Dad Alters Donkey Kong for His Daughter - With Pauline as the Hero

[Schadrach]

its obviously not just a thing among children, how many guys wouldnt play alice: the madness returns cause its got a heroine. female character to play, so it must be a girls game...

Do you seriously know anyone who said or thought that? Seriously? I mean, I know people can be stupid but...

Agreed!

This is exactly the right sort of thing to be doing. There's no reason Jump Man needs to be the hero. Why not have a version where you choose which player - Jump Man or Pauline - to play? I too would pay money for that.

As far as the original, that's actually pretty simple -- machine limitations back then.

I'd have to ask the obvious question though, if they're switching places shouldn't he get the real name while she gets the generic moniker? Shouldn't it be "-Mario-" and "Hop Girl"?

Actually it does have to do with feminism.

It shows how easy it is to make the feminists (like me) happy.

Seriously, this is it. Just make an option to switch the sprites and you have solved all of our problems with that game. It is just that easy.

What, Hop Girl isn't a "Man with Boobs" now? =p

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

As far as the original, that's actually pretty simple -- machine limitations back then.

Well, yeah. I'm talking about re-releases. Personally, I'd love to see this Dad's version ported to an App. I haven't played Donkey Kong since the NES - it'd be fun to replay it with Pauline. ^^

I'd have to ask the obvious question though, if they're switching places shouldn't he get the real name while she gets the generic moniker? Shouldn't it be "-Mario-" and "Hop Girl"?

Eh, I didn't name 'em.

Technically, that isn't Mario. He's some sort of super hero, named Jump Man, who happens to look an awful lot like Mario. Why else is he fighting a giant gorilla?

... actually, if you consider that Jump Man came first, I guess that means that Mario is actually wearing Jump Man cosplay.

Also, "Hop Girl" sounds like a Beer mascot.

 

[LiquidGrape]

I do love how Tenmar enters the thread, expresses fear at the potential debate it could generate, and then proceeds to start the debate all on his own accord.