Is the 9/11 Pokemon offensive?

[Dfskelleton]

9/11 is a tragedy and will be remembered in the hearts of all Americans for quite some time, but the only reason to be offended is if there's genuine hatred at the event. This is a simple coinciedence, and should not be taken as offensive.
What does get offensive is when people from other countries say "America deserved it". I understand we bring it up quite often, but really, if something happened to one of your countries and we said you deserved it, you would freak out and call us a bunch of fat insinsetive racist idiots. I do understand that some did say that Japan deserved the tsunami, and I apologize on behalf of my fellow americans, but saying stuff like that makes you no different than them.
/rant.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade

Sorry to call you out on this one but really?

Do you know when Biggie Smalls died? On March 9th, 1997. Do you know when 9/11 happened? 11th September 2001. More than 4 years after the 9/11 attacks.

So unless Biggie Smalls was some kind of Nostrodamus, he was probably referencing the much smaller terrorist attack in 1993.

OT: Not at all, I think that it's a pretty contrived conspiracy, and an unconvincing one at that (People have already mentioned how it's actually listed as 9'10").

 

[Crumpet Man]

Honestly the only time I think about 9/11 is when people bring it up, and, from the sound of it, this isn't even legitimate.

 

[d4rkxy13x]

9/11 was ten years ago. Yeah, lots of people were killed, but (I imagine) the same number of people are dying every day of hunger or from infection in poor countries, but most people don't give two f**ks about them.

 

[Davey Woo]

After reading the title I was expecting an actual Pokémon that looked like a skyscraper or something. Because that doesn't appear to be the case, I don't see why anybody should be offended.

 

[Headsprouter]

I beleive what junichi masuda apparently said, and anyway, if they left it out, people probably still would have got offended.

 

[Amarok]

Quick, someone inform Julie Peasgood so we can hear her screech about it!

Seriously, if you think this is offensive, go to Route 4 and you can catch Jihadeon. It only knows self-destruct. Nintendo went too far with that one.

There's no such thing.
Sandile, Scraggy and Darumaka are up for grabs in route 4, and there is no Pokémon in existence called Jihadeon.


There is a dragon Pokémon called Zweilous whose Japanese name is Jiheddo, but he has nothing to do with self-destructing, or exploding.

In addition, while just a minor technical gripe, Game Freak designs/makes the Pokémon games, not Nintendo.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

Offensive? Hardly, but that's just me. I just wonder how long I have to sit around while people blow up everything that even remotely resembles a "9/11 reference". It's getting really, really annoying now...

 

[timeadept]

I'm really not that bothered by it. It would have been more insensitive to pretend that 9/11 didn't even happen and have no reference to what happened in New York in a fictional city based off it. Although would I forgive them for not mentioning it at all i'd be a bit annoyed. But they did mention it, there weren't any insulting implications that it could have been easily avoided, or that it was divine will. It does lessen the impact that in the game it was simply a natural disaster but again, this is very minor and easily forgiven.

I'm american btw, i was young at the time but i still remember the day it happened, though i was a hundred or so miles south of New York.

*EDIT* oh yeah, on the wiki the pokemon is 9"10' 9(ft)10(in)(fuck the imperial system, i wish we'd grow up and start learning metric and give up our "special" way of measuring) though it could have been edited as it's a wiki.

 

[Faladorian]

10 fucking years ago.

Honestly, the reference completely passed my mind until you brought up just now. I still don't really care, however. Seriously, I can understand the emotions around 9/11, but you American's seem to treat it as though Al Qaeda nuked half your country away when the Twin Towers fell, and seem to want everyone else to care just as excessively about it when we have no reason or care to.

Stop bringing it the fuck up. Please.

I am a full-blood American, and I support this. People need to shut the fuck up about 9/11. Funny how nobody flinches when you mention foreign historical events of equal or greater headcount, but the second you bring up 9/11 OHHHH YOUVE GONE TOO FAR.


It's the same deal as Pearl Harbor. We build ourselves up to be this invincible superpower, then when someone attacks us we ***** and moan and, oh I don't know, invade foreign lands, get involved with holy wars, and be the first and only country to use atomic bombs as an act of war?

I'm not saying these things weren't bad, they were. But dwelling on it so much is kind of ridiculous.

 

[Dr Snakeman]

How is that offensive? It's a reference to the event, if it even is. Nothing more.

