The new 'Animal Crossg' game — 'New Horizons,' which dropped on March 20, 2020 — has troduced Ntendo's first ever gay character. Fans are pretty exced.
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- LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
- JOHN OLIVER IMAG A WORLD OF GAY NTENDO CHARACTERS
- EXCGNEW ‘ANIMAL CROSSG’ GAME INTRODUC NTENDO’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- FROM DAMSEL TO DEFENR: STANNG PRCS PEACH, NTENDO'S QUEER INSHE THREW THE FIRST BRICK AT MHROOM KGDOM AND WE'LL FOREVER PRAISE HER FOR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BOBBY BOXJANUARY 7, 2019/12:48 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:900PX;WIDTH:1600PX;}NTENDOBY BOBBY BOXJANUARY 7, 2019 / 12:48 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FROM DAMSEL TO DEFENR: STANNG PRCS PEACH, NTENDO'S QUEER IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-01-07T17:48:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-01-07T17:48:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BOBBY BOX","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASK ANY QUEER BOY WHICH CHARACTER HE CHOSE TO PLAY MAR KART OR MAR PARTY AND I GUARANTEE YOU HE CHOSE PRCS PEACH TOADSTOOL, THE MURE, PETAL-PK, AND NTUALLY PTURED LER OF MHROOM KGDOM. SHE WAS THE ONLY FEMALE CHARACTER THE EARLIT ERATNS OF THE MAR BROS. ANCHISE AND, LET’S FACE FACTS, GAYS LOVE TO PLAY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE WRTEN ABOUT THE TOPIC EXTENSIVELY. GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN PREFER FEMALE CHARACTERS VIO GAM FOR A MULTU OF REASONS. SOME ENJOY THE ATHETIC OPTNS (THE ROSE PK GO-KART? WERK!) AND FEME SIRABILY. BEE THERE ARE NEARLY NO GAY PROTAGONISTS TO CHOOSE OM THE GAMG SPACE, MANY LGBTQ MEN OPT FOR THE FEMALE BEE, LIKE QUEER DIVIDUALS, SHE’S OFTEN UNRTIMATED AND HER SKILLSETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRCS TOADSTOOL’S FIRST APPEARANCE 1985’S SUPER MAR BROS. (SHE WAS NOT GIVEN THE MONIKER “PEACH” UNTIL 1993’S YOSHI’S SAFARI) BEFELL A CLASSIC TROPE OF MANY WOMEN POP CULTURE: THE DAMSEL DISTRS. HER CHARACTER WAS NOTHG MORE THAN THE FENSELS LOVE TERT OPPOSE PORTLY PROTAGONIST AND PLUMBER MAR. INED, SHE WAS FABULOLY PLAYABLE SUPER MAR BROS. 2 (WHOSE GOWN GRANTED HER HOVERG PABILI, HONEY!), BUT RETURNED AS AN IMPRISONED PRCS THE GAME’S THIRD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS PEACH OUT OF MAR’S LEAGUE BOTH APPEARANCE AND STATURE (FORB SET PEACH’S WORTH AT $1.3 BILLN), OTHER FABULO, ANIMATED WOMEN WERE ALSO LKED TO AVERAGE MEN OF THE TIME, CLUDG LOIS GRIFF, WILMA FLTSTONE, AND MARGE SIMPSON. DURG THIS ERA, FEMALE GAME CHARACTERS WERE NOTHG MORE THAN A PROP—PRETTY TROPHI AWARD AT THE END OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRCS PEACH MA CREDIBLE STRIS THE LATE ‘90S, WH APPEARANC AND PLAYABLE ROL ALONGSI AN ALL-MALE ST MAR KART 64 (1996), MAR PARTY (1998), MAR TENNIS (2001), AMONG OTHERS. DAISY, TOATTE, BOWSETTE, BABY PEACH, AND OTHER FEMALE CHARACTERS WOULD EVENTUALLY JO THE RANKS, BUT WE ALL STAN AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHOUT A DOUBT, PEACH’S GREATT ACPLISHMENT ME WHEN THE ROSY BLON STARRED A GAME ALL HER OWN, SUPER PRCS PEACH (2006), WHERE SHE HIGH-KICKED