00:00Life as a Nintendo game counselor in the early 2000s sounds like a wild time.
00:04One moment you're helping someone find the ghost ship in Zelda The Wind Waker, and the
00:07next you're assuring a deeply concerned parent that their child isn't playing a game that
00:11prominently features a giant gyrating penis.
00:14Did you know Nintendo once got a load of calls from angry parents because a certain Animal
00:17Crossing item supposedly looked like a wiggling penis?
00:20As spotted by Sasha's Retrobytes and verified by GamesRadar, the August 2004 edition of
00:25Electronic Gaming Monthly featured a quote from former Nintendo counselor Rick Sambom
00:29about a very specific but recurring complaint he remembered hearing from Animal Crossing
00:33players calling Nintendo for advice.
00:35Their concern, apparently, was that the gyroid in front of each player's house was actually
00:39some...
00:39Er, yeah.
00:41We get a lot of angry calls about Animal Crossing, said Sambom.
00:44A skin-colored hydrant in the game caused a stir with parents, who thought it looked like
00:48a wiggling penis.
00:48Apparently, these complaints were so frequent that Nintendo implemented an official policy
00:53on how to deal with them.
00:54Our database even had a special page on dealing with the call, added Sambom.
00:57I waited every day to take this call, but it was always routed to hotline veterans.
01:01Sorry to hear that, Sambom.
01:03up...
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