'U R MR GAY' message discovered in Super Mario Galaxy box art
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Sep 18th 2007 2:58PM
A NeoGaf poster discovered, in the cover art of
Super Mario Galaxy, the most humorous coincidence of the year (or perhaps the devious work of a cover artist). In the box art for
Super Mario Galaxy, stars highlighting certain letters in the title
spell out: U R MR GAY. The stars, which are attached to specific letters, are part of the
original official art (from Nintendo's press site); we manipulated the image's color scale above to emphasize the stars and corresponding letters, but did not alter the image otherwise.
Nintendo is almost certain to change this now that it's come out, but it does make us recall all those urban legends about
sexual innuendo hidden in Disney films. Sony Defense Force and Xbots have a field day 'cause even Nintendo artists have given you fuel for your crusade. Maybe Nintendo just means people who buy
Super Mario Galaxy are happy? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
