If you have been aware of social networks in recent days, surely you have noticed the latest meme (or rather series of illustrations) fashionable. It's about a girl, who may be redhead or blonde, with horns and maybe a tail or shell. It has a very slight resemblance to Bowser of the Nintendo universe, but ... could not this be? Well, let me tell you, it's exactly that. This girl is called Bowsette and she has stolen the heart of the Internet this last week.
Where did Bowsette come from?
To know the origin of Bowsette, we must return to Nintendo Direct on September 13. One of the themes of the presentation was the announcement of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, an enhanced version of the title of the Wii U. One of the new features of the new title is a new object (a crown) that Toadette, a character playable, can be used to transform into Peachette, a fusion between the friend and the Princess Peach.
At first, nobody gave much importance to the crown, beyond finding it as a curious detail in an expected game. It all started on September 19, when the Twitter user @ ayyk92 published a comic web in which Mario and Bowser are disappointed, given that Peach rejected both of them. In the third panel, Bowser is seen with the aforementioned crown in his hand; and in the fourth panel ... Mario with a girl with horns.
Although at that time the new girl (who, in effect, is Bowser changed sex) had no name, the Internet quickly named her Bowsette, simply adding the female suffix "-ette" to the name of King Koopa. In a matter of hours, Devianart, reddit, 4chan and other Internet sites began to flood with all kinds of fanarts and more Bowsette web comics; and shortly after, until cosplays.
Notice. Here we show some of the illustrations, but we must make it clear that these are some of the most "demure". Like almost anything that comes to the Internet, the vast majority of fanarts are very risque.
As an example of the meteoric rise of Bowsette's popularity, the r / Bowsette subreddit, created less than 3 days ago, already has more than 38 thousand subscribers and has an average of 9 thousand people online.
Nintendo, one of the companies with more characters that had been avoided by the illustrators, is currently in the eye of the hurricane, because images of other characters such as Boo, Yoshi or even Shy Guy have already begun to come to light. Apparently this trend is grabbing strength like a snowball and this is just beginning.
What does the future hold for Bowsette?
Due to the great popularity that this curious character is having, Nintendo fans have already started asking the company to turn it into a canon. A petition on Change.org asking that Nintendo add Bowsette to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate now has almost 5 thousand signatures and that was created less than 2 days ago.