It's offensive in Germany too but since it's applied to an inanimate object noone should take offense. If they do they need a punch in the face anyway.

He should have made the train epileptic and handed it an N64, just to piss that retarded woman off who's at fault for those constant health warning screens Nintendo plasters on everything. She doesn't just need a punch in the face, she needs to have a funnel stuffed in her mouth and demons pouring coins down that all day.

Its offensive is most countrys, its lame american slang for a disability that isnt funny
the slag is most often said while talking in a retarded/slurred way, I have noticed

Its a pathetic attempt to bring someone down, which nintendo american localiation team failed to address by using it in a "cool" way

I've *never* heard of anyone being offended by the word "spastic" in the US. I've always heard it used to mean something is out of control, or something like that, as it's meant to be used in the game. This is like a game saying the word "stupid", and then Nintendo has to remove it because someone called a retarded person stupid one time.

Spastic, spaz, spazzing out - I've never heard these terms used in an offensive way.

I've actually worked with people afflicted with cerebral palsy, and the vast majority of them were not "spastic."

by the way, I like how deadly d is so offended by "spastic," but uses the word "retarded" to describe the way people talk. That is a universally offensive term.

It's a UK thing. They have laws limiting frequencies of light flashes on TV over there and everything. I actually agree that images shown on TV should go through a "no-seizure" filter in the US like they do in the UK. It's fairly easy to adjust images on a TV program to avoid frequently flashing lights and patterns since it's the same exact image every time. Games can avoid such flashes to some extent, but games are far less predictable (e.g. maybe the screen only flashes frequently enough when 8 guys just happen to be shooting at you in this one room at the same time at this particular angle).

everyone's affended by something, and everyone thinks everything applies to them

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I remember an old episode of Dexter's Lab where Dexter sought out to replace Dee Dee and an energetic, chatty nun replied to the audition and repeatedly used the words and called herself a "spastic sister". I've constantly heard the word "spaz" used in media and among people. None of which ever appeared to be a mockery of cerebral palsy. A thicker skin is needed!

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It's a UK thing. They have laws limiting frequencies of light flashes on TV over there and everything. I actually agree that images shown on TV should go through a "no-seizure" filter in the US like they do in the UK. It's fairly easy to adjust images on a TV program to avoid frequently flashing lights and patterns since it's the same exact image every time. Games can avoid such flashes to some extent, but games are far less predictable (e.g. maybe the screen only flashes frequently enough when 8 guys just happen to be shooting at you in this one room at the same time at this particular angle).

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From what I read Nintendo actually tries to limit the seizure causing elements in their games (they said that as a response to that N64 epilepsy death lawsuit that caused those press-A-to-continue warnings they have now)

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by the way, I like how deadly d is so offended by "spastic," but uses the word "retarded" to describe the way people talk. That is a universally offensive term.

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Nintendo likely withdrew it to avoid the stinging national criticism similar to what Big Brother received over the race row earlier this year.

Right now anything that is considered offensive in the media pretty much gets spit roasted here.

Weak, screw the spastic woman

I havn't heard "spastic" used for years... I'm surprised to see it in a game purely because of how dated the word is, and how childish/immature it sounds. Even from when I remember the word last being commonly used, its only by stupid little brats who think it sounds cool. Cerbral whatever was never even a consideration.
It is an offensive word though in the UK. Perhaps I havn't heard it for so many years because no 10 year olds have tried to insult me.