its true, nintendo says that the community of newgrounds is portraying mario as a violent jerk.

in the article it says.
"Mario has always been portrayed as a hero, but in certain flash movies, he either gets killed or kills in a violent manner."

"Yoshi has been a victim as well in these flash movies. In one scene in a flash movie Mario just leaves Yoshi to die and Yoshi gets eaten alive. This is creul and i think that the host of the site (Tom Fulp) should take full responsibility and remove the offending flashes."/

Heres a link to the full news article. http://publishing2.com/2007/08/25/newg rounds-gets-sued-by-nintendo