Weirdness: People Just Can't Stop Talking About Mario's Nipples

What a time to be alive

... Seriously? I was more interested in the fact that you could see his feet. It's kinda funny seeing Mario barefoot. Kinda like seeing him with no hat.

The world wasn't ready for the greatness that are Mario's nipples.

this is the best video game article.
forget politics... Mario's nipples is where we unite as human beings.

Mario's nipples causing ripples. Ridiculous overreaction!

This is the first I've heard about it. I was thinking more look at those feet. I think it's cool to see Mario in something unique and different from the norm. Bring it all on.

Oh, internet. Never change.

That said, I was not only taken aback seeing Mario so scantily clad, but I was shocked to see him with such a flat belly. I had always assumed he'd have a gut of some kind, especially after his pasta-related sleep talking in Mario 64.

Post title should clearly state NSFW!!!

NOT COOL NL!!!

#freethenipple

Yoshi is a dinosaur no? Why would he have nips.

Daisy's nipples next please.

I was expecting him to have a hairier chest

@Kalmaro Bit fetishist mate

Can we see Mario's p***s now? LOL!!!

Mario's Tribal tattoo isn't cannon.

Oh come on now.

Plot twist:

Odyssey will contain a minigame in which you have to prevent piranha plants from giving Mario purple nurples.

@chewytapeworm Goodness, I know you're joking but I hope people don't get the wrong idea. I just think it's funny seeing his feet. Kinda like the first time I saw him without his hat.

Lol
Someone was complaining for No Six Pack for Mario on different thread.
Well... at least my avatar has Six Pack.

Coincidentally, my Darren has similar pose with that Running Mario.

Mario is smoking hot in that picture! Now to see Wario with his top off... oh my!

On a serious note Odyssey is looking more and more like a sure 10/10, looks incredible.

I'm not gonna lie. When my eyes involuntarily feasted upon this visage during the direct, I felt profoundly uncomfortable.

Let's hope Nintendo doesn't completely lose their marbles and take our princess to the Senran Kagura castle.

@ALazyUsername128
Purple Nurple ? LOL

This is just not news, who cares! Bring on the game!

@Kalmaro Pervert.

@davidevoid
Ew....
I guess Wario need more Exercise before he get Topless.

@Anti-Matter Hell no! He's mighty fine.

'You Can Leave Your Hat On' confirmed to replace 'Jump Up Superstar' as Mario Odyssey's main theme.

Well now we need to see Warios.

Game should come w/ a manscaping razor, no Italian plumber has ever been chest hair free ever.

For people who might know these things from past experience - when the Switch SMO bundle box says "Full game download" does that mean after paying $380 for the bundle I then have to actually go online and download the game, or will the game already be installed? Download could kind of go either way.

I noticed this during the live show and was like

I swear this sounds like Batman Forever all over again. Men notice (and make a big deal out of) the most random things.

Also, you missed what was possibly your only chance to use "Mario's Nipples Send Ripples Through The Interwaves" as a headline. For shame!

someone noticed this elsewhere. new zelda game; link topless; new mario game, mario topless; so in metroid prime 4...

To be honest I didn't even notice. But now that I know I'm going to have Mario run around shirtless everywhere.

And people called me wierd when the only thing I got out of the X/Y announcement years back was the grass starter was not a reptile...

@Jamotello
No no no no no way.... !
Don't tell me it will be Shirtless Samus.

@Jamotello - Plot Twist, it's about Weavil and he's topless.

I'm personally more interested in Peach's... erm... peaches, rather than Mario's nipples, but what ever floats people's boats.

@rjejr I am not positive, but I think this will require you to go on the eshop and download it. In the past Nintendo has offered 2DS' with Mario Kart 7 "pre installed", I believe the Pokemon New 3DS America got also had Pokemon Red/Blue pre installed. I don't believe I have seen that on Switch as the Splatoon 2 bundle listed it as a full game download as well.

Naked Mario and naked link should join naked shulk in smash

Edit: a more appropriate costume for this kingdom would've been Mario's alt costume from super Mario sunshine

He looks like he's doing his best Baywatch impression.

I always keep Shulk and Reyn shirtless.

I don't know... Nintendo had better get ton top of 'Nipplegate' or else I am going to sell my Switch.

@BravelyDavid Thanks, that's what I was afraid of. "Pre-installed" was the word I was thinking of but couldn't remember. I'm really leaning towards not getting the bundle now after wanting it since March (I was hoping it was coming). Pick up a Switch ASAP, get the game Day 1 on cart from Amazon for $48, done.

@Rudy_Manchego
Don't worry, mate.
Shirtless Mario with nipples is still acceptable.
Can you see Rated Everyone 10+ on the box ?
At least he is not completely naked...

I know that Yoshi question is a joke, but Mario is a mammal and Yoshi is a dinosaur/frog thing. Dinosaur/frog things to not have nipples because they are not mammals.

Real question is, where are DK's nipples?

I thought he'd have chest hair, for some reason.

@McHaggis I thought that too.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Men, right? Being obsessed over nipples. Can't take them anywhere.

@thesilverbrick With all the running and jumping and squatting he does around he does, is it really any surprise he has a flat gut?

@Anti-Matter Not for me, I have Thelephobia and I have a phobia of fictional Italian plumber chests. Double whammy. This is not what I expect from Nintendo

P.S - I had to google Thelephobia and this comment is no way meant to belittle sufferers.

