We've been wondering - does the concept of Not Safe For Work still apply when we're all working from home? If not, then this rather phallic bridge is Perfectly Safe For Work, unless your boss is also in your house.
As Twitter user @akfamilyhome discovered (h/t Kotaku), there's a certain bridge in Super Mario 3D World's World 4 castle that's a little bit suspect, and despite gaining some recognition back when the game originally came out, it's still there in the Switch version. Cheeky.
Now, we could forgive Nintendo's level designers for accidentally making a bridge look a bit like a you-know-what, but the two P switches make it tricky to see this as an accident.
Is that a 1-Up in Mario's pocket, or is he just... er, you know what, never mind. Please say something in the comments that isn't gross, or we'll get in trouble.
[source twitter.com]
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Come on, Kate. You say you don't want us to say anything gross, but your jokes are just low-hanging fruit. Heh heh, get it? Low hanging?
I'll stop.
Slow news day, huh?
I lava me some good “bridge” jokes
I mean after treasure No.69 in Paper Mario: The Origami King nothing can surprise me in a Mario game (although SM3DW came out year before PM:ToK but still)
If yours looks like that you should see a doctor!
Whoa, I've played this game a hundred times and somehow I never noticed that thing is totally a schlong. Now I hate myself.
See, even Mario can have innuendos if you look close enough!
Me: I wonder if the port still has that luigi bros game as a bonus
Nintendo life: look at this penis bridge
Boy there needs to be some news some actual news.
Big hot wiener
@JR150 yes
@Moonlessky I think you're thinking of NSMBU Deluxe, which came out last year and had Luigi U.
What happens when you stand on the switches?
Big PP energy
@Rambler I'll tell you when you're older.
This level looks like a stiff challenge. Hope Mario can rise to the occasion.
@Bizaster 😏
This bridge really rubs me the wrong way. It's a very hard level if I remember right... You need to be a jack off all trades to master this one!
You see what you want to see, but I hope this ballsy move isn't removed in an update.
All I see is a floor reference of the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon
Well this isn't right. I thought I was the most immature person here.
Technically, work-from-home days might still uphold NSFW concept as "Not Safe For Wife" for some, but nonetheless. And the bridge is still there because Freudian misinterpretations don't raise a game's age rating.
Or so I tend to hope.😅
don't worry the P is for Power and mario is saving it for peach.
Oh come on guys grow up! Get your minds outta the gutter. Next you'll be telling me king tritons castle on the little mermaid looks like a dong.
Btw there's actual boobs in a shot of Disney's the rescuers. Seriously look it up!
The mario thing I ain't buying it though. That's just an unfortunate coincidence.
That doesn’t look anything like a vagina
Cheeky. What is it with level designers? Reminds me of a certain land formation in Banjo-Tooie...
@Zeldafan79 Ever watch Fantasia? They're not even hiding it there!
I will now buy your game~
@Plexagon no I think there talking about that Luigi version of Mario Bros that was on the WiiU version of SM3DW they were wondering if it was included in the Switch Version ass well
@Zeldafan79 it kinda dose tho.
This isn’t what they meant by Bowser’s Fury, is it?
We want a Nintendo Direct, not a Nintendo Erect!
This actually got reported on by quite a few sites. It's funny that Nintendo is so family friendly even the implication of a pp causes shock.
@Snatcher I agree it's ridiculous to think this is not just a gag. The developers look at the levels from all angles
Someone probably thought it was funny and looked like it so they added the p blocks to drive it home
Hey that bridge kinda looks like a penis!
@NeoKoala
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
R...
Ror...
Ror...sc...a... test...
Hmm why did I suddenly think of these weird words?
Hm. This alone might be enough to sway me to purchase the game.
NINJA APPROVED
Rule 34 never fails. While we're here, there's also that crotch level inside the Voltron Mario Zone in Super Mario Land 2.
@Plexagon he refering to the Luigi version of Mario Bros incluided in Super Mario 3D World, is this game still on the port?
despite Nintendo be a family friendly companie, she seen to like to put this cheecky inuendo things.
@KateGray That's nothing, have you played Animal Crossing: New Horizons? 😂
What is long, hard and full of seamen?
@Ganner Minecraft Steve while eating his meat.
I guess the real question is, does it resemble a man’s or a woman’s pen15?
Looks like a hammer to me. I don’t understand the attention this is garnering.
@Ganner a pirate ship!
🤣🤣🤣
Send the picture to Ellen Degeneres show !
