super_etecoon on 05 December 2014
I'm sorry...but I'm just going to burst Mario's cool bubble here.
Mario has never been "cool."
It's always been cool to hate on Mario. Those that have been fans have been fans despite people always claiming he was for kids. Even during the Nintendo vs Sega years Mario was made fun of. Nintendo fans have weathered the ridicule for as long as gaming has existed. In retrospect he's been looked upon fondly...but you never went to school with a Mario shirt and thought people were going to say "now that's a cool dude!"
Same as it ever was, Spurge. Of course, I've always thought the "cool" people were the ones that did what tehy wanted to, regardless of how people judged them.
