Shirtless Mario is here to ruin all of your happy childhood video game memories

Nintendo has kicked off an era of revelations for our favourite videogame ~~plumber~~ character.

First, the (non-)announcement: Mario is not a plumber anymore. (Not that he'd being doing a lot of pipe repairs recently anyway. Who's ever seen the moustachioed little guy doing any plumbing in its 32-year-old history.)

Now, a new revelation: Mario has been spotted in the latest Nintendo Direct presentation for Super Mario Odyssey without a shirt on. And despite having no belly button a-la Kyle XY, he definitely has nipples.

Explore the frozen fields of Shiveria in the Snow Kingdom & the sunny shores of Bubblaine in the Seaside Kingdom in #SuperMarioOdyssey! http://pic.twitter.com/p8AsDqBbTj

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