This might be my favorite comment ever. Nothing has ever invoked such a visceral image of waluigis understated complexity for me before. I’m brought to tears. Brava 👏
The sheer _emotion_ of the director's _"Ehhh"_ when asked about Mario swimwear is incredible. I do not speak Japanese, so that may have been the start of a word and I would never know, but I _felt_ it.
I'm going to play devils advocate for omitting waluigi's nipples. His legs are so long and his head is so big compared to his torso, I cannot imagine a size or position of nipples that wouldn't look out of place. I can't tell where his pectorals begin and end, and I'm scared for what we will will learn if Nintendo gave us a definitive answer.
In re: Sonic's shoes - I think you're right, but it might go even further than that. I suspect the fact that they're red and thus contrast with Sonic's otherwise blue body is important. Otherwise, you might not be able to read his feet when he starts going fast.
i think it's also a question of what sonic's feet should even look like tbh. officially sonic character just have these shapeless blobs for feet (as seen with big's sandals) but seeing sonic like that would be.... strange.... but on the other hand giving them any more detail would also be uncanny. better to just pretend they don't exist this is probably also why the movie was allowed to actually kinda do it, because the slightly more realistic design made the Acknowledgment Of Sonic Having Feet considerably less weird
@@yungoldman2823 of course not! Though let’s not pretend that foot fetishists *weren’t* a thing back then lol. What I’m saying is that the shoes aren’t just iconic (though they are), they’re also functional.
This is actually something that can happen in humans, though they would not be as developed as on Dogs. Looks like zits, but closer up you realize its nipple tissue. Same position as nipples on non humanoid mammals too.
It would have been funnier to give sonic flippers while swimming, then they could have a similar design to his normal shoes and keep the feet folk at bay
I think part of the reason why they didn't want to remove Sonic's shoes is because they didn't want to design feet for Sonic. Like, with how weird [said with love] the Sonic fanbase is, do you really want to be know as one who designed Sonic's feet? No matter what you do, half the fanbase will hate it and another segment will like it too much.
More so the reason that it would be weird to have human like feet on what's already an anthropomorphic animal. Feels out of place, especially if you were to make them "naked" unlike his hands.
trevorblue4531 you can literally see sonic's fully realized 4k quality irl feet in the movie which is even more offputting since it was entirely ENTIRELY unnecessary and didn't benefit the plot at all They look way too human
When I was in university a very perplexed classmate asked me how my tattoos kept changing. They weren't impressed when I explained that I just drew on myself during lectures
Waluigi has no nipples because clearly he’s a monotreme. He lays eggs and sweats milk through his skin. He’s actually more closely related to Knuckles than to Mario!
I was quite surprised to find Peach in a bikini in Super Mario Odyssey. It makes sense, she's on vacation, and the two water themed kingdoms give a nice opportunity for it, plus it fits in to that part of the post game quest - Peach on vacation, dressing up in vacation outfits that fit each kingdom (she wears a kimono visiting Bowser's Castle, for example), but I was still surprised.
And the sarong (skirt) partially covers up a fully modelled body with bikini bottoms. They really went skimpy with that outfit. I think this game plus the first two Mario Strikers are the only games where Peach's tummy is shown. It's rare.
I still don't know why we're expected to pretend horniness for Bowser didn't exist prior to Bowsette, and doesn't still exist after Bowsette. Bowsette just made it that bit more vanilla.
That goes for every character. Sexualizing male characters just gets a pass for some reason. The amount of Mario and Bowser and Sonic porn out there would make your head explode. No I'm not being one of those 'male rights' guys, I just think "lying to yourself and acting like what little area you focus on is the whole picture" is really crap.
@@jackpijjin4088 straight up, the reason it gets a pass is bc there's nothing wrong with sexualising characters. it is a legitimate expression of people's experiences with fiction &// fandom. The problem emerges precisely when one identity is persistently sexualised, even to the point that when they aren't, it's still the only thing people see or makes those who don't see it anymore mad 🤐 like sexualising women is bad exclusively bc of how entrenched it is in several cultures, how that's the default for most female characters, and the other sexist implications that are often drawn on for that sexualisation.
@@sourwitch2340 Yeah, exactly. Like, I'm very pro-expression including sexual content despite being asexual myself. I also try to be impartial in most things which is why I don't agree with people getting twisted up over one character getting such treatment but ignoring the rest. (Frankly I think they should just... get over it. So long as it's not a real person being exploited without- or with dubious- consent, it's just a character.)
Waluigi omitted nipples on purpose and was originally planning to get nipple tattoos but never got around to scheduling it and now he's farming too much karm on r/FreedTheNips to want them anymore
7:40 When the developers presented the idea it was rejected but when their supervisor suggests the same idea their proposal was accepted. A universal experience. Good video and enjoyed seeing your reviews on the Second Wind channel!
Both Mario and Link being able to go shirtless in 2017 really signified a shift in the power dynamic of the games industry. The Switch was a force to be reckoned with.
