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Dictators And Mario Kart Wii

Posted by Jonathan Hunt - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:28 AM

On May 16th, we reported that the name Hitler had been banned from Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii online community. In short, if you were playing under a Mii with the word Hitler anywhere in its name, you would not be able to connect to Mario Kart WFC.

We're not debating Nintendo's decision to not allow Hitler on their network. It's the their network and it's their decision. However, is it fair to single out Hitler? Surely, he is not the only mass-murdering dictator in history, or even the 20th Century. What about the others?

TheFeed did some investigating and decided to test out some the 20th Century's other more infamous characters and see how the Mario Kart online community would welcome them. Here are the results of our test:

STALIN

Perhaps the biggest killer of the 20th Century. Poor record keeping in the Soviet Union during his rule has lead to wildly varying reports on the number actually dead as a result of his order. Conservative reports put it as low as 3 million, but the most liberal reports put it somewhere between 20 to 30 million. On average, most scholars agree that the number is somewhere between 10 to 20 million. Despite almost assuredly killing many more people than that little German fellow, Mario Kart WFC welcomed Stalin with open arms.

Death Toll: 10 to 20 Million
Mario Kart Status: ACCEPTED

POL POT

As leader of the dreaded Khmer Rouge through the mid to late 70s, Pol Pot was responsible for the deaths of some 1.7 million of his countrymen (26% of the national population of Cambodia at the time). His horrifying acts are recounted in the award winning 1984 film, The Killing Fields. He died under house arrest in 1998. He came third on Moo Moo Meadows yesterday.

Death Toll: 1.7 Million
Mario Kart Status: ACCEPTED

IDI AMIN

Unlike his portrayer, Forest Whitaker, in The Last King of Scotland, Idi amin really did kill people out of paranoia and downright madness. Convinced that the world was against him, he ordered the deaths of between 300,000 and 500,000 people. Personal accounts say he was a very nice man with a hearty laugh. They also say he was the craziest motherf***er on Creation. He also drives a mean dragster.

Death Toll: 300,000 to 500,000
Mario Kart Status: ACCEPTED

KIM JONG-IL

The current leader of North Korea currently has no official bodycount to his name that we can verify. We can say he made a pretty sweet villain in Team America: World Police. According to his Wikipedia page, he has also composed two operas. We felt obligated to include him only because his Mii is just so darn cute.

Death Toll: no official record
Mario Kart Status: ACCEPTED

CHARLES MANSON

The mastermind behind the Tate-LaBianca murders and head of the so-called "Manson Family". This guy gives Idi Amin a serious run for his money, and is sometimes referred to as "The Craziest Motherf***er this side of the Mississip". He prefers the standard cart when maneuvering through Sherbet Land.

Death Toll: 8
Mario Kart Status: ACCEPTED

OSAMA BIN LADEN

Currently the world's most wanted man, we felt certain that if any other mass-murderer aside from Hitler were not allowed into the glowing, child-like innocent world of Mario Kart, it would be Mr. Al-Queda himself. Turns out we were wrong. Bin Laden quickly took the track and even managed a 2nd place finish.  Too bad; we were hoping he'd lose the race big-time after being hit by million red-shells and lightning bolts.

Death Toll: 3000+
Mario Kart Status: ACCEPTED

While we agree with Hitler being kicked out of the Mario Kart Wii clubhouse, TheFeed does find it odd that these other nefarious men, guilty of some of the most horrific atrocities of the 20th Century, are allowed to roam free throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. What do you guys think? Is it wrong to exclude Mii Hitler or is it wrong to include these other evil bastards?


Comment(s)


Posted by Markntosh - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:42 AM
Yes, they should all be banned from Mario Kart Wii, not like I care. I am perfectly happy playing my PS3.

Posted by IN_YO_FACE - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:54 AM
ps3..meh but this story abou Mario Kart is just funny.^_^

Posted by EAmaddenFTW - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:55 AM
...........NO SADDAM HUSSEIN?!?!?!?


