Nintendo announced, through its official Twitter account in Japan, that it will change the name of a character from the game Super Mario Bros. before releasing the character's new film in the Asian country.
According to the company, the character's name, which was originally called Blackie, may incite racism. To resolve this, he will now be called Spike. The change has already been made in the European Union and the United States.
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“The character name Blackie, which appears in the Family Computer Wrecking Crew software, will be changed to Spike, which is the same as the name in Europe and the United States,” said the company in the note posted on the network. Social.
The character Spike first appeared in a Super Mario Bros. in 1985. In the story, Spike is a taskmaster who tries to stop Mario and his brother, Luigi, from completing some missions.
In the franchise games, the character is already called Spike in most countries, with the exception of some countries that still use the “Blackie” nomenclature, as was the case in Japan.
In the new film that tells the adventures of Mario, Luigi and their friends, Spike appears as the former boss of the two brothers, who led them when they were builders. Mario and Luigi then leave the profession to become plumbers, starting the entire saga already known in the games and now told in the movie.
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