That's what Nintendo are saying now anyway.
Apparently, he transforms into a Flying Squirrel in New Super Mario Bros U rather than wears a suit to get the powers. Makes a fair amount of sense given he uses an acorn to change form.
However, Nintendo says this is the case with all the items in the past. And I guess it makes sense for some. How does a Cape Feather give you a Cape? A Leaf give you a Tanooki 'Suit'? A carrot give you rabbit ears?
But for the SMB 3 ones, I think it's definitely still a 'suit'. I mean, look at the graphics for these and tell me they're not clothing:
That's the whole 'suit' you're getting from the block kid. Even the names of the items in the manual say it! Unless you're saying something called a 'Hammer Suit' is apparently not a suit. What is this, Dali like surrealism?
Also, Japan calls the frog suit 'Kaeru SÅ«tsu' and the Tanooki Suit 'Tanuki SÅ«tsu', which directly translate to Frog Suit and Tanooki Suit respectively. No idea what they call the Hammer Suit, the translation guide I was using didn't list it.
Now I admit, there seems to be a move away from the word 'suit', recently, I don't think Mario 3D Land ever referred to the Tanooki Suit as such in marketing and its likely other recent games don't too... is this all because of that PETA thing and Nintendo being too wussy to just tell them where to stick it? Let those bunch of morons wipe themselves out, don't pay them attention and they'll either shut up, or do something stupid, get arrested and executed.
If Nintendo wanted to really avoid this, they could always make it the 'Squirrel Hat', it worked for Mario 64's power ups...
What do you think of all this?
Source:
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/30866
Apparently, he transforms into a Flying Squirrel in New Super Mario Bros U rather than wears a suit to get the powers. Makes a fair amount of sense given he uses an acorn to change form.
However, Nintendo says this is the case with all the items in the past. And I guess it makes sense for some. How does a Cape Feather give you a Cape? A Leaf give you a Tanooki 'Suit'? A carrot give you rabbit ears?
But for the SMB 3 ones, I think it's definitely still a 'suit'. I mean, look at the graphics for these and tell me they're not clothing:
That's the whole 'suit' you're getting from the block kid. Even the names of the items in the manual say it! Unless you're saying something called a 'Hammer Suit' is apparently not a suit. What is this, Dali like surrealism?
Also, Japan calls the frog suit 'Kaeru SÅ«tsu' and the Tanooki Suit 'Tanuki SÅ«tsu', which directly translate to Frog Suit and Tanooki Suit respectively. No idea what they call the Hammer Suit, the translation guide I was using didn't list it.
Now I admit, there seems to be a move away from the word 'suit', recently, I don't think Mario 3D Land ever referred to the Tanooki Suit as such in marketing and its likely other recent games don't too... is this all because of that PETA thing and Nintendo being too wussy to just tell them where to stick it? Let those bunch of morons wipe themselves out, don't pay them attention and they'll either shut up, or do something stupid, get arrested and executed.
If Nintendo wanted to really avoid this, they could always make it the 'Squirrel Hat', it worked for Mario 64's power ups...
What do you think of all this?
Source:
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/30866
