Australian flag cost more than other country flags in a game from New Zealand
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9701311
A little joke by the New Zealand based gaming studio Ninja Kiwi.
- The game is called Bloon Tower Defense 6.
- The flags don't have an game play impact it is just cosmetic / decoration.
- The money to buy the flags can be earned by playing. No real life money involved.
Here I thought you were calling the Monkey Village Banana Flag the Australian flag... Now that would've been gold
I don't want to be the person that declares a war to Australia.
Haha is this a play on the stereotype of software being super expensive in Australia? Or just a more general ribbing?
It was more a ribbing thing. But there is no offical statement from the devs though.
Afaik software isn't any more expensive in aus? We do pirate it more tho. Ninjakiwi (the devs) are probably just "ribbing" (is ribbing common in nz? I've never heard it before.)
I seem to remember memes from years back showing various software with a 50%+ higher cost in AUD than buying in the US when converting AUD to USD. That was a long time ago, though.
I think when used in context, most NZ born and raised would know what I meant by "ribbing". Not sure if it's that common anymore, though. It is in the dictionary, so I can be sure I didn't make it up.