Does Mario need to be so kiddy?

[happydolphin]

Alby_da_Wolf said:

theRepublic said:

Yes, on the Atari 2600 all the time.  Mario was not masculine then either.  Here is the arcade flyer from the time:

It is as cartoony as Mario is now.

Box art was undeniably as cartoony as now, but in-game graphics? Well, we could even define "cartoony" DK1 graphics too, but in-bame graphics of Mario himself were more masculine, despite already cartoony, in the first games. Just think about this: the earliest in-game Mario looked quite like Ron Jeremy, the newest Marios don't.   

There's definitely a different emotion depicted in this marketing art than what we have now. Not that this is what I'd want, but I wouldn't say this is like what we have today. The colors are less vibrant, and the characters seem upset (an emotion we never see in today's Mario).