"No online racing for you!' That's the message Nintendo is sending to Mario Kart Wii owners hoping to race their Hitler Miis on its Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service.Any attempt to bring a Mii sharing the German dictator's name online for Mario Kart Wii will be met with the following error: "You cannot access Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection using this Mii name. Please change your Mii name and try again." Presumably, you should still be able to race with a Mii bearing Hitler's likeness while using a different name. You know, if drifting through Moo Moo Meadows as the architect of the Holocaust is your idea of fun.
According to initial tests, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and several other dictator jerks are not currently banned. Really, though, when was the last time you ran into someone using a Mii of Robert Mugabe.
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5-19-2008 @ 12:45PM
Nushio (NDF - Blue) said...
Miitler.
I wonder if the same could be said about insults and other easily censored words...
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5-19-2008 @ 12:46PM
Moose said...
And yet Michael Jackson is perfectly fine. Go figure.
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5-19-2008 @ 1:02PM
Haohmaru said...
Maybe because the charges brought against MJ were baseless attempts at exploiting a very reclusive, misunderstood and strange - but not THAT strange - man, while Hitler's image is still used in Neo-Nazi propaganda. Just a thought.
5-19-2008 @ 2:03PM
murray b said...
Really? MJ's not that strange? Like to know who you hang out with. Oh, I raced against Cuntastic the other day so that names OK also.
5-19-2008 @ 2:47PM
Matt said...
Awkward! Somebody doesn't get a joke. This is the awkward moment of the party when you realize you've been speaking to an MJ supporter. Smile and walk away. Quick, honey, gather the kids.
5-19-2008 @ 3:08PM
omgbushishitlertoo said...
Whatever you think of him, Michael Jackson did not kill 6,000,000 Jews. That tends to be the clincher of why frivolous Hitler comparisons fail.
5-19-2008 @ 3:14PM
Moose said...
Whoa! (Note to self: No more seemingly harmless Michael Jackson jabs.)
5-19-2008 @ 3:46PM
JRVillalobos said...
I think that in this case its not a case a defending Michael Jackson but it more against Hitler, the previous quote should read: "Whatever you think of him, (insert name here) did not kill 6,000,000 Jews. That tends to be the clincher of why frivolous Hitler comparisons fail." There are a few cases where that sort of monstrosity applies...
5-20-2008 @ 8:03AM
Haohmaru said...
Hah.. Oh, Matt and murray b. If you're going to reply to a comment, learn to read it in its entirety before you let those busy typing fingers of yours make you look like complete idiots.
Of course by "not THAT strange" I mean "not strange enough for the charges brought against him to be true." On the other hand, there's no denying that Adolf Hitler orchestrated the deaths of millions. Are we clear now? I certainly hope so. If not, it's my turn to just "smile and walk away."
5-19-2008 @ 12:47PM
EnrageD said...
And there goes my fun of my buddy racing as hitler online to screw over as many opponents as he can so i can get a decent rating :(
oh well, time to use Dwight Schrute.
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5-19-2008 @ 12:54PM
igorponweed said...
Oh. My. Gawd. Nintendo is being WAY to confident. I apreciate the banning of Hitler, but it's not really banning Hitler, since you could name it htlr.
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5-19-2008 @ 1:01PM
rimbaud said...
I raced a Hitler Mii named "Adolf" last night... so, ummm, yeah...
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5-19-2008 @ 11:56PM
wako said...
thats because Adolf is still (or was until hitler gave a bad connotation to it) a popular German name
5-20-2008 @ 2:09PM
Patrick R said...
Hmm, yes. I also raced an Adolf yesterday. And although it's true that it's a common German name (I'm German, myself), the little black mustache and swept hair are quite recognizable.
5-19-2008 @ 1:02PM
Char6296 said...
You'd have a bit of trouble if you were a descendant of him.
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5-19-2008 @ 1:03PM
Haohmaru said...
He could pass for Walt Disney, too, you know. :D
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5-19-2008 @ 1:03PM
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) said...
"You know, if drifting through Moo Moo Meadows as the architect of the Holocaust is your idea of fun."
That line made my day!
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5-19-2008 @ 1:05PM
Scotty said...
I raced a guy named McTitties last night...apparently that name flies.
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5-19-2008 @ 1:25PM
Sonic_13 said...
I'm glad Nintendo is blocking people from using Hitler as a racer.
I wonder if this is a pre-programmed block or if it is a list that can be actively changed and updated.
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5-19-2008 @ 1:27PM
BlackTye said...
Godwin's Law!
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5-19-2008 @ 1:43PM
Ghen said...
... doesn't apply when the initial post is ABOUT hitler.
5-19-2008 @ 1:51PM
macbastard said...
What if you name him Shitler?
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5-19-2008 @ 1:58PM
noirs said...
Censur is wrong.
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5-19-2008 @ 2:08PM
Char6296 said...
I tried it with a Mii that looks nothing like him. I laughed when I got the screen.
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5-19-2008 @ 2:23PM
Nigeria said...
This is why we can't have nice things.
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5-19-2008 @ 2:37PM
Garu said...