I figure that we can't see Mario's bellybutton cause those shorts are just high enough to be covering it. It's not like I'm an expert on the placement of these things, though, so who knows?
this was a really good video. i don’t make non-jokey comments usually but seriously. usually these niche ‘video essays’ tend to be a bit ramble and get off topic to make it seem a bigger deal or deeper than it is, but you to the point the whole video as well as making it funny and engaging
I genuinely really enjoyed this video- I wasn’t expecting the deeper conversation about how fandom interacts with artists and how corporations don’t want to make art, but I’m really glad it was you who delivered the message. And I will, of course, always appreciate pro-horny messaging.
@@user-sl6gn1ss8p it starts with an s, ends with an x, and has a vowel in-between the answer is sax, Bowser is a very romantic and impassioned saxophone player 🎺
16:38 that's very important. Do dunk on and criticise big media labels. Don't focus that kind of attack towards individuals. Or if you can't avoid it, try to be polite, but better just don't. If there's significant criticism, not engaging in their media is the better outlet. If there isn't, but you are mad about some decision made, share it & talk about it with your friends, add the company itself on a social network they use to ask for explanation, but don't focus on how inexplicable it is that a person would have thought this absurd idea might be the right call.
I'd love to believe that that would work lol, but aonuma still thinks that the classic zelda titles are inferior to his modern, sloppier works, and will continue to produce more like them because they sell more to a general audience that doesn't care lol.
@@Liggliluff this ☝️ Challenging artists to produce art that's to your tastes is good. Expecting them to make that art or challenging artists to stop making art are both bad. And even if you think telling someone they're awful for what they do and then tag on "but you can change" IS helping them improve... it's not. When you're message starts by telling someone there's no hope for them, that tends to be the main takeaway. I'll also say that I added the point on asking for change and expecting it to happen precisely after rereading knatkniht's comment... because I've heard dozens of people shower the newest Zelda games with praise for its innovative and playful designs, including many long-term Zelda fans 😅 so I very much think it's not down to some guy's preference for slop, but a matter of audience reception, that we're likely to keep seeing similar titles
@@metal_pipe9764 Where's he getting the clothes, he'd have to take them with him on his journey in pocket! And if so then they also got soaked while he was underwater.
@@metal_pipe9764 That works, Bowser's kindness would still be required, I doubt that Bowser has any minions who use Mario and Luigi's same kind of clothes, meaning Bowser would have had to have left them out for Mario and Luigi specifically, it's really quite thoughtful of Bowser!
5:25 Fun fact: Thanks to a character named Tikal from Sonic Adventure who wears sandals, we actually know what mobian feet look like! They're like these weird flat ovals without any toes.
Waluigi had to get breast surgery to prevent the spread of breast cancer but omitted getting the nipples tattooed, is my theory I am also here for Trans King Waluigi, i feel like both theories can co-exist
My thinking is, “Why not give Sonic swim flippers?” Y'know like what Mario wears here 9:09. Dunno what to do about the gloves though, they may just be here to stay. I think I could stand to be more chill about weird changes and innovations in works of fiction like these. I should really give the old Mario Bros. movie a watch.
"Media is a business, and the people who run those businesses only care about maximizing profit. If exploitations and AI can do that for them, they'll use it. There's very little creativity in that." Spitting hard truths out here with a big, fat, 'Unionize!' sitting on the screen, wow I love this channel.
Had a friend in gradeschool who had no bellybutton because she had one of her internal organs grow outside her body as a fetus and when they surgically fixed that after she was born, that left her without a bellybutton.
absolutely DELIGHTED by how many people independently said "oh, obviously, waluigi has no nipples because he trans". this fact alone is a huge endorsement for this channel overall
walluigi is a homunculus created by wario when wario realised he needed an luigi analog to be a counter to both mario and luigi thats why waluigi doesnt have nipples
3:31 "Let's-a-go fast" is the sickest thing ever, I can't believe I've never heard it anywhere prior, and I daresay it's too good of a line for this cursed script.
“Just stay horny and weird, but like the chill horny and weird” Those are words for life right there. Not even joking that’s just good advice to live by. Be yourself how you want to but don’t make it weird for others.
this made me think of Sonic---Sega's swimsuit problem. Isn't it weird that Classic Sonic is in the most literal sense an entirely different character than Sonic? That's literally an art style difference, which is insisted on as a character distinction. That art style also includes game design and character roster. This separation is a manifestation of how both Brands are not expected to evolve. Two worlds are deemed necessary to contain 1 (?) franchise, but both are frozen, like chicken nuggets; expect the same for next time. Sonic Mania got to explore the area Classic Sonic left, but make no mistake, any progression from the Classic Sonic _Brand_ is forbidden. so if something like that were to happen again, it would be harder to make and feel less refreshing, because it definitely can't be its own thing. This can be changed, for sure. The New Super Mario Bros series was its own treadmill that I hope has been broken, but I'd guess it felt the same to be a developer there as on Sonic: "Don't innovate, finish the product"
i would say sonic superstars was definitely a progression from the classic sonic brand. not nearly as wide of a jump nor as polished as Wonder was for mario, but they introduced a new location, powers and a new character that's been recurring in spin-off media in the form of Trip the classic and modern stuff is generally very interesting though, especially in the places where the barrier breaks down like the relatively newer stuff with Mecha Sonic in the IDW. the only character allowed to cross from one world to the other
I'm just thinking about how people got really weird when Pokemon Masters had some swimsuit alts and now all the summer alts are yukata or stuff like that instead. Meanwhile Fire Emblem Heroes fans wait eagerly for the next fan service banner.
