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Mario Kart changes Inkling Girl's 'offensive' gesture

Gaming 19 May 2017
Inkling Girl's gesture in the Nintendo game, where her hand grabs her bicep, was seen as rude or offensive and has been patched in the latest version of Mario Kart.
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· 18 May 2017

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· 18 May 2017

When Nintendo makes Callie the villain in .

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· 7 May 2017

Inkling watch the road!! :O

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· 18 May 2017

Heh, looks like Nintendo removed this gesture from Mario Kart...

Inkling watch the road!! :O
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· 18 May 2017

Incidentally, for those curious, the inkling girl gesture removed from isn't considered "offensive," just rude.

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· 18 May 2017

Are people really choosing the 'Nintendo removed a gesture from Mario Kart' as a hill to die on over censorship in videogames?

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· 18 May 2017

>*looks at comments on the new Mario Kart patch* Yeah. I think I know why Siliconera closed the comments here. It clearly got out of hand.

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· 18 May 2017
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The original gesture where the Inkling Girl had her hand flat on her arm is called the bras d'honoure. In Europe, it means "up yours".

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· 18 May 2017

TBH they should have kept the Inkling Girl gesture in, as soon as I hit someone it resembles how I feel, yeah Up Yours Luigi =P

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