/vr/ - Retro Games

why would they be american?

>>8543514
>>8543519
He's from Brooklyn, ya dingus.

>>8543538
Has Brooklyn been retconned into being New Donk City at this point or no

>>8543539
Im willing to bet money it will be used as a stand-in for the new movie. Based on the cast of characters revealed, its probably going to be an origin story for Mario as a young-man going to the big city to make a name for himself, doing various odd-jobs, meeting Pauline, getting involved with Donkey Kong type stuff and then 2nd half him and Luigi are working in the sewers at some crappy job, there dreams turned to shit and then they discover a pipe to the Mushroom Kingdom where instead of working-class schmucks they become super star heroes by rescuing the princess.

>>8543539
Brooklyn was always a thing in early Western media like Super Mario Super Show and live-action movie. It was never a Japanese canon, afaik and they retconned Mario's origin with Yoshi Island release. According to official sites, Mario is not even a plumber anymore (he just keeps wearing uniform out of habit, I guess)

But I like the whole Brooklyn origin way more than just "Mario was born in Mushroom Kingdom/world".

>>8543557
Huh, I didn't realize he wasn't a New Yorker in Japanese stuff. I've even watched the anime movie from the 80's and played Yoshi's Island to death and didn't pick up on that.
>>8543545
You're probably not far off. It's been said a million times at this point but I really wish they would've just cast Martinet as Mario. There's no way Pratt is going to do the funny accent

>>8543538
there's a brooklyn in the mushroom kingdom?

irony?

>>8543557
Pretty sure others have said here multiple times in threads that also brought it up that Miyamoto/NoJ did consider the Brooklyn part canon in the early days of the franchise.

>>8543606
That doesn't matter. By attaching their IP to the show to drum up sales, which likely worked, they blessed it in a more important fashion than mere words could ever revoke.

Tifa

>>8543514
>not some American
good

I don't see what's ironic about this. Can anyone explain it?

>implying Mario isn't a badass american action hero

>>8543557
I think "plumber" in the context of the mushroom kingdom means you can use warp pipes.

>>8543514
Cut out his eyes...I don't like those blue eyes of his.
There is nothing more important to a plumber than his eyes. Yes, it will make for a touching
display...Do it! Ruin him. Just as he did the Koopas

>>8543726
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>8543738
Oh you are quoting something else I assume. Completely missed the point sorry

>>8543545
So what you're saying is the Mario movie will be an isekai?

>>8543514
Nintendo higher-ups definitely spent ages kicking themselves for not telling Shiggy to design a more relatable, marketable character for Donkey Kong. If they knew how important this guy would be, they would've designed him with scientific precision, like when Sega designed Sonic. But that's not how things played out, so now they just have to roll with it. It's kinda hilarious how Shiggy himself always tells everyone that Mario is totally in his 20s and not a middle-aged man, despite everything suggesting otherwise. He's not an old fart, he's hip and cool!

>>8543930
I don't like the idea of Mario being in his 20's. Mario should be like 45.

>plumber
>never uses a plunger

>>8543545
So you could say that Mario is a "Working Class Hero", right?

>>8543935
is a japanese thing, once you become 30 you automatically look 45+

>>8543738
Close your browser right now and play MGS3

>>8543930
Yeah, if Mario is in his twenties then I must be doing pretty alright for myself health-wise. I will concede that my stache stat is lower than his, though

Always figured Sonic was a black guy
>cool personality
>fresh kicks
>runs really fast
>no love interest; exclusively pumps 'n dumps
>can't swim

>>8544234
I need to also take a long hard look at my life. I've got original since release and 3ds versions and still haven't got that far

>>8545538
Play the PS2, Vita or PS3 versions. The 3DS version is doodoo compared to those

>>8543935
If he's super Italian, his original greesy appearance in original DK artwork could work for a 24yo.

>>8544273
Also he can't swim and constantly gets in trouble with the law

>>8543514
>American
>badass
Pick one. Maybe you were looking for the word fatass.

>>8544273
>literally voiced by a black guy
Sonic is a based African-American.

>>8546528
ok pooptard.

>>8544273
no knuckles is black,sonic is ayrian af

if sonic was black he would be stealing monitors and pawning the chaos emeralds for crack.

>>8543514

No but I sometimes think about how important for the look the mustache is and how completely different he looks with that actually small detail removed.

>smegio
No thanks. It's badass Sonic for me.

>>8543514
Mario could have been anything. It just happened to have a cancer color palette because of the early limitations and it happened to get big because nintendo sold like a motherfucker. This whole "character design" shit is largely bullshit. Children just absorb anything. Just look at Amongus or whatever the fuck it's called. Mario could've been a plutonium green dick on wheels and it would've been exactly the same.

Fat Italians are cool.

>>8548781
>Italians
Do Americans really?

>>8548786
Italian-Americans, there, does that satisfy your autism?

>>8548781
Whatever happend too Koopah Troopa, the strong silent type?

>>8543514
Well, 2nd most iconic character is Douk so I am okay with that.
>but ACHKCHWALLY it is sonicsamussomejrpgfaggotjdhrvdhdbs
Nope.

>>8549581
Doomguy is more iconic than Duke despite being silent

Mario Mario

>>8549792
and his brother, Luigi Mario

>>8544273

I always saw him as a spic.

>>8549581
Well, i mean there not wrong to say sonics the 2nd most iconic video game character.

>>8544273
>>can't swim
wtf is this joke about black people not being able to swin??

>>8543514
Mario
>is an Italian
>made by a Japanese company
>and got his fame by Americans
He solved racism in 1983.

>>8549597
Doom is more iconic game, but id say more people can recognize Duke since besides the original cover, not many knew Doomguy as a "character".

>>8549928
>joke
I made that post. I really can't swim.

>>8550179
He also runs and jumps like a nigger
And grabs every coin he sees like a jew