So the heads at Sega and Nintendo really went like, "We wanna make the ultimate Mario & Sonic crossover but we can't figure out a game style that makes justice to both worlds! Huh... well... whatever, let's just put them into the Olympics and never try anything further than that."
I always wanted to wear a swimsuit in Pokémon Sun & Moon. The whole game has a tropical theme and Alola has beaches everywhere. Many of the NPCs walk around in bikinis, and at least one NPC suggests that you do the same. But you cant. You can't even have bare feet. It really bothered me. People need to accept that humans have human bodies, and that isn't evil.
12:20 I cannot agree with this. People were concerned about the changes mentioned because it was going to detract from keeping the characters true to who they were and in the case of the Halo show people were right. John is supposed to be a stoic battle-hardened soldier to the point that he is difficult for the average person to relate to. But instead, we got an over emotional "John" who eventually ended up in a sex scene. Completely unnecessary. The show became everyday drama slop that didn't need the halo franchise. That was a poor example of the "gamers being wrong" statement. Still there is only so much pushback toward the audience that can be done, because once you alienate your audience, your profits will leave with them.
Mario Odyssey is the perfect example of a game that they just wanted to EXPERIMENT with, like fighting the fucking dark souls dragon in the middle of the game
The Elephent Powerup was espespialy funny in germany as there is a talking Elephaant in a tv show who looks like Elephant Mario called Benjamin Blümchen
Interestingly enough, Mario was briefly shown topless a whole four years before Mario&Sonic even came out in the opening of Mario&Luigi: Superstar Saga when Toad walks in on him in the shower, and that was one of the least horny parts of that game.
im so glad this video got put in my feed because oh my god you make some really quality little video essays and i probably would've never found your channel otherwise
Remember the scene in the Sonic movie where his glove catches fire and he and the human guy struggle to put it out but neither of them ever think to just take the glove off? Teeth Sonic didn't have gloves, he just had white fur on his hands, so in that context the scene would have made sense.
i did not click on a thumbnail of shirtless mario to be sat down and given another talk about how Big Companies are Ruining Everything and how i need to Make a Stand for the Value of Human Touch 💀💀💀
Flipper watersport shoes are a thing. I don't care if it makes no sense for the Olympics. I want to see Sonic with flipper shoes and his lifejacket. And make it all Sonic themed colors. Donkey Kong would look cute with a little sailor scarf instead of his tie. Also the idea of oldtimey swimware that covers the top of Mario etc fits well for the character design I think. Which got me thinking, has Popeye worn a swimsuit? I think Robin Williams wore a one piece in the imfamous movie. The first result i get for the cartoon shows popeye in a red one piece that shows the chest like a bodybuilder which considering Popeye's bulking up power tracts I guess.
that thumbnail is doing a lot of heavy lifting, but then the content is also super well-made and that's without any flashy edits or blasting sound effects. Just well told and interesting, good stuff.
I just got this video recommended and I was like "Why are you so good at this? The writing is good" And then I see you have a Masters degree on media and culture? That's cool. I'm subscribing, good movie
they were cowards for not giving waluigi a full body 1800s striped swimsuit. He's built perfect for it
Waluigi should've brought his waluigiugi suit with him, skirts past all the censors
A purple pinstriped one piece is what Waluigi was created for.
I have no idea why that makes perfect sense to me, but it does.
We need waluigi in a speedo
Waluigi in a full diver outfit.
Mario has no bellybutton because he was delivered by stork. He was not grown in the womb.
He came out of an egg
@@Yakal001 ...huh. this...checks out?
OP isn't speculating or coming up with a wacky theory, guys. Mario and Luigi were literally delivered by storks as babies in Yoshi's Island.
@@kingcrimson4133 I know, I just thought it was funny lol
this makes sense cuz zelda, samus, inklings, all of them hve bellybuttons. YEA! I dont think the bellybutton thing is censorship its just cannon
Waluigi has evolved beyond nipples. He's not made to nourish, he's made to destroy.
No longer a mammal, the only thing which drips from his body is the venom of revenge.
This might be my favorite comment ever. Nothing has ever invoked such a visceral image of waluigis understated complexity for me before. I’m brought to tears. Brava 👏
Absolutely incredible comment. Incredibly powerful comment. Thank you for bringing this into my life
It also looked like Wario doesn't have any nipples.
He has evolved into a Toriko character, he nourishes himself, destroys all, he is Neo Waluigi.
I love the choice to say "Be the good kind of horny" and then immediately cut to Waluigi
Smash Ultimate flashbacks fill me with irony lol
The sheer _emotion_ of the director's _"Ehhh"_ when asked about Mario swimwear is incredible. I do not speak Japanese, so that may have been the start of a word and I would never know, but I _felt_ it.
