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Does this mean something in Englishy English? I'm sure there just using the US translation, and it doesn't mean anything here...
Spastic is basically a byword for retard in the UK. Its a fairly common playground insult for anyone who exhibits stupidity.
Over in the UK it gets used as an offensive term for the physically or mentally handicapped. I've heard it used a few times by Americans, but its mostly a British thing.
Can I use this as an excuse to link to an Ian Dury video. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4NiFnDhrrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4NiFnDhrrA
Trotskii: Of course you can post links to Ian Dury videos here. That song especially. That guy was awesome.
wait, so "spastic" was the bad word? They had to recall Mario Party 8 in the UK because of the word SPASTIC? you brits really are fucking crazy.
Is that Kamek using abusive words? Yes, I think it is indeed the evil genius, four eyed magician. Interesting story about Kamek, Nintendo had big plans for him, he was one of the main characters in Mariokart 64 but was later taken out for unknown reasons.
It's now clear that he was taken out due to his unacceptable offensive language.
Kamek was also one of the main characters in the classic Super Mario Bros cartoon, (which as we all know had the most amazing voice acting, a standard yet to be beaten in terms of utter shitness) and again he was later taken out.
I for one, think it's about time Kamek took back his natural position as one of Nintendo's main characters, Donkey Kong has become an endorser of gimmicks, Link only comes out to play every two years, kirby needs it's head smashed in, Pickachu is so 20th century, and the whole Animal Crossing thing has creepy undertones of the Wicker Man, and you wouldn't get Mario calling anyone a spastic...and this is why Kamek rules, the Kamek revolution starts here fools.
It's now clear that he was taken out due to his unacceptable offensive language.
Kamek was also one of the main characters in the classic Super Mario Bros cartoon, (which as we all know had the most amazing voice acting, a standard yet to be beaten in terms of utter shitness) and again he was later taken out.
I for one, think it's about time Kamek took back his natural position as one of Nintendo's main characters, Donkey Kong has become an endorser of gimmicks, Link only comes out to play every two years, kirby needs it's head smashed in, Pickachu is so 20th century, and the whole Animal Crossing thing has creepy undertones of the Wicker Man, and you wouldn't get Mario calling anyone a spastic...and this is why Kamek rules, the Kamek revolution starts here fools.
It would be way cooler if you were supposed to turn the train retarded. I assume that would involve going back in time and encouraging the train's mother to drink while she was pregnant.
With "make this ticket tragic," and being on a train setting, I assumed it was going to be about the London bombings.
It's a perfectly useable adverb just because they faled unglish.
Although, there's even a charity that changed their name from "The Spastic Society" to avoid this sort of thing, it was once acceptable.
I kinda just wanted to right the spastic society heheheheee
Although, there's even a charity that changed their name from "The Spastic Society" to avoid this sort of thing, it was once acceptable.
I kinda just wanted to right the spastic society heheheheee
I never want to hear another Brit complaining about how we Americans are too PC. Next to be banned in the UK will be Cooking Mama for including recipes using ginger. yeesh.
Anyone called a spaz or spazmo or spastic in the UK is basically being called a vegetable, a retard, a cretin, possibly with poor motor skills. While we could argue that there are many intelligent disabled people, that is the connotation implied when someone says the word. There used to be a "Spastics Society" charity in the UK which changed its name to Scope for that reason.
I don't pin any malice on Nintendo if they used it in a game except to question who the hell they are employing to localise their content.
I don't pin any malice on Nintendo if they used it in a game except to question who the hell they are employing to localise their content.
Hahaha awesome pics there.
@Pangloss - hahaha I laughed hard. I hope you meant for me to read it as Fenix Downs.
@Pangloss - hahaha I laughed hard. I hope you meant for me to read it as Fenix Downs.
Surely the issue is that the minigame involves making the train 'spastic', and thus twitch about a lot on the track... causing the ticket to become 'tragic', as it derails and careers through the mushroom kingdom killing countless identical mushroom npcs while they flee for their stupid, annoying lives? Dude, I'd actually buy a wii for this.
Coming soon: Mario and Sonic at the special olympics.
Seriously though, while Nintendo seriously need to look at whoever is localising their UK content (and please, stop making shitty Mario Party games, thanks) the question is who is actually getting offended by this unfortunate but correct use of English? The many, many differently abled people I have enjoyed the company of are no doubt far too busy being wonderful, charming, rewarding and altogether lovely people to really give a shit.
Coming soon: Mario and Sonic at the special olympics.
Seriously though, while Nintendo seriously need to look at whoever is localising their UK content (and please, stop making shitty Mario Party games, thanks) the question is who is actually getting offended by this unfortunate but correct use of English? The many, many differently abled people I have enjoyed the company of are no doubt far too busy being wonderful, charming, rewarding and altogether lovely people to really give a shit.
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