Culture in Video Games

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robzo100 said:

• Mario, other other hand, I argue is much more void of culture because its odd combination (pumbers/pipes, princess's, turtles, racoon suit) prevents it from coming off as too cultural.
  

 

The Tanooki suit is based off of Japanese mythology which claims that tanooki (racoons) can use leaves to shapeshift :P Also, the statue he turns into is in the form of Ksuitigarbha, a figure in Buddhism (just learned that second part o.o)

Also, the Koopas are inspired by Kappas, another figure in Japanese Mythology: