbecue time in the UK, the sun is shining (for the moment) and things are right in the world. Unless, of course, you happen to be Nintendo. The crew looks at the state of Nintendos financials and recent missteps in handling certain interactions of its Mii-based Tomodachi LIfe characters.