I believe that translates to "I could have been an accountant, but noooo, I wanted to be _creative_ "
The word is "Etto", it is more or less the equivalent of "Um". But the _feeling_ is universally recognizable.
Can you link a timestamp? I went to 8:39 but he's not really that emotional, just kind of amused.
@@kingcrimson4133 Just before. You hear him while the flash card is on screen.
Japanese ppl often go "eeeehhhhh?" when confused or shocked, how i know this is because im a weeb and a sub watcher lmao
I'm going to play devils advocate for omitting waluigi's nipples. His legs are so long and his head is so big compared to his torso, I cannot imagine a size or position of nipples that wouldn't look out of place. I can't tell where his pectorals begin and end, and I'm scared for what we will will learn if Nintendo gave us a definitive answer.
It’s waluigi. Nipples below bellybutton. No further notes
@@kathleenl9957 I think that instead of a ribcage, Waluigi has a big bone slinky in there
@@gummybreadLuigi has nipples above his belly button. Waluigi is inverse Luigi. Checks out
@@Croove55 I love this comment.
i think they'd be super close together, like more space on either side than between them
In re: Sonic's shoes - I think you're right, but it might go even further than that. I suspect the fact that they're red and thus contrast with Sonic's otherwise blue body is important. Otherwise, you might not be able to read his feet when he starts going fast.
Probably the same deal with his gloves, too. You need to be able to read his hands when he runs.
i think it's also a question of what sonic's feet should even look like tbh. officially sonic character just have these shapeless blobs for feet (as seen with big's sandals) but seeing sonic like that would be.... strange.... but on the other hand giving them any more detail would also be uncanny. better to just pretend they don't exist
this is probably also why the movie was allowed to actually kinda do it, because the slightly more realistic design made the Acknowledgment Of Sonic Having Feet considerably less weird
thats entirely the reason lol, they werent worried about tumblr artists in the 90s ffs
@@yungoldman2823 of course not! Though let’s not pretend that foot fetishists *weren’t* a thing back then lol.
What I’m saying is that the shoes aren’t just iconic (though they are), they’re also functional.
@@Sparkjolteon Tails and Amy also have rectangular blog feet.
Give waluigi 4 to 6 nipples, like a dog. That would upset everyone
Best solution!
wrong, the furries would be going buck wild if they did that.
Wouldn't upset me
This is acceptable
This is actually something that can happen in humans, though they would not be as developed as on Dogs.
Looks like zits, but closer up you realize its nipple tissue. Same position as nipples on non humanoid mammals too.
Yeah, but now I want to see bowser in like, big swim shorts with floral pattern.
And a hawaiian shirt to match
this is such a good idea that I thought it was already a thing 😭
Flame pattern on em too. Now I need to commision some art of this LOL
@@masterjoda999and some sun glasses!
And flippers
1:02 no!!!! hes not wet because bowsers castle is a big fire and lava pit and it dries him off!!!
i appreciate your passion for this subject
He goes into a castle after every level, he probably just changes clothes after the water levels.
@@metal_pipe9764 There are water sections in the castle though
But he does get back in the water like one pipe before the final battle with real Bowser. So he might save the Princess with sodden overalls.
I was gonna say that. I dislike you for having said it before me
It would have been funnier to give sonic flippers while swimming, then they could have a similar design to his normal shoes and keep the feet folk at bay
that would probably be against Olympia regulations 😂
@@BladeEXE67 but what about shoe tatoos on his feet?
I think part of the reason why they didn't want to remove Sonic's shoes is because they didn't want to design feet for Sonic. Like, with how weird [said with love] the Sonic fanbase is, do you really want to be know as one who designed Sonic's feet? No matter what you do, half the fanbase will hate it and another segment will like it too much.
And yet we have egg man feet
More so the reason that it would be weird to have human like feet on what's already an anthropomorphic animal. Feels out of place, especially if you were to make them "naked" unlike his hands.
@@johnsmith2875
We already know what the dogs would look like through Sonic Forces too, seeing as you can make your character barefoot.
We see Sonic's feet in Sonic Underground ''The Big Melt!''
trevorblue4531 you can literally see sonic's fully realized 4k quality irl feet in the movie which is even more offputting since it was entirely ENTIRELY unnecessary and didn't benefit the plot at all
They look way too human
don't forget Mario's tribal tattoo on his upper arm (shown in a gameboy advance sp ad). it's canon
When I was in university a very perplexed classmate asked me how my tattoos kept changing. They weren't impressed when I explained that I just drew on myself during lectures
Amazing piece of canon, TIL
Waluigi has no nipples because clearly he’s a monotreme. He lays eggs and sweats milk through his skin.
He’s actually more closely related to Knuckles than to Mario!
:(
@@cyrus9883 LMAO
I was quite surprised to find Peach in a bikini in Super Mario Odyssey. It makes sense, she's on vacation, and the two water themed kingdoms give a nice opportunity for it, plus it fits in to that part of the post game quest - Peach on vacation, dressing up in vacation outfits that fit each kingdom (she wears a kimono visiting Bowser's Castle, for example), but I was still surprised.
