Do You Remember P5's Dumbest Controversy?

You don't have the R word pass!

Kotaku reporters aren't the brightest unfortunately

And they wonder why Nintendo blacklisted them.

I instantly knew what it was gonna be about

Crybabies

I thought it was supposed to say retarget? I mean, it makes the most sense.

For the longest time I thought it said that 😂

It’s okay to say retarded it can mean slow.

But is retarded really that bad of a word

Japanese is a difficult language to enunciate in English, they say a word that sounds like the n word, but it means a greeting or something not actually racist at all so the song saying "retarded" isn't actually what it's saying, and also as a retard myself I won't say "no offense" or "excuse my language" because the word "retard" isn't meant to be offensive in some contexts but I don't wish to spark arguments so I'm just trying to clarify facts that P5 and ssbu aren't actually bad

And who gives a shit if it said retarded anyway.

Nono he's got a point this is the DUMBEST

Not a journalist or related to persona, but it's the same mentality as the people who, a while ago, accused a Japanese person of using an English racial slur when saying "run away" in Japanese and demand they change their language.

But for the video, a simple search for the song's lyrics in persona would have solved this

Remember it’s ok to make fun of and mock gaming journos. They hate everything about gaming

Ngl, this controversy is pretty retarded.

lmao that cracked me up like that wouldn’t have fit at all idk how they thought that. Like “let’s go, let’s play RETARDED” like bruh that does not fit

Ngl i always thought thats what the lady said lmao

Spotify says it as "retaliate" so that's the one I go with but after hearing about this article a while back (the word) is all I hear when I listen to it and it's funny to me because there's zero reason for the word to be there in the song and ends up sounding a bit absurd.

Me and my friends made so many jokes about this

We'd just use "retort it" and laugh

I think she actually says Retaliate

Kotaku has no idea that Japan exists

kinda funny how you could turn it around, one could argue that it’s pretty insensitive to blast a japanese singer for mispronouncing an english word…..

I always understood "retarded" 😭

Honestly I heard retarded on a first listen. Didn't anger me, I found it hilarious, because I knew there was no way that's what it actually said lol.

Bit of research later & retort it came up. No anger, simple curiosity & humour.

I still hear “retaliate”

Genuine question, since when was the word retarded a slur? Isn’t it suppose to be like, a kid insult? Miles tamer than words like shit, fuck, bitch, you name it. I never understood this controversy because of this.

That's a literal medical term how tf can It be a slur

Since when is retarded a slur!? ITS LITTERALLY THE NAME OF THE MEDICAL CONDITION!!!

Retarded is not a slur in Japan. She's singing a song that was made by Benjamin Franklin and it was modified in Japan. She gets a pass.

I’m so glad game journalism is being replaced with artificial intelligence.

Yes it says that because that makes sense( this is why I’m a bagel)

Kotaku just learn engrish in persona games

Retard it works as well, Retard it means Slow it down

I THOUGHT THATS WHAT IT SAID TOO LMAO I knew it wasn’t but I remember being so confused and not knowing what else it could be 😭

I thought that the lyrics said retaliate

The game has much more controversies that are far more reasonable to get mad at, instead of a misunderstanding that could’ve easily been cleared up by just looking up the lyrics for the song

bruh r-word means a man/woman that has a disability

I just always assumed it was in a musical context and never thought twice

Cuz god forbid a japanese person doesnt speak english the exact same way we do

The Spotify lyrics say it’s retaliate 😭😭

Cucktaku

For another even worse instance of this listen the Mob Choirs pronunciation of the word "frustration" in their song "99.9"

Ngl, to this day still didn’t know what it said, I just knew I was wrong

Well, when I thought they said retarded, I thought they meant like go wild. I didn’t think it was anything bad really

Yeah, this controversy was retarded

Kotaku does not higher writers or journalists. Kotaku hires people like to stir drama for no reason, though. Long story made short, any information about games from journalists is completely worthless and should be treated with the same respect as the Joker from Batman having a consistent backstory.

Lmfaoooo I love this game even more now even though they definitely didn’t actually say the R word 😂😂😂

I refuse to believe a word kotaku says after the whole totk thing they did

Wait til Kotaku writers find out we still use the word retard in physics

The monent that company goes out of business and those game urinalist no longer able to ruin games the world will be a little bit better.