US EditionNintendo’s Mario Kart Faces PETA Criticism over ‘Cow’ Character
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Nintendo’s Mario Kart faces PETA criticism over ‘Cow’ character
Nintendo’s latest racing game, Mario Kart World, has found itself in an unlikely controversy after animal rights group PETA condemned the design of one of its newest playable characters, a racer simply called Cow. The group’s concern is not with the inclusion of a bovine driver, which many fans have embraced with enthusiasm, but with a single design detail: a brass nose ring. In a letter addressed to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, PETA ar…
Attentive to the efforts to represent the animals on our screens, the animal rights association even wrote to the owner of Nintendo.
Mario Kart World Controversy: PETA Slams Nintendo Over Cow’s Nose Ring - theGeek.games
It’s no joke. PETA accuses Nintendo of promoting animal cruelty with the Mario Kart World cow character. The animal rights group is demanding that the company remove the nose ring, which it views as a symbol of cruelty. It has happened again. PETA is once more making its way into the video game industry, not to applaud the depiction of animals in a title, but to attack companies for the way certain mammals are portrayed. Their campaigns often …
A new racer from Mario Kart World for the Nintendo Switch 2 made himself directly many fans with a sweet face and stupid smile. The cow muh from the cow muh pasture is simply a lovable character, which has also noticed PETA – but they have a thorn in their eyes a part of Kuhmuh's face. What does PETA ask for? PETA registered with a post on X, which directly turns to Nintendo: "Hey Nintendo, let the cow run free – remove her nose ring! "It's not …
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