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PETA turns its attention towards Pokémon
PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, have pointed their fingers at Pokémon. With this comes a parody game, similar to what they did when they were attacking Super Mario 3D Land's Tanooki Suit. There is a screenshot of the game here. The game itself can be played here. (Very NSFW, you have been warned)
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When someone posted images of this wretched "parody" on some other forum without warning, I found myself in severe need of brain bleach and Zorua time. There are some things that should never existed in the fisrt place, and this is definitely one of them. Nightmares, huh?
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I am both horrified and amused by that spin-off of Pokémon Black and White. Seeing Cheren covered in blood was bad***. I kinda loved every second of it. x3
Still, I don't know much about PETA, but I find this whole conflict totally fascinating. I guess that spin-off really caught my attention. Last edited by GalliumGrant; October 8, 2012 at 12:08:55 PM. |
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Here's a short list of questions and opinions I have about this;
And oh boy, I just love PETA's work ethic. "Hey, I have a great idea on how we can stop animal abuse!" "Golly, Mister PETA, what's that?" "Let's just take all of the animals away from people, and kill them so they can't be hurt anymore!" "OH MY GOSH, THAT IS THE MOST GENIUS IDEA SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME!!" Seriously, PETA. Seriously. This is just making even more people laugh at you. Last edited by Velociraptor78; October 8, 2012 at 03:07:56 PM. Reason: 'Seriously' sounds more mature than 'srsly' |
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if we take away your animal so you dont hurt them, we'll hurt them anyway |
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Not only do these things not work in real life, they also make you like an idiot. no one wants to gather in a group and chant rhymes. No one wants people to smother them and squeeze the air out of them. That sounds painful. Petition... really? Have those ever truly worked? |
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To add further confusion:
http://pixelatedgeek.com/2011/02/pok...nimal-cruelty/ Here's the part that I'm pointing out: Quote:
Last edited by NismoZ; October 8, 2012 at 04:43:36 PM. |
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As for my take...well...you should wait until Saturday. Then I might have a little more than a paragraph to say on these people... |
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PETA going overboard again? Oh come on, do they even expect to be taken seriously anymore? Were they ever taken seriously? I don't know what's up with them, but I know people who could save more animal lives while being sensible.
Even though this is really stupid, there are things I like about this, just like Super Chick Sistahs. It's got some good music, the battling is fun, and although the excessive use of blood almost makes me sick, the battered characters are amusing to look at. |
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Oh gawd, I never laughed so hard at a PETA creation. I'm going to give them credit though. They really payed attention and studied their Pokemon since the whole design is accurate, even the battle system is accurate with Physical and Special attacks (see Pikachu's Quick Attack and Thunderbolt plus his status reducing moves). The music is original as well, I can tell that it's trying to parody the classic Pokemon style but does it in a sort of laughable way I find personally. The character designs make me chuckle as well, it does not disturb me one bit. I have to say though that Snivy's design probably is my favorite. Oh, and did you notice the Slowpoke meme? They did pay attention in Pokeschool afterall! This game obviously is just to gain popularity, even if it is negative. They feed off of publicity and feeding you with nightmares of cruel images. They don't seem to be proving anything for their "cause" other than they're just desperate idiots now.
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Has Nintendo already sued them before? This is about the 4th or 5th parody of their games. Last time with the Tanooki Suit (Which had nothing to do with animals) they claimed they were just kidding. What's their excuse this time?
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Are you kidding me? It's great! I love all of PETA's stupid and psychotic "Save the fake animals!" games. Not to mention that they had to have studied both Black/White and Black/White 2 to get their facts spot on. The clothing of the parody characters is even identical when warped. Although the thing I want to know is what type the trainers are. It confused me, so I nearly lost the last 2 battles. And healing between battles would've been nice, too.
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You know what's funny? (I know this is kind of off-topic and all, but...) I always wanted a spin-off of the Pokémon series that had a more mature theme, with blood and gore like Mortal Kombat, just not like this. It's a guilty pleasure to be honest, but kinda sad, really.
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It's been submitted to Know Your Meme... Link
The game is embedded on that page. Click at your own risk. |
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Found this gem on Kotaku about someone pretty much blasting PETA. YouTube video contents not checked yet as I was on the phone when I saw this.
The best part is perhaps captured by the quote: Quote:
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Not hard to imagine they actually did research. If it was too much not like Pokemon, people would call them out.
All in all I find it really sickening that PETA always drops to such low blows. I'm all for treating animals right, but how does this accomplish that goal? It is funny though. |
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PETA has always trolled around like this. (super tofu boy, cooking mana, et al.)
They do it for attention. I consider the organization similar to the Westboro Baptist Church. Some of their members are serious, but for the most part, it's a group that exists to create conflict and outrage. (they really don't care about animals at all, considering they put plenty of adoptable animals to death if they can't find homes for them.) |
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...that, and have you ever seen those creepy banned PETA commercials? Pretty much every year they try to run a superbowl ad and get denied. |
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Never mind the fact that while playing the games, there are many NPCs that believe you love your Pokemon and that's the reason that you beat them. I know I haven't seen much of the anime, but it's hard to forget the compassion that most of the characters show to their Pokemon (Pikachu's goodbye is always good) but Peta is just now calling out on the fact that Pokemon battle each other, despite Pokemon being out for about 13-14 years now?
I sort of wonder if the reason PETA targeted Pokemon is because of the Pokémon Apokélypse trailer? Yes it's dark, but I believe it was made more for the fans that wanted to see the darker side to Pokemon. Guess we need to go back in time and make the members of PETA play Pokemon before they decide to protest it. |
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Last edited by JeffTheKiller; November 28, 2012 at 05:46:27 PM. |
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The fact that P.E.T.A. focuses mainly on negative animal-human interactions and reality is just enough. Video Games are meant for entertainment and escaping reality to a cool, new world; not to just enter into a world just like ours. I bet they even hate Neopets. Oh well, They would just need someone in their life that can distinguish between a video game and real life.
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So they love animals but went out of there way to make gruesome dead animal pokemon stuff in the game and also yes they do just do put animals to sleep if they can't get them a home my friend got a dog they were gonna put to sleep cuz it had arthritis
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