Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Master of the House said:
Other M did suck, but it doesn't erase what came before it.
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it erased my capacity to feel any goodwill towards nintendo regarding women's rights
 
But she was the original female video game hero, of course she deserves a mention.
 
Oh come on Other M wasn't that bad. Sure, the story was a freaking soap opera but hey, it was a fun game. Not Prime-fun, but still. She IS a warrior after all and I think she deserves her mention.

Now Bombette, on the other hand...
 
I don't agree with Toadette (as much as I like her), and Bombette on this list.

Both are basically pink versions of original characters that justify sexist tropes that girls must be pink or something, or if a generic enemy has a bow or lipstick or whatever then it's female unless they don't have them then they're automatically male.

But Samus, Bayonetta, Lucina, Tetra, and Rosalina are all pretty nice choices, honestly.
 
I don't really see how being pink is sexist. Lots of men and women like and wear pink.
 
I don't see how including Peach would be bad either.
 
Anser said:
Oh come on Other M wasn't that bad. Sure, the story was a freaking soap opera but hey, it was a fun game. Not Prime-fun, but still. She IS a warrior after all and I think she deserves her mention.

Now Bombette, on the other hand...
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it was shitty in every sense. sexist writing, a reused plot, boring gameplay, and like 7 hours worth of playtime. metroid other m is absolute garbage

and it's not about whether samus "deserves" to be mentioned. this is nothing other than a pr stunt meant to appeal to feminists, probably in response to fucking gamergate. the inclusion criteria have nothing to do with samus as a character
 
Mcmadness said:
I don't really see how being pink is sexist. Lots of men and women like and wear pink.
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Being pink is sexist mainly because of its use when it comes to pandering attention to the female audience and that it is widely stereotyped in girls. I am not saying the color in pink in itself is sexist, but using pink to portray a feminine quality may as well be considered so simply because of the stereotyping associated with it. There are barely any men I know in media that like and wear pink compared to the vast number of females who wear or have some sort of pink in them.

Mcmadness said:
I don't see how including Peach would be bad either.
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Peach is probably the trope against feminism in games. Just because she played one or two roles in other video games that would qualify as treating females better in gaming doesn't mean she would make a good symbol for feminism in video games; she is still an objectified (meaning plot device in this case) character in most media who often waits for a man to rescue her.
 
And so what if she is? I fail to see why needing to be rescued is a negative trait.

Also while pink = feminine is a stereotype I fail to see how it's a negative one. It's not demeaning for a female to like pink.