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"Tomodachi Life&amp;#039;s lack of same-sex relationships is sending a &amp;quot;hurtful message&amp;quot;, according to GLAAD. The LGBT advocacy group commented on the issue after Nintendo said it never intended to &amp;quot;make any form of social commentary&amp;quot; in the 3DS game.  &amp;quot;In purposefully limiting players&amp;#039; relationship options, Nintendo is not only sending a hurtful message to many of its fans and consumers by excluding them, but also setting itself way behind the times,&amp;quot; a spokesperson told Venture Beat. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been over a decade since The Sims - the original &amp;#039;whimsical and quirky&amp;#039; life simulator - allowed its users to marry any character they wanted, and many other mainstream and massively popular video games have followed their lead since.&amp;quot; It added: &amp;quot;Nintendo should do the same.&amp;quot;      It follows the online #Miiquality campaign, which has since appeared on mainstream media outlets such as BBC News, calling for Nintendo to instate same-sex relationships in the Western versions of the game. Tomodachi Life will be available from June 6 on Nintendo 3DS in Europe and North America. Watch a trailer for Tomodachi Life below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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