Oh, poor Kate. You're innocent, innocent eyes have been fouled by that no-no part shape. I'm so sorry 😋.
its really important for the gameplay
This is not a Nintendo first, there was a rock formation in one of the older Mario Karts that was an arch you drove under and it was just a ridiculously obvious dong. It was a beach level.
Undoubtedly this will cause controversy, but it’s highly doubtful the programmers did this purposefully. It’s just a game design they liked in that level.
Look at the rocks near the beginning of world 4
Dammit looks like I gotta get this game after all
@JR150
Slow reading day?
Apparently there wasn't any news today.
Think of the children !!!
Guys and their genitals.
As a friend of mine, also female, used to say: " Hmph. If you have one of these you can have all of them you want."
Ugh, I never noticed!
And now it can’t be unseen.
Those are no mere bricks, those are c*ckblocks 😓
I've never noticed anything on that level, until NOW. Who's the pervert who made the association?
Pretty sure you need to see a doctor if it burns when you P.
Haha never noticed this myself on the wii u version
lemme get somma that Bowser's Fury...
Steve has made his meat reborn
Also known as big PP level
Edit: #69 comment, nice
@rjejr That's Donatello's David. It's an iconic masterpiece that is in a square here in Italy (where most art is). It's a different story altogether.
It is only in your Mind, it is a Bridge.
@rjejr
Hosetly, i would be shocked if they start censoring Art from the Renaissance and the Classic Times.
@OorWullie You win the comments. Hahah
If only Mario tucked his shirt in...
Everyone making a fuss over this when innuendos have appeared in many games made by a company that operated a chain of love hotels in the past.
@Mew2Senshi I think it's more having fun with it than making a fuss over it, lol.
Loving the wordplay here.
@Plexagon Believe it or not, NSMBUD came out in January of 2019. Time is weird 🙃
It's only weird if you make it weird.
Kinda hot. The lava that is...
@Azuris @AndreaF96 I know what it is. Though the one in the nearby square is a copy, the real one is in the museum. And we couldn't go in the museum when I was there in 1992 b/c it was closed on Mondays and my oh-so-stupid tour group - Club Europa - that I paid thousands of $ to took us there on a Monday. Not the only museum I missed, it was a 3 week tour, I missed a lot of closed museums. Stupid tour.
https://www.florence-museum.com/michelangelo-david.php#:~:text=In%201910%2C%20the%20statue%20of,a%20copy%20of%20the%20original.
Anyway, when you really think about it, you don't think that's it's kind of strange that a sculpture of an actual penis is acceptable to look at b/c Michaelangelo carved it but a layout in a videogame that is just some squares on a floor is unacceptable b/c some people might think it could be interpreted as being in the shape of a penis?
So -
actual penis - ok
tiles of floor shaped like a penis - bad
How the heck does that make any sense explaining it to a space alien?
@rjejr it's like comparing a stylised drawing of a penis that some students do on the blackboard to a famous painting. It's not the same thing.
@AndreaF96 You do realize how elitist that sounds, right?
What if the kid drawing on the blackboard grows up and becomes famous? Think "Banksy" or other lesser known graffiti artists.
This is what happens whenever porn goes to court. 🤷♂️
https://corporate.findlaw.com/litigation-disputes/movie-day-at-the-supreme-court-or-i-know-it-when-i-see-it-a.html
@rjejr when the kid will become an artist and do some art then THAT will be considered differently than a sketch of a penis in a blackboard.
@AndreaF96 Actually, that's Michelango's David. Donatello's two are different.
P.S. You must be fun at parties. ;-P
@AndreaF96
But we even didn't know if somebody wanted it to be an Penis.
I still know those Levels and in some of these you were in a hury running through them.
The two Ps could be there because you could come from each Site, thats a simple Level Design Trick to make it easier for you to get one of the Ps.
On the other End, younger Kids do not see a Genital in there, only Adults will interpret it that Way.
Also, young Kids haven't learned that Genitals are something bad.
Most even see their Parents and Siblings naked.
This Discussion about that Bridge is insane.
Younglings will not care, older ones will make Jokes of, nobody is gonna be hurt.
https://www.office-srr.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/love-poem-of-dolphins.png
@AndreaF96 Some day, someone is going to be famous for doing chalkboard penis art, and they're going to become famous, and you grandkids will be showing it to you in "Animal Crossing: Heaven & Hell". 😉
@Azuris This discussion is primarily about making jokes, as long as you ignore the few fuddy-duddies.
I ordered the game yesterday...can't wait to get my hands on it.
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