Twitter Revolts After Nintendo Announces Mario is No Longer a Plumber: ‘Not Today, Satan’
Okay, look. It’s Labor Day, we know you all want to relax, but this is something that needs to be talked about for the sake of the Twitterverse.
Nintendo’s Japanese website has released an updated profile about Mario, the iconic video game character who was more than likely the star of your childhood. According to a translation from Kotaku, the gaming company has made quite the announcement about the history of the world’s favorite mustachioed Italian plumber:
All around sporty, whether it’s tennis or baseball, soccer or car racing, he [Mario] does everything cool. As a matter of fact, he also seems to have worked as a plumber a long time ago…
Granted, Nintendo’s statement might not mean all that much since Mario has done plumbing while setting aside enough time to be a princess rescuer, carpenter, doctor, racecar driver, professional athlete, etc. However, there’s quite a few people who saw the announcement and took it as an unacceptable historical re-write/kick in the nostalgia bone:
Globalisation takes no prisoners https://t.co/AcAVRkA61Q
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) September 4, 2017
What the heck
Nothing is sacred anymorehttps://t.co/Ha7ZToa8Ja— MVD @ Home (@PG_MVD) September 5, 2017
We've always known that Mario is a man of many talents, but to say he's NOT a plumber… that's just denying roots☹️ https://t.co/R9jLsCOcZX
— Nintendo Collection (@nintencollect) September 5, 2017
The vanishing working class https://t.co/MbrNLCQDhk
— FilmDrunk (@Filmdrunk) September 4, 2017
— Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) September 4, 2017
Look it's simple. Mario is an Italian plumber who fights evil turtles & mushrooms ruled by a dog-turtle-dino-dragon who kidnapped a princess
— Sean T. Collins (@theseantcollins) September 4, 2017
Maybe not professionally but come on guys, you don’t just unlearn a skill like that because you play tennis and shit https://t.co/BLA9VUoJb2
— Ben Silverman (@ben_silverman) September 4, 2017
congratulations to the newest youtube streamer https://t.co/Zkh9lbhz0L
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) September 4, 2017
Not today, Satan https://t.co/D5KKLhg7eU
— Kyle Foley (@KFoleyFL) September 4, 2017
mario lost his job on labor day are you fucking kidding me https://t.co/WRqd1b8V5M
— alex (@shitshowdotinfo) September 5, 2017
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