10 Video Game Characters Who Bared Nipples Before Mario

2. Loads Of Fighting Game Characters

Mario Nipples
NAMCO

Anyone who has ever been in actual fistfight will know that they are really more an exercise in blustering bravado and misplaced machismo, the whole sorry afairs usually descend into farce immediately after the first punch is wildly swung (and missed). In the five seconds before both participants realise it's a really bad idea but feel it's gone beyond the point of saying, "you know what, let's talk about it," an item of clothing is usually torn off and dramatically flung to the ground in a grand gesture of goading.

Which explains why 90% of beat 'em up characters enter each round partially denuded. Jin Kazama, Liu Kang, Blanka, Sagat; they all scrapped shirtless. Makes not one jot of difference to their life bars.

Editorial Team
Editorial Team

Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.