*Goes to create a Saddam MII*

Posted by arod95 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:00 PM
Stalin, Amin, Il, and Manson all look pretty accurate...but Bin laden and Pol Pot look awful

Either way though this is a load of bs

Posted by TheRufio - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:05 PM
That's pretty funny.

Posted by TheRufio - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:10 PM
Shouldn't George Bush be on the list?

Posted by Straticus - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:19 PM
No President Bush shouldnt be on the list, ya damn hippy. Take the kart privileges away from these Mii killer look-a-likes before the mass murder spreads onto the consoles!
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Posted by TheRufio - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:22 PM
What's wrong with a be a hippy, ya damn Nazi?

Posted by TheRufio - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:23 PM
Correction

What's wrong with being a hippy, ya damn Nazi?

Posted by jodalmighty - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:32 PM
@Straticus

If the amount of people killed is enough to be a condemnation of the individual and therefore be a good enough reason to ban a persona then George Bush should be on the list as his war on terror has claimed more lives than Bin Laden. And BTW not everyone who disagrees with Bush is a hippy, just like not everyone who supports him is a right wing nut job.

Posted by svtu1919 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:46 PM
It's worth noting that the Stalin and Kim ones are blatant ignorance. The widely accepted reports of death tolls came from the Nazis and were used to promote Khrushchev's rise to power. I'm a close friend and pupil of Grover Furr's, he's had direct access to the archives. The 20 million dead were from the war. Don't make blind assumptions. Especially considering that the US and UK are virtually the only countries where he is considered 'Genocidal'..

Posted by jodalmighty - Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:42 PM
@Straticus

If the amount of people killed is enough to be a condemnation of the individual and therefore be a good enough reason to ban a persona then George Bush should be on the list as his war on terror has claimed more lives than Bin Laden. And BTW not everyone who disagrees with Bush is a hippy, just like not everyone who supports him is a right wing nut job.

Posted by tarshimo - Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:42 PM
I think we have a communist here on G4^^^
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Posted by shock3755 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:57 PM
There is no such thing as a right wing nut job. Thats a myth propagated by the left wing media.

Posted by Straticus - Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:58 PM
@jod Right, well that comment was just hilarious. We are fighting the bad guys unlike every other person on the list brother. So that excludes the President.

@Rufio Nothing wrong with being a hippy I guess, but how am I a nazi??

Posted by sinister6972 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:06 PM
"He came third on Moo Moo Meadows yesterday."


LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! To be honest, I would have to agree. I never seen the other ones. Hmmmm, that's interesting......by the way, I don't want my little newphew duking it out with Stalin! LOL!!!!! Let alone the crazy games out there they have now......LOL!!!

Posted by sinister6972 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:09 PM
"Bin Laden quickly took the track and even managed a 2nd place finish."


LOL!!!!!!


Ohhhh my, times have channged, huh?? LOL!

Posted by KPrejean00 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:29 PM
Let all the hate filled characters continue to roam free in Mario Kart Wii!

Posted by codemonkeypwnz - Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:16 PM
Oh my God,
The flaming console fights you would all have just started to die down, now you're all fighting about Bush? Bush isn't a murderer but he isn't a good president and since when is Stalin sane? He wiped out almost the entire original board, which HE promoted, in a few years...

Posted by CPRxChris - Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:22 PM
@ jodalmighty

Thank god, at least SOMEONE isn't an idiot in this country...

Posted by djHaQ - Saturday, May 31, 2008 5:42 PM
Bush and HippieMan should be on the list.

Posted by DeviantChop - Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:05 PM
Best. Topic. Ever.

Posted by HedgehogEmoness - Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:18 PM
I think Dick Cheney should be on the list, after all he did shoot someone in the face :D

Posted by Spike31589 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:23 PM
It would be hillarious if both Kim Jong Il and Bin Ladin were actualy playing mario kart.

