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Gee, it sure is boooring around here. Contributions in progress will go here, as well coding practice and other unfinished tidbits. :) For general editing, testing and blah. Nothing to see here, move along. == List of Mario related controversies ==

The following list consists of details regarding all major controversies relating to the Mario series. This article contains information which may be objective to personal views. As such, reader discretion is advised. (NOTE: THIS IS A DRAFT, for now I've copied all of the information currently present on the wiki and placed it here for editing. Thoughts or advice go here, not on the discussion page.)

Satanism
An issue arose over the English translation of WarioWare: Touched. The unlockable souvenir 'Turntable' allows various themes in the game to be listened to with similar functions to a record player, which includes the ability to speed up and slow down the music using the touch screen. However, If the record Ashley's Song is spun fast enough with the stylus, it causes the game to skip over large chunks of dialogue in the song. The controversy was with the first solo of the song, which when distorted is misheard as a demonic statement.

Eye of newt I cast a hex on you! Grandma's wig, this will make you big! Kitten spit, soon your pants won't fit! Pantalones giganticus! Oh no, not again.

These words form the sentence "Eye of grand this kitt soo pan", which can be misinterpreted as "I have granted kids to hell." Nintendo and Nintendo Power have both stated that it was simply a coincidence and that the words were distorted due to the game meshing pieces of the song together.

Mario Kills Tanooki
After the release of Super Mario 3D Land, PETA made a website and game to promote their anti-fur campaign ("Mario Kills Tanooki") with regard to the live skinning of raccoon dogs or tanukis. The site implied that Super Mario 3D Land was promoting the use of animal furs as clothing. This resulted in strong backlash from Nintendo and their fans. A spokesperson from PETA later claimed that their allegations were "tongue-in-cheek" and "a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur." This campaign received a lot of negative comments.

PETA even went so far as to create their own Mario-based browser game entitled "Super Tanooki Skin 2D". The game stars the character of Tanooki, a skinless animal who is chasing Mario to get his skin back. The game has the player dodge obstacles in order to catch up to the famous plumber, who is flying ahead of Tanooki, wearing his skin which is dripping with blood. When the player wins the game a message pops up and says that "The skin belongs to an animal!"

Mario Party 8
The game's launch in the United Kingdom was plagued by difficulties. Originally scheduled for release on June 22, 2007, Nintendo announced on June 19, 2007 that the English version had been delayed to July 13, 2007, due to a 'production issue.'

Furthermore, upon the release on July 13, 2007, the game was immediately recalled. In a press release, Nintendo gave the reason for the withdrawal as an assembly error, but some retailers (and Wikipedia) reported that it was reportedly withdrawn from shelves because some copies included a line which went "Magikoopa Magic! Turn the train spastic! Make this ticket tragic!" (as part of a magic spell used by a Magikoopa in the board Shy Guy's Perplex Express), "spastic" being considered a highly offensive word in the United Kingdom. Therefore, the game was banned in the UK. Copies without the word "spastic" used the word "erratic" instead. The game was eventually re-released in the United Kingdom on 3rd August 2007.

Sandbox
I tried to code this by memory, (The contents are utter nonsense)