Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

It ultimately boils down to lesser of evils, but when thinking about failed industry experiments (such as...well whatever Sonic was doing) compared to extremely safe games that are still technically playing well such as New Super Mario Bros. 2, I'd rather be stuck with the safe ones that play well. If had never played a Super Mario Bros. game before and picked New Super Mario Bros 2, I'd still have a good time with it because I hadn't been exposed to its mechanics before. Whereas, games like Sonic Boom would be unenjoyable to newcomers and veterans alike. I mean, I'd be playing neither of those games to be frank, but I'd stick with the games that actually play well.

Also, what I said about Sticker Star was entirely about its execution of a new mechanic, which was a huge reason it failed.
 
Sometimes you actually have to play it safe if games are expected to get good reception.

Star Fox Zero tried to utilize the Wii U GamePad's motion controls, but that lead to mixed reviews, and some gaming communities even ranked it among the worst games of 2016.

Similarly, Sonic Forces experimented with the custom avatar mechanics, but the game as a whole was just a huge disappointment, especially when you realize that Infinite was nothing more than an expendable pawn in Dr. Eggman's game.
 
Baby Peach being playable in Mario Kart makes as much sense as Fawful would if he were ever added.

Actually this isn't an opinion, it's a FACT. Both characters debuted in Mario & Luigi games. And given Fawful's popularity, why wouldn't he be in spin-offs like Baby Peach?

That she later appeared in Yoshi's Island DS doesn't count, otherwise we would have seen Baby Wario and Baby DK show up more.
 
Considering how rapidly she kept showing up in stuff at that point I'd say Baby Peach was already planned before that and her debut in M&L Partners in time is just a coincidence.

And Fawful is nowhere near as popular as people like to think he is.
 
What doesn't help is that Baby Peach is a form of an existing character being Peach as a cute little tot. She easily meshes with Baby Mario and Baby Luigi as well.
 
Super Radio said:
Baby Peach being playable in Mario Kart makes as much sense as Fawful would if he were ever added.

Actually this isn't an opinion, it's a FACT. Both characters debuted in Mario & Luigi games. And given Fawful's popularity, why wouldn't he be in spin-offs like Baby Peach?

That she later appeared in Yoshi's Island DS doesn't count, otherwise we would have seen Baby Wario and Baby DK show up more.
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that's still an opinion. "makes as much sense" is a subjective claim and thus open to interpretation and disagreements
 
Mcmadness said:
Considering how rapidly she kept showing up in stuff at that point I'd say Baby Peach was already planned before that and her debut in M&L Partners in time is just a coincidence.
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Unfortunately this. I find it pretty sad that the only contribution M&L has "technically" made to the greater Mario series is a coincidence like this, but it's not surprising. It's annoying when people try to use Baby Peach as a "shut up, M&L got its character a long time ago" though.
 
Don't worry, most other series don't contribute anything either.
 
Not even the mainstream platformers contribute as much as you think.
 
Pretty much, most of it's one and done.