Comment on Lara Croft is a Sociopath

• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The synopsis in the manual also states that Bowser turned the residents of the Mushroom Kingdom into “stones, bricks, and field horse-hair plants.” In a given playthrough, most players probably smash a lot of bricks. Bricks which used to be Mushroom Kingdom people, who are now dead. Because Mario killed them.

  It’s a big maybe on Mario being the hero because he may or may not actually succeed in reaching Bowser and rescuing the princess depending on how much the player happens to suck, and/or of Luigi winds up being the victor instead.

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  • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean, pretty sure getting turned into a brick killed them first

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think the implication is supposed to be that when you beat Bowser they’ll be turned back.

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      • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Did anything actually imply it or just wishful thinking?

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Actually, if Luigi wins, Mario still wins. There’s 3 Marios. Mario Mario, and Luigi Mario.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Who’s the third one?

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      • Hawke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Mario.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In a time when a lot of children’s media was focused on “eco warriors” and fighting against pollution and stuff, you had a game with an Italian plumber stomping on turtles.

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  • Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    a game with an Italian plumber stomping on turtles.

    Perchance.

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    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Keep it up, baby

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    • primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Beautiful.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why are we saying this?

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    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This was hilarious.

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• BirdObserver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s just making a joke about the game being challenging (he’s only the hero if you win). Game media used to be a lot more playfully antagonistic back when many games weren’t necessarily designed to be won.

  (And while I’m here, that manual has other odd stuff in it that predates Nintendo setting global standards. It has multiple uses of the word “kill”, and it has an “ask your parents” bit about the domino effect).

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