Like Link and Zelda, Nintendo insists Mario and Peach are just “good friends” and anything else is just Mushroom Kingdom gossip, so I guess 30 years of kissing means nothing to you
Like Link and Zelda, Nintendo insists Mario and Peach are just “good friends” and anything else is just Mushroom Kingdom gossip, so I guess 30 years of kissing means nothing to you
by TheLaraSuChronicles
33 Comments
WeezerCrow
I doubt this will do anything to stop shipping of them
Driz51
TotK seemed to pretty solidly cement Link and Zelda as a couple to me
DoctorLudnik_717
Really hate how weird Nintendo gets with some of their couples sometimes.
nicksuperdx
Nintendo will never admit that their pg/pg-13 characters are in a relationship
BebeFanMasterJ
Mario and Peach being together would mess up the status quo of the franchise so it makes sense. They’re meant to have mass appeal and being in a relationship gets in the way of that.
RisingxRenegade
Because he’s with Bowsette? Got it. Thanks for confirming Nintendo.
warriorfriar
My dude Mario has not been storming castles and fighting turtles for 30 years for friendship. Same with Link fighting pig-men.
– Mario + Peach
– Link + Zelda
– Yoshi + Birdo
– Samus + Weaponry
And all toads are polyamorous.
LzzrdWzzrd
Apparently a lot of this is to do with localisation?
In the S support conversations between Byleth and Edelgard in Fire Emblem Three Houses when they are literally getting engaged, Edelgard refers to Byleth as her dearest friend… just seems to be Nintendo English stuff
StrongestYamatoFan
This is huge for the unemployed
TravoBasic
Mario has so many side pieces. He doesn’t care.
ryukazar
Ok? The internet is still gonna treat it like they’re in a romantic relationship so whats the big deal here
People can ship whatever characters they want. I don’t care
LeonSigmaKennedy
This is like when they said Mario is 25
“Cool opinion Nintendo, you’re wrong tho”
Calvykins
They ship alright…Friendship
PixieDustFairies
To be fair, they’ve never missed on the lips or referred to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. It’s more if a huge crush on Mario’s end that may or may not be mutual. Sometimes a kiss could merely be a way of saying “thank you.”
The_Nelman
This seems like moreso a take on status quo. Any instance of romance is an exception and not the rule. If on the odd occasion there is a romance between Link and Zelda, you see it happen, it’s never pre-established. I’m guessing it’s more about you can’t really expect to have these relationships that have been played with be defacto.
The_Pepper_Oni
“Like Link and Zelda-“ THEY SHARE A HOUSE. In his last game, Peach outright rejected Mario.
ButIDigress79
Zelda and Peach need to keep their options open for political marriages.
PixieDustFairies
This isn’t news, the description “Mario and Peach are good friends and help each other out whenever they can” is literally on Peach’s character slide on the official Mario website and that has been there for a long time.
BortGreen
“While there have been hints of romance over the years with the likes of a copious amount of smooching over the years”
Someone reading it without context would think they lock lips every game LOL
Quartz_512
Idk maybe mario isn’t a reliable narrator. Seems pretty silly to me otherwise.
FishWash
Sounds like the is the official stance of Hyrule Royalty lol
theB1ackSwan
You can absolutely kiss your friends, though.
KingKaihaku
Nintendo: Mario *is* Italian so kissing is just a casual greeting.
Us: And the heart eyes? And the flowers?
Nintendo: Just good friends.
Thopterthallid
In SMW there is a kiss and a big heart firework.
brokencreedman
Of course they are good friends……..with benefits!
GuyNamedNoah
Why won’t Nintendo just admit it?! Tears of the Kingdom has made it clear that Zelink is real.
mint-patty
What’s a little 30 years of longing and physical intimacy between friends
echoess84
Nintendo games told friendship stories especially the Zelda games and that made me enjoy them more
LaMortPeutDancer
What if, hypothetically, I had screenshot of Peach kissing Mario ?
