The Super Smash Bros. gang might enjoy throwing, kicking, and Falcon Punching each other into oblivion in their spare time, but it turns out that they also know how to look after each other, too.
Twitter user @gleed_ssb has taken on the almighty task of Photoshopping masks onto each and every character in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. Obviously inspired by current global events, the designs are also unique to each character, not only in shape and size - Piranha Plant has a big mouth - but also in their decoration.
You can see them in a slideshow in the tweet below, or view them in their full, high-res glory over on Imgur. We'll share just a few of them below.
In a follow-up tweet, @gleed_ssb was asked why they decided to still put masks on characters like Samus and Olimar, who already have helmets on. They replied, “So they can get into Costco.”
Everyone needs to shop for groceries, and everyone can play their part in keeping each other safe - even fictional Nintendo superstars. These look pretty great, huh?
[source imgur.com, via twitter.com, vg247.com]
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Dr Mario wearing a face shield as well is a nice touch.
The Piranha Plant one is hilarious.
Stay home, play Smash. The ruuuuuules are simple.
Of course, unhygienic fighters like Squirtle, Yoshi, Kirby, and Piranha Plant can't fight properly when wearing masks.
why give (dark) Samus a mask? She's already wearing a helmet.
@sanderev
So they can get into Costco.
@gleed_ssb's retort, not mine.
Even the Piranha Plant is covering it's nose with a mask...and it doesn't even have one! Some people should take notes
Whether you're pro or anti mask, the message should be the same: don't be brash; stay indoors and play Smash.
For anyone who doesn’t know the reason for masks:
The virus that causes COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly from person to person, mainly through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. Spread is more likely when people are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
COVID-19 seems to be spreading easily and sustainably in the community (“community spread”) in many affected geographic areas.
@NinChocolate thanks, people would probably be living behind the moon if they didn't know that and read it here now tho
@Zeldafan79
A large number of COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic. That means you can be infected and contagious, but never develop any symptoms or illness.
You can pose a risk to others without even knowing it.
During the SARS, bird flu, and swine flu scares, there were international efforts to successfully contain and prevent the spread of the disease. We failed to contain COVID-19.
Whilst it is true that people do die from the common flu, we have a long medical history of preventative treatments to greatly reduce the impact it has on people and our health services. We have no such protection against COVID-19 which is why it is far more important to prevent the spread and transmission.
Your attitude, arrogance and lack of co-operation is unwanted when it can cost people's lives or well-being.
@Zeldafan79 It's just some cloth
I work in Health Care in direct patient care, and can appreciate the humor in this art. Sometimes during abnormal times it is nice to have a break from the seriousness, and this could make a great marketing for face mask benefits. At least now we are starting to get a rapid COVID test that give results within 24 hours...finally can id carriers and infected quicker to give peace of mind to the unknown and direct resources quicker to those that need it.
I was gonna make a joke about how it was sad to see these characters freedoms taken away, then someone beat me to it, except they weren't joking. LOL?
LOVE PIRANHA PLANT!! LMAO
Actually really well done. But clearly the likes of Samus, Olimar and R.O.B don't need masks. lol
Graphically well done, has quite a quality. But now that one has done this I hope that's all. This c. situation is bad enough in real life. I don't need any of this in video games or franchises. No matter what opinion on the c. topic.
OT: Well done, now starts fighting here as well. Oh man...
Humanity won't become extinct by killer viruses but because of the hygiene. It's totally fine to have different opinions on the c. pandemic. I never understand why people discrespect others in general. Even less in this c. situation. Common sense is rare these days. Yes, I wear masks and keep distance. Because if there's only a small risk I could spread it I can take action by using masks and make sure distance. I do it for them. That is however not the point and most seem to not understand the real issue behind this mask and distance topic. Stop driving cars then nobody gets hurt in traffic.
I was just thinking about if I could change my profile pic to have Bowser wear a mask! Did the guy manage to have Bowser wear one?
@KingBowser
He did! Check the source.
https://i.imgur.com/YkxoTAZ.png
@ArtiomNLS
I don't need to stay home. 🤷
@RupeeClock Yeah. But I want to change my current picture to include the mask, just so I can match the current life situations
@arabiansanchez
Depends on the rules of your country to be honest. Only have to wear an mask on public transportation in my country.
I would ask how piranha plant can see with that on, but then I remembered he already doesn’t have eyes, so that’s a dumb question.
@Uwii
Does "c." stand for Covid? Or is that a weird tic you have, peppering it throughout your comment
The fact that there’s actually anti-mask people here really concerns me.
@Classic603 It is what you make of it. I can't help but why so
subliminally mean?