HER HOPELS NARRATIVE TO THE HISTORY BOOKS AND PROVED SHE WAS PABLE OF NOT ONLY FENDG HERSELF BUT SAVG HER MAN, HIS LANKY BROTHER, AND HER NON-BARY EMPLOYEE, TOAD, OM THE CLUTCH OF KG BOWSER. PRCS PEACH BEME THE HERO GAYS ALWAYS KNEW HER TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST SURPRISG WAS HER APPEARANCE AS A PLAYABLE FIGHTER SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE (2001) AND SUPER SMASH BROS. 4 (2013). HERE PEACH BEME A WORTHY PHYSIL OPPONENT WHO GLOVE-SLAPPED OTHER NTENDO ALL-STARS WH HER PARASOL (FUN FACT: IN SUPER PRCS PEACH LORE, PEACH’S PARASOL WAS ONCE A HUMAN BOY) AND YG PAN (OKAY, SO THERE’S STILL SOME SEXIST FLUENC). GLOVE-SLAPPG? A PARASOL THAT ED TO BE A TWK? DO GET ANY GAYER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE WAS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 7, 2018, PEACH RANKED OUT’S "TOP 10 SUPER SMASH BROS. QUEER INS" AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEME-ABLE CHARACTERS THE LP ON TWTER FOLLOWG THE GAME’S RELEASE. (FYI: GAYS LOW-KEY ERN TWTER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY MEN AND WOMEN HELPED PRCS PEACH BEE THE POWERFUL HEROE SHE IS TODAY. THE MUNY SAW HER POTENTIAL SCE HER PIXELATED IMAGE FIRST PROJECTED ONTO OUR SCREENS. WE FOUGHT FOR PRCS PEACH WHEN WE WERE TEASED FOR PICKG HER AMONG THE ROSTER OF MALE CHARACTERS, AND WERE UNRTIMATED WHEN WE CHOSE HER AS OUR CHOICE FIGHTER MELEE TL. IN RETURN, SHE FOUGHT FOR BY SIMPLY BEG OUR GURAL REPRENTATIVE. BEFORE SONYA BLA AND CHUN-LI (ALSO THE SOLE FEMALE THEIR RPECTIVE TL), THERE WAS PRCS TOADSTOOL, WHO THREW THE FIRST BRICK AT MHROOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE OTHER NTENDO CHARACTERS ARE UNNIABLY QUEER (TOAD HAS NO GENR AND YOSHI IS A MALE DOSR WHO HAPPENS TO LAY EGGS), NONE REPRENTED THE LGBTQ MUNY QUE LIKE PEACH, WHOSE PHYSIL AND EMOTNAL VIBRANCY NTUE TO REPRENT WOMEN AND QUEER DIVIDUALS EACH ROSY, PROGRSIVE ERATN. KEEP DOG PROUD, PRCS PEACH. CHANTé, YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
LK IS A GAY IN, AND ZELDA FANS KNOW
The Ntendo Swch is a favoure among gaymers, so mak sense that we dig ep and fd out jt what LGBT gam you n play on there. * gay nintendo characters *
Leon, of Fire Emblem Gain and s remake, Shadows of Valentia, was actually wrten as a gay man the remake. Byleth might not speak, but they sure n be gay if that is what your heart sir.
Don't that kd of brg up gay isn't okay but lbians are mentaly? The game also featur a memorable gay character, Tony.
Dorian is proud of who he is, both as a gay man and as a Tevter mage. Gay Tony (Grand Theft Auto). In 2009, Rockstar Gam released The Ballad of Gay Tony, a GTA4 expansn pack about a dg-addled nightclub owner.
JOHN OLIVER IMAG A WORLD OF GAY NTENDO CHARACTERS
Legend of Zelda fans have long read Lk as gay or transgenr, even if his character is not nonilly queer. Fans have foced on shippg Lk and Sidon and drag readgs of the Gedo qut Breath of the Wild. * gay nintendo characters *
Overly hetero bros need not worry about playg gay, though: players actually ntrol the part of Tony’s straight bodyguard. In a post-apolyptic world, hero Joel and Ellie enter the booby-trapped town of Lln, which is n by a paranoid gay man named Bill.