And the sarong (skirt) partially covers up a fully modelled body with bikini bottoms. They really went skimpy with that outfit. I think this game plus the first two Mario Strikers are the only games where Peach's tummy is shown. It's rare.
Bikinis are way too slutty. Some lines should not be crossed.
Idk, she loved to be on vacation in full dress in Sunshine haha
I still don't know why we're expected to pretend horniness for Bowser didn't exist prior to Bowsette, and doesn't still exist after Bowsette. Bowsette just made it that bit more vanilla.
before there was maybe hundred bowsette images now there's thousands
It's an understatement to say a little bit lol
@@NonJohns I think OP was talking about horniness for Bowser, not Bowsette, of which there is indeed aplenty. so long, gay Bowser 🫡
That goes for every character. Sexualizing male characters just gets a pass for some reason. The amount of Mario and Bowser and Sonic porn out there would make your head explode.
No I'm not being one of those 'male rights' guys, I just think "lying to yourself and acting like what little area you focus on is the whole picture" is really crap.
@@jackpijjin4088 straight up, the reason it gets a pass is bc there's nothing wrong with sexualising characters. it is a legitimate expression of people's experiences with fiction &// fandom. The problem emerges precisely when one identity is persistently sexualised, even to the point that when they aren't, it's still the only thing people see or makes those who don't see it anymore mad 🤐 like sexualising women is bad exclusively bc of how entrenched it is in several cultures, how that's the default for most female characters, and the other sexist implications that are often drawn on for that sexualisation.
@@sourwitch2340 Yeah, exactly. Like, I'm very pro-expression including sexual content despite being asexual myself. I also try to be impartial in most things which is why I don't agree with people getting twisted up over one character getting such treatment but ignoring the rest. (Frankly I think they should just... get over it. So long as it's not a real person being exploited without- or with dubious- consent, it's just a character.)
mario has no bellybutton because he is a homunculus who is ontologically incapable of committing an act of evil
And yet he kills thousands of brown little mushroom-shaped creatures
The penguin would like a word.
He was delivered by a stork, so I guess it makes sense?
@@RushStudios101 n64 koopas are civilians and Mario is a monster for what he did to them
Everyone knows that sex Is worse than murder
There are official art pieces of Amy and Tails with flip-flops and they have toeless flipper feet. Utterly baffling.
That's terrifying information thank you.
But toes are required for flip flops aren’t they?
@@Marynicole830 technically no
@@Marynicole830 if they are functional, yes. if they are aesthetic designs in a digital game/graphic novel, no.
@@sourwitch2340they could always get a piercing in the toe area to lace the flip-flop through
Waluigi got cheap top surgery back in the 80s before they had really developed techniques to reconstruct the nipples. Miyamoto told me
Waluigi omitted nipples on purpose and was originally planning to get nipple tattoos but never got around to scheduling it and now he's farming too much karm on r/FreedTheNips to want them anymore
the way i came down here to say this exact same thing
@@sweetmoonpigeon7469 me too haha
@@XatxiFly I'm pretty sure this sentence has never been said before in all of human history lmao
ofc she has a snufkin pfp
7:40 When the developers presented the idea it was rejected but when their supervisor suggests the same idea their proposal was accepted.
A universal experience.
Good video and enjoyed seeing your reviews on the Second Wind channel!
Both Mario and Link being able to go shirtless in 2017 really signified a shift in the power dynamic of the games industry. The Switch was a force to be reckoned with.
And the shift is showing a little skin, in only one Century later a little more skin😊
Link had already been shirtless before, in 2006's Twilight Princess! And, unlike in Breath of the Wild, he actually had nipples!
@@eeveeextremei wonder how link fit in this whole video
I was today years old (45) when I was made aware that the island in Super Mario Sunshine is supposed to resemble a dolphin. I am a fool.
you're not gonna be ready for the shape of the mushroom kingdom
The Yoshi Circuit in Mario Kart Double Dash looks like a Yoshi.
The fact it's called Dolphin Island didn't give it away, huh 😂
They shouldn't give waluigi nipples but they should give him top surgery scars just to make the most possible people scramble
The trans community deserves better than being repped by Waluigi.
@@gabrielrussell5531my partner for a time legitimately thought about legally changing their name to waluigi for when they transitioned
@@gabrielrussell5531being repped by Waluigi would be an honor.
@@gabrielrussell5531 There are few I'd rather be represented by. His weird lanky figure is what many strive for, in one way or another.
I mean. Where'd the nipples go? Only explanation, they healed really well. Or Gender-swap mushroom magic doesn't leave scars (but does cost nipples).
we GOTTA acknowledge Sunshine's Hawaiian Shirt outfit for Mario
Love to wear an open, breezy button-up overtop of denim
So sad the Mario and Sonic Olympics are no longer with us, mostly due to all the doping scandals
olympic athletes caught taking mushrooms prior to events
And someone at the Olympics board shilling NFTs.
We don't need more Olympics games. I want to see a proper crossover game.
They found out that Sonic was spiking his chili dogs with steroids and well...