@Uwii
You actually have a tic that can't be helped? Online? That's the first I've ever heard of that. And I'm not sure how that's mean
I find it hilarious that R.O.B. is also wearing a mask, its hilarious because its a robot! If anything, it should be holding sanitizing wipes to assist it with self-maintenance! Same goes for Mega Man! 🤣
Olimar doesn't even breath oxygen because it's toxic to him so his suit supplies him with whatever his species breathes, is hilarious that he is wearing a mask inside his helmet! He is already wearing the ultimate face shield! 🤣
Since Zero Suit Samus and Samus are both wearing a mask and are the same person, does that mean Samus is wearing double masks??
@Arnold-Kage Absolutely. Public transport (including the stations) and shops in mine. The general point is it’s a very minor inconvenience to be precious about.
I actually think the benefit is relatively minor and some people think it offsets the necessity of distancing. But for all the trouble it is? I’d rather not make other people anxious or get denied entry to some place I wanna go.
Wow byleth looks really cool with it. Like a ninja asassin.
Also mario
I hope they don't put masks and Covid into video games. I play video games to escape the Covid stuff. Let's leave fantasy worlds nice.
@Classic603 Ok I knew this is gonna go in this direction. Whatever.
Why would Mega Man need a mask, he's a robot lol
@Uwii
I don't even know what's going on, bud
Really ought to have turned off the comments on this one...
lol @ Piranha Plant.
I love Meta Knight's. The same with Samus and Dark Samus only even more obvious XD
@MrBlacky there`s a pandemic now buddy, don`t you know that???
At this point, I`m too afraid to ask, but why are we making conflicts because of all this unnecessary stuff about different countries having different forms of treatment for covid? Or is it just me who doesn`t get it?
@ArtiomNLS
Okay?
@arabiansanchez
That is true, but the problem is that the government makes the laws. If for example in my country an chain of stores were to demand you put on an mask while the government says it not needed then the store is in the wrong.
Still also does not help that an lot of rules or regulation contradict themselves an lot.
@backup368
Lol, oh man. So lets use your logic. It's also unconstitutional for the Feds to force schools to re-open. Again I'll use the conservative talking point of "States rights". If you truly believe that, then chump is downright lying and being authoritarian. Or, you know, just wear a piece of cloth on your face and many can re-open, but that's too easy I guess...
You know where it's also unconstitutional to do a full lockdown? Japan. They did isolated, voluntary shutdowns, plus masks, and the results are speaking for themselves. Japan also has a MASSIVE number of seniors. 28% of the population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/15/national/elderly-citizens-accounted-record-28-4-japans-population-2018-data-show/
You haven't proved anything. My close friends Aunt died of Covid-19. My Mother is immuno-compromised from cancer. I see nothing sinister about counting a death as a covid death, if it was covid that initially brought on the hospitalization in the first place. A patient gets covid, then gets a seperate infection while undergoing treatment, and dies as a result. If they didn't have covid, they wouldn't be there in the first place. They wouldn't be tying of healthcare resources, nor the IC unit, and they'd still be alive. Your attitude is just like chumps; Do nothing, ignore it, and hope it'll go away. Yes, let's just maximize the number of infections, thus maximizing the number who will die overall. Let's do nothing to minimize it. Absolutely nonsensical and irresponsible. Completely flies in the face of the "personal responsibility" mantra.
You can ask 100 different people what "defund the police means", and they'll all give you different answers. You're blind if you think systemic racism doesn't exist in our countries. Canada has been horribly racist to our own indigenous peoples, for one. Again, give me a quote/video/recording where Cuomo and DeBlasio, are openly cheering, promoting, encouraging, etc.. rioting, looting, and destruction of property. I don't care what site, just show me evidence.
I don't even like Trudeau. He's a joke. chump is on film calling Mexicans Rapists, making Muslims out to be terrorists, and people from African countries being referred to as S-hole countries by him. Look inward first at yourselves before acting so high and mighty. What a double standard, and a terrible counterpoint! Here's 3 Republicans who wore blackface:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/30/alabamas-republican-governor-apologizes-wearing-blackface-college-refuses-resign/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47162714
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Candidate-for-Alaska-House-appeared-in-blackface-at-a-2012-Halloween-party-571195631.html
This is not the correct place to talk about conspiracies or politics. Please let's not bring those points up again.
@boredlizard not antimask but calling anyone a Karen just because doesnt make them a Karen just saying.
Wow, Luma taking a step forward with that face shield.
@PieNinja
Stupid is the intention. I don't really see why you have to be so serious about something comedic.
@Eel You missed some posts. What does NL expect when you post stories like this? Certain US individuals have made masks partisan.
yikes some of the comments on here should of had them truned off.
