A few years back, around the time of Super Mario Odyssey's release, the internet became obsessed with Mario's nipples. A couple of years later we glimpsed the the bare chest of Wario (and Dr. Robotnik) in crossover game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and since then nipples seemingly became an accepted part of the Mushroom Kingdom crew. They're only natural, no?
After causing such a fracas, new promotional art appears to show that Nintendo put the plumber under the knife and has given Mario a nipple-ectomy - a U-turn from previous depictions of the little guy's little guys in official artwork.
In the recent image posted on Nintendo's social media accounts of the mascot relaxing in the sun, it's been pointed out by Automaton (via Kotaku) that Mario no longer has his headline-makers. Here's the picture again, for reference:
Can't quite see what's going on? Allow us you zoom in for you:
People online were quick to point out the absentee nipples:
https://twitter.com/PansLittleSis/status/1293609866775408642?s=20
Yep, it seems that Mario is missing (his nipples). A trick of the light, or has Nintendo taken drastic steps to ensure nipplegate never happens again? Let us know your thoughts below.
[source automaton-media.com, via kotaku.com]
Comments (71)
Wow this is totally a big deal
They must've censored his body hair too. Mario is disturbingly baby smooth for a gruff man that refuses to cut his hair or dye his hair the same color as his mustache.
That's the final straw, boycott Nintendo until they bring Mario's glorious nipples back.
The Mario nip saga goes deeper...
Great job nintendo now we can make more jokes about is nips.
That is quite pathetic. Not sure what's worse... That Nintendo feel the need to erase nipples or a parent out there is worried their child might see something completely natural. It's a mental world these days...
@pip_muzz Like really. How about like every freaken cartoon ever.
I dunno. I can see them, but his chin is covering them.
Who's to say Nintendo did this on purpose? It might just have been the decision of the artist not to include them because he/she thought they were unnecessary or didn't fit on this particular piece of art. I highly doubt this is because of censoring.
This amused me two days ago, but I didn't expect a full news article about it. ^^
Must be a slow nudes day at Niptendo Life.
@Rexenoboy Well it was there before idk why they would get rid of it 3 days later.
Hey that's NSFW of them for tweaking his nipples. Are they really that bored?
@Snatcher
No, it was never there on this particular art piece.
Nippon - nipoff.
I forget. Did Link in BOTW have nipples? I guess i never stared at his bare chest long enough to remember. It is funny though how just because a woman's are bigger and produce milk they somehow became naughty but on a man it's like, See my chest! See my chest! See my chest while you waltz down the public street shirtless.
Nobody cares cause you're a dude! Those things on your chest might as well be ears!
@Rexenoboy Your right my bad.
@Zeldafan79 I think because men are sexualy attracted to theam.
@Snatcher
True but i honestly don't think I've ever known a woman to get excited about a man's chest. At least not in that way. Usually they're more interested in other areas.
I've always dreamed of tweaking Mario's nipples.
I think they should change the look of Mario, at least for one game. Make him look more like a real rough worker-man. That doesn't mean the games has to have realistic graphics, the style could still be cartoony. That's how people imagined him in the old Super Mario games. When he became this weird mix of older guy and baby (or whatever the hell "mascot" he is now) many of his older fans lost interest. Seriously, try it Nintendo. I promise Mario's popularity will reach new heights.
@Zeldafan79 true that.
Shirtless Mario on vacation, eh ?
Be right back.... (start drawing my version of Shirtless Mario)
Joel Schumacher used up all the nipples. None left for Nintendo.
In case anyone was curious - no he wasn't hiding the nips under is 'tache!
@Snatcher
No worries. 😉
Mario's chin actually covers the area that his nipples were on the older model.. they might still be there but we can't see them.
My main concern is who does that second drink belong to? Hairy Luigi-nipplegate is just a few inches to the left!
@Octane Same here, people are getting worked up over nothing, the nipples are safe.
1 Hour later...
Another thing is that mario used to have black hair in the 1980s, super mario super show he had black hair also
Shouldn't Mario have a mask on? I see another character less than 6 feet away. Shame on you Nintendo
Hahahah, mario is a divine being.
He can eat as much as he wants, he doesnt age, he stomps down castles, lifts giant monster. Challenge everyone in smashbros. He doesnt get stoned from those green mushrooms and even boosts his health. His (ahum) nose gets bigger when seeing peach 🤣 and his niples got removed, the torture!
