Which I haven't really played in a long long time. I get the Tanuki suit
and I recall that the Tanuki has a rather odd place in Japanese folklore.
Among other things the Tanuki (which is sort of like a raccoon) is endowed
with rather large, um, jewels. My friend and I were joking about how only
in Japan could such a strange thing be so accepted into mainstream culture.
Anyway we found this website with 2 small videos of a commercial for a
construction company in Japan:
(...) Where to start? So many possible tangents, so little time... *picks one at random* This is clearly a job for Otto Titzling. Cheers, - jsproat (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
Hmmm, never knew anything about the Tanuki. That makes me look at it a bit different. Hmmm, this explains why when Mario is a Tanuki he can make himself rock hard at will, almost stone-like. Ya think? e. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
This is hilarious! I will never wear the Tanuki suit (in Mario Bros. 3) without wearing a grin on my face! Terry (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
