Posts: Video Games / Those Poor Tanookis - More PETA LoL

They were also up in arms about Super Meat Boy a couple years ago. They responded with this:

[H]ere is our official statement:

How many Peta members does it take to change a lightbulb?....
None, Peta can't change anything.

-Team Meat

In all honesty it was very flattering to have a huge [corporation] like Peta take time to parody our humble little game, the fact that it happened on our launch day of Steam just seems like God wants everyone [in] the world to play the game.

Guess God isn't vegan[.]

How many Peta members does it take to change a lightbulb?....
None, Peta can't change anything.

lol

So PETA has responded to the response:

"Mario fans: Relax! PETA's game was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur," Shakira Croce, PETA's media coordinator said. "We wish real-life tanukis could fly or swat enemies away with their tails and escape from those who profit from their skins. You can help them by never buying real fur."

I think the most amazing thing about all this was the fact that I didn't know tanukis were real. I thought they were just another one of Shigeru Miyamotos shroom-induced hallucinations.