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Mario Party 8 Recalled in the UK, For being so terrible

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Mario Gamer

Posted: Jul 15 2007, 01:51 AM

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Nintendo of Europe posted the following announcement on their website on July 13:

Mario Party 8 was launched in the UK today. Unfortunately we have discovered that a small number of games contain the wrong version of the disk due to an assembly error. We have therefore decided to recall all copies of the game from UK retailers so that this mistake can be corrected.

We will re-launch Mario Party 8 in the UK as soon as possible and will announce a new launch date shortly. We very much regret any inconvenience caused.

However, an online rumor indicates a possible alternate reason for the recall. The game contains the following incantation by Kamek:

Magikoopa magic!
Turn the train spastic!
Make this ticket tragic!

The inclusion of the word "spastic" resulted in a recall of Ubisoft's MindQuiz for Nintendo DS late last month after a woman publicly complained that the game had called her "Super Spastic." The term holds an offensive connotation in the UK, particularly with regard to those afflicted with cerebral palsy, a disease from which her son had recently died. The word is generally innocuous in North America, and highlights the care that must be taken during localization, even when the language doesn't change.

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Pikawil	Posted: Jul 16 2007, 04:02 PM
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ZeldaFreak108	Posted: Jul 16 2007, 04:15 PM
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Someguy	Posted: Jul 16 2007, 04:17 PM
and oh my god it’s YOURS Group: Members Posts: 4749 Member No.: 48 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	I was thinking at first that it was related to the phrase sounding like Kamek was trying to crash the train and kill everyone, rather then the word spastic relating to the condition her son had died of. I wonder if it'd be the equivalent of seeing a phrase like "retarded" in a Mario game over there. -------------------- -would like to borrow 800 some dollars to buy a book- Gunpei Yokoi in Credits - is being sadly neglected, sorry :( Refrence (details)(Design by Jay) Also available in classic(Drawn by Press Start) ignore this [Still an Operation Sam participant]

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Posted: Jul 16 2007, 04:22 PM

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QUOTE (Mario Gamer @ Jul 15 2007, 01:51 AM)

Had you going didn't I?

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rtsmarty	Posted: Jul 16 2007, 04:24 PM
Group: Members Posts: 17483 Member No.: 176 Joined: 8-December 03 Status: (0d)	So that's why my mum couldn't find it on Game.co.uk? Oh and Spastic is also caused an AWFUL Johnny Bravo overdub where this little dude says "Man you're spaz" and it got VERY BADLY dubbed to "Man you're stupid". I'm not sure if that was UK only but this article suggests to me that it probably was. This post has been edited by artee on Jul 16 2007, 04:31 PM

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Posted: Jul 16 2007, 05:32 PM

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QUOTE (Mario Gamer @ Jul 15 2007, 01:51 AM)

Had you going didn't I?

No. This is even worse than your "New Mario Movie" thread.

QUOTE (artee @ Jul 16 2007, 04:24 PM)

So that's why my mum couldn't find it on Game.co.uk?

Oh and Spastic is also caused an AWFUL Johnny Bravo overdub where this little dude says "Man you're spaz" and it got VERY BADLY dubbed to "Man you're stupid". I'm not sure if that was UK only but this article suggests to me that it probably was.

I think they changed it in America too for whatever reason.

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Posted: Jul 16 2007, 05:45 PM

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QUOTE (Draku @ Jul 16 2007, 10:58 PM)

people, pay attention to the first post's ending

I'm quite sure he was referring to his "For being so terrible" remark.

At least I assumed so.

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Posted: Jul 17 2007, 02:28 AM

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QUOTE (Mario Gamer @ Jul 15 2007, 01:51 AM)

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:laugh: Had you going didn't I?

oh god that avatar scares me

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Posted: Jul 17 2007, 02:29 AM

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I love how some people react in such an offended manner to some of the least offensive things on the planet.

Just had to fix some grammar errors.

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Posted: Jul 17 2007, 02:33 AM

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QUOTE (Draku @ Jul 16 2007, 02:58 PM)

people, pay attention to the first post's ending

We did. So?

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Posted: Jul 17 2007, 03:40 AM

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QUOTE (Draku @ Jul 16 2007, 04:58 PM)

people, pay attention to the first post's ending

Yeah, I was talking about for it being so terrible.

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Posted: Jul 17 2007, 04:10 AM

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QUOTE (Mario Gamer @ Jul 17 2007, 03:40 AM)

Yeah, I was talking about for it being so terrible.

Oh, okay. I didn't realize that because you provided no source and it seemed like a ridiculous reason to recall it.

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Mario Gamer

Posted: Jul 17 2007, 04:13 AM

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QUOTE (Draku @ Jul 17 2007, 04:10 AM)

Oh, okay. I didn't realize that because you provided no source and it seemed like a ridiculous reason to recall it.

This is my source.As stated in the first post. It just wasn't linked.

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Posted: Jul 17 2007, 12:20 PM

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Rumor, rumor, rumor. it's only a rumooor because Ubisoft had to recall their game because it had spastic in it.

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