Although this only affects Japan.
No one can deny that Mario is one of the most important players in the video game industry, and it is that, taking into account everything he has given us over the years, as well as being one of those responsible for saving our sector in its At the moment, we have many things to thank this very particular plumber. Now, curiously, the Super Mario franchise is experiencing a “boom” of popularity, mainly due to the premiere of the film in this universe, which has managed to make fans fall in love, a moment that Nintendo has taken advantage of to announce the name change of one of his characters.
Do not be alarmed, because we are not going to see how the name of Mario, Luigi or some of the main characters is changed, what’s more, this change is not going to affect us at all, and this character is will only change name in Japanand then we tell you the reason.
Spike is the protagonist of this story
As reported by the Japanese Nintendo account, in the game Wrecking Crew (a game that would be nice to be included in the Nintendo Switch Online) we met Spike for the first time, who he was the boss of Mario and Luigi, and who we have also seen in the Super Mario movie. The problem comes when you find out that this was not the name that the character had in the country of the rising sun.
ファミリーコンピュータ向けソフト『レッキングクルー』などに登場するキャラクター「ブ㍩ー名称を、欧米での名称と同じ「スパイク」に変更いたします。なお、2023年4月28日に公開・れザるゼマリオブラザーズ・ムービー』での名称も、同様に「スパイク」となっています。 pic.twitter.com/HhTXEOmzxn
– 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) April 20, 2023
Over there, this character’s name was “Blackie”, which is quite out of tune with the rest of the world. For this reason, Nintendo has decided to permanently change the name Spike around the globe, including, of course, Japan. Of course, we do not know the exact reason behind this change, since being a very secondary character in the Mario universe, the difference in his name did not affect anything.
It may be that this is an indication that Spike will appear in future video games, or that simply, after the success of the Mario movie, and his appearance in it, they have wanted him to Every country in the world knows it by the same name..