This is a shame for anyone who has made a Oliver Hardy or Charlie Chaplin Mii that may not have come out that well! Thanks for ruining the mustache for the rest of us Hitler!
On a side note, it would have been great if you could use your own Miis to fight in Super Smash Brothers Brawl... then you could have beat the crap out of Hitler! People might have liked having him in the game then!
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5-19-2008 @ 2:40PM
calgoldenbear said...
Michael Jackson (writer) (1942-2007), Beer Hunter show host, beer and whisky expert.
What do you have against him?
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5-19-2008 @ 3:21PM
Kamek said...
Haohmaru said...
"He could pass for Walt Disney, too, you know."
...HAHA! It's true! i never thought of that!
Anyway, I'm pretty surprised they did this. I would expect them to cancel a whole group of "bad names" (if anything), but they just picked one. If someone asked them exactly why they did it, I'd be anxious to hear the answer.
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5-19-2008 @ 3:53PM
Patius said...
Mugabe?
Wow, that's sort of recent isn't it?
You should have tried General Tojo, since he was the main militarist during World War II from Japan.
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5-19-2008 @ 4:03PM
iMeh said...
I'm highly offended by Jesus....does that mean we should not allow a Mii by the name of Jesus to race?
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5-19-2008 @ 3:11PM
SoshiKitai said...
Too generic... too many people have the name Jesus. Especially Hispanic-wise.
You don't see too many people toting around the name "Hitler" everyday.
5-19-2008 @ 3:12PM
Brad Huffington said...
Yes, actually. I'm tired of retarded 12-year-olds provoking others via their Miis since they are prevented from yelling racial/religious epithets through voice chat in their usual fashion.
Ban as many Miis as it takes. Let's go to real names, in fact.
5-19-2008 @ 3:28PM
SoshiKitai said...
Or we could just move backwards and remove any such avatars ever being created or invented.
Just going back to normal game characters... then let's add voice chat! That way, we can hear all the little children try to cuss people out with words they found on the internet-box!
That'll give these characters some attitude!
Or let's not have any self-identity at all and just put characters from the game being the only ones available! No names, no faces, nothing! That way, it's like we were playing in the 80's with people next to us! WAIT! They're not next to us! So all-in-all we'd feel like we're just fighting computers! ASTOUNDING!
... sorry, that's the way I feel with random fights on SSBB... if I can't see their name, I get this slight hint that I'm fighting a computer. Great for recording and watching, not that great when fighting.
5-19-2008 @ 3:33PM
SoshiKitai said...
Guess what I'm trying to say is: Any form of indivualization-creation is a plus for me.
Yeah, people try to annoy/offend each other with their Miis... but hell, people try to annoy/offend each other in real life.
And besides, it's not an epidemic... 90% of my races are against people with real names.
5-19-2008 @ 4:10PM
iMeh said...
Just to clarify...i'm not offended by Jesus at all. In fact, not much offends me really. And, yes, I understand the association some people may have with something as abstract as a name. Its just too bad some people have to take things the wrong way. ::sigh::
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5-19-2008 @ 6:02PM
Shugotheripper said...
I have one word Osama
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5-19-2008 @ 7:08PM
Metalluz said...
nintendo get my kudos once again, it's time to stop online propaganda, specially a freakin wrong one!
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5-19-2008 @ 9:16PM
Hitler said...
What if you name it "A. Hitler" or something?
I don't have the game, so I can't check.
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5-19-2008 @ 10:41PM
icicle0424 said...
what about Schicklgruber?
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5-19-2008 @ 11:38PM
Spekkio said...
I'm reminded of the SNES title Uniracers - when you were creating custom unicycles, it censored names by saying they "weren't cool enough."
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5-19-2008 @ 11:44PM
Kogen said...
This is the type of bullshite that makes me hate Nintendo sometimes. I will not purchase this game now. Hitler is a German name and this is racist agianst Germans. You do not ban names just because you dislike a certain person with that name.
Also why can I be Stalin? He killed 22 million people. More than WW1 and WW2 soldier deaths combined, plus the holocaust.
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5-20-2008 @ 8:06AM
Haohmaru said...
Racist against Germans? Really? You do realize that they never would have had to take action in this if people weren't actually racing their Adolf Hitler Mii's, right?
5-25-2008 @ 4:31PM
Char6296 said...
If a German was called Rudolph Hitler, for example, why would he use his last name alone? And it's excusable to not like Hitler.
5-20-2008 @ 2:50PM
AbbadonTD said...
HA! Rimbaud, I think you were racing me! I have been using my Hitler Mii named Adolf for a while, so this article made me think. For those of you who dont get the irony, look at what the man believed in. Since the only answer you can get is the holocost, remember the banning of most materials, and the overall destruction of free thought. This is why making fun of Hitler is EXACTLY what he would not have wanted, so the political message of using a little tiny Mii with a funny moustache is a better message than you think.
Course, little guy, moustache, annoying voice...could have him confused for baby mario.
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5-21-2008 @ 8:29PM
Caesar said...
What is next, Jesus, Mary, Joseph?????? That could hurt me since i dont like racing with the messiah.
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5-26-2008 @ 2:04PM
Feigr said...
I hope Mii I'm using, named Satan, isn't banned. :O
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