Of course they did. After all, Super Mario Brothers are one of the biggest franchises in gaming history, and games are an excellent way to sneak your worldview into kids' heads.
Nothing says transgenderism is magical, like making a magical transgender character your kid will identify with.
NEW: Nintendo @NintendoAmerica has gone woke. They just introduced a transgender character in a kid’s game. Vivian discusses her gender identity and her sisters’ transphobia with Mario. She says she realized she “was their sister...not their brother.” pic.twitter.com/DZMSwGEr7u
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 23, 2024
Mario Brothers is perhaps the most successful gaming franchise ever, having been around 40+ years, ported to just about every platform imaginable. It has inspired books, movies, copycats, and every sort of merchandise imaginable.
It is, in other words, culturally significant. It has an impact.
Like Disney, it has direct access to children's brains, helping shape their view of the world without anybody noticing it. Stories, movies, games...these help form kids' fantasies and imaginations, and that is why so much effort is put into suffusing them with ideologically charged themes.
The Nintendo Switch remake of the iconic role-playing game “Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door” features a transgender character, the game’s creators confirmed.
The trans character, Vivian, originally appeared in the 2004 version of the game, which was released for Nintendo Game Cube.
In the new update of the game, released on Thursday, Vivian — who was born male — initially appears as a villain alongside her sisters, Marilyn and Bedlam.
The trio plot against plumber protagonist, Mario, before Vivian decides to leave her sisters behind due to their nonstop bullying.
“Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister… not their brother,” Vivian states in the game. “Now their usual bullying feels heavier.”
In other words, a villain turns into a hero by coming out as transgender. 'She' uses her magic to help Mario, both escaping the bad bullies.
It's not exactly subtle messaging, but this is Super Mario, not a Francis Ford Coppola movie we are talking about.
Does it matter that they are doing this?
Hell yes, it does. The whole point is to create a seamless world where transgenderism and sexuality are imaginary and fluid, where everything is Queer. Anybody who says this is just about preaching toleration is lying to you. A natal male is a bad guy, but turns into a magical good guy when he comes out as transgender.
Watch this video from Walmart pushing it's Pride merchandise--it begins with "Queer People have magic," which is actually a theme I have been picking up of late. And, it makes sense, given that the definition of Queer is utterly determined within the mind, having no relationship to the physical world.
Walmart apparently didn’t learn a lesson from Target. We are sick of the propaganda being forced upon our kids in every single aspect of their lives!!
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 22, 2024
Walmart is also known for sponsoring many d*ag and pride events for kids. pic.twitter.com/PKD7swftIT
Children are very susceptible to this message. Physically, they live in very limited worlds, bounded by their physical inabilities, the control of their environment by others, their lack of resources, and their failure to understand why limits exist. Imaginations and magic make their otherwise constrained world come to life.
Attach all that to an ideologically-charged imaginary world that rewards them for certain thoughts and you have a great propaganda tool.
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