Italians have received a lot of flak for their changing of sides in World War 2, does Mario's willingness to fight with Bowser in episodes such as the Thousand Year Door disaster, or play a casual game of golf with Wario create a modern day view that Italians haven't changed their mindsets?
Does this negatively impact their ability to export cars and pasta?
No actually this is a lesser known narrative that was in place long before WW2. When the first pope championed 'Deus Vult', there was a major issue in Europe with how would several #Catholic nations who had spent the better part of their existence internally fighting, work together. The first few years of the Crusades were hell as each nation began to turn on one another.
Thus the main political satirist of the time, Leonardo di Miyamoto, was tasked with the idea of creating an "Everyday Man". Something which was very much against the grain of art in that age. Each of the nations involved was given a character by which they were represented (France - Peach, Englad - Toad, Mario - Southern Italy including Rome and the Vatican, Luigi - Northern Italy including nothing of real relevance, ect) and thus the comic would be a means to reflect upon the modern day narrative of the war along with encouraging brotherhood within the combative nations.
This narrative while lost in the modern day as nobody works together anymore on the international stage, still holds a place in my heart that a bunch of nations can come together to decide that someone else deserves to die.
I'm pretty sure this violates the 20 year view since you're asking if this creates a modern day view that Italians are flip floppers.
But, the answer is super-yes.
No, before the arrival of association football, the most popular traditional sports of the world were cart racing and tag team bareknuckle boxing (no items). Mario was simply Italy's greatest sportsman during this time. And it was during this time that Italians, emulating their great hero, developed a habit and reputation for dirty play that they have carried on since. Mario was known to throw banana peels and turtle shells at his opponents, and was known to knock his opponents out of the ring completely despite the lethal consequences.
As a side note. Thank you mods for tagging this as 'april fools'. If not tagged I would have taken this seriously.
I can't believe I'm citing Cracked...
Basically the theory is that games in the main Mario platformer series are a play/ movie, the characters are actors, and the other games are the characters hanging out.
No, it means that we can find love even in our enemies and then humiliate them by beating the holy shit out of them in competition.
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