Thread 719153309

>bland cookie cutter cardboard cutted out with no personality
>most popular gameing character ever maked
Gamers never wanted good games to begin with

>>719153309 (OP)
Nintendo games are not for gamers, they are family friendly series

>>719153309 (OP)
But Mario fans are generally hyper-focused on gameplay. They're almost all either speedrunners or kaizo-autists.
No characters, no story, no dialogue, no bullshit. Just raw gameplay and mechanics.

>>719153309 (OP)
>noo why mario isn’t a fat latinx tranny with melodramatic daddy issues like they tried and failed to turn him into in mario shitshine!!
the absolute state of gamecubesnoys

Oof!

>>719153309 (OP)
To be fair, he IS the original vidya character. One of the first to get large amounts of publicity.

>>719153309 (OP)
it's all about exposure
you'd be surprised at the intense standards the mass market has
a single flaw, what most of us would consider a "unique trait", filters dozens of millions from becoming fans
mario is generic, yes, but for the intended purpose of his existence, that makes him perfect
the strat behind mario is to make something safe that can be promoted to the largest possible audience, just like ryu from street fighter
the bigger your ambitions, the safer you need to be

>>719153309 (OP)
If you can't tell how valuable his design is and everything it conveys, then his appeal is invariably lost on you.

>>719153309 (OP)
>cutted
SAAAAAR!

Seriously a Bing-Bing-Wahoo thread in 2025

>>719153309 (OP)
I am just so fucking tired because I start writing a long post to try and explain for OP why Mario's design works before remembering it's just another fucking flamewarbait shitpost and he will prob just spam wojaks etc. and spam "Leftist meme" shit anyway.
I just want to discuss something here regarding to vidya or help people understand or have some kind of discourse in general on something I disagree with but I dunno.
I just wasted my time again even when quickly deleting my original textwall.
At least other anons who click on this shitty thread can look at gif related and get something positive out of this.

>>719153617
Correcto. FIFA and Latinx spider man are the true gaming games

Cool story bro

it's so weird to me when people call mario cookie-cutter

like even considering he was originally a popeye knockoff he has a pretty damn distinct design

What do you mean? I think it's cool that the face of gaming isn't some bald space marine or brown haired girl with a ponytail and a bow, but a short, pudgy middle aged Italian uncle.

>>719153309 (OP)
>cardboard cutted out

>>719153309 (OP)
He's popular in large part because his games are good though

>>719153309 (OP)
He's no more shallow a character than Mickey Mouse or Hello Kitty. Cartoon characters, like video-game characters, are meant to be blank-slates

>>719156251
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK9sqrR7jwo