Why people suddenly speak of Wario nipples | article

Does he have them or not?

You probably have two nipples.

Or maybe you have one or three. Or none. (Athelia is a rare disease where children are born with a nipple or not at all.)

Our bodies: no two people are alike and it's really great.

However, in the world of video games, many people want their Mario and Sonic universe characters to have two remarkable nipples.

That's true.

When the images of a new trailer for Sega's Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games came out this week, fans asked, "Hey, where the hell are the nipples of Wario?"

This is how we got here.

AntDude92, a Twitter user, has released a screenshot taken from the game's trailer.

Immediately, people wanted answers.

Some sought justice and nipples for all. Release the nipple, they said more or less.

Looking more closely, a Twitter user noticed that Wario had weak, almost transparent nipples.

It's a lot of conversation about Wario's anatomy, which the original poster did not really envision.

But this is not the first time this has happened.

In 2017, there was the Shirtless Mario scandal. For the first time in the game, Nintendo showed Mario shirtless and some people were caught off guard by his nipples.

Mario playing on the beach in his swimming underpants in Super Mario Odyssey. (Nintendo)

Some players were not sure they could work after seeing it.

Others saw this as a sign that Mario had learned to accept his body and were therefore proud of him.

Some went further and saw progress for Nintendo. A Twitter user pointed out that Mario was going to the beach all dressed up, in his suit.

For some, the nipple is political and bigger than a video game.

The Free the Nipple campaign, which began in 2012, was created to allow women to wear their nipples in public, if they wish.

Not everyone agrees that women should have this option.

The basic idea of ​​the campaign was that men can show their breasts in public without consequence, while women have to cover themselves.

The campaign argued that it should be legally and culturally allowed women to shoot, essentially, a shirtless Mario.

But Sega did not pretend that they were making a political statement. So, is it just a coincidence if the players who look closely at things found the distinctive nipples, barely there on Wario? Or could Sega try to create his own Mario without a shirt?

No matter the answer, the connection was made.

What do you think? Is it weird that video game characters look like you, all the nipples?