Gay marriage missing in Nintendo's Tomodachi Life

Following on from the revelation that you can only have heterosexual marriages and not gay or lesbian partnerships in Nintendo's Tomodachi Life, one man has decided to start a campaign for 'Miiquality'.

23 year old Tye Marini is asking Nintendo to change their position, and introduce marriage equality to their game.

"Because the game has such a huge focus on relationships, this is a problem for many LGBTQ gamers. I believe this is a significant issue that should be resolved or at least acknowledged by Nintendo, so I started a movement in hopes to convince Nintendo to add same-sex relationships to Tomodachi Life via an update, or at least ensure that it is included in a future sequel-the Miiquality movement," Marini told Kotaku.

Nintendo's public response is as follows: "The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation. We hope that all of our fans will see that Tomodachi Life was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game, and that we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary."