Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Like I said, I think his status as a loser makes me not want to see him get his own game.

Besides Bowser needs it more.
 
I like Tiny Kong, and I don't hate her redesign. I actually really like it, but I do not hate her debut look either.

I like Peach more than Rosalina and Daisy. As for my favorite female character, it's a tie between her and Tiny Kong.

I think Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is both a good and a very fun game.

I'm not a big fan of Diddy and Funky Kong, but I do find them enjoyable in the Donkey Kong Country TV show.

I don't hate Kiddy Kong, I just find it weird how his ears are next to his eyes.

I like King K. Rool more than Bowser, and I also think K. Rool is a better villain than Bowser.

I like Toadsworth and Toadette. Toad...not so much.

I don't hate any of the babies.
 
About Princess Daisy..

What's her role anyway?

They don't use Daisy in main games? Fine.
Second-hand lady to Peach? Already got one, Rosalina.
Luigi's Princess Peach? Luigi already had several love interests without Daisy.
Er, other female option? Yes, again Rosalina but she's actually in games where it matters.
So what?

Daisy sucks as a "good" character, the fact that she gets paired up arbitrarily with the good guys in spin-offs while remaining an irrelevant tertiary character rubs a lot of people the wrong way. It doesn't help she's being phased out from the main cast even more these days.
Since Nintendo doesn't care to make Daisy's character worth something she should just be paired up with the baddies (e.g Wario and Waluigi). People already find her annoying and obnoxious, might as well go all out and take it to another level. Maybe she'll be more respectable then because at least her character would seem more honest. Even better yet if Waluigi and Daisy just got added to the Wario. series since they clearly ain't getting their spotlight in the Marioverse.
 
I always make Daisy one of my opponents in Mario Party so I wouldn't mind if she became an "enemy"
 
Erm.

IMO, Bowser Jr. Is better than the Koopalings, I'm okay with the latter not being Bowser's kids anymore.

Sticker Star wasn't a bad game by any means, it just had a few glaring flaws, but the concept itself is solid. Color Splash should follow it's lead and fix the problems

The Mario & Luigi series should start taking a different route and bring in more Mario characters (no new ones. The older ones) to play as.

The New Super Mario Bros series have surpassed the original Super Mario Bros+World. It's just gotten stale.

Don't hurt me ;~;
 
FrozenDragon150 said:
IMO, Bowser Jr. Is better than the Koopalings, I'm okay with the latter not being Bowser's kids anymore.

Don't hurt me ;~;
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You wanted it, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:bowjr:


I like both Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings. I can't really understand the Bowser Jr. vs Koopalings discussions. And since we need an IMO, I never liked the retcon because IMO it doesn't need to exist (after you had 7 children, an 8th one is no longer a problem, and disinheriting the first 7 children because the 8th one looks perfectly like you would totally be a Bowser thing).

By the way, that was not a troll post against FrozenDragon150, just a Carpe Diem to have the summary of my opinions on the matter :bowjr: .
 
Mister Wu said:
FrozenDragon150 said:
IMO, Bowser Jr. Is better than the Koopalings, I'm okay with the latter not being Bowser's kids anymore.

Don't hurt me ;~;
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You wanted it, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:bowjr:


I like both Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings. I can't really understand the Bowser Jr. vs Koopalings discussions. And since we need an IMO, I never liked the retcon because IMO it doesn't need to exist (after you had 7 children, an 8th one is no longer a problem, and disinheriting the first 7 children because the 8th one looks perfectly like you would totally be a Bowser thing).

By the way, that was not a troll post against FrozenDragon150, just a Carpe Diem to have the summary of my opinions on the matter :bowjr: .
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I didn't take it as troll post, for the record =P

But my guess is they didn't want to have to make a whole character relationship deal with Bowser+8 kids, and instead made them just minions as to focus Bowser's paternal side on a single character. I think?
 
FrozenDragon150 said:
But my guess is they didn't want to have to make a whole character relationship deal with Bowser+8 kids, and instead made them just minions as to focus Bowser's paternal side on a single character. I think?
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You opened the Pandora Box...

Really, this is something I think I started to understand reading the Sticker star interview here:

the characters in the Mario universe must have an appearance that immediately tells you everything about them. Bowser Jr. is like that: identical to Baby Bowser (who was "reverse-designed" to become similar to Bowser Jr. after his introduction!) and with a "mischievous brat" look. The Koopalings aren't. They don't exactly look like Bowser, and they rather have their own traits. I find that Lemmy, Iggy and Larry legitimately look like good guys (Lemmy actually IS a good guy in both Super Mario Kun and White Knuckle Scorin', by the way!). I think they are a disaster when looking at them in this "appearance=identity and function" point of view.

So, in my opinion, Bowser Jr. has a perfect design for the "new" gudielines and you can immediately tell he's Bowser son and that he's an important boss, while the Koopalings don't, so in light of these guidelines I can see why in the end only Bowser Jr. remained as Bowser's son, while the Koopalings just are... there

I'm suspecting they are more a Tezuka thing then a Miyamoto thing, even more so after seeing this:

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This early sketch of the Koopalings was made by Yoichi Kotabe, the redesigner of Bowser after the first Super Mario Bros. (apparently he was still trying to find a proper design for him), with the involvement of Takashi Tezuka (I'm still trying to understand the Tezuka part of that caption).
Could someone with Mario Mania confirm if they are indeed more a Tezuka thing?