Reception and Legacy
The game was never localized outside of Japan, and was noted by IGN as an example of racism in video games. It was also noted by 1UP.com for its "horrible stereotyping". The portrayal of black people as black faced caricatures with huge lips has been noted about the game.
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Famous quotes containing the words reception and/or legacy:
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)