Don't you just love how American people are so terrified of being racist they call all black people "African American" regardless of A) what country their heritage is from, i.e. not necessarily Africa and B) what country they actually live in, i.e. not necessarily America. Personally I reckon it's just a matter of tone: in things like the Legend of Zelda games for example, due to the medieval sort of setting (swords and sorcery and all that) you wouldn't traditionally place a black character in that scenario.

In addition a lot of Nintendo characters aren't even human but if you're talking about Mario for example it's sort of a knock on effect. You start out with Mario, then you make his brother, who by necessity is white. Princess Peach is also white because once again, traditional fairy princess role (plus you don't want to have to deal with interracial relationship issues). Wario, as the antithesis of Mario, could have been black. Put yourself in Nintendos position: do you really want the smelly, ugly bad guy to be the one black character in your series?

It's just the way the cards fell that there are no black characters in Nintendo games, I don't think it's worth reading into too much.

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Einstein's "Image" I doubt that's the reason. I think it's because he'd sit and work on a problem for years at a time until he figured it out. Plus the fact he even thought of the problem to begin with. 99.999999999% of the world doesn't have that dedication. So much for a fun, joking excersise. Is it essential for people to try to trash people they don't even know all the time here?

btaylor2404

Apparently you only read the first paragraph of what I wrote. Einstein had the application and commitment to solve problems no one else could, but have you heard of Max Planck? He comfortably contributed as much to the field of physics as Einstein did, and indeed Einstein used much of Planck's work to inform his own. But Planck didn't come out with quotable soundbites, and he didn't have a funny moustache. I'm not 'trashing' Einstein, I'm simply pointing out that he is considered a genius because of his image and not because of his intellect.

Wow, you guys are ridiculous. Seriously I can't be more astounded by how gullible you guys can be to think some site can actually calculate your IQ. I've seen a few of you list Albert Einstein level numbers so either you're lying or it just shows how crapper these these "tests" do of a job at calculating this stuff.

IN THE FIRST PLACE the IQ test is really just an archaic way of determining the "value" or a person which I find disgusting. The number doesn't include social skills, confidence, common sense, or imagination, rather its a collection of questions based on you brain's response to different arrangements of shapes and sentences. To add to that, over a third of a person's mental keeness was just determined by genetics.

camreeno360

Its perfectly conceivable that a few people would have a similar IQ to Einstein, but it doesn't make them geniuses. In fact, consider what makes you think of Einstein as a genius. How familiar are you with The theory of relativity or even special relativity? You think he's a genius because of image, which is what it takes to be a genius these days. Stephen Hawkings, for example.

IQ measures, in a very loose sense, potential. It takes a considerable level of application to achieve one's full potential, even if it's low. And if you spend even a small proportion of your time playing videogames rather than studying, you ain't got it.