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Waluigi has a very interesting way of celebrating his achievements in Mario Strikers. The tall and lanky dark horse of the Mario series would gesture at his crotch area while simultaneously thrusting his hips forward. This is known as a ‘Crotch chop’, and not something that many would expect to see in the family friendly Mario games. <\/p>\n

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Waluigi has a very interesting way of celebrating his achievements in Mario Strikers. The tall and lanky dark horse of the Mario series would gesture at his crotch area while simultaneously thrusting his hips forward. This is known as a ‘Crotch chop’, and not something that many would expect to see in the family friendly Mario games. And yet, we did. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":535846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nThe reason behind Waluigi's infamous crotch-centric Mario Strikers celebration | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Waluigi has a very interesting way of celebrating his achievements in Mario Strikers. 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