Yo, it's been a while, but I'm back to confirm that I, Foreman Spike, am in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie! Given how much money it's making, it's obvious my presence is tied to its success, just like the first movie! Where am I in the movie? You'll just have to see for yourself! 😎
![[screenshot of a boat in New Super Mario Bros. Wii]
NICE_BOAT
In World 6-6 of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a boat with a tilt-controlled spotlight appears. Internally, this object is called "NICE_BOAT". While this may simply mean the programmers thought it was a particularly nice boat, there is reason to assume it is related to the September 2007 "Nice Boat" broadcast incident.
[screenshot of a TV broadcast showing live-action footage of a boat]
The "Nice Boat" incident
In 2007, the anime School Days was aired in Japan. The day before the final episode, which would have featured a girl committing a violent murder, a similar murder took place in real life (16-year-old girl murdered her father with an axe in Kyoto). The episode was cancelled and stock footage was played for 30 minutes in its place, featuring a boat.
The boat, alongside a comment on an imageboard calling it a "nice boat", became a meme in Japan after the incident. Due to NSMBW releasing in 2009, it would have been in development at the time and it stands to reason that the developers could have been referencing the meme.
Source: tcrf.net/New_Super_Mario_Bros._Wii, youtube.com/watch?v=YwortdC_014](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreia5dzb52g2v7gknjskw6sd7v7n4kgvotol3cj5tcdp25jdnsb6agm)
!["If Super Mario 64 is a makunouchi bento, then Banjo-Kazooie is a deluxe makunouchi bento."
-Shigeru Miyamoto, interview in the Famitsu magazine, Issue 490 (May 8, 1998)
[picture of a small bento with three compartments alongside box art of Super Mario 64]
[picture of a large bento with six compartments alongside box art of Banjo-Kazooie]
The two games as foods, according to Miyamoto
Source: @m0m0_0ssrr_, x.com/m0m0_0ssrr_/status/1847144999642890416](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreifqxksieqtf5mtb7aj6ato74bw65f7vs2pbelsijykeqh6trrc37e)
