Mario and Nintendo have split.

[Newbian]

It appears Nintendo has finally had enough of Mario's racism and split from him.

https://babylonbee.com/news/mario-removed-from-smash-bros-roster-after-anti-goomba-tweets-surface/

Mario Removed From ‘Smash Bros.’ Roster After Anti-Goomba Tweets Surface

KYOTO, JAPAN—Mario’s storied career may be coming to an end. After critics recently unearthed concerning, inflammatory anti-Goomba tweets posted by the Italian plumber, Nintendo has severed ties with the Mushroom Kingdom celebrity, removing him from the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster and 300 other upcoming games previously slated to star the surprisingly limber mustachioed hero.

Several years ago, Mario reportedly posted a tweet reading “The Mushroom Kingdom is being overrun by these nasty Goombas!!! #KillAllGoombas.” He followed up the tweet with a lengthy thread in which he described his desire to violently assault Goombas in a variety of ways.

Footage was also uncovered of Mario stomping on Goombas’ heads, spitting fireballs at them, hitting them with raccoon tails, throwing Koopa shells at them, and barreling through them while powered up with a dangerous drug known on the street as a “Power Star.” To top it all off, several journalists found proof that Mario may have used a banned Warp Whistle to illegally skip several worlds in his defeat of Bowser in 1988.

NOA president Reggie Fils-Aimé issued a statement: “Mario doesn’t possess the quality of character we require as a respected video game developer. We apologize to all Goombas who were offended by his comments.”

Sad to see it end this way but it was clearly a long time coming as we all know.

Now hopefully we can get some focus on Luigi's mushroom addiction and Sonic doing anything for just a few rings and I mean anything.

 

[Mayne]

First wario now Mario.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I've never been to that site, and I didn't click the link.

Is this akin to "The Onion", a sort of politically-current joke?

Or is this what #metoo has come to? Rights for Mushroom People?

 

[Newbian]

Or is this what #metoo has come to? Rights for Mushroom People?

Spores are people too!

 

[Sonikku]

Sad thing is, if the Super Mario Bros. manual is any indication, all those bricks, blocks and goombas he destroys were actually people at one point.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

If AT&T bought Nintendo you can damn well bet that Mario Bros. would be surplussed in the next quarter of workforce reductions.

 

[zinfamous]

I've never been to that site, and I didn't click the link.

Is this akin to "The Onion", a sort of politically-current joke?

Or is this what #metoo has come to? Rights for Mushroom People?

dude...

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

dude...

Umm, ya. Some of us live outside the internet. WTF site is this?

 

[zinfamous]

Umm, ya. Some of us live outside the internet. WTF site is this?

I have no idea what site this is. I'm merely commenting that this is clearly obvious to be satire and in no way an actual part of "metoo."

 

[Red Squirrel]

Lol that site is great. Yes it's basically a satire site.

 

[PianoMan]

Great post! We sooooo needed a post like this...