Waluigi has nipples, they are just the exact same color as his skin
Kinda. More pink/peach colored, but as ive gotten older there seems to be a
Splash of brown making them look slightly darker in appearance
@@WaLuigi7 😀😮🤨😮💨
I figure that we can't see Mario's bellybutton cause those shorts are just high enough to be covering it. It's not like I'm an expert on the placement of these things, though, so who knows?
journalism is back babey
not joking, this was captivating
Why do you assume Waluigi is a mammal? And Mario obviously wears his boxers over his navel, in the old style
He is a mammal, he's just a monotreme
this was a really good video. i don’t make non-jokey comments usually but seriously. usually these niche ‘video essays’ tend to be a bit ramble and get off topic to make it seem a bigger deal or deeper than it is, but you to the point the whole video as well as making it funny and engaging
Waluigi not a mammal confirmed.
Nah he's a monotreme
Big fan of how excited you seemed to have an excuse to say the word "candyass"
For some reason I didn’t expect eggman to have moobs, I always thought he was just round
I genuinely really enjoyed this video- I wasn’t expecting the deeper conversation about how fandom interacts with artists and how corporations don’t want to make art, but I’m really glad it was you who delivered the message. And I will, of course, always appreciate pro-horny messaging.
I haven’t finished this BUT 1920’s MEN’S ONE PIECE. It is literally the overalls of bathing suits.
"And you know he is still wet when he goes to fight Bowser" I mean, who wouldnt be?
Your reply deserves a gold star. ⭐
Considering the context, I'm not 100% sure what you mean
That's exactly the type of weird and horny that video was all about, I think.
@@user-sl6gn1ss8p it starts with an s, ends with an x, and has a vowel in-between
the answer is sax, Bowser is a very romantic and impassioned saxophone player 🎺
"The swimwear problem... is a two-piece problem."
God dammit, Jenna. Never change. ❤
16:38 that's very important. Do dunk on and criticise big media labels. Don't focus that kind of attack towards individuals. Or if you can't avoid it, try to be polite, but better just don't. If there's significant criticism, not engaging in their media is the better outlet. If there isn't, but you are mad about some decision made, share it & talk about it with your friends, add the company itself on a social network they use to ask for explanation, but don't focus on how inexplicable it is that a person would have thought this absurd idea might be the right call.
I'd love to believe that that would work lol, but aonuma still thinks that the classic zelda titles are inferior to his modern, sloppier works, and will continue to produce more like them because they sell more to a general audience that doesn't care lol.
@@knatknihtCriticising someone's ideas is fine, but don't threaten them. Basically.
@@Liggliluff this ☝️
Challenging artists to produce art that's to your tastes is good. Expecting them to make that art or challenging artists to stop making art are both bad. And even if you think telling someone they're awful for what they do and then tag on "but you can change" IS helping them improve... it's not. When you're message starts by telling someone there's no hope for them, that tends to be the main takeaway.
I'll also say that I added the point on asking for change and expecting it to happen precisely after rereading knatkniht's comment... because I've heard dozens of people shower the newest Zelda games with praise for its innovative and playful designs, including many long-term Zelda fans 😅 so I very much think it's not down to some guy's preference for slop, but a matter of audience reception, that we're likely to keep seeing similar titles
The reason Waluigi doesn't seem to have nipples is because, as a Waperson, he has inverted nipples. Hope this helps
This is horrifying, thank you.
My new headcanon: Wario ordered Waluigi to remove his fingerprints for "perfectly normal reasons". Waluigi misunderstood the order horribly.
"instructions unclear, nipples removed by ceiling fan"
My favorite part of this theory is how that would be completely unnecessary. They are ALWAYS wearing gloves
I love the 'nasty' title cards lol. everything about this video is great
0:35 it’s that bowser is hot as hell.. wait what?
*Hard* agree
No you’re right, say it louder
Bowser is sexy af. Always has been.
2:23 Off camera, in the spirit of sportsmanship, Bowser uses his fire to dry Mario.
Or he just changes clothes after the water levels.
@@metal_pipe9764 Where's he getting the clothes, he'd have to take them with him on his journey in pocket! And if so then they also got soaked while he was underwater.
@@flameofthephoenix8395 inside the castle.
@@metal_pipe9764 That works, Bowser's kindness would still be required, I doubt that Bowser has any minions who use Mario and Luigi's same kind of clothes, meaning Bowser would have had to have left them out for Mario and Luigi specifically, it's really quite thoughtful of Bowser!
5:25 Fun fact: Thanks to a character named Tikal from Sonic Adventure who wears sandals, we actually know what mobian feet look like! They're like these weird flat ovals without any toes.
We see Sonic's feet in Sonic Underground ''The Big Melt!''
Do I have to refer to the product VS art dichotomy as "the swimsuit problem", now?
Well, it does make the dichotomy sound a little more weird and horny. You have your orders, soldier.
Waluigi got top surgery without nipple grafts
Exactly! Or he just got the nips removed as a body mod
I dread the day someone looks into the code and discovers that Waluigi's nipples are just clipped inside of his body by accident.
