Mario has been teaching kids important life lessons for generations. Think about how Mario showed you that persistence is key, munching mushrooms is good for you, and stealing is a-ok. Well, that spirit will live on in the upcoming Super Mario RPG remake, it turns out, in the revival of one of the dirtiest jokes in the game's history.
One of the most important lessons the original Super Mario RPG taught us was not to go through a lady's belongings. As the game makes clear with one of the perceived dirtiest jokes known to Nintendo fans worldwide, you never know what you might find.
The game touches on the subject with a hidden item in Princess Peach's room labeled "Toadstool's ???" or "Peach's XXX" depending on the translation. From the reactions elicited from spotting the thing - either a scold from Peach's grandma, or Peach herself later down the line - it's clear there's something untoward going on in the minds of those game developers.
If you thought, like us, that there's no way the Super Mario RPG remake is keeping the original's most infamous joke, think again. Turns out the new game stays true to the original to such a degree that it even keeps the silly filthy joke in.
I mean if it ain't broke, why fix it?
In their Super Mario RPG hands-on, our Dustin Bailey notes that "Against every expectation I had, the game even retains the infamous little Easter egg where you can make Mario rifle through Peach's bedroom in order to find some sort of unmentionable item."
There have been a few other theories around what the item could be, as one r/GameTheorists Reddit post from a while back goes over. User ProfessorMetallica considers that the item in question could actually be a bottle of booze, since "Alcohol is
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