Nice hack job, buddy.
Nintendo being family friendly is an image and not the reality. They were pushed out of certain genres by Sony and MS and family friendly games is the only niche they have left, but they never stopped trying to get back in the mature content game. Can you even count the number of those types of games that started off on a Nintendo system before they were ported to PS or XB? Bayonetta just happened to be that last big name attempt to get back into that market. Would you describe that game as family friendly? How about House of the Dead Overkill? Resident Evil Chronicles? Hell, Metroid Other M? Sorry, but I have absolutely no illusions about Nintendo's image. It's not just about one game; it's freaking a pattern over decades.
As for her firing, you know absolutely jack shit about labor laws. They don't have to tell anyone anything about her firing and it's in their best interest not to say anything period. Do you know what info is requested for reference checks? Dates of employment, title, and occasionally wage information. Do you know why? Because someone can sue your ass if you say something that prevents them from getting a job. How do I know? I'll give you 3 guesses as to who handles that stuff where I work.
All that stuff you say about promoting child porn and sexually suggestive product promotion makes me laugh. If it was really that bad, they would've never hired her in the first place nor kept her on as long as they did. Nintendo is not on some moral high ground here and I'm sure they are more than ok with having pose with her boobs out to promote their products. Not to mention that everything's on her linkedin/social media pages and easily accessible at anytime. You act like all of this stuff happened over night, but it was
ing months of harassment and how long was she an employee again? Around 2 years?
The legality of weed is irrelevant unless you think it's a family friendly activity and should be promoted to kids, but feel free to use that excuse that it's legal in WA when the feds are breaking down your door for it. Something being legal or illegal is practically meaningless. Do you think the reaction would be any different if prostitution was legal? Of course not, so let's not pretend like legality makes a difference unless you want to argue that posing with large amounts of alcohol would somehow be acceptable while showing varying levels of T&A are ACTUALLY PROVEN to be acceptable.
Looks like you're also walking back your statement about Nintendo taking the high road now, eh? Let's look what happened here: Nintendo localized a game and made some decisions that anger a certain segment of the fanbase to the point of them doxxing an employee that only handles marketing of the product. This goes on for months and everyday you're receiving tons of letters asking for the termination of said employee. Eventually, you get a letter that alleges said employee is an escort. What do you do? Any c-level executive could tell you that you don't fire someone right away and would realize that the situation needs to be handled with some delicacy.
You ask if Nintendo could've done better and answer with "maybe...probably?" That means that yes, they could've handled it a lot better. If Rapp wasn't such a visible figure due to the harassment, they would've never had a press release, so yeah, it was a big
ing deal hence the need to think though the steps to avoid a complete shitstorm and do your best to come out smelling like roses instead of looking like callous pricks or heroes to those that wanted her gone and actively sought to destroy her life.
As for your stuttering about me stating that Nintendo being a shitty company to work for, I stand by it 100%. They made no effort to address it and only did so when they knew firing her would make them look bad.
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Butcher that.