The Wanipples.
its canon! waluigi has inside out nipples! 😂
"casual sunday afternoon at the furcon mario" just great stuff going on here.
I was gonna call Waluigi trans as the reason he has no nipples but two people beat me to it, truly we all have one brain cell that says "Wah".
I posted my comment, scrolled down, saw like five other commetns saying the same thing LOL
It kinda adds up tho,
When it comes to humans in the mario universe males are consistently shown to be shorter than females, EXCEPT for Waluigi.
no luigi learned the forbidden technique from Narutosessy jutsu
@@forregom
That would imply that Luigi is female...
@@redstonewarrior0152 Problem?
Waluigi had to get breast surgery to prevent the spread of breast cancer but omitted getting the nipples tattooed, is my theory
I am also here for Trans King Waluigi, i feel like both theories can co-exist
hes a trans man with a family history of breast cancer and decided to kill two birds with one stone
"Waaa?! My-a boobies are-a tryna kill me?! I never waaanted them in-a the first place! Cut-a them out of my life-a! No-a more-a problems."
My thinking is, “Why not give Sonic swim flippers?” Y'know like what Mario wears here 9:09. Dunno what to do about the gloves though, they may just be here to stay.
I think I could stand to be more chill about weird changes and innovations in works of fiction like these. I should really give the old Mario Bros. movie a watch.
5:40 Yeah Sonic without shoes is like Kirby with human feet.
10:50 To be fair, they’re also the “Super Mario Brothers”, implying their surname is indeed mario
Surprised you didn't mention Peach's swimwear during the post-game content of Mario Odyssey
"Media is a business, and the people who run those businesses only care about maximizing profit. If exploitations and AI can do that for them, they'll use it. There's very little creativity in that."
Spitting hard truths out here with a big, fat, 'Unionize!' sitting on the screen, wow I love this channel.
And people are against and make fun of people who protest. We need to stand up for eachother to not be screwed by companies.
1:02 Counterpoint: Bowser's castle is full of lava. Whole damn place is a hyper-industrial dryer.
Had a friend in gradeschool who had no bellybutton because she had one of her internal organs grow outside her body as a fetus and when they surgically fixed that after she was born, that left her without a bellybutton.
Thank you for keeping journalism alive
absolutely DELIGHTED by how many people independently said "oh, obviously, waluigi has no nipples because he trans". this fact alone is a huge endorsement for this channel overall
Someone guy in the comments said it was because he's a monotreme
TRULY!
lol what
@@Eve.v I prefer the people who are saying he secretly isn't a mammal, cause that's funnier.
>>:)) that’s wot we be sayin
Appreciate the custom subtitles. ☺️
New headcanon: Waluigi is trans, had top surgery and chose not to have the nipples grafted back on
yes.
5:16 love the explanation of "well, he needed a character flaw. so how about... a lack of water maneuverability?"
Don’t forget how in smash bros every character without a shirt coincidently changes poses in their render to cover their nipples
when I heard that they stole Waluigi's nipples from us, I let out a sad waaaa with my mouth full of noodles
makes you wonder, if they stole anything else
walluigi is a homunculus created by wario when wario realised he needed an luigi analog to be a counter to both mario and luigi
thats why waluigi doesnt have nipples
3:31 "Let's-a-go fast" is the sickest thing ever, I can't believe I've never heard it anywhere prior, and I daresay it's too good of a line for this cursed script.
3:45 I was really hoping for the Mickey and Bugs aloft/Donald and Daffy dueling piano scenes from Who Framed Roger Rabbit here. [Sighs in Old.]
“Just stay horny and weird, but like the chill horny and weird”
Those are words for life right there. Not even joking that’s just good advice to live by.
Be yourself how you want to but don’t make it weird for others.
"NES hardware is too slow for Mario to ride on dinosaurs."
Adventure Island II: "Hold my beer..."
this made me think of Sonic---Sega's swimsuit problem. Isn't it weird that Classic Sonic is in the most literal sense an entirely different character than Sonic? That's literally an art style difference, which is insisted on as a character distinction. That art style also includes game design and character roster. This separation is a manifestation of how both Brands are not expected to evolve. Two worlds are deemed necessary to contain 1 (?) franchise, but both are frozen, like chicken nuggets; expect the same for next time. Sonic Mania got to explore the area Classic Sonic left, but make no mistake, any progression from the Classic Sonic _Brand_ is forbidden. so if something like that were to happen again, it would be harder to make and feel less refreshing, because it definitely can't be its own thing.
This can be changed, for sure. The New Super Mario Bros series was its own treadmill that I hope has been broken, but I'd guess it felt the same to be a developer there as on Sonic: "Don't innovate, finish the product"
i would say sonic superstars was definitely a progression from the classic sonic brand. not nearly as wide of a jump nor as polished as Wonder was for mario, but they introduced a new location, powers and a new character that's been recurring in spin-off media in the form of Trip
the classic and modern stuff is generally very interesting though, especially in the places where the barrier breaks down like the relatively newer stuff with Mecha Sonic in the IDW. the only character allowed to cross from one world to the other
2 things! Skinny dipping is nude, boxers don't count. And also! No nipples? Trans king Waluigi! Congrats to him on his top surgery!
