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What do you play on

This is a humorous gaming pun meme. The top text has a question: "What do you play on?", followed by the poster's answer: "Me: Mario.". The image below is a photo taken inside a video game retail store, showing separate branded sections for consoles: Mario gets his own dedicated signage section alongside major console brands Xbox (green) and PlayStation (blue). The joke relies on wordplay: the question asks what gaming console/platform the person plays games on, but instead of answering Nintendo, they answer Mario, which is literally treated as its own platform/section just like Xbox and PlayStation in the store, leaning into the common association that Nintendo consoles are primarily known for Mario games.
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"What do you play on?"
Me: Mario.

Overview

This is a humorous gaming pun meme. The top text has a question: "What do you play on?", followed by the poster's answer: "Me: Mario.". The image below is a photo taken inside a video game retail store, showing separate branded sections for consoles: Mario gets his own dedicated signage section alongside major console brands Xbox (green) and PlayStation (blue). The joke relies on wordplay: the question asks what gaming console/platform the person plays games on, but instead of answering Nintendo, they answer Mario, which is literally treated as its own platform/section just like Xbox and PlayStation in the store, leaning into the common association that Nintendo consoles are primarily known for Mario games.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, the original photo was taken in a video game retail store, the text overlay was added to create the pun meme, and it was uploaded by Reddit user u/FranklyPixel as indicated by the watermark on the image.

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