Nintendo of America, sometime around 2020 or 2021
NOA translator A: hey so what's the deal with Banzai Bill
NOA translator B: what do you mean?
A: like, why is it called that?
B: well, it's been like that since the 90s. we certainly couldn't call it a Magnum Killer, right?
A: so like is it supposed to be a reference to the banzai charge suicide attack tactic used by the japanese army in world war 2 or is it something else
B: oh dang you're right that probably is what the super mario world localization team was thinking of back in the day. that's pretty messed up
A: should we change the name? ideally to something that isn't associated with war and suicide
B: hmm... how about "Bomber Bill"?
A: yeah, perfect! I can't think of any way in which "bomber" would be associated with any of the things we're trying to distance ourselves from by changing the name from "banzai"
