They even got rid of his famous catchphrase, “Do-a your duty, and leave-a the rest to fate”
That’s funny I was literally watching the trailer earlier mildly impressed that Nintendo gave Mario such animated and varied animations while running and hopping around. He looks so determined while doing the Naruto run
I wish i had the free time required to be angry about everything.
I literally cannot tell which game is which. Only the top right looks different
I want to believe this is satire.
the lack of name in the screenshot and the phrasing of it makes me think so
This is Baby Mario erasure.
Stoic serious mario is such a good bit lmao
guys the new game is chibi that’s all that’s going on it’s literally just a thing they did to all of the characters in this one game
Fellas, is it gay to be a cartoon goofball?
The stoic serious hero that has gone “Wahoo” for 30 years
The stoic serious hero that fought egg launching birds and threw carrots at bad guys in Mario 2 and had not one but two cute racoon costumes in Mario 3
"but the tanuki is an integral part of Japanese samurai warrior sun Tzu culture and because I played these games I too have a connection to that mythological warrior ethos, however tenuous nooooo my heckin’ tenuous connection to what I perceive as a more masculine culture nooooo
They took his jawline away…made him look…soft
deadly accurate criticism but afaik the only thing that most people really know or care about tanuki is that they have big, magical balls
Imagine Mario as one of the generic action-guy Chris Pratt roles lmao
OK, I will compare them:
I want to believe its satire but
Literally everyone: Wow finally a new art style for a 2d mario after years of the New Super Mario Bros aesthetic, looks great! This fella: They’re feminizing Mario!!!
stoic serious hero
bing bing wahoo man?
Well, he does yeet his best friend and loyal steed into bottomless chasms with nary a frown. Kid from Shadow of the Colossus could learn a lot from our cartwheeling student of Seneca
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“Big N” sounds like how Tucker Carlson describes the entertainment industry in private.
stoic serious hero
:mario-finger: Mario exhibits the classic traits of the philosophical stoic when he crushes turts. Perchance.
You can’t just say “perchance”
Can’t I? Perchance.