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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. :) | | Gee, it sure is boooring around here. Contributions in progress will go here, as well coding practice and other unfinished tidbits. :)</includeonly> |
| For general editing, testing and blah. Nothing to see here, [[special:random|move along]]. == <big>List of ''Mario'' related controversies</big> == | | For general editing, testing and blah. Nothing to see here, [[special:random|move along]]. |
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| 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 [[user talk:GBAToad|here]], not on the discussion page.)'''''
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| ==Implied Themes==
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| ===Satanism===
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| An issue arose over the English translation of ''[[WarioWare: Touched]]'', specifically regarding [[Ashley's Song]]. In ''WarioWare: Touched'', the 'Turntable' souvenir allows various themes from 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 and distort the lyrics.
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| The controversy was with the first solo of the song when distorted: <br>
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| <blockquote>'''Eye of''' newt I cast a hex on you!<br>
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| '''Grand'''ma's wig, '''this''' will make you big!<br>
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| '''Kitt'''en spit, '''soo'''n your pants won't fit!<br>
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| '''Pan'''talones giganticus! Oh no, not again.</blockquote>
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| 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.<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' 193: 12, July [[2005]].</ref>
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| === Birdo ===
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| ===Animal Cruelty===
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| ====Mario Kills Tanooki====
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| After the release of ''Super Mario 3D Land'', The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released a website titled "Mario Kills Tanooki" and an accompanying flash game to promote their anti-fur campaign with regard to the live skinning of raccoon dogs or tanukis. The game, entitled "Super Tanooki Skin 2D", 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!" The site implied that ''Super Mario 3D Land'' was promoting the use of animal furs as clothing by allowing [[Mario]] to use the Tanooki Suit as a power-up, and included additional information about animal skinning.
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| This resulted in strong backlash from Nintendo, who released a statement concerning the issue:<ref>http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-15-nintendo-responds-to-peta-mario-pro-fur-claim:</ref>
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| <blockquote>"Mario often takes the appearance of certain animals and objects in his games.
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| These have included a frog, a penguin, a balloon and even a metallic version of himself. These lighthearted and whimsical transformations give Mario different abilities and make his games fun to play.
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| The different forms that Mario takes make no statement beyond the games themselves."</blockquote>
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| 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." The website is still active as of 2013-05-10.
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| ==Recalls==
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| ===Mario Party 8===
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| 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.<ref>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/20/mario-late-to-his-own-party-in-uk/</ref>
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| Furthermore, upon the release on July 13, 2007, the game was immediately recalled. In a press release, Nintendo gave the reason for the withdrawal:
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| <blockquote>"Unfortunately we have discovered that a small number of games contain the wrong version of the disk due to an assembly error".</blockquote>
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| Multiple retailers reported that it was reportedly withdrawn from shelves because some copies included a line as part of a magic spell used by a [[Magikoopa]] in the board [[Shy Guy's Perplex Express]]):
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| <blockquote>"[[Magikoopa]] Magic! Turn the train [[wikipedia:Spastic|spastic]]! Make this ticket tragic!"</blockquote>
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| Due to "spastic" being considered a highly offensive word in the United Kingdom, the game was declared banned. The game was eventually re-released in the United Kingdom on 3rd August 2007, with the offensive statement altered. Copies without the word "spastic" use the word "erratic" instead.
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| ==Lawsuits==
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| ===Universal Studios===
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| Approximately nine months after the original [[Donkey Kong]] game was marketed in 1981, [[wikipedia:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] filed a complaint against [[Nintendo]] and their production companies alleging that that the Donkey Kong name, character and story were similar to that of the character [[wikipedia:King Kong|King Kong]] (which had been recently acquired by Universal in 1976). Coleco and Atari promptly settled and offered to pay three percent of all profits made from the game, however Nintendo refused to settle and resisted all offers from Universal.
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| In 1983, Universal ordered 'cease and desist' letters to all of Nintendo's licencees, ordering that the companies either stop production or obtain licences from Universal.
