{"id":116690,"date":"2020-08-14T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/random_nintendo_tweaks_marios_nipples"},"modified":"2020-08-14T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:15:00","slug":"random-nintendo-tweaks-marios-nipples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/14\/random-nintendo-tweaks-marios-nipples\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Nintendo Tweaks Mario’s Nipples"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few years back, around the time of Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong>‘s release, the internet became obsessed with Mario’s nipples<\/a>. 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<\/a><\/strong>, and since then nipples seemingly became an accepted part of the Mushroom Kingdom crew. They’re only natural, no?<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/a> of the little guy’s little guys in official artwork.<\/p>\n

In the recent image<\/a> posted on Nintendo’s social media accounts of the mascot relaxing in the sun, it’s been pointed out by Automaton<\/a> (via Kotaku<\/a>) that Mario no longer has his headline-makers. Here’s the picture again, for reference:<\/p>\n