Multiple time, from Nintendo official game ?
What if there is proof they went on holidays together ?
What else do they need, a picture of them at a Coldplay concert ?
henryuuk
Ya’ll are prude as all fucking hell if a smooch on the nose/cheek/forehead (pretty much always in context of thanking for getting rescued) could only ever mean a deep romantic relationship
It’s like ya’ll have never kissed the homies goodnight
BCProgramming
I actually agree with Nintendo on this one.
>so I guess 30 years of kissing means nothing to you
We’ve seen nothing more than that. This idea that being kissed means a relationship is pretty third grade level stuff, particularly when we consider the life or death circumstances. I mean, it just makes sense.
Just imagine it, after all. Take how it’s depicted in Mario All Stars. You are kidnapped, put in a cage over lava. You don’t even want to think about what is in the food. There is no toilet, you have to crap through the bottom of the cage, in front of countless sexually deviant Koopa minions, While your captor sits there on his bridge, literally twiddling his hands. Then a old friend appears to rescue you. Your dress is soaked in piss and streaked with turd since you refused to lift it since the one time you started to all the Koopa’s watching started to cheer, and your feet are covered in shit from waffle-stomping your own turds through the bottom of the cage, you aren’t exactly feeling romantic, just grateful that the nightmare is over. Doesn’t mean you are in a relationship with them.
Besides- The same thing happens if Luigi rescues them. So is she in a relationship with both brothers? That’s starting to get complicated.
Furthermore, if they *are* in a relationship isn’t the affection radically muted? Like take Mario 64. “Oh, thanks Mario, I was trapped by Bowser in the walls of the Castle, whereby my physical form ceased to be and I was forced to instead perceive and contemplate a endless nothingness, where time was an illusion and I was both there for eternity and the blink of an eye and I was unable to scream, speak, breath, or even yodel with any clarity, where my thoughts were bound in what could only be described as a grotesque and absolute violation of my very mind in manners beyond all comprehension. A terrifying experience beyond all measure which will doubtless cause me endless nightmares and will lead me to have to actively fight off nihilistic thoughts for decades. As a thank you I shall award you the fitting affection for rescuing me from that scenario, a kiss on the tip of your nose, and a cake.”
Dipset_Mipset0489
Who gives a shit ? This is as stupid as trying to make sense out of DK lore.
Foxy02016YT
Nintendo will do anything but just admit they’re dating holy hell.
Link and Zelda at least are reincarnations of the same person, so they have different relationships in each lifetime
33 Comments
I doubt this will do anything to stop shipping of them
TotK seemed to pretty solidly cement Link and Zelda as a couple to me
Really hate how weird Nintendo gets with some of their couples sometimes.
Nintendo will never admit that their pg/pg-13 characters are in a relationship
Mario and Peach being together would mess up the status quo of the franchise so it makes sense. They’re meant to have mass appeal and being in a relationship gets in the way of that.
Because he’s with Bowsette? Got it. Thanks for confirming Nintendo.
My dude Mario has not been storming castles and fighting turtles for 30 years for friendship. Same with Link fighting pig-men.
– Mario + Peach
– Link + Zelda
– Yoshi + Birdo
– Samus + Weaponry
And all toads are polyamorous.
Apparently a lot of this is to do with localisation?
In the S support conversations between Byleth and Edelgard in Fire Emblem Three Houses when they are literally getting engaged, Edelgard refers to Byleth as her dearest friend… just seems to be Nintendo English stuff
This is huge for the unemployed
Mario has so many side pieces. He doesn’t care.
Ok? The internet is still gonna treat it like they’re in a romantic relationship so whats the big deal here
People can ship whatever characters they want. I don’t care
This is like when they said Mario is 25
“Cool opinion Nintendo, you’re wrong tho”
They ship alright…Friendship
To be fair, they’ve never missed on the lips or referred to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. It’s more if a huge crush on Mario’s end that may or may not be mutual. Sometimes a kiss could merely be a way of saying “thank you.”