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| ==References==
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| ==Sandbox== | | ==Sandbox== |
| | | ===Project=== |
| I tried to code this by memory, (The contents are utter nonsense)
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| {|class="expandable" style="border:1px solid gray; width:100%" | | {|class="expandable" style="border:1px solid gray; width:100%" |
| !align=center|Controversy | | !align=center|Galleries |
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| |General dot-points I've scribbled in random places about the new article. I'm keen to take on this project. The concept is really interesting, but don't take any of these ideas seriously. Just brainstorming here, and I'm only one person. Anyone who wishes to begin a collaboration on the forum should do it, no questions asked (unless you must ask questions). I actually can't create an account just yet, so I can't organize one myself (which I apologize for). | | |Galleries not organised to this standard (Note: Unfinished) |
| | | ''Major re-organizing:'' Has issues such as heading placement, heading name and size, or the lack of center-aligned galleries. |
| Topics (main headings marked with '==')? Imagery is one, anything to do with Mario's reputation could go here. Lawsuits is another, any claims against Nintendo about its systems/Mario would go here.
| | {|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border:1px solid gray; width:100% border-collapse:collapse" |
| Obviously the Ashley's Song, Mario Party 8 and Tanooki Suit controversies must be included.
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| Ashley's Song
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| *Provides enough detail in the original, however updated references would be appropriate.
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| *Perhaps an .ogg file of the song?
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| Mario Party 8
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| *Screen of the message would be excellent.
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| *'Plagued by difficulties.' The article only lists two.
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| Mario Kills Tanooki
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| *This one needs citations and quotes from Nintendo. It seems to mainly cover the PETA side of the controversy in detail, but not the backlash from Nintendo 'and their fans'. Perhaps include the full quote from the spokesperson, and Nintendo. A few images would be suitable, but not a full-fledged walk-through of the game. This game could perhaps be mentioned on Glowsquid's proposed article as well.
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| Other Controversies
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| *Well, I can only think of the recent PETA/KFC flash game that uses similar game play to the New Super Mario Bros series.
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| *Birdo's Gender. I wouldn't even know how to begin. There needs to be official statements from Nintendo included, contradictions in her appearances (Captain Rainbow/Super Mario Bros 2) and <u>no opinions or speculation</u>, the entire topic is rife with it.
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| *The DK/King Kong one would be easy to add, I think the 'Shroom did a section about it once. Obviously un-biasing it is important.
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| *Recently, one has popped up about the 3DS and Sony.
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]||Needs official section names, lacks center-aligned gallery, |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Country]]||Needs logos section, heading size is incorrect. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]||Needs official sections, heading size is incorrect. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]||Needs official sections, heading size is incorrect. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Country Returns]]||Lacks center-aligned gallery, heading size is incorrect, reorder sections. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]||Needs official section names, split Boxart/Logos, slight reorder. |
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| | |[[Gallery:DK: Jungle Climber]]||Needs official sections, heading size is incorrect, lacks center-aligned gallery, reorganization of images. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Mario Pinball Land]]||Remove Misc? Split Boxart/Logos, reorder sections, lacks center-aligned gallery (some places). |
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| | |[[Gallery:New Super Mario Bros.]]||Needs official section names, slight reorder. |
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| | ''Minor re-organizing:'' Minor movement of headings, splitting Boxart/Logos, minor issues. Practically fine otherwise. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Jr. (game)]]||Lacks logos section. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Diddy Kong Racing]]||Merge Misc. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Land]]||Heading size. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Donkey Kong Land 2]]||Heading size, slight reorder. |
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| | |[[Gallery:DK: King of Swing]]||Split Boxart/Logos, slight reorder. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Mario Bros. (game)]]||Lacks center-aligned gallery. |
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| | |[[Gallery:New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]||Split Boxart/Logos. |
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| | |[[Gallery:New Super Mario Bros. 2]]||Split Boxart/Logos. (Misc. is fine in this case.) |
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| | |[[Gallery:New Super Mario Bros. U]]||Merge Misc, Split Boxart/Logos. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Game & Wario]]||Reorder sections. |
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| | |[[Gallery:Pushmo]]||Slight reorder. |
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| | ===Unfinished Sig=== |
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| | !align=center|*shrugs* |
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| | |<span style="border: solid 1px #000; border-radius:10px; padding:3px; background:{{gradient|#60C|#66C|0.01|0.99}}"> <span style="border: solid 1px #003; border-radius:5px; background:#99FFFF;"> '''''[[user:GBAToad|<span style="font-family:arial; color:#0000BE">GBAToad</span>]]''''' </span> <sup>[[File:GBA A.png|x35px|link=User talk:GBAToad]]</sup>[[File:GBA B.png|x35px|link=Special:Contributions/GBAToad]]</span> |
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