The joke came up when some buddies and I noticed how on the old NES game, Mario would take down the little peace flag and put up a red star. It turns out, while searching for youtube videos, that there actually is a conspiracy theory that Mario is a communist XD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA3rECiRQj0
I'm not sure if that was supposed to be satire or if the person was being serious XD. Did bring up a few decent points. Most of them are probably either jokes on the part of Nintendo or just coincidences (it would have made more sense if King Koopa was a corrupt businessman instead of a king ).
And here's a flash video of Mario as a communist fighting against evil monsters (goombas) for the freedom of the working class, or something like that .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xQ-ns5whw
Also, now that I think about it, Luigi is green, and I've heard that green is supposed to represent Western Democracy... could the game be a parable on how the West (represented by Luigi) is helping Communism (represented by Mario) overthrow traditional life and conservatism (represented by King Koopa)?
Lulz, I highly doubt Nintendo would have put that much thought into the hidden storyline of a game... although, let this be a note to gamemakers everywhere: If you game becomes famous, make sure there aren't weird coincidences in it .
Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
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Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
xD I've never hear he was commy before.
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Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
Haha That gives me a chuckle, a communist plumber who saves princesses.
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Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
you can take anything today and relate it to anything else. Regardless I enjoyed mario and if it is just now that people are seeing what it might be then they failed for mario is dead. The Wii killed him.
Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
The wii Killed alot more then Communist Mario
Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
Like entertaining gameplay that doesn't revolve around gimmicky hand motions?towcar wrote:The wii Killed alot more then Communist Mario
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Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
hahahaha yes
Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
If the wii didn't have the hand motions, they would have nothing to there name at all.
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Re: Is Mario a communist (joke thread)?
it would be what it really is, a gamecube