@MegaVel91 This much is true. He earns his carbs.

I don't see what all the fuzz is about concerning nipples or what's even funny about it. I go like that to the beach and swimming pools all the time, so why shouldn't Mario.

What would be funny is to swap the costumes to swimming shorts in the iceworld and vice-versa. Would be nice if they gave Mario a shiverin' animation just like Link in BoTW.

What's wrong with modern society!?

Secret costume in this world should be a speedo. Then internet will collapse

@thesilverbrick While wall jumping and back flipping. I'd be dreaming of pasta as well .

@thesilverbrick All that jumping and running must burn any fat in his body.

Any publicity is good publicity.

#NippleGate

An Italian with hairless chest... why no one's talking about it?

@Rudy_Manchego
Ah... I see.
Btw, do you mind with other barechested guy ? Such as barchested Son Goku / Link / etc ...
Well, as long not the Italian style...

@LUIGITORNADO
Psst...
Dinosaur is Reptile.
Oh, Donkey Kong nip...
Never mind.

Man I love the look of the Seaside and Snow Kingdom! Man I love the look of Mario's nips!

@Sir_Anthony Also just to let you know Sir Anthony I just got Persona 5 in the post today and I've been playing it tonight. I give it 11/10 already.

Seriously, that's what people are talking about?

@arpaktiko Or a Borat style one-piece 'man-kini'...

I can't believe this is a thing.

Let me at em

Not gunna lie, the instant I saw Mario running without a shirt on (Which was a brief 2-5 seconds if I recall correctly) I immidiately was like "wait, we've never seen mario without a shirt on" The game looks amazing but at no other point during the trailer was my mind so focused on a small detail. I guess I wasn't the only one who felt like this too.

@King_Johobo
Haha if you rate it an 11/10 now that gotta be at least a 15/10 when you finish it.

Lol, you would expect him to have more belly. Oh, and a hairy chest!

Ha! So Mario is human after all. I knew it from the very beginning!

But what about Kirby? He's been shirtless his whole life and nobody bats an eye!

that is some hot nipple action!

so you can objectify female game characters but not show Mario in swim trunks?!

People seem to forget when Mario was in the original Donkey Kong, the slightest fall, no matter how high, would kill him. Mario has been doing alot of cardio ever since and as everyone here can see, the results speak for itself.

People are actually talking about this? I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. This is the internet.

I'm more concerned that a aged plumber of Italian descent has no chest hair (or back hair for that matter)

I like this. Nintendo needs this type of free advertisement in today's world to reach the masses. And it helps keep the Nintendo brand relevant. They should have fun with these types of things when they come around. There should be fun references to the Luigi death stare in the next Mario Kart game.

I still can't get over buff dedede. That's too funny!

@crifer
Maybe he waxes? Peach seems like the kind of person that would make Mario wax. I'm sure he doesn't care either way so he just goes along with her. lol.

Those niples have special powers too! It shoots lazer beams, lol.
Or he wants to impress peach.

When you've been on the internet long enough, you just kinda know what's gonna start trending. :V

@arpaktiko Mario really strikes me a Speedo guy, TBH.

Well, I have no problem with his nips, and they seem to be pretty tastefully done.

@impurekind Damn straight they some pretty tasty lookin' nips, yo!

...Oh, that's not what you meant.

leave it up to Niptendo!

Maybe that's why it's E 10+

Guys, relax. It's a texture for a basic human feature. lol

100th. And all I can say is "tits oot for the lads!"

Any Viz readers here will get that one, otherwise it will look like very weird comment

@Ryu_Niiyama Okay, we'll take that but the Bat-suit having nipples? Come on now, it's just ridiculous!

I was kinda hoping we wouldn't be subject to it, but what really gets me is the lack of hair on Mario's chest!

I wonder if his nips come off?

I thought buff Dedede would be the meme highlight of the Direct...

@Kyranosaurus hahahahahaahahahahahahah! Thank you buddy, this made my day!

@Sir_Anthony I hope so!

@Anti-Matter no nips tho' heh.

........What..........the.......hell...........

Yes but does he have a plumbers crack?

LMFAO this post made me laugh, first the headline then this comment, "Or as I call em "Goombas of the chest""

Much like the intro “minigame” for Super Mario 64 and the stretchy face, you can shave Mario’s chest which then transfers into the game. Hair grows back in real-time so you can make new creations. Super Mario BODYSSEY.

I can't understand what all the fuss is about, didn't any of those people see the other stuff that was shown?

The real issue here is if Mario's bumcrack is on display from those shorts: if true then it renders the whole 'not a plumber anymore' statements completely false!

I just find it hard to believe that a guy with such bushy mustache doesn't have a grotesquely hairy chest.

Nintendo's squeamishness seems to have lessened over the years, since they censored Zubora's nipples in Majora's Mask 3D.

what the frick

I've personally found all of the reaction & discussion surrounding this to be very entertaining! LOL!

I always thought Mario would wear a Victorian style swimsuit. But hey I'm not one to judge his desire to show his beefy pecs.

@InternetBowser You mean in some sort of Zelda x Mushroom Kingdom themed wet t-shirt competition?

Next up!
princes peach topless running on the Beach.

@Anti-Matter You just had to make the article about you.