How Nintendo changed the game for LGBTQ+ representation
From direct representation to fan-made trans mascots, Nintendo has a wonderfully long and compelling history with LGBTQ+ representation.
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From direct representation to fan-made trans mascots, Nintendo has a wonderfully long and compelling history with LGBTQ+ representation.
From direct representation to fan-made trans mascots, gaming publisher Nintendo has a strangely compelling history with LGBTQ+ representation.
Nintendo aren’t known for their LGBT+ representation in the iconic Super Mario series. Over the past 36 years, since the release of the first Super Mario game, there have been plenty of conspiracies and fan theories. So for this Mario Day (March 10 – or Mar 10, get it?), we’re diving into the best ones. Was Super Mario‘s Birdo the first trans video game character? Perhaps the most well known story of LGBT+ representation in the Mario universe is Birdo, a pink creature with a bow. First appearing in Super Mario Bros 2 on the NES with the name Ostro as a pink egg-spewing mini boss...