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Nintendo Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Immoral’ Loot Boxes In Mario Kart Tour
Nintendo isn’t immune from the backlash against loot boxes, and now a recently filed lawsuit claims the video game company used “dark patterns” to trick younger players into spending money on Mario Kart Tour’s “immoral” microtransactions.
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The Mario Movie Is So Successful Disney’s Giving It Props
Disney to Universal, on the runaway success of The Super Mario Bros Movie: “I owe you an apology. I wasn’t really familiar with your game.”
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Sheesh, The Full Super Mario Bros. Movie Keeps Popping Up On Twitter
With Twitter struggling since Elon Musk was forced to buy the social media platform in October 2022, folks on the decaying Bird App have taken to posting entire films online thanks to the site’s stark lack of content moderation and safety, including the Chris Pratt-led The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
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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…