Nipples.
Today, Mario was spotted in the latest Nintendo Direct without a shirt on. Just like that, the internet forgot about its dashed hopes of a new Animal Crossing announcement or Smash Bros on Switch. All that mattered were the sweet little Hershey’s Kisses on Mario’s exposed thorax.
MARIO NIPPLES CONFIRMED but no chest hair. I thought he was Italian? https://t.co/fU7xcHZGwu
— Barry Kramer (@razzadoop) September 13, 2017
ok nintendo we get it pic.twitter.com/y760itirOv
— andrew webster (@A_Webster) September 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908100774084968448
mario has nipples and link does not. so what the fuck
— Porygon (@PorygonNews) September 13, 2017
Today was the first ever in-game appearance of Mario nipples, though a previous pieces of Nintendo-approved art has shown them before pic.twitter.com/zVc6yhFrW9
— Henry Gilbert (@hEnereyG) September 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908104476002852864
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908103126493941761
ted pic.twitter.com/ztJeq1PIkl
— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) September 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908110934102695936
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908101056986599424
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908106466225213440
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908106995273740289
Baywatch (2017) pic.twitter.com/6OKhwTVy2s
— woops (@woops) September 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908112681504169985
mario has covered up his tribal tattoo pic.twitter.com/OKjGDxG1xt
— 星空★lone (@inkopolis) September 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908104169269194753
double standards much, nintendo? pic.twitter.com/fO4CV3CF7H
— Nathan Grayson (@Vahn16) September 13, 2017
mario = nips
detailed fe character = no nipsnintendo explain pic.twitter.com/YdTC4wJLb5
— giselle (@giselledoodles) September 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/908104171295006721
https://www.tumblr.com/fungoidfred/165310789748/
https://www.tumblr.com/naols-x3/165310132313/
https://www.tumblr.com/therealpeaches/165309976759/
https://www.tumblr.com/ultraxo/165309677877/
https://www.tumblr.com/tinylamp/165310413651/
Bringing things full circle, if there’s not a shirtless Mario skin in the next Smash Bros, people are gonna fucking riot.