Bayonetta, a high cis femme who nonetheless tries to be open, is Kirby’s natural ally.Īnd you thought Bayonetta's legs were only meant to stay in Bayonetta 1 & 2Įvery character can be queer-presenting with Bayonetta’s legs. They are a pinkish blob with feet, which in LGBTQ fandom, leads some to believe they’re non-binary.
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Neither a performative femme nor a hyper-masc blob, Kirby lacks all of the traditional gender markers. comic proves Kirby is trans/non-binary, and Bayonetta is an ally Just look at the dreamy letter he sent his friend and tell us something *spicy* isn't going on. Tony, a dandy if there ever was one, is rumored to have an " unrequited crush" on his BFF, Jeff. At least he exists in a place other than our imaginations. Alas, Big Gay Al isn't about to marry anyone in the game, nor is the he the best representation of the queer community. He's even a playable character in South Park Rally. Surprise, surprise: South Park's Big Gay Al is gay. Nintendo needs to make this a reality ASAP. into a troupe of gay bears and daddies is pure meme gold. But taking it a step further and turning the characters from Super Smash Bros. The imaginary game title alone is suggestive enough.
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This comment thread and meme says it better than we ever could. While you built your imaginary farm, you also had the ability to romance and marry any of the eligible bachelorettes in town.įor gaymers out there, this was a very "meh" situation, but for all the budding lesbians who were also dedicated fans of the game, this was pretty much their sexual awakening. Harvest Moon was the precursor to many lesbian awakeningsīefore the game introduced a female character, the default Harvest Moon character was a straight male. Sorry to destroy your heteronormative fantasy, but Dugtrio is actually composed of three gay men in a happy, healthy polyamorous relationship. We're not sure why Nintendo went out of its way to sexualize these characters, but we’re not going to kink-shame anyone here.ĭugtrio is actually three muscular gay men Muscular and thicc, Machoke and Machamp Pokémon are generally the default bara Pokémon. Most of the men depicted in this genre are muscular, have body hair, and a "bear" body type. Here are the internet’s best queer Nintendo memes: Machoke/Machamp is the go-to bara Pokemónīara is a genre of art, literature, and media from Japan created by gay men and geared towards a gay male audience. Pac-Man, maybe we don't have to get so caught up in biological binary gender determinism."Įxpand your mind. That is if all it takes is a bow to make Pac-Man into Ms. "Things that are more cartoony also have a long history of being read queerly precisely because they help display how constructed gender norms are. "A lack of specificity is also what makes characters ripe for queer readings," Shaw says. Only a select, elite few know the lesbian subplot to Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. The visual language is universal - a.k.a. Many characters lack traditional stereotypical gendered characteristics. Of all the gaming systems, Nintendo has one of the broadest audiences, attracting serious gamers and more casual players. The brand has been able to generate a queer fanbase because of its accessibility more than any other variable. After considerable pressure from LGBTQ fans, Nintendo pledged to be more inclusive in the next version of the game. In 2014, Nintendo actively removed a bug from Tomodachi Life that would have allowed for same-sex marriage. "In part this is why of the major game companies they've also had relatively little explicit LGBTQ content." "Historically Nintendo has generally shied away from representing sexuality generally (though they do rely on heteronormativity to be sure)," Adrienne Shaw, associate professor at Temple University and founder of the LGBTQ Game Archive, told Mashable. It’s unclear how Nintendo got to be so queer, and it certainly doesn't appear intentional: Few of these characters are "out," per sé - there's a lot of projecting going on - but that doesn’t make them any less meaningful to the queer community. Perhaps more than any other gaming system, Nintendo is particularly (if unconsciously) adept at generating queer and trans characters and memes.
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There are, to put it roughly, zillions of them. That’s according to Tumblr, which still maintains one of the internet’s largest de facto libraries of queer Nintendo memes.