Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

I don't think liking Toad is an unpopular opinion since he's generally one of the more popular and likeable characters, with his voice being the biggest complaint. With that said, the choice of making Toad's voice the way it is is superb, since it gives him a distinct voice (which is something I can't say for Peach).

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I vehemently dislike the comparisons people make to Toads and the Minions, specifically in regards to the Mario movie.

Toad isn't even annoying. Like, at all. The Rabbids aren't even a good comparison either: Ubisoft knows the line between funny and insufferable, and smartly ride along it, while Illumination just has all of their Minions on the insufferable side.
 
Mario has already interacted with Rabbids and Happy (the Happy Meal mascot), so I would like to see Mario interact with the Minions. That way, Mario has met the three modern zany species!

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Somewhat related but I'm really interested to see what the Mario movie is gonna be about and what direction they're gonna take it.

I'm not too fond of Illumination's movies (though the first Despicable Me is a cinematic masterpiece and I will strangl- respectfully disagree with you if you think otherwise) but their bright and colorful animation really goes hand in hand with Mario's overall artstyle. And besides, Nintendo has such a chokehold on the IP they they aren't gonna give Illumination enough creative freedom for them to fuck it up lmao.

It's gonna be animated so that alone puts it above the live-action movie already imo.
 
Pokerninja2 said:
Somewhat related but I'm really interested to see what the Mario movie is gonna be about and what direction they're gonna take it.

I'm not too fond of Illumination's movies (though the first Despicable Me is a cinematic masterpiece and I will strangl- respectfully disagree with you if you think otherwise) but their bright and colorful animation really goes hand in hand with Mario's overall artstyle. And besides, Nintendo has such a chokehold on the IP they they aren't gonna give Illumination enough creative freedom for them to fuck it up lmao.

It's gonna be animated so that alone puts it above the live-action movie already imo.
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I didn't mind that Illumination is the choice, since it's probably the best one for Nintendo to partner with. Not necessarily because of the creative pedigree compared to its peers, but because of their smart handling of budget. I felt that the studios with a better track record have other priorities like how Pixar/Disney prefers to handle original (or public domain) properties. I get that the average fan doesn't care for that sort of thing, but then we aren't the ones responsible for the handling of Mario. Plus, Illumination is pretty decent with their films so I can see why Nintendo went with them.

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Doctor Healmore said:
Disney would just find some way to turn the Mario movie into some garbage cringe musