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mturmon on March 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dad hacks Donkey Kong for his daughter; Pauline no...

Overused in the sense of storytelling more generally, not Nintendo in particular.

masklinn on March 11, 2013 [–]

Although they have certainly overused it since, Nintendo's two main franchises (Mario and Zelda) are "Damsel-in-distress" based.

qu4z-2 on March 12, 2013 | [–]

I would argue that Zelda I is "explore this cool world"-based, with a bit of "damsel-in-distress" and "evil overlord" and "find the magical macguffin" bolted on.

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