@pip_muzz Makes me wonder how those people feed their children, if they can't even see a virtual male nipple (not that it matters). I mean, as far as I know, we're mammals, and baby mammals are fed through their mother's nipples. I'd even argue it's what female nipples are there for in the first place, and feeding a mother's child is what milk is for, but hey, who am I, and what do I know? Apparently the majority of people seem to disagree, drink a cow's mother milk throughout their entire human life, and censor human nipples to protect the kids.
Whatever we agree and disagree on, I'm there with you that it's a mental world...
@Rexenoboy ARE THOSE NIPPLES ON YOUR AVATAR? Let the one who is without nipples cast the first stone!
@TJWorks : That rang especially true for Wario in Mario and Sonic at the Olympics. No man that fat, unkempt, and gorgeously ugly should be (or would be) hairless. He looks absolutely ridiculous. I suppose the general hairlessness of the Japanese developers may have played some part in these subconscious decisions.
@Anti-Matter wow this is great compared to my drawing.
no mario nips? that's unfortunate... lol
I think he probably just sold his nips to Timmy and Tommy after a massive spike during the week. He wouldn’t be the first.
They're still there; you can see a slightly darker circular area beneath his chin. It's hard to spot because of the shadows, but rest assured that Mario still has his nipples.
And yet you’re missing that there is zero bulge in his shorts...
it's official: Mario is not a mammal (or... he was for a short period of time)
When are we going to get nipples on Sonic and friends?
Look at how they massacred my boy
Nintendo stops announcing new games and now we have stories about Mario nipples
thank you nintendolife, very cool
Mario had a nip/tuck. 🙂
...Why is this news? Granted, it's filed under "Random", but....
@RPGamer Maybe I just want to watch the world burn.
Reporting the real news, I see
@pip_muzz lets be all honest here.. parents have their hands on these censorship. Why? Because they are the dirty minded. If they would rethink back how they were as a child.. they would know.. a child mind doesn't look @ graphics with dirty mind. He/she will play the game and enjoy it without sexual thoughts.. a 12 year old or a bit younger or older is then maybe having more hormones going on. Nintendo is just crazy.. the bigger the company gets.. the dirtier they get.. more corrupted... because they have more attention so adjust everything
@Cia
So you left the series after Donkey Kong showed a small cartoony Italian man on the bezel, control panel ,and sideart?
What clue does this give us for the any potential Mario remasters?
Now he can't feed Baby Mario
Should I feel outraged...well, Should I?
If he is missing nipples, what else has he got?? Nintendo send nudes plz!!
@TJWorks All this time. All these years with Mario, and I never noticed that Mario's moustache doesn't match his hair. Now I wonder if the carpet matches the drapes...
Why are people so damn creepy? They sexualize childrens video game characters and its absolutely disgusting.
@Zeldafan79
I care.
@Toy_Link
Nope, I've played all major outings and enjoyed them, but I'm hoping they would try something more daring in the next main series game, in terms of visual design. I always remember how players got surprised in a positive way when Yoshi's Island 2 was released, since the graphical style was something we hadn't seen before. In these days, all major Mario games have kind of samey art style.
Just not cel shading... Zelda is doing that already. I'd like to see something completely new and surprising.
No nipples on Mario must be a Miyamoto thing, explaining why his lessened involvement in Odyssey's development led to their appearance in that game.
What does the Bible have to do with a cartoon Italian man sitting on the beach with no nipples?
At least Nintendo is making a subtle statement to all the mindless kiddo perverts worldwide, who seem to think social media is a school playground with porn and and no rules. Go Nintendo for trying to being decent during this brain diseased age of the memeternet.
I guess I don’t see what the big deal is or why this is a reason to be upset.
At least he can’t be milked by Greg Focker.
@JayJ don’t you care about mario’s milky teats?
@Anti-Matter Can I ask you what do you use for color?
@Snatcher
Oh, i used Faber Castell Classic color pencils.
@Anti-Matter Thanks I'm going to buy this when I get the cash.
@Clammy wtf
@Alucard83 it's not the deep. Lol
@SevenSwords lol wut
@Lanmanna : Im just saying maybe Mario isnt cis?
And therefor, as such, nipples would be the worst thing ever.. or something?
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