Nintendo To Change The Japanese Name Of Spike In Mario Movie; Here’s Why

Nintendo has announced that it will be changing the Japanese name of the foreman named Spike in the Super Mario Bros. Movie in the Japanese version of the film. See, Spike was an enemy in the NES game Wrecking Crew back in 1985. His Japanese name? It's Blackie. Anyone can tell you that this old name could lead to people using it as a racial slur...