PETA targets Mario game over Tanooki suit
Controversial animal rights group PETA is arguing that one of Nintendo character Mario’s most popular power-ups should be powered down. The group is taking the position that gaming’s most famous plumber is supporting the fur industry when he dons his Tanooki suit — an optional item in the game Super Mario 3D Land that gives Mario the ability to glide.
The Tanooki suit turns Mario into a tanuki, a racoon-dog that is traditionally used in Japanese literature as a trickster animal.
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