The character was noted by GLAAD for s pictn of a gay man as a regular person, albe a paranoid one trapped a nightmarish hellspe. Alvane is revealed to be gay the third chapter, released this past summer.
EXCGNEW ‘ANIMAL CROSSG’ GAME INTRODUC NTENDO’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
The 40-mute long Ntendo Direct showse had no shortage of gaymer-gasm fodr. * gay nintendo characters *
Along the way, you’ll enunters all kds of characters, cludg Achill and Patrocl, the gay star-crossed lovers om Greek lerature. On top of that, the game explor what means to be a gay dad and the stggl that e along wh , and that pth is what mak the game so fun to play.
DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
Featurg gay, bisexual, transgenr characters, and pansexual characters, the group that you hang out wh has an unapologetic motto: “Be gay, do crim.
AO3 may not be the only metric for how many Zelda fans terpret Lk as gay and/or transgenr, but ’s one of the biggt.
In art, ’s mon to see queer-d monsters and pecially queer-d villas, particularly bee of how the Hays Co prohibed pictns of homosexualy on screen. This qut fails trans Zelda fans major ways, but much like Aonuma’s nial that Lk is gay, also prents players wh an opportuny. Even if Lk is never nonilly intified as gay or trans, fan ntent for The Legend of Zelda is everywhere, and queer fans pecially seem to produce ntent drov.
FROM DAMSEL TO DEFENR: STANNG PRCS PEACH, NTENDO'S QUEER INSHE THREW THE FIRST BRICK AT MHROOM KGDOM AND WE'LL FOREVER PRAISE HER FOR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BOBBY BOXJANUARY 7, 2019/12:48 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:900PX;WIDTH:1600PX;}NTENDOBY BOBBY BOXJANUARY 7, 2019 / 12:48 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FROM DAMSEL TO DEFENR: STANNG PRCS PEACH, NTENDO'S QUEER IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-01-07T17:48:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-01-07T17:48:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BOBBY BOX","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASK ANY QUEER BOY WHICH CHARACTER HE CHOSE TO PLAY MAR KART OR MAR PARTY AND I GUARANTEE YOU HE CHOSE PRCS PEACH TOADSTOOL, THE MURE, PETAL-PK, AND NTUALLY PTURED LER OF MHROOM KGDOM. SHE WAS THE ONLY FEMALE CHARACTER THE EARLIT ERATNS OF THE MAR BROS. ANCHISE AND, LET’S FACE FACTS, GAYS LOVE TO PLAY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE WRTEN ABOUT THE TOPIC EXTENSIVELY. GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN PREFER FEMALE CHARACTERS VIO GAM FOR A MULTU OF REASONS. SOME ENJOY THE ATHETIC OPTNS (THE ROSE PK GO-KART? WERK!) AND FEME SIRABILY. BEE THERE ARE NEARLY NO GAY PROTAGONISTS TO CHOOSE OM THE GAMG SPACE, MANY LGBTQ MEN OPT FOR THE FEMALE BEE, LIKE QUEER DIVIDUALS, SHE’S OFTEN UNRTIMATED AND HER SKILLSETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRCS TOADSTOOL’S FIRST APPEARANCE 1985’S SUPER MAR BROS. (SHE WAS NOT GIVEN THE MONIKER “PEACH” UNTIL 1993’S YOSHI’S SAFARI) BEFELL A CLASSIC TROPE OF MANY WOMEN POP CULTURE: THE DAMSEL DISTRS. HER CHARACTER WAS NOTHG MORE THAN THE FENSELS LOVE TERT