This seems like moreso a take on status quo. Any instance of romance is an exception and not the rule. If on the odd occasion there is a romance between Link and Zelda, you see it happen, it’s never pre-established. I’m guessing it’s more about you can’t really expect to have these relationships that have been played with be defacto.
“Like Link and Zelda-“ THEY SHARE A HOUSE. In his last game, Peach outright rejected Mario.
Zelda and Peach need to keep their options open for political marriages.
This isn’t news, the description “Mario and Peach are good friends and help each other out whenever they can” is literally on Peach’s character slide on the official Mario website and that has been there for a long time.
“While there have been hints of romance over the years with the likes of a copious amount of smooching over the years”
Someone reading it without context would think they lock lips every game LOL
Idk maybe mario isn’t a reliable narrator. Seems pretty silly to me otherwise.
Sounds like the is the official stance of Hyrule Royalty lol
You can absolutely kiss your friends, though.
Nintendo: Mario *is* Italian so kissing is just a casual greeting.
Us: And the heart eyes? And the flowers?
Nintendo: Just good friends.
In SMW there is a kiss and a big heart firework.
Of course they are good friends……..with benefits!
Why won’t Nintendo just admit it?! Tears of the Kingdom has made it clear that Zelink is real.
What’s a little 30 years of longing and physical intimacy between friends
Nintendo games told friendship stories especially the Zelda games and that made me enjoy them more
What if, hypothetically, I had screenshot of Peach kissing Mario ?
Multiple time, from Nintendo official game ?
What if there is proof they went on holidays together ?
What else do they need, a picture of them at a Coldplay concert ?
Ya’ll are prude as all fucking hell if a smooch on the nose/cheek/forehead (pretty much always in context of thanking for getting rescued) could only ever mean a deep romantic relationship
It’s like ya’ll have never kissed the homies goodnight
I actually agree with Nintendo on this one.
>so I guess 30 years of kissing means nothing to you
We’ve seen nothing more than that. This idea that being kissed means a relationship is pretty third grade level stuff, particularly when we consider the life or death circumstances. I mean, it just makes sense.
Just imagine it, after all. Take how it’s depicted in Mario All Stars. You are kidnapped, put in a cage over lava. You don’t even want to think about what is in the food. There is no toilet, you have to crap through the bottom of the cage, in front of countless sexually deviant Koopa minions, While your captor sits there on his bridge, literally twiddling his hands. Then a old friend appears to rescue you. Your dress is soaked in piss and streaked with turd since you refused to lift it since the one time you started to all the Koopa’s watching started to cheer, and your feet are covered in shit from waffle-stomping your own turds through the bottom of the cage, you aren’t exactly feeling romantic, just grateful that the nightmare is over. Doesn’t mean you are in a relationship with them.
Besides- The same thing happens if Luigi rescues them. So is she in a relationship with both brothers? That’s starting to get complicated.
Furthermore, if they *are* in a relationship isn’t the affection radically muted? Like take Mario 64. “Oh, thanks Mario, I was trapped by Bowser in the walls of the Castle, whereby my physical form ceased to be and I was forced to instead perceive and contemplate a endless nothingness, where time was an illusion and I was both there for eternity and the blink of an eye and I was unable to scream, speak, breath, or even yodel with any clarity, where my thoughts were bound in what could only be described as a grotesque and absolute violation of my very mind in manners beyond all comprehension. A terrifying experience beyond all measure which will doubtless cause me endless nightmares and will lead me to have to actively fight off nihilistic thoughts for decades. As a thank you I shall award you the fitting affection for rescuing me from that scenario, a kiss on the tip of your nose, and a cake.”
Who gives a shit ? This is as stupid as trying to make sense out of DK lore.
Nintendo will do anything but just admit they’re dating holy hell.
Link and Zelda at least are reincarnations of the same person, so they have different relationships in each lifetime