Topic: Is Nintendo losing touch with its roots?

[Stratos]

I think the eggs you see Yoshis lay aren't really eggs, they're funny looking feces. I don't think we ever see a yoshi lay an egg that later hatches into a yoshi, we only see yoshis lay eggs (usually after eating something) and we see eggs that hatch but there's nothing that really says these have to be identical. I'd guess it's a defensive mechanism, by making their excrement look like eggs predators are less likely to try eating the real eggs after having eaten yoshi poo the last few times.

And that's why Yoshis survived the dinosaur extinction.

[NovaQ]

2. Birdo doesn't lay eggs, he spits eggs. From his face-hole. Besides, the male of some species can lay eggs, like the seahorse.

To continue this poor thread's derailment: the male seahorse doesn't lay eggs; the female does, but the male inseminates and carries the eggs within a pouch in its body.


And about the actual thread: I wonder if a better title might be "Are Nintendo's fans losing touch with Nintendo's roots?"

[Mop it up]

I think the eggs you see Yoshis lay aren't really eggs, they're funny looking feces. I don't think we ever see a Yoshi lay an egg that later hatches into a Yoshi, we only see Yoshis lay eggs

It's funny you say this because I have similar thoughts on Birdo's eggs. No game has ever shown anything hatch out of a Birdo egg, so they are probably more like some kind of excrement.

To continue this poor thread's derailment: the male seahorse doesn't lay eggs; the female does, but the male inseminates and carries the eggs within a pouch in its body.

I didn't say the male produced the eggs, I said it "laid" them, which that could still qualify as. The same process could hold true for the Birdo species as well. Or maybe Birdo found some other creature's eggs somewhere, devoured the lot of them, and is regurgitating them? Anything's possible.

And about the actual thread: I wonder if a better title might be "Are Nintendo's fans losing touch with Nintendo's roots?"

To this I myself believe that the answer is "yes".

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Birdo's eggs are inseminated prior to launching, aimed at unsuspecting females of any species.

[Chozo Ghost]

Birdo's eggs are inseminated prior to launching, aimed at unsuspecting females of any species.

If that's the case, why are so many of them aimed at Mario (and Luigi)?

[Mop it up]

I think Mario and Luigi are secretly female because neither of them have a bulge in their pants.

[Chozo Ghost]

I think Mario and Luigi are secretly female because neither of them have a bulge in their pants.

But... but they got those huge mustaches and they know how to fix plumbing!


On the other hand, I did notice Mario's voice has a higher pitch to it these days. My theory is they were born men but they were turned into Eunuchs somehow....maybe one of those chomping balls on a chain managed to chomp em. Perhaps through his keen sense of smell Birdo mistakes them for women because of their lack of testosterone?

[KDR_11k]

Maybe Birdo is just mentally challenged?

[NovaQ]

"Are posters losing touch with this thread's topic?"

[KDR_11k]

It's been regurgitated so much I'm not sure I want to touch it anymore.