My lord people love discrediting things they have a problem with, logical or otherwise:
I'd be more worried about people who think Wikipedia is a reliable source of unbiased expert testimony in any given field. I mean if your argument relies on something written on a site which has been reporting the death of Vernon Kay all week, I'm thinking you're struggling for good evidence.
The Japanese due to their culture are not so easily offended (re: lazy sue-happy in-it-for-the-monney grubbers).
Well of course, it's not as though Nintendo has divisions in the US, UK, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Spain, Germany, et al.
Did no one read the article?
Don't be silly. All they need is a ridiculously skewed eight word summary from someone who either didn't read it himself or didn't understand it, and they're off.