don't you mean Super Mario Land? also, in that game didn't Mario just show up to rescue her and that's it?
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Nintendo Says their Female Audience likes Seeing Luigi as the Lead
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Luigi is da best. Who knew?
Real-Talk: I love how this commercial came out of nowhere & is still ripe for out-of-context replies.
Real-Talk: I love how this commercial came out of nowhere & is still ripe for out-of-context replies.
Luigi is best brother. I'm not a lady, but I can still confirm that. At least he has a character.
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I would have thought they might have liked something other than a white male lead, but I guess Nintendo fans do know what they want. After all when you keep seeing the damsel in distress over and over it just gets a bit desensitized.
I've always preferred Luigi myself, though not a woman. I also think Luigi appears and plays a role often in the quirkier Mario games, which I prefer (with Sunshine being an exception).
Honestly, if I've learned anything from Undertale, being dead won't stop any fandom.
Luigi is dad though..
Honestly, if I've learned anything from Undertale, being dead won't stop any fandom.
I mean, can confirm. I've always found him more fun and sympathetic. Mario's just a bit generic relatively.
So basically, it's okay to say that there are demographic differences between sexes when it's Nintendo that says it.
If talking about the recent Tales of Thread, there's a difference between saying a demographic likes a
The Tales of Statement can apply to a certain type of person, sure. But there's no reason that specific type of person has to be female, and in fact I know for a fact is not specifically female.
First thing I thought of when I read the title.
If the Mario RPGs have taught me anything, it's that Luigi is a jerk. He lies to people constantly, is jealous, entitled and whiny, talks about how he could accomplish stuff if he wanted to, and bails on people in need constantly. In fact, the only reason Luigi had his own sub-series is because he was conned into accepting a fake prize for a contest he didn't enter. What a dumbass. It's a good thing the Mushroom Kingdom doesn't have internet, because he's probably be concerned about ethics in video games journalism. Gooigi is clearly the less slimy Mr Green.
If the Mario RPGs have taught me anything, it's that Luigi is a jerk. He lies to people constantly, is jealous, entitled and whiny, talks about how he could accomplish stuff if he wanted to, and bails on people in need constantly. In fact, the only reason Luigi had his own sub-series is because he was conned into accepting a fake prize for a contest he didn't enter. What a dumbass. It's a good thing the Mushroom Kingdom doesn't have internet, because he's probably be concerned about ethics in video games journalism. Gooigi is clearly the less slimy Mr Green.
I mean
Luigi must be doing something right if Princess Daisy is willing to show their relationship via a giant golden statue on a course named after her.
You know exactly what he's doing right.
Ok? Feel free to comment when you actually have a sensible rebuttal.
Or would a headline like "Sony says their female audience likes seeing Deacon St John / Nathan Drake / Kratos as the lead" not be particularly eye-raising, to say that their female audience enjoy seeing white men taking the lead role in gaming over pretty much anything else?
No?
The purpose of the information is about who woman prefer more, Mario or Luigi, and they chose Luigi. Nothing more, nothing less.
And is funny that you say all of this, when all your profile is about one of the most digusting genre in anime where the whole point is that woman need and idolize like god their male saviors.
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I'd kindly appreciate if you lay off the ad hominem. For you see, there is very little to gain in attacking the user instead of the argument.
The full quote in the Eurogamer article is the following: "Also, Trinen said, Nintendo's own player research showed Luigi was a particularly attractive lead character to a female audience. " It says nothing about how many lead characters the audience had to choose from. So I have no idea why you think the choice given was only between Mario and Luigi. Do you happen to have more information than Eurogamer provided?
You are the one throwing accusations, you are the one who has to bring evidence about Nintendo fans idolizing white male leads, which is absurd in the first place, because luigi is a side character for starters, and is far from the alpha white male you seem to think it is.
It should be viewed in the context of "between Nintendo's stable of mascots" they want Luigi rather than Mario, or DK or other male leads"
If you want to make the argument Nintendo needs to diversify their male character mascots so be it (As I can't think of a PoC that is one). The context here though is apparent. Women like the vulnerable, cowardly, hunk of a man, Luigi... No need to make this a race/gender/orientation thing unnecessarily.