AC promotes bad behaviour?

[J087]

What are they trying to pull here, making her catchphrase "Ruffian"?

A ruffian is a rogue with no consideration for the law.
Or are they adding a hidden reference to drugs?

 

[Big Forum User]

It's a dog, right?
And dogs go ruff?
RUFFian?

 

[Neriifur]

Yeah the pun is "ruff" because she's a dog. lol (or he)

 

[420blazeityoloswag4jesus]

lol I don't see the bad behavior here..?

 

[radical6]

acnl is bad and corrupts children

 

[hemming1996]

acnl is bad and corrupts children

*EVERYONE'S GAME DATA

i dont see the bad part srsly
''ruff''ian
get it, shes a dog and dogs say ruff

hmm now you dont say

 

[J087]

The game has 20 different dogs in its history. One goes "woo woof" while another goes "bow-WOW", but more than half of them have a catchphrase that has zero reference to what a dog would say. Surely they could have picked something much better and less offensive than "ruffian".

 

[radical6]

The game has 20 different dogs in its history. One goes "woo woof" while another goes "bow-WOW", but more than half of them have a catchphrase that has 0 reference to what a dog would say. Surely they could have picked something much better, and less offensive, then "ruffian".

i agree what kind of catchphrase is ruffian ?? acnl is promoting drugs and is encouraging stealing

 

[Miss_Alex]

OP are you for real?

 

[420blazeityoloswag4jesus]

In all honesty, I don't see how they're trying to hide a secret reference here.
She says "ruffian" because she's a dog, not because she's a criminal >.>

 

[HannahTheBudgie]

Awww Portia, she was my bff in WW ^_^

 

[Ebony Claws]

Hey I can't blame you guys. Portia is a demon. You can't trust her. That's why I kicked her out of my town in Wild World. She's rude, she's nasty, she's terrible.

But in all seriousness, it was most likely just a joke.
(Maybe it doesn't have that harsh of a definition in Japan...? Just a guess.)

 

[ForgottenT]

Yeah how dare they, I'm so gonna go take drugs, and rob a bank, because of that catchphrase.

 

[J087]

Stop going off-topic. Point is that the game has done a lot to avoid any references to offensive content. Allowing this kind of wordplay is a missed opportunity in my opinion. Ambiguity should be avoided when you operate on a world-wide scale.

 

[Ebony Claws]

I looked up a few definitions and now I think it's hilarious! "ruff?" "ruffian?" Ha! It may be a little nudge that Portia is not all that she seems...

But seriously, no kid's going to take it out of context and go rob a bank because Portia's catchphrase just happens to contain a word that relates to gangsters.

 

[420blazeityoloswag4jesus]

Ruffian also means untidy/unapproachable person.. could it be that because she's an arrogant snooty villager, she's also technically a ruffian? just a thought.

Don't dwell on it too much.

 

[estypest]

Hmm well, when I started playing AC WW, my first ever experience of animal crossing, I first spoke to Portia and when she kept saying "Ruffian" I thought I was being hazed as a human amongst the animals of the village, I expected the next animal to call me "peasant" or something.. ahem ..

 

[Neriifur]

The things people get offended by. lol.

 

[Salem]

not sure if serious...

 

[Dreamy Luigi]

She's a dog...
Ruff