The one Internet sensation that Nintendo never wanted is for something it created to start trending on porn sites, with searches for Bowsette up 5,849% in one day.
Before we start, dont panic. Were not going to link to a porn site and… none of this is going to make any sense. So its not just you.
The first obvious question is who is Bowsette? Shes not an official Nintendo character but a fan art creation by webcomic author Haniwa, inspired by Peachette from the recently announced New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe game for Switch.
Peachette is pretty weird as it is, since shes a new character that Toadette transforms into in the game by obtaining an item called the crown mushroom. Why she does this and why the game doesnt just feature the actual Princess Peach is a mystery – one fans have sought to explain with Bowsette.
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The idea is that Princess Peach picks up the same item that transforms her into a hybrid of Bowser, complete with horns.
Whatever you do wed advise you not to search for the name Bowsette, especially when youre at work, because a lot of the pictures are borderline, if not actually, pornographic.
Which brings us to the porn site. According to YouPorn, searches for the term Bowsette went from zero to hero at the beginning of the week, with an increase of 2,900% on Monday and 5,849% the next day.
Pornhub reported a similar rise in interest, with searches starting on 23 September and rising to over half a million in just 72 hours.
What exactly they expected to find were not sure, but youve got to pity the poor pornstar that now has to dress up in horns and a turtle shell.
Nintendo, as you can imagine, has tried to distance themselves as much as possible from the phenomenon, although they did go so far as to issue the following statement:
Concerning the drawings and other things uploaded to the Internet, we have no comment.
It cant have been an easy few weeks for Nintendo though. First Donald Trumps penis gets compared to Toad and now Princess Peach has become a sex idol. We dread to think whats next…
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