It’s a good job the people of Britain aren’t easily offended by mocking religion otherwise Gamestation’s newest promotional tool may not have gone down too well. We all know the nativity story, and we all know that nativity scene, but what would happen if that was replaced by the gaming icons we all know and love? This:

As voted in by customers of the store for who they would like to see playing each role in the nativity scene, you have Sackboy playing the baby Jesus, Zelda in the role of the Virgin Mary and Marcus Fenix as Joseph. The ‘Three Kings of Gaming’ replace the popular notion of Three Wise Men, and are played by Obi Wan Kenobi (who personally I don’t class as a games character…), Mario, and Solid Snake. To finish the scene off Yoshi plays the Donkey and Sonic takes up the role of a casual barnyard animal.

I don’t know about you but if I was a kid that hadn’t grown up knowing and learning about the nativity scene so much then this Gamestation one would scare the bejesus out of me. Understandably they can’t make the characters look exactly like their intended forms because of copyright but Yoshi’s eyes and face are already giving me the creeps…