Nintendo to release first game featuring equal marriage

Nintendo is to release its first-ever game featuring same-sex marriage.

The Japanese technology giant will give players the options to marry both same and opposite-sex characters in role-playing game Fire Emblem Fates, which is due for release next year, Eurogamer reports.

“We can confirm that Fire Emblem Fates for Nintendo 3DS, which launches in Japan on June 25, 2015, and is coming to the US and Europe in 2016, includes the possibility for a same-sex marriage to take place between the main character created by the gamer and another character in the game,” a Nintendo spokesperson said in a statement.

In previous Fire Emblem titles – which see players side with one of two warring factions (the peaceful Hoshido or the glory-seeking Nohr, apparently) – players could marry characters of the opposite sex if they bonded closely. In the upcoming sequel, same-sex characters will be able to marry after bonding in battle.

Nintendo added that they wanted their games to “reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate”, having previously faced calls to allow same-sex marriage in their content after failing to do so in last year’s life simulating game Tomodachi Life.

“We have heard and thoughtfully considered all the responses,” Nintendo said at the time. “We will continue to listen and think about the feedback. We’re using this as an opportunity to better understand our consumers and their expectations of us at all levels of the organisation.”

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