Former Trump aide gets super mad over fake Mario and Luigi incest tweet
A storm of controversy has spun up around a tweet from a Nintendo parody account after less-than-savvy Twitter users -- including former Trump aide Seb Gorka -- put rage ahead of reading comprehension.
The tweet in questions comes from @NlntendoAmerica, an account masquerading as a Nintendo-related account. (Look closely and you'll notice the "i" in Nintendo is actually a lower case "L.") Under the guise of celebrating Pride Month -- real Nintendo has inspired a wealth of queer memes, after all -- the parody tweet features fan art of iconic plumber brothers Mario and Luigi enjoying a romantic kiss.
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On first blush this looks like an extremely problematic tweet from Nintendo, but it's actually Grade A troll bait. The reactions are very revealing.
Former Trump aide Seb Gorka, for one, is simply beside himself with rage about incest being shoved down our throats. Gorka is presumably not a Game of Thrones fan.
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He was hardly the only one to fall for it.
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Additionally, this was a chance to resurface an old fake tweet purportedly from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto (that particular account was a well-known fake until being suspended) and, yes, drop some GOT jokes.
To clarify, the actual Nintendo of America Twitter account is "@NintendoAmerica" and has not tweeted art of Mario and Luigi -- yes, who are brothers -- kissing. And not everything you read on the internet is true.
Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
