Police have condemned adults who play the latest in Nintendo’s popular Animal Crossing series, “Animal Crossing: City Folk”, as being predatory paedophiles, saying “There is no reason an adult should have this game”, and claiming that the only motive an adult could have for playing it is to seduce children.
The warning comes from the Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force, where investigator Andy Anderson warns that any adult playing the game “is likely doing so for the wrong reasons”, and points out that online predators could be lurking in the game thanks to its multiplayer capabilities.
Anderson further warns that police just don’t have the resources to stamp out the Animal Crossing rorikon menace, meaning parents may even have to resort to supervising their own children: “The equipment is real expensive and we cannot afford to buy all of the systems and do not have the resources either to examine all of the possibilities.”
The source darkly talks of the game’s relationship building system, where players can exchange letters, gifts and favours in pursuit of friendship, implying out that these elements are tantamount to putting children on a nationwide rorikon meat-market.
Via KMIZ.
Animal Crossing: City Folk, for the Wii, has been available for a number of months now.
The game even offers voice chat, so clearly children are at an elevated risk of verbal molestation.
Okay I call bullshit on the officers for a couple of reasons:
1) Anyone is allowed to play any game they want. So does that mean older people who watch E-rated movies are pedophiles? No. That’s like accusing people of crimes because they decide to watch a disney movie.
2) Obliviously it takes an adult to even BUY the game in the first place. Something called “money” which adults and older people make. Ever consider parents might play this game with their children?
3) Unless there is SPECIFIC PROOF that someones is saying inappropriate things on an E-rated game or obvious luring, then what’s the problem?
4)Parent responsibility to monitor and raise their child. Not the rest of the world.
5) I’m 18 and i’ll play any god-well game I please. I brought it, and i’ll play it. The wii is known to be relaxing and the game might be cute for some people.
There is nothing wrong with this.
So parent’s can’t play games with their kids?
Bullcrap. As always supervise your kids regardless of where they are. Just don’t let them roam free on the internet it’s like letting them roam free around outside.
And if their too young then don’t put them on the internet to began with. If your scared of the net then don’t let your kids use it until their older.
Duh.
What is wrong with these moron do they think there are million and million of p♥♥o just running around, wtf is wrong with these useless paranoid cops.
Dammit America. Stop being stupid. I live in you, and I don’t like being associated with the brand you’ve given yourself.
i played the new animal crossing for the nolstalgia of the old one. didnt use its online capabilities what so ever. i just wanted to see tom nook again and such ;o;