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.
So like... What was he supposed to be saying here actually, though? I always wondered.
I think it's supposed to be "So long-eh Bowser", like the "long" is supposed to sound Italian.
Ohhhhh, yeah I can see that. Makes way more sense than "gay Bowser"