A fan-petition for Nintendo to incorporate a personality named after Robin Williams, who died earlier this week, has to date collected virtually 90,000 signatures.
Nintendo tonight responded to Polygon’s request for touch upon the Change.org petition, which asks that Nintendo title one among its non-player characters ‘Robin’ within the subsequent Zelda recreation.
Williams, who had not too long ago been identified with a severe sickness and suffered from Melancholy, took his personal life on Monday. He had been a eager fan of Nintendo video games and named his daughter, Zelda, after The Legend of Zelda.
At this level, Nintendo has declined to make any dedication to the petition.
“Robin Williams was beloved at Nintendo.” provided a Nintendo spokesperson. “Our hearts exit to his whole household, and particularly to Zelda Williams who we have labored with a number of occasions.
“We recognize the outpouring of help from the gaming neighborhood, and listen to the request of followers to honor him in a future recreation. We is not going to be discussing what could be potential for future video games throughout this tough time, however we’ll maintain our recollections of Robin shut.”
The petition, organized by Nick Schaedel, asks that Nintendo “please take into account naming an NPC within the new Legend of Zelda recreation after Robin Williams. It was a sequence he beloved, and it is a small tribute to an important man.”
Actor Zelda Williams, 25, has labored with Nintendo on varied promotional workout routines, and is a eager online game participant. In 2013 Nintendo introduced that it’s engaged on a brand new Wii U Zelda recreation for Wii U, as a result of be launched subsequent yr.
On the petition web page, Schaedel states, “If Nintendo does do that, it will be an sudden however fantastic final result. If Nintendo takes another motion and even simply posts a press release … that can also be an exquisite final result. If Nintendo does not do something, then this petition merely stands as a mirrored image of a lesser-known means that Mr Williams touched the lives of many individuals. That is high-quality too.”
Earlier this week Blizzard acknowledged that it’s contemplating the same request by World of Warcraft followers.