Mario Party 8 only hit shops on Friday after being delayed but Nintendo will now whip every last copy back off shelves after the "wrong version" of the game founds its way into retail.
"[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," reads the official Nintendo website.
By "wrong version" Nintendo means the version that contains the word 'spastic' in its script. At one point in the game the blue wizard known as Kamek says: "Magikoopa magic! Turn the train spastic! Make this ticket tragic!" God knows what he's trying to say, but it was supposed to be removed from the game before its launch.
Nintendo has yet to confirm when the game will be re-launched, saying that it will make an announcement soon.
"We very much regret any inconvenience caused."
Mario Party 8 is the second title to recently be pulled from shelves due to the appearance of the word "spastic" in-game. Ubisoft had to move quickly to withdraw PSP and DS game Mind Quiz following complaints over the appearance of "super spastic", a label given to players performing poorly in the game.
i bought the game sat, but have yet to play on it yet, i doubt id notice if the s word was used, working in retail as well i can also say this game sold a hell of a lot over the weekend....
I just can't believe that 2 games in as many months have been withdrawn for having the word 'spastic' in them.
The other was one of these brain training games last month, which, if you did particularly bad, rated you as a 'spastic'. Way to boost your kids self-esteem.
I think this recall was warranted. I once had a friend who was a train, and he turned spastic a few years ago. What if he plays this game? Very offensive.
Should be withdrawn just for being fecking gibberish...
Much like your reply?
Not really. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent chap but I'm buggered if I know what "Magikoopa magic! Turn the train spastic! Make this ticket tragic!" means...
well that's a turn around. maybe it's because nintendo wouldn't licence manhunt 2 with its AO certificate, now they've got to ban one of their own titles on non pc grounds. i believe if the character in mario party had said scopey, it would've been ok. it's now called the scope society, not the spastics society! anyway who cares it's a retarded game anyhow.
Another triumph for the thought police! Honestly, I'm offended by P.C. attitude whiners, along with most of the country, but no one bans them.
Still, I'm glad parents won't expose their kids to this kind of thing, after all they'll never hear the word 'Spastic' as a dirogetory term in the playground after all.
This news was announced over the weekend, yet you can still buy the game from supermarkets, like Tesco's etc. Maybe they are recalling only the copies of the game from proper gameshops like Game.
I do believe that it is still on the Play.com website, it was yesterday, anyway.
maybe the copies with spastic in it will sell for heaps, coz they'll be rare, and a laugh. it kinda ruins the innocence of the mario party series. oh well, hopefully they'll stop making them...
lol, its terrible that things like this cost companies a fortune and of course the costs end up being passed to the consumer in some form or other.
Its more than like a legitimate mistake and its common japanese games have lost/gained a lot in their translation in the past - Continental Circus anyone?( racing game lol )
If ur a parent, i wouldn't worry, the way kids are today they'll play the game for an afternoon, discover it s**t, & will selling it in gamestation to buy a wrap of coke or a bag of weed from the drug dealer round the back of the garages in the park.... ahh bless 'em.
Well I actually find the word quite offensive (kids at school used to call me spastic because I have a muscle weakness)and I think it was right to recall the game. So, while some of you guys seem to think it's a pretty funny thing to joke about, forgive me for not finding the humour in it!
Must we take offence at every word in the English language?
unfortunately,yes. i find your comment ironic as EVERY word you used offends me,who do i whinge to to force a total retraction and get this guy banned for insulting MY sensibilities?
I think we find the word 'spastic' funny because these days, kids are already going around using all sorts of swear words, so such rare words such as 'spastic' make us feel good that we have used an under used offensive remark. Makes us feel whitty...
Well I actually find the word quite offensive (kids at school used to call me spastic because I have a muscle weakness)and I think it was right to recall the game. So, while some of you guys seem to think it's a pretty funny thing to joke about, forgive me for not finding the humour in it!
Everyone gets called names at schools. Lets ban the words fat, fatty, four eyed, skiddy pants, skinny (the one which I used to get called, along with hippy for my long hair - funny that though considering I ended up killing people for a living), ginger, lardy, tosser (ironically true though for most young lads, along with w****r) etc....