Waluigi has no nipples for the same reason I have no nipples: he’s a trans king 👑
MTF folks take names like “Peach” and "Daisy”
FTM folks take names like “Waluigi” and "Toad”
This is how I learned you can choose a No Nipple Vibe for top surgery. That actually rules and I’m so jazzed to know that now!!
Hell yeah 🤝
@@claytonandres1194 Toad always gave us enby vibes as a kid :)
@@MxPokirby Toad falls in the same category as Tweety and Piglet for me, where they were little guys I was surprised to learn were just guys
I'm just thinking about how people got really weird when Pokemon Masters had some swimsuit alts and now all the summer alts are yukata or stuff like that instead.
Meanwhile Fire Emblem Heroes fans wait eagerly for the next fan service banner.
So the heads at Sega and Nintendo really went like, "We wanna make the ultimate Mario & Sonic crossover but we can't figure out a game style that makes justice to both worlds! Huh... well... whatever, let's just put them into the Olympics and never try anything further than that."
Alternative title: why Mario's lack of swimsuit means you should unionize.
I always wanted to wear a swimsuit in Pokémon Sun & Moon. The whole game has a tropical theme and Alola has beaches everywhere. Many of the NPCs walk around in bikinis, and at least one NPC suggests that you do the same. But you cant. You can't even have bare feet. It really bothered me. People need to accept that humans have human bodies, and that isn't evil.
12:20 I cannot agree with this. People were concerned about the changes mentioned because it was going to detract from keeping the characters true to who they were and in the case of the Halo show people were right. John is supposed to be a stoic battle-hardened soldier to the point that he is difficult for the average person to relate to. But instead, we got an over emotional "John" who eventually ended up in a sex scene. Completely unnecessary. The show became everyday drama slop that didn't need the halo franchise. That was a poor example of the "gamers being wrong" statement. Still there is only so much pushback toward the audience that can be done, because once you alienate your audience, your profits will leave with them.
As a nippleless trans guy I have a new headcanon about Waluigi
I was looking for this comment lmao
I prefer the headcanon that he's a monotreme because of how utterly nonsensical it sounds.
These video essays are good, and interesting, and thoughtful, and fandom is strange and complicated
Mario Odyssey is the perfect example of a game that they just wanted to EXPERIMENT with, like fighting the fucking dark souls dragon in the middle of the game
Yaaay new Jenna!
The Elephent Powerup was espespialy funny in germany as there is a talking Elephaant in a tv show who looks like Elephant Mario called Benjamin Blümchen
Interestingly enough, Mario was briefly shown topless a whole four years before Mario&Sonic even came out in the opening of Mario&Luigi: Superstar Saga when Toad walks in on him in the shower, and that was one of the least horny parts of that game.
More like mario and luigi super sus saga
im so glad this video got put in my feed because oh my god you make some really quality little video essays and i probably would've never found your channel otherwise
The delivery of "Now he's wearing fucking GLOVES in the water" really sent me 😂
Seeing Peach in a normal swimsuit next to Eggman in his full outfit is hilarious
Ah yes; The Super Crown. Truly a blessing.
Remember the scene in the Sonic movie where his glove catches fire and he and the human guy struggle to put it out but neither of them ever think to just take the glove off? Teeth Sonic didn't have gloves, he just had white fur on his hands, so in that context the scene would have made sense.
waluigi decided not to keep his nipples after top surgery 💜
I had no clue so much thought went into character's designs. Holy moly.
You'd think companies would learn after millennia of this kind of stuff, or that consumers would learn not to do it.
i did not click on a thumbnail of shirtless mario to be sat down and given another talk about how Big Companies are Ruining Everything and how i need to Make a Stand for the Value of Human Touch 💀💀💀
Flipper watersport shoes are a thing. I don't care if it makes no sense for the Olympics. I want to see Sonic with flipper shoes and his lifejacket. And make it all Sonic themed colors.
Donkey Kong would look cute with a little sailor scarf instead of his tie.
Also the idea of oldtimey swimware that covers the top of Mario etc fits well for the character design I think.
Which got me thinking, has Popeye worn a swimsuit? I think Robin Williams wore a one piece in the imfamous movie. The first result i get for the cartoon shows popeye in a red one piece that shows the chest like a bodybuilder which considering Popeye's bulking up power tracts I guess.
10:26 you sounded like Jesse there for a second, so I half expected “prepare for trouble and make it double”
i don't think i'll ever understand why people dislike the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. it's objectively brilliant!
that thumbnail is doing a lot of heavy lifting, but then the content is also super well-made and that's without any flashy edits or blasting sound effects. Just well told and interesting, good stuff.
I just got this video recommended and I was like "Why are you so good at this? The writing is good" And then I see you have a Masters degree on media and culture? That's cool. I'm subscribing, good movie
there's a lot of overlap in this discussion with the MCU problem
9:20 I was shocked that they made Knuckles naked before remembering that’s just how he always looks
Give the Mario characters who wear overalls a matching color denim speedo.