Super Mario Is So Gay

[Christian Taylor]

So, are the folk at Nintendo being homophobic on the cover of their new Super Mario Galaxy Game? (http://www.samesame.com.au/news/international/1359/Super-Mario-Is-So-Gay.htm)Is this the nerdiest example of homophobia ever?

http://www.product-reviews.net/wp-content/userimages/2007/09/supermariogalaxybox.jpg

[Tim D]

U R MR GAY. That's the funniest line I've ever heard.

[Mr J]

I think ...

People Have WAY too much time on their hands :P. I highly doubt theres a message there. Anyway its been proven subliminal messaging is the weakest form of messageing so why would nintendo even bother?

[Tim D]

I'm just waiting for Nile/Phleps to call for a Nintendo boycott.

[Bent_Fridays]

lol now that's funny!
i don't know how that was noticed but it would be strange if you're right.

[GenesisInVain]

whackos.. wtf?

[Seany]

Why is that homophobic??? Even if it is on purpose.... The box speaks to me coz I was planning on buying this game for my Wii... Oh nooo.. I AM MR GAY!!!! iiieeeeeeeeeeeeee

[pinkyboisyd]

There is a Plumber dressed in bright red flying through space, without the aid of propulsion or life-support, with a mutant twinky flying after him.....

and the words U R MR GAY is the weirdest thin on that box???

[hazyinseptember]

uh hello.. he's a plumber with a moustache that would put the village people to shame.. and thats not gay?

[FlipX]

Guys, guys...you also forget that he also sparkles glitter when he does a triple jump, and has spent years maintaining a platonic relationship with a hottie princess. If it was intentional, then it was just some adorkable programmer at Nintendo - no dramas.

[FlipX]

...dramas.

[DanM82]

Oh for crying out loud. These gay conspiracy theories are getting out of control. Get a grip people... did it not occur that it may just be a case of put a star somewhere on the box?

[Nevarro]

omg i love it!!!

its so sneaky and im sorry but of course its in there on purpose - throughout history of childrens games and films are hidden little bits of adult humour like this...

do a search on disney films and you will see what i mean...

[Tim D]

So we do re reckon then it was accidental or intentional?

[Asherbella]

Yellow stars were worn by Jews on their forearms and lapels in sash form in the ghettos before being rounded up by the Nazis in Europe during WWII. The were forced to wear them in public with the word 'Juden' underneath the yellow star. Is that the correlation here? (Imposed, public labelling as a form of exclusion, ridicule, apartheid-style elitism...).
Homosexuals, the intellectually disabled, gypsies & priests were given pink or red stars to wear as a badge of shame...

[Asherbella]

So we do re reckon then it was accidental or intentional?
Intentional.
The stars touching the letters that spell out the message is obvious.
Mario spends his time trying to save a 'princess' - the princess being symbolic of his internal struggle to come out.:p

[jimmy_]

U R MR GAY. That's the funniest line I've ever heard.

Haha Tim U R!

[torilee]

Well, duh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5DIZRPHkhQ

[jimmy_]

p.s: this gaYme is awesome

[robbie]

yay, yet ANOTHER Jewish education lesson from Asherbella..

[Asherbella]

yay, yet ANOTHER Jewish education lesson from Asherbella..
The article mentioned a yellow star. This article mentioned linking the star with homophobia/ridicule. The only imagery I can possibly in my mind associate yellow stars & persecution, etc, is the yellow stars worn by Jews during the Holocaust....not to mention homosexuals in Nazi Germany wore a different coloured star. I've just realized that the placement of little stars touch initials in the title & that's the connection. Meanwhile in making my 'Jewish' post I've revived a 2 year-old thread that other posters find interesting & funny. What's wrong with that?

[Asherbella]

Why do you have a hang up about Jews, Robbie?

[robbie]

I dont have a hang up with Jews at all.. I just get irked with you bombarding with Jewish education at numerous occasions in threads that aren't even closely related.. a video game, ooo, there's a star, reminds me of this Jews during the holocaust.. give us a break..

[Asherbella]

I dont have a hang up with Jews at all.. I just get irked with you bombarding with Jewish education at numerous occasions in threads that aren't even closely related.. a video game, ooo, there's a star, reminds me of this Jews during the holocaust.. give us a break..
You're the only one who complains about it.

[exile2059]

sorry ash but Im with robbie on this one

anytime u come up with a post like this i glaze over.

good for u for being proud of your heritage and being so knowledgeable about the subject but it does get terribly boring hearing about it

[ammonite]

Well, duh.

YouTube - The Super Mario Brothers get some test results by Idiots of Ants

ahahahahahahahahahahaha!