Does Mario need to be so kiddy?

[theRepublic]

happydolphin said:

theRepublic said:

TruckOSaurus said:

happydolphin said:

As for the freedom offered by stronger consoles, I don't see the N64 version emasculating Mario like the newer incarnations does.

Emasculating Mario?!? What the hell are your smoking? Mario's voice was high-pitched from the get-go (in Mario 64) and it hasn't changed much since. Next thing you're going to tell me Bee Mario is emasculating because we usually think of bees as female or that Cloud Mario is kiddy because people like to use clouds to decorate kids rooms?

I read that and thought pretty much the same thing.  Mario was never really super masculine to begin with, and nothing in any of the newer games strikes me as emasculating.

Did you even watch the interview I posted? Charles Martinet says it himself, he used a high-pitch voice so as to be non-threatening to kids. In so doing, he made Mario (it regressed) alienating to most adults.

So don't play the "emasculating what??" card, it's not like I didn't see people play it before I posted that.

Non threatening to children ≠ Alienating to adults

You basically said this in the opening post of the thread.