Oh PETA, you 
crazy kids. First, you get the gaming world up in arms by squaring off against one of its most-loved characters. Then, when the backlash hits, you quickly claim the whole thing was “tongue-in-cheek.”
After slamming Nintendo icon Mario for wearing a ‘Tanooki’ suit in his latest game, the animal rights organization says the outcry, which included the creation of a disturbing parody video game called “Super Tanooki Skin 2D,” was just a publicity stunt.
Chris Morris: Journalist 
I think I’ll go to China and join a Tanooki-skinning operation, y’know, as a joke back to PETA. Then again, considering PETA has actually killed more animals than it has saved, maybe that was their goal this whole time.