OPPOSE PORTLY PROTAGONIST AND PLUMBER MAR. INED, SHE WAS FABULOLY PLAYABLE SUPER MAR BROS. 2 (WHOSE GOWN GRANTED HER HOVERG PABILI, HONEY!), BUT RETURNED AS AN IMPRISONED PRCS THE GAME’S THIRD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS PEACH OUT OF MAR’S LEAGUE BOTH APPEARANCE AND STATURE (FORB SET PEACH’S WORTH AT $1.3 BILLN), OTHER FABULO, ANIMATED WOMEN WERE ALSO LKED TO AVERAGE MEN OF THE TIME, CLUDG LOIS GRIFF, WILMA FLTSTONE, AND MARGE SIMPSON. DURG THIS ERA, FEMALE GAME CHARACTERS WERE NOTHG MORE THAN A PROP—PRETTY TROPHI AWARD AT THE END OF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRCS PEACH MA CREDIBLE STRIS THE LATE ‘90S, WH APPEARANC AND PLAYABLE ROL ALONGSI AN ALL-MALE ST MAR KART 64 (1996), MAR PARTY (1998), MAR TENNIS (2001), AMONG OTHERS. DAISY, TOATTE, BOWSETTE, BABY PEACH, AND OTHER FEMALE CHARACTERS WOULD EVENTUALLY JO THE RANKS, BUT WE ALL STAN AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHOUT A DOUBT, PEACH’S GREATT ACPLISHMENT ME WHEN THE ROSY BLON STARRED A GAME ALL HER OWN, SUPER PRCS PEACH (2006), WHERE SHE HIGH-KICKED HER HOPELS NARRATIVE TO THE HISTORY BOOKS AND PROVED SHE WAS PABLE OF NOT ONLY FENDG HERSELF BUT SAVG HER MAN, HIS LANKY BROTHER, AND HER NON-BARY EMPLOYEE, TOAD, OM THE CLUTCH OF KG BOWSER. PRCS PEACH BEME THE HERO GAYS ALWAYS KNEW HER TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST SURPRISG WAS HER APPEARANCE AS A PLAYABLE FIGHTER SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE (2001) AND SUPER SMASH BROS. 4 (2013). HERE PEACH BEME A WORTHY PHYSIL OPPONENT WHO GLOVE-SLAPPED OTHER NTENDO ALL-STARS WH HER PARASOL (FUN FACT: IN SUPER PRCS PEACH LORE, PEACH’S PARASOL WAS ONCE A HUMAN BOY) AND YG PAN (OKAY, SO THERE’S STILL SOME SEXIST FLUENC). GLOVE-SLAPPG? A PARASOL THAT ED TO BE A TWK? DO GET ANY GAYER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE WAS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 7, 2018, PEACH RANKED OUT’S "TOP 10 SUPER SMASH BROS. QUEER INS" AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEME-ABLE CHARACTERS THE LP ON TWTER FOLLOWG THE GAME’S RELEASE. (FYI: GAYS LOW-KEY ERN TWTER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY MEN AND WOMEN HELPED PRCS PEACH BEE THE POWERFUL HEROE SHE IS TODAY. THE MUNY SAW HER POTENTIAL SCE HER PIXELATED IMAGE FIRST PROJECTED ONTO OUR SCREENS. WE FOUGHT FOR PRCS PEACH WHEN WE WERE TEASED FOR PICKG HER AMONG THE ROSTER OF MALE CHARACTERS, AND WERE UNRTIMATED WHEN WE CHOSE HER AS OUR CHOICE FIGHTER MELEE TL. IN RETURN, SHE FOUGHT FOR BY SIMPLY BEG OUR GURAL REPRENTATIVE. BEFORE SONYA BLA AND CHUN-LI (ALSO THE SOLE FEMALE THEIR RPECTIVE TL), THERE WAS PRCS TOADSTOOL, WHO THREW THE FIRST BRICK AT MHROOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE OTHER NTENDO CHARACTERS ARE UNNIABLY QUEER (TOAD HAS NO GENR AND YOSHI IS A MALE DOSR WHO HAPPENS TO LAY EGGS), NONE REPRENTED THE LGBTQ MUNY QUE LIKE PEACH, WHOSE PHYSIL AND EMOTNAL VIBRANCY NTUE TO REPRENT WOMEN AND QUEER DIVIDUALS EACH ROSY, PROGRSIVE ERATN. KEEP DOG PROUD, PRCS PEACH. CHANTé, YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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