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The official Nintendo account just tweeted that, in Japan, the foreman character in the NES game Wrecking Crew<\/em> will be renamed from \u201cBlackie\u201d to \u201cSpike\u201d in games and The Super Mario Bros.<\/em> movie. This change was already made in the U.S. and EU versions of the original game, likely because Spike\u2019s original Japanese name\u2026<\/p>\n

Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – kotaku.com<\/p>\n

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The official Nintendo account just tweeted that, in Japan, the foreman character in the NES game Wrecking Crew will be renamed from \u201cBlackie\u201d to \u201cSpike\u201d 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\u2019s original Japanese name\u2026 Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28097,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[5292,13,1261],"class_list":["post-28096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nintendo","category-pc","tag-account","tag-nintendo","tag-official"],"yoast_head":"\nNintendo Renamed This Super Mario Bros. Movie Character, Possibly To Avoid Racism | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Nintendo Renamed This Super Mario Bros. 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