“Hey, I think we should have a new female character in this Super Mario RPG game we’re making.”
“Oh, that would make sense.”
“Yeah, and maybe she could be a bad guy, because we don’t have many female villains in the series.”
“Sure, sure. That would probably be great.”
“Okay then. I was also thinking that she could have gigantic boobs.”
“Umm…”
“Like, just pendulous mammary sacs that jiggle hilariously when Mario hits her.”
“Umm…”
“Really, her proportions would just be obscene. Huge breasts, a teeny-tiny waist, and a long, flat, football-shaped head. Kind of like Betty Boop’s, but even broader. Like, her head is wider than her shoulders.”
“Okay, so I’m hearing a lot of ideas and—”
“Also, she would have the eyes of Janice from The Muppets.”
“…”
“And she’d also be wearing a parrot on her head, but it’s not dead. Like, in addition to her boobs going into a flan-like movement when struck, the parrot would also cry out in pain.”
“…”
“Like, in lieu of hair. Her hair would be the parrot. Parrot-haired.”
“…”
“Oh, and she’s in an evening dress. And I think it would be cool if she were always carrying a cocktail with her. Because that’s how you know she’s stylish but also a bad girl.”
“…”
“And she’s riding a crescent moon for no apparent reason.”
“…”
“So yeah, I think this would make for a good character. Like, a really popular character that would fit in well with the rest of the Mario crew, and maybe we could see her in the next Mario Kart game, perhaps riding the crescent moon again. I have a feeling she has staying power.”
“…”
“Hey, would she be any weirder than Birdo?”
{fin}
Her Japanese name is Margarita, which puts her neatly in line with the Mario tradition of female characters being named after things but also identifies her as a drunk. Valentina did not, in fact, appear in the next Mario Kart game nor any Mario game again.
(Sprite modified from sprite rips found here and here.)
Super Mario obscurities, previously:
- Questions reasonable people should have upon playing Super Mario Bros. for the first time
- The awkward Super Mario Bros. 3 testicle connection
- On the weird characters who do get to be in newer Mario Kart games
- Kandinsky does Super Mario
- Birdo is complicated, but not for the reason you’re probably thinking
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