Mario's Supposed To Be Cute, Which Is Why His Nipples Grossed People Out

[Kotaku]( August 24, 2018 [Mario's Supposed To Be Cute, Which Is Why His Nipples Grossed People Out]( [Few pieces of video game news have upset the internet so much as the recent revelations that Luigi has a penis bulge and Mario has nipples.]( [Souls Games Are Great, Except For The Sexist Messages From Some Players]( [Since the release of FromSoftware’s Demon’s Souls in 2009, it and its spiritual successors—the Dark Souls trilogy and Bloodborne—have acquired reputations that are both built on the games themselves and players’ responses to them. Demon’s Souls and its descendants are as dependent upon their mechanics, level design, and art direction...]( [KOTAKU EAST]( [Beware Of Fake Hibiki Japanese WhiskyÂ]( [Earlier this week, two men were arrested in Japan for selling bottles of fake Hibiki. The bottles were real, but the whisky inside was bogus.]( [Fortnite Now Lets You Thank The Bus Driver]( [Change.org signatures normally aren’t worth the paper they’re not printed on, but here’s an example of one actually working: only weeks after a campaign to allow players to thank the game’s bus driver, Fortnite now includes the ability to do just that.]( [SPLITSCREEN]( [What It Was Like To Work On Final Fantasy XIV During The Launch Catastrophe]( [When Final Fantasy XIV first launched, in 2010, it was such a disaster that publisher Square Enix made the unprecedented move of taking it offline and launching a brand new version three years later. What was it like to be there? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss.]( [SPONSORED]( [Thousands Of Udemy Courses For $10 Each: Game Dev, Data Science, Web Dev, & More]( [Gather all the knowledge you need to learn a new skill or refine an existing one with online courses from Udemy. Kotaku readers can get over 40,000 courses, including subjects like Game Development, Web Development, and Data Science, all for $10 a piece. Full details here.]( [The Best Cosplay From AnimeFest 2018]( [Over 10,000 fans packed in over the weekend to the Sheraton Dallas Hotel for AnimeFest, a convention run by a non-profit group who have been educating the masses about anime since the early 90s.]( [Overwatch's New Busan Map Is A Chaotic Blast]( [It only took two years, but Overwatch’s lean, mean esports queen D.Va—easily one of the game’s most popular characters—is finally getting some time in the spotlight. Alongside her CG short about being the world’s coolest workaholic who also happens to have PTSD, there’s also a new map set in the...]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [LIFEHACKER]( [How to Get a Cat to Like You]( [I’m jealous of dog people. You can meet a dog by just walking up to it on the street. A typical dog trusts you instantly. But the average cat must be won over. I talked to three cat behavior experts, who explained why cats are like this, and walked through...]( [JALOPNIK]( [The Russian Company That Makes the AK-47 Has Built An Awesome Looking Electric Retro Tesla-Killer]( [Normally, when you think of Kalashnikov, you likely think about guns, especially the famous AK-47 assault rifle that perhaps you once bought as a gift for your grandma. The company now has its gunsights aimed at Tesla, which they’re targeting with their new electric car prototype, the CV-1. Hilariously and...]( [PROMOTIONS]( [Get Dollar Shave Club's Starter Set: Razors, Shave Butter, Body Cleanser, & Wipes, Just $5]( [Dollar Shave Club is here with their most complete starter set that has your grooming needs covered. Grab yours for just $5, plus free shipping. After receiving your starter set, replacement blades come for just $9 per month. See full details here.]( [DEADSPIN]( [It Doesn't Matter If Michelle Beadle Doesn't Watch Football]( [You probably don’t care about ESPN’s new-ish morning talk show, Get Up, because why would you? It’s a glossy, inoffensive talk show meant to be half-watched by people who fell asleep watching a game on ESPN the night before and are too lazy to change the channel in the morning...]( [DEADSPIN]( [Christian Covington's Ego Takes A Hit As The New Madden Has Him Looking Like A Gelatinous Thumb]( [Texans defensive end Christian Covington is not a particularly handsome man. He’s not an ugly man, either, just an average-looking one. Still, as unremarkable as Covington’s face may be, he does not resemble the creepy, poorly rendered avatar the folks at EA assigned him in Madden 19, as he has...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Kotaku]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011