Then there's jesus freak if you wore sandals, shortbottom for the vertically challenged.
My favourite one was 'thick t**t', although I had to point out that it was just a general insult against stupid people, I wasn't suggesting that they were a fat labia...
and now gay means crap which means ghey or g-hey and has nothing to do with tuppence licking or botting at all. Hell, even botter means something different in an online FPS. Christ!
I do wish some people would actually stand back and think about what the word actually is used to describe and THEN think if you had a family member with this condition. It was on my local Radio station where a Mother lost her young son who would be considered this so you can imagine the grief this would have caused especially when she was playing a game to try and take her mind off her loss.
It was on my local Radio station where a Mother lost her young son who would be considered this so you can imagine the grief this would have caused especially when she was playing a game to try and take her mind off her loss.
Spastic isn't an offensive word, it's a medical definition.
Another nail in the coffin of the English language.
Not as much as Nintendo using it out of context, in a sentance that made no sense - On those grounds alone, it was right to recall the game in my eyes. All good and well getting your haunces up against the PC brigade, and I'll go with you on the brain training game, but this... Eh, should've hired better translators!
It was on my local Radio station where a Mother lost her young son who would be considered this so you can imagine the grief this would have caused especially when she was playing a game to try and take her mind off her loss.
yeh but thats very, very unlikely
Just goes to show how unlikely something is, It can and sometimes happens. As in this case just ask BBC Radio Ulster and Nintendo of America(I know not sure why she rang them) But in the end it was the Radio station that got somewhere.
Spastic isn't an offensive word, it's a medical definition.
Another nail in the coffin of the English language.
Not as much as Nintendo using it out of context, in a sentance that made no sense - On those grounds alone, it was right to recall the game in my eyes. All good and well getting your haunces up against the PC brigade, and I'll go with you on the brain training game, but this... Eh, should've hired better translators!
It's not actually used out of context. Spastic does not mean a cripple or whatever most people seem to think it does. It all to do with impaired movement, stiffness and resistance to passive movement. Alternatively, it can describe something subject to spams. I myself suffer from Myoclonic jerks, frequently referred to as spazzy moments by my beloved wife It's no big deal, just part of my PTSD; my reward for being such a super war hero
Ever tried typing with cold hands? You could easily describe yourself as having spastic hands and be totally correct. NO BIG DEAL!
I take your point though mate, it's just a shame that the english language gets so much flak when used correctly.
Anyway, Artificial Idiot, you artificial idiot you
maybe the copies with spastic in it will sell for heaps, coz they'll be rare, and a laugh.
Just get ANY COPY OF THE US version if you like the word "spastic" so much. They love that word, along with calling people retards. And lame. And dumb. And so many other disability-centric insults.
I think this is because the natural state of American people is gross stupidity. So they have to rely on disability in order to point out that a person is stupider than average.
Personally, I like that they're replacing the word "spastic" with "erratic"; it's more descriptive and accurate. And I like that us UK people are using a more inventive different set of offensive words than the Americans. They never get the best, most colourful ones.
maybe the copies with spastic in it will sell for heaps, coz they'll be rare, and a laugh.
Just get ANY COPY OF THE US version if you like the word "spastic" so much. They love that word, along with calling people retards. And lame. And dumb. And so many other disability-centric insults.
I think this is because the natural state of American people is gross stupidity. So they have to rely on disability in order to point out that a person is stupider than average.
Personally, I like that they're replacing the word "spastic" with "erratic"; it's more descriptive and accurate. And I like that us UK people are using a more inventive different set of offensive words than the Americans. They never get the best, most colourful ones.
It's not actually used out of context. Spastic does not mean a cripple or whatever most people seem to think it does. It all to do with impaired movement, stiffness and resistance to passive movement. Alternatively, it can describe something subject to spams. I myself suffer from Myoclonic jerks, frequently referred to as spazzy moments by my beloved wife It's no big deal, just part of my PTSD; my reward for being such a super war hero
Ever tried typing with cold hands? You could easily describe yourself as having spastic hands and be totally correct. NO BIG DEAL!
I take your point though mate, it's just a shame that the english language gets so much flak when used correctly.
Anyway, Artificial Idiot, you artificial idiot you
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