Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

If they wanted a feminist Mario character, they should've gone with Captain Syrup. She's the leader of her own crew of pirates, she personally fights Wario numerous times with bombs and genies and robots, and the one time she needs help (WL:SI), she still manages to manipulate the situation so that she gets the treasure and Wario gets nothing. Yeah, she's sexy - but not as overt as designs from other series (Risky, the pirate from Shantae comes to mind); and true, she flirts with Wario, but she's doing it for her own amusement, not because as the token girl, she must be the love interest and/or eye candy by default: there ain't no love there, just colourful rivalry.
 
Walkazo said:
If they wanted a feminist Mario character, they should've gone with Captain Syrup. She's the leader of her own crew of pirates, she personally fights Wario numerous times with bombs and genies and robots, and the one time she needs help (WL:SI), she still manages to manipulate the situation so that she gets the treasure and Wario gets nothing. Yeah, she's sexy - but not as overt as designs from other series (Risky, the pirate from Shantae comes to mind); and true, she flirts with Wario, but she's doing it for her own amusement, not because as the token girl, she must be the love interest and/or eye candy by default: there ain't no love there, just colourful rivalry.
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Didn't know that character existed because I rarely play or know about the Wario games but sounds alive instead of being the living “kidnap–me–sign”.

I am thinking for an unpopular opinion right now....
 
They probably didn't put Captain Syrup because she's primarily a villain.
 
Mcmadness said:
They probably didn't put Captain Syrup because she's primarily a villain.
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So? Villains are awesome, and evilness aside, they often have way better personalities and are stronger than their goodie goodie counterparts. Should little girls look up to the pretty princess who gets kidnapped every other week and needs to sit around like a useless, weepy lump until her man comes and gets her, or should they be like the pirate wench who leads the boys and takes initiative to get what she wants? I'd be the pirate every time.
 
And when their arrested for piracy or dying of scurvy they'll wish they hadn't gone that route.
 
Walkazo said:
If they wanted a feminist Mario character, they should've gone with Captain Syrup. She's the leader of her own crew of pirates, she personally fights Wario numerous times with bombs and genies and robots, and the one time she needs help (WL:SI), she still manages to manipulate the situation so that she gets the treasure and Wario gets nothing. Yeah, she's sexy - but not as overt as designs from other series (Risky, the pirate from Shantae comes to mind); and true, she flirts with Wario, but she's doing it for her own amusement, not because as the token girl, she must be the love interest and/or eye candy by default: there ain't no love there, just colourful rivalry.
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I totally agree with this. Captain Syrup is awesome.
 
I haven't seen Eggman display any of that barring a character description of him.
 
I don't hate Captain Syrup but lets look at her in detail. First game she appeared in you don't fight her, she summons her genie and when he loses she throws a temper tantrum and runs away. 2nd game she uses a machine rather than taking on Wario directly. Finally we have wario land shake it where she is given an actual personality and what is it? The stereotypical flirty thief character type which is almost as old as being a kidnapped damsel. On top of that she never actually does anything herself beyond the opening cutscene. Say what you want about Peach but usually whenever she actually did something she was on the ''frontline'' so to speak.


Honestly looking at it now I'm not surprised they didn't choose Captain Syrup, she's a terrible role model.