It was super (mario) controversial at the time, he put his career on the line and evangelical groups wanted his head, but he ended up being on the right side of history.
He showed that giant turtle dragon dinosaurs of any orientation can make it to the top, and be flung face-first into a spiky floating sky mine.
What about when Nintendo affirmed every gamer's gay identity in the 2000s
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Is it really affirmation if he says it as he throws Bowser to his death?
Really makes it seem like Mario is a proponent of "Bury your gays"
It's all kayfabe and stuntmen, as seen in Mario Kart and Mario Party, so dw
Okay but we as the audience are still supposed to suspend our disbelief and interpret it as Mario (the character) killing Bowser (the character)
Also, if it's all kayfabe in stuntmen, how do we know that Bowser isn't straight in real life and gay in kayfabe?
how do we know that Bowser isn't straight in real life and gay in kayfabe?
So long, gay poser
Mario may have laid the ground work but the genre didn't really solidify until the release of Castlevania 64 added 3 crucial elements:
- Not knowing where to go because every environment in the game looks the same
- Bullshit fights where you just spam the same attack and dodge
- Spooky
Because of this I prefer to call the genre mariovanias