If perhaps said "Lolz, U.S.A desurved 9/11!! Fuck 'em good with dem bombs!" or something along those lines, then it's offensive.

Referencing events like this is not offensive.

Thank you.

Very rarely is something truly offensive. Modern people just seem to have nothing better to do than ***** about stuff, so everyone's walking on eggshells.

I consider myself a patriot and would love to see the bastards responsible for 9/11 burn, and I still don't see how this is so terrible.

 

[HasimirFenring]

It's not offensive, simple as that. It was ten years ago so I wouldn't consider it an open wound, and it isn't as if they are mocking the event, so it's all fine by me

 

[Dr Snakeman]

since 9/11 is not a big deal (unless you are an American with your head stuck up your own ass) then it is impossible to get offended by it
America kills triple the amount that died in the towers every year and while it is sad for the people who died then USA as a nation did deserve it

Hello, I am an American.

So I am sure you believe that I am some fat illiterate asshole who hates the rest of the world, you probably think I deserve to die.

You disgust me, and I wonder if you even read what you post, or do you just throw words out there without thinking?

OT: No I dont find it offensive, because they arent outright calling it WTC, however, I do believe it is in bad taste.

Just a tip? These are the kinds of posts where you bite your lip, report, and move on. Hopefully, the mods will kick his ass back to whatever dark, hateful corner of the internet spawns people like him.

 

[PixelKing]

Yeah america should get over this happening but in the same thought I realised this: Think about your country, Has any thing like this happened in your country? Has your country "got over it?" Or does it still remembe and get offended if something like this happens?

 

[BENZOOKA]

Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade

Sorry to call you out on this one but really?

Do you know when Biggie Smalls died? On March 9th, 1997. Do you know when 9/11 happened? 11th September 2001. More than 4 years after the 9/11 attacks.

So unless Biggie Smalls was some kind of Nostrodamus, he was probably referencing the much smaller terrorist attack in 1993.

OT: Not at all, I think that it's a pretty contrived conspiracy, and an unconvincing one at that (People have already mentioned how it's actually listed as 9'10").

Not really. I didn't think that anyone would grasp on that.

As a massive Hip Hop fan I know perfectly well, when Christopher Wallace died. Incidentally I even know the name of the baby on the cover of Ready To Die. I thought it was rather general knowledge to at least know Biggie died in the nineties.

I just happen to think about that line every time 9/11 is mentioned. Partly, because the "...World Trade" was censored on a track that I listened to some years back (after 9/11). It was either Juicy edited, or most probably a remix or another song which had samples from Juicy. Crazy, huh :s

I don't blame you, because obviously, at least know when I look at it, it's hard to tell whether the quote was for why it really was, or because of facepalmingly bottomless ignorance, which you took it for.

 

[minisham]

you know i played this game at least three times and this whole thing never once crossed my mind it's sad that people find any little excuse to throw a tantrum

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

As a massive Hip Hop fan I know perfectly well, when Christopher Wallace died. Incidentally I even know the name of the baby on the cover of Ready To Die. I thought it was rather general knowledge to at least know Biggie died in the nineties.

I just happen to think about that line every time 9/11 is mentioned. Partly, because the "...World Trade" was censored on a track that I listened to some years back (after 9/11). It was either Juicy edited, or most probably a remix or another song which had samples from Juicy. Crazy, huh :s

I don't blame you, because obviously, at least know when I look at it, it's hard to tell whether the quote was for why it really was, or because of facepalmingly bottomless ignorance, which you took it for.

Ah, all is forgiven. I assumed (wrongly I guess) that because of the crazy amounts of anti Hip-Hop sentiment and stigmatism on this site, you were ignorant of the basic facts. Yeah, though, I get where you're coming from, I often am reminded of the same thing when listening to 'Come Clean', by Jeru the Damaja (Cuz I blow up spots like the world trade center).

As I'm sure you can tell from my Name and Avatar, I am too a massive Hip-Hop fan, so I couldn't let such a blatant seeming error go without reprimand

 

[Valthek]

ow, for the love of god...
That was 10 years ago. GET OVER IT!
not everything revolves around that ONE incident 10 years ago. Seriously. I don't get that people can STILL whine about that. Amerika is NOT the only country who has suffered terrorist attacks, but the other countries seem to just keep going...

JUST LET IT GO!
build a new phallic symbol or something...sheesh

 

[Denamic]

Why does it even matter if 9/11 is referenced in a game?
And why is it offensive?