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"I don't consider Nintendo be Japanese, necessarily, since they have a huge North American wing that caters to a North American market." -- The North American arm is marketing and distribution. That's basically all it is. The games are made in Japan and the BIG decisions are made there too. They're a Japanese company with international interests, but multi-national is a massive stretch. It's not like General Motors who have brands and models exclusive to certain regions or News Limited with country specific media interests.
The overall point was, however, is that is Chinese New Year really so sacred? Really? I'm pretty sure it's just as commercial as ANY other holiday. It's a celebration, not something like Rememberance Day or a commemorative holiday or a tragic event. I'm pretty sure Play-Aisa and a HEAP of other websites have Chinese New Year sales. Why get up in arms about this? Cut Nintendo some slack, it's the Year of the Dragon and they have a dragon sale.
Over sensitivity is why we have "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" in shopping centres. People need to relax. Too much "somebody please think of the children!!" hysteria is all too common.
I'm just glad no other religious, superstitious or long standing traditional/historic holidays have ever been exploited for commercial gain. /sarcasm
"I don't consider Nintendo be Japanese" - tell that to the Japanese! You're worried about people not understanding the true nature of Chinese New Year and you write this?! So because you don't consider their 100+ years of being a Japanese company relevant and it doesn't help your arguement you dismiss it. That's just as culturally insensitive as what you're accusing Nintendo of being.