An eagle-eyed member on Reddit, AguirreMA, has noticed that Nintendo recently changed the Super Mario Odyssey box art to include Mario wearing a snorkel rather than a sombrero. It’s very unlikely that Nintendo will comment on such a change as they have free will to do whatever they please to their product, however, it’s still interesting to see the tweaks they’re making prior to the release of the title. You can see the change in the images below:
As unnessisary a son it sounds, there are people for everything imaginable, including getting annoyed by a sombrero…
It is strategically better prevent a nuisance than it would be to deal with it later.
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Yet…
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The people bothered by this can go fuck themselves with a spiked iron rod.
Fucking snowflakes make me ashamed of my generation.
I’m not mexican, but as a Latin American is fun to see our cultural references, i don’t know why people bash this tipe of thing like it was a bad thing…
You are referring to the people bothered by Nintendo changing their own product right?
No the people bothered by Mario wearing a sombrero prompting this change.
Or they just thought the snorkel image looked better.
Fully possible.
I think this is the case. They wanted to have a water scene probably…
Let those minority of bitches bitch. There aren’t enough of these politically correct idiots to harm Nintendo. It’s a fucking hat! I have to wonder if maybe I am right that Nintendo really has cut off their balls if they are so terrified of a small group of people. @.@
Ima rock a Sombrero during my YT Playthrough literally the WHOLE game just to piss these guys off. It’s just a hat damn
I don’t think they did this because of the sombrero. I rather think they did this to show a more varied selection of gameplay and environments on the boxart. And the fact that a sombrero upset some people is just amusing in a way..
Im from Sweden and I think it’s awesome that we Nordic people get associated with the Vikings. I would really not mind Mario having a Viking helmet on a snow level.
And the Vikings where not really super nice all the time so maybe I should be upset, but im not. It’s part of history and culture.
Japan is time and time again using their own culture as theme in their games.
There will alway be someone looking for something to complain about just because they crave the attention.
I think these people will put themselves on the loosing end most of the time until they learn.
Jag förstår för all del din poäng, men du missförstår om du tror att jag känner mig förorättad iochmed sombreron.
Det gör jag rakt inte, och det skulle vara uppskattat även från mitt håll om så vore fallet att Nintendo bestämmer sig för att inkludera någon sorts vikingakomstymering åt Mario.
Det jag ville framföra är att; Nintendo, som är ett internationellt företag, tjänar alltid i längden på att preventera framtida eventuella problem som kan skapa dem dålig publicitet.
All i read when you role playing morons type anything is “bla bla bla i’m a retard bla bla bla”
Seriously.. you all need to STFU.
And insulting people makes you look profound in your eyes..?
As unnessisary as it sounds, there are people for everything imaginable, including getting annoyed by a sombrero…
It is strategically better prevent a nuisance than it would be to deal with it later.
Oh boy! 😒 here we go!
I hope this isn’t a result of the SJW’s whining about it on social media. It’s like when Speedy Gonzalez was under controversy, the vast majority of actual Mexicans actually loved the character.
I’m Mexican and I love the idea of Mario wearing a sombrero, even more if this was in the box art
I’m Mexican, and when I saw the trailer of Mario Odyssey, seeing the skull with Mexican clothes dancing with maracas, and bright colors to the surroundings, I was very excited. I love to see references to my country and to my culture of any kind in videogames, series, or movies. In Street Fighter 4 I always chose “El Fuerte”, because it was the Mexican stereotype, I loved that even their attacks were names of Mexican food. The point is; Pinches Social Justice Warriors getting into things they do not care about. If anyone should be angry with those references, we should be Mexicans, and we are not. In video game groups here in Mexico, I can assure you that 95% of the members were happy with that Mexican mario. To all those stupid Americans who complained about that stereotype, you fucking idiots, why did they have to complain? By their fault they removed my country from the cover of the game.
The only time Nintendo pays attention to social media, when fan games/hacks arent made and people aren’t using PM acronyms on Miiverse.
Nintendo is so dumb. What’s the point if we’re still gonna see it in the game anyway?
Italians can’t wear sombreros apparently. Good job, America. You’ve done it again.
It’s racist because reasons.
I don’t think America (or NoA) had anything to do with this if this is a change to the box art internationally.
gamegrumps believe that actually, =b they said a kid was being racist for wearing a rice hat
Seriously? Europeans are pretty PC as well. If anything Americans are more harsh.
Europeans in different countries are widely different from each other.
Agreed, I meant EU. Ultimately no one should make blanket statements like that.
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You’re such a freaking idiot..
Lol finally someone who actually knows what they were talking about they just show off the water cheep cheep kingdom today on twitters and released a Calender of it people are being retards as if Nintendo respond to that one retarded racist troll article
If Nintendo Treehouse censored that one support conversation because some idiot falsely accused it of being gay conversion, you shouldn’t find it too hard to believe that they’d remove Mario wearing a sombrero on a cover of all things because of a few idiots crying racism.
In Fire Emblem Fates, I mean. (I think I give up getting upset over the lack of an edit button.)
Good Job Nintendo. BUILD THAT WALL
I am Mexican and i love Mario with his Sombrero and Zarape ^_^
Me too, and I also love Speedy Gonzalez :P.
