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Nintendo Renamed This Super Mario Bros. Movie Character, Possibly To Avoid Racism
The official Nintendo account just tweeted that, in Japan, the foreman character in the NES game Wrecking Crew will be renamed from “Blackie” to “Spike” in games and The Super Mario Bros. movie. This change was already made in the U.S. and EU versions of the original game, likely because Spike’s original Japanese name could…
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Mario’s Theme Song Is Being Preserved Alongside Led Zeppelin, Madonna Albums
The National Recording Registry, part of the Library of Congress, is a collection of songs and scores that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”. This is the stuff, selected by experts and historians, that will be stored and preserved so that future generations can listen to…
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Jack Black Continues Super Mario Bros. Movie Dominance By Owning Cast At Mario Kart
By now the gaming community has reached critical mass when it comes to online discussions surrounding the Super Mario Bros. Movie. While we can debate whether or not the film’s legacy will be etched into the annals of video game history as the most expensive crowd-pleasing advertisement committed to film, the Mario movie’s Hollywood cast…
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Miyamoto’s Best Stories And Takes From The Super Mario Bros. Movie Media Blitz
The wait is finally over: The Super Mario Bros. Movie is out. The journey here has been filled with some of the best side-splitting memes, ingenious ad campaigns, and revealing method acting from Illumination Entertainment’s star-studded Hollywood cast. However, the Super Mario Bros. movie brouhaha has been significantly lacking sound bites from Mario creator Shigeru…