As many of you may know, the legal dispute between Epic y Apple keep going. Well, today we receive undoubtedly interesting statements related in this case to Fortnite.
These words come from Matthew Weissinger, Epic’s chief marketing officer, who has been on the stand today and part of his cross-examination with his attorney has focused on the peculiar Banana Agent of the Battle Royale. Apparently, this popular character has been the subject of controversy today.
It all started when lawyer from Epic he mentioned this character with the following sentence: “We have a big yellow banana here in a tuxedo.” “Yes,” Weissinger replied. “That’s Banana.”
“And actually, in the tux, he’s known as Agent Banano, correct?” Added the lawyer. “That’s correct,” Weissinger said.
The conversation got even stranger next, as no one knew where they wanted to go. And it is that the lawyer added the following: «In Epic they thought that It was better to wear a suit than to have a naked bananaas we are in federal court this morning. ” Interest in highlighting that the banana is wearing a suit is unknown, although it is suspected that this is a reference to Apple calling the independent game store itch.io “offensive” last week.
“There could be an implication that showing Banano without a suit would have been inappropriate, remember?” The lawyer asked Weissinger. “Is there anything inappropriate about Peely without clothes?” Added the lawyer to his question, showing an image of Banano without a suit in court. Weissinger concluded the conversation by stating when faced with these questions that “Just a banana, ma’am.”.
With this, they seem to be trying to show that in Epic they are not scandalized by this type of absurd controversy such as showing a banana character without clothes, unlike what happens in other companies. What do you think?
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