Mexican here too, Speedy Gonzales is an icon i remember when warner brothers tried to censor his cartoons and Mexican told them that they that we have never found him insulting, VIVA MÉXICO CARAJO!!!
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tpcBMXIqGUI/hqdefault.jpg
Be careful señor comandante he might go after you.
Or maybe he wants to help you to kill xbots in space, if so what’s his rank?
Jesus Christ Nintendo why’d you have to bend over to these cowardous wastes of human life?
Were people actually offended by Mario in a sombrero and make it known?
Yes.
I saw at least one Mexican American complaining about it, only to have hundreds of replies from people born in Mexico saying she’s nuts.
PC crap.
Smart move. But the content will still make the news. I remember a segment about a guy throwing a fit because Portal 2 had adoption jokes and his daughter was adopted. The kid was just like *shrug*
Probably the doing of crybaby SJWs.
One thing that is sillier than getting upset over Mario wearing a sombrero is getting upset over people getting upset over Mario wearing a sombrero.
ding ding ding.
What the fuck is we with people?!
At E3 some guy at twitter was mad because of the sombrero saying that it was racist and the irony was that lots of Mexicans were praising the sombrero Mario
Oh, come on… the sombrero is cool! I love it. :(
there is a snow region ok im 100% buying this game now don’t judge me by my snow opinions
oh wait its a water region nevermind
Is it all possible that Nintendo just likes that shot better? By looking at cover alone, I know that i’ll be an explorer in some dinosaur filled world , a chef in a world that seems to be made of food, hanging out in a human like city, and even run into goombas stacked three high! And now, thanks to the updated cover, I know for certain that there will be something of a water kingdom as well. I’ve seen plenty of the desert level but nothing of water. Personally, I believe this new cover is doing its job: advertising for the game in a way that people will want to buy it. This truly will be an epic adventure!
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I was wondering what you were gonna think about this.
BTW did you really think I’d let you keep your squid beakons up once I found them? You might want to wait a bit after splatting me if you don’t want me to go after them right away XD
Maybe they’re just a distraction… 😏
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They posted art of the underwater stage yesterday. Maybe they just put the Mexican image in as a placeholder awaiting the reveal of the underwater level. I’m sure there’s nothing sinister at play here
Nintendo, if you removed it to not upset the minority of idiots whining about this being racist when I’m sure it isn’t even upsetting the actual race, all I gotta say is man the fuck up, Nintendo, & quit being such a little bitch! If you are scared of the racists themselves, fuck those losers, too. You’re fucking Japanese for fuck sakes, so I’m sure they bitch about you as a whole, anyway. lol
I’m Mexican, and when I saw the trailer of Mario Odyssey, seeing the skull with Mexican clothes dancing with maracas, and bright colors to the surroundings, I was very excited. I love to see references to my country and to my culture of any kind in videogames, series, or movies. In Street Fighter 4 I always chose “El Fuerte”, because it was the Mexican stereotype, I loved that even their attacks were names of Mexican food. The point is; Pinches Social Justice Warriors getting into things they do not care about. If anyone should be angry with those references, we should be Mexicans, and we are not. In video game groups here in Mexico, I can assure you that 95% of the members were happy with that Mexican mario. To all those stupid Americans who complained about that stereotype, you fucking idiots, why did they have to complain? By their fault they removed my country from the cover of the game. (Perdon por el inglés xd al chile use el traductor de Google, mi ingles no es muy bueno)
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Political correctness bullshit is slowly killing society
Guys I don’t think it was to please anyone complaining about the sombrero. To me it just looks like simple color balancing.
People angry at people maybe possibly being angry at something makes me angry. These people and their angered angriness are literally ruining this country by causing men in a different country to change video game artwork. Snowy snowflakes counteracting existing non existent global warming will probably or probably not bring on the ice age or save us all from melting ice caps. Grump rage snort. Now I feel better by shouting my misdirected anger towards others into the abyss and/or echo chamber.
Nintendo’s trying to promote the Switch to Trump
This is just stupid. I am an Hispanic (mostly Mexican since most of my family are from Mexico) and the Mario Sombrero was not offensive at all. In fact, it’s more offensive calling it offensive. Bunch of snowflakes and SJWs getting mad about racial stereotypes. Again, me as pretty much Mexican didn’t find it offensive at all. I found it charming and funny. Man, this really upsets me.
Seriously? This thread is hilarious.
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Did anyone consider that maybe Nintendo just wanted a water level on the box? That the blue might make it more colorful? That it just looked better in their opinion, or that they simply hadn’t used it before because the sombrero world was one of the first ones revealed, whereas I don’t remember the water one being revealed by the time the trailers all came out?
Y’all here in the comments seem awfully eager to blame your favorite made-up enemy, the p o l i t i c a l c o r r e c t n e s s.
Trust me. We would all love if that was a “made-up enemy”…
*hint-hint* It is not.
From an artistic standpoint, the water photo makes the cover art pop out more. Even though I like the Mexican costume moreso than the scuba gear, I think it’s purely for the eye, and not necessarily the “controversy”.