@Musharna
It looks like some of the comments here are gone, including a few of my own.
Probably for the best.
@SSJW I live in Michigan and no, stores can’t. If they don’t enforce the rule they will be fined.
@backup368 No one said it cures anything. You're supposed to wear one so you don't spread it to others
Not sure why Meta Knight or Sheik even needs one when they already got their own mask on.
Apparently you’re not allowed to say that people who refuse to wear masks are idiots here, but you’re allowed to say that masks are a symbol of tyranny? Come on NLife, you have a public duty to combat misinformation and downright dangerous rhetoric.
@nessisonett @EVIL-C please do report the ones I missed. Just keep in mind that the posts after mine, happened after I deleted the first batch and left.
Some of the masks and logos were simply illogical - Ridley would not be wearing the logo of "the Hunter" (Samus). A few were pretty good! But one of them is just offensive. I'm sure that prancing green tax fraud considers it most amusing to wear a mask that baldly displays his ill-gotten nest egg...
@MrBlacky I don`t even care if you are an antimasker or you just don`t go outside and order food from services like uber eats. Writing "I don`t need to wear a mask" sounds ermmmmm... kind of strange considering we have a worldwide pandemic (also, let`s please end this conversation and stop argueing).
@ArtiomNLS
Okay, I'll keep it calm and give you one chance before I risk a ban here:
1. Go back to my first comment.
2. Read the whole comment again (shouldn't be hard, since it's just one, short sentence)
3. Lastly copy the comment and write a new post. Paste my comment in your post, past the comment, which you claimed I said and then let everyone compare them for any differences. 🙂
@SSJW
Actually that still depends on the regulations of your country. Know for an fact that had the stores demanded you wear an mask to visit them they would have bin called back here.
@Classic603 You and me both, dude. Some people are just extremely over-sensitive. I think he's acting like saying Covid-19 or Coronavirus is the real world equivalent of saying Voldemort. 😂
@KoopaTheQuick That's the thing, you can't escape it. Ignoring the problem won't make it go away.
@Crimson_Ridley In some way it is, isn't it? Over-sensitive? Ah ok, now I understand. But it's more that English is not my mother tongue and I'm just too careful if I don't really understand what's the point or problem. But apperently:
@Classic603 Me neither. Sorry for confusion but I really don't understand what the reason may be behind asking one if he has a "weird tic" when it's just shortening a word? Honestly I don't like calling the whole topic "Covid" or "Corona", because Covid is the desease apperently and Corona is a beer... So let's start over freshly so I, as an English noob, can understand?
Now we just need this to be a mod (I don't mod my systems)
@Uwii
Well then if English isn't your native tongue, you're doing VERY well.
My whole point is that I didn't realize you were shortening COVID-19 to "c." In all of your sentences, you could have left the "c." out. You followed it up with "subject", "topic" and "situation", and those could have just been your nouns. The "c." becomes redundant.
So if you don't feel comfortable saying the word, that's fine; we all would understand what you mean if you just say "this situation" or whatever.
@Classic603 Well that makes everything clear and I hope you accept my apologies for this whole confusion. Thank you for the feedback on my output, I need to focus on the input then - obviously.^^
I really didn't understand - well afterwards it's always easy: I should have just asked. My bad.
@Uwii there's nothing inappropriate about naming the disease by it's name, so don't feel the need to censor yourself.
Also, Corona simply means crown. The viruses in the Corona category are called that because the literally look like little crowns.
I’ve heard and seen enough of Bill Gates’ coronavirus. I’d like to escape it when I play games.
@NinChocolate I always thought scientists and government officials had our best interests at heart - but why did I or anyone think that way? What if they didn’t?
I have a PhD and am a Certified Industrial Hygienist. I deal with OSHA standards. The fabric masks you see most people wearing do virtually nothing to protect respiratory health, for the wearer or others. If you want to protect you need a surgical N95 (the type used in healthcare), or at least an Air Purifying Respirator (APR). OSHA requires that individuals receive a medical evaluation and respiratory fit test before wearing one. Wearing one without these things could put you at increased risk (exacerbate underlying respiratory conditions, poor fit allows continued exposure).
Call me crazy but I have seen very little in the state and federal governments’ responses that makes any sense. A more logical explanation for these shenanigans is that someone wants to control you. I don’t know who but pick your conspiracy - Illuminati, eugenicist Bill Gates, the central banking families, Skull and Bones, Luciferians, etc
Removed - off-topic
@RupeeClock well thats good. this isn't the place for that type of talk.
@nessisonett I'm concerned about anti-maskers as well, fellow poster. Let's be concerned together.
Now do it for Mortal Kombat characters.
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