Foreman Spike

warelander said:
I don't think it's been mentioned here before, but Mario's brown/white alternate colors in Smash 64-Brawl are an homage to Spike:
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https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Color.html
Spike is mentioned under his japanese name ブラッキー as reference, showing that it was indeed intentional.
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Yeah and Camelot also pays tribute to him in Mario tennis.
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(Just a reminder...)
But going back to the Mario & Wario with the Foreman's attire this is how it evolved:
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Sadly, this looks more like a reference to his GameBoy palette.
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And Wario's alts got cut off from the 4 smash installnemt.
But then we got this:
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Even it has its own icon:
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Super Smash is not my favorite, but I appreciate this, from what I understand is:
"Happy 30th annyversary Spike!"
 
Yeahhhh, that's what I was thinking, she is cute and all and I know japan. But maybe there's a culture in the U.S that loves a purple bearded man with tennis looking pants.
 
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Yeah, at this point it probably is a reference to his Game Boy palette. But screw it, it was officially stated to be a reference to Spike initially, and the same costume still exists. I'll take it. Also, I forgot about that Mario Tennis reference. Heh, I guess Waluigi's connections even go all the way back to his inception.
 
Would anyone mind if I used the Foreman Spike artwork from the guide on Mariowiki? Credit would be given to Warelander.
 
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