Posted by Lavat - Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:45 PM
There are Far Left, Socialism, Communism, Liberalism (For everyone), Radical Left ect.... And Far Right which try to Uphold 'Traditional Values', Forms of Capitalism, Far Right Religious Groups, Radical Right...

Both a Idealist people.

Anyway...Hitler got alot of Flak years ago. His name is almost second to Coca Cola and Mickey Mouse. Too many people to carry on that name. Things are better left Forgotten...

Posted by Straticus - Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:53 PM
Well lets go ahead and throw Obama and Hilary on the list as a tag team, double dash style cause thats just an accident waiting to happen, lol.

Posted by DarkMods - Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:02 PM
I tried Stalin on Xbox Live and it didn't let me :)

Posted by nyadt - Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:46 PM
@codemonkeypwnz:

youre in complete denile! and for the record, I have GRAVE doubts about this election because the way I see it, no matter who we vote for, were already screwed! the only hope i have is the coming dalek invasion when theyll exterminate all of humanity once and for all, then ill be happy! :P

Posted by Platformermaniac - Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:38 PM
If Nintendo is going to ban the names of people who are considered murderous and evil, then they certainly have their work cut out for them. There have been a lot of bad guys over the years for people to use as Mii characters. This is what happens when you give people anonymity and a character creation system. They turn into total douche bags and make the most offensive characters possible. If Nintendo allowed voice chat capabilities, the races would turn into a storm of curse words and hate speech like XBL. Anyway, Nintendo's decision to allow Mii characters in an online game might come back to haunt them when the mainstream news media finds about the ability to play as some rather dastardly characters in what is one of the more kid friendly games on the market.

Posted by jman3451 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:26 PM
honestly i don't care but they still can't stop the Miis from appearing and ppl will be able to hide the name some how like Hit13r or sumthing like that

so in the end Nintendo's efforts will be in vain although it does make for good public realtions

Posted by Oinkness - Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:28 PM
I'm guessing my statement about the Jews was correct, seeing as how it was deleted. Case closed.

Posted by Kagez28 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:09 PM
in rock back my girlfriends character (named "Kara")is banned form online for being obscene.

not that that has anything to do with mario kart....

Posted by MgAmEr18 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:14 PM
Who cares its a game stop taking it so seriously if Hitler wants to be in the game with all the other killers let him.This is the same thing as the games are making kids killers crap come on find something better to do.Like if a kid plays with Hitler hes gonna become a natzi yea right come on.

Posted by MgAmEr18 - Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:16 PM
Who cares its a game stop taking it so seriously if Hitler wants to be in the game with all the other killers let him.This is the same thing as the games are making kids killers crap come on find something better to do.Like if a kid plays with Hitler hes gonna become a natzi yea right come on.

Posted by d_dirdy - Sunday, June 01, 2008 3:32 AM
why is it funny to create little virtual repicas of men who killed people?

Posted by Miscellaneous - Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:30 AM
So with Manson safe, I'm guessing Bundy, Gein, Kaczynski, etc are probably safe as well. Let my Psycho Killer Kart army grow!!! (Qu'est-ce que c'est ?)

Posted by Miscellaneous - Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:54 AM
So with Manson safe, I'm guessing Bundy, Gein, Kaczynski, etc are probably safe as well. Let my Psycho Killer Kart army grow!!! (Qu'est-ce que c'est ?)

Posted by tailsjacks - Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:59 AM
ouh thas so cool!

Posted by xmywreckingballx - Sunday, June 01, 2008 6:26 AM
I think it's o k. It's not like they are being racist or something. And I think Hitler is the most recognizable mass murderer.

Posted by lateralsnowflake - Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:21 AM
That is the cutest Kim I've ever seen.

Doesn't seem so bad when he's reduced to Mii form.

Posted by chucknorrispwnz - Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:22 AM
Damn,