Nintendo got "a lot of angry calls" from parents who thought Animal Crossing's "skin-colored" gyroid "looked like a wiggling penis"
Former Nintendo Game Counselors recall receiving numerous angry calls from parents in the early 2000s who mistook the skin-colored gyroids in Animal Crossing for phallic objects. Nintendo even had a dedicated policy and hotline page to address these specific complaints, which were frequent enough to warrant special attention.
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