Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Mario x Luigi best ship
 
ThatGuy62 said:
Despite what some people may think, sticking to the established characters isn't a bad idea.
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The notion that a character is good just because it's "original" is absurd.
 
ThatGuy62 said:
Despite what some people may think, sticking to the established characters isn't a bad idea. In fact, it would be pretty cool if they added more elements of the subseries in the RPGs (like Wario Land/Warioware and Donkey Kong Country).
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At this point, I don't think it's even possible to make a new species or enemy without retreading on old ground (in fact (Fwoosh), they've already done that (Foo)).
 
Mcmadness said:
ThatGuy62 said:
Despite what some people may think, sticking to the established characters isn't a bad idea.
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The notion that a character is good just because it's "original" is absurd.
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I'm not totally against OCs and they can be good characters, but I agree it sometimes feels like people are biased against established characters.
Which is a shame because the RPGs are the biggest chance of fleshing out the characters and you can actually get mileage out of them if you use them well. Luigi Peach and Bowser are prime examples and Junior and the Koopalings have been portrayed pretty well too. Imagine what it would be like to have Daisy or Waluigi show up and get actual development. And, though this is more of a pipe dream, imagine if they get obscure and bring in someone like Captain Syrup?
 
I understand some of this but I also think it goes both ways, the RPGs shouldn't be banned from introducing mainstays either. There should be balance.
 
RPGs have a nice shot but they aren't the best shot, ESPECIALLY for Mario. IMO Bowser is at his best in the mainstream games and Mario Party, Luigi's from Luigi's Mansion. Peach, I guess the RPGs work best for her. Mario relies on other spinoff games such as Fortune Street (I think it's overall the best game for character personality though Mario Strikers and the Camelot Mario Tennis / Golf games aren't far behind). Otherwise, I see what you mean and I think Captain Syrup, Queen Merelda, the WarioWare characters, Donkey Kong Country characters deserve to have a shot in the MaRPG games especially Mario & Luigi which gave us Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Bowser, and even meshing with Paper Mario.

Though technically, we got Waluigi and Wario in an RPG game now, but not directly. It's a new RPG game, but still.
 
The rpgs aren't singled out. Like 90% of the stuff in this franchise they just don't re-use much.
 
They should rather than making up new crap that will be forgotten by the next game.
 
Then people will accuse them of being lazy and "playing it safe"
 
I don't think anyone here will be opposed to seeing Wario and Waluigi being a boss fight or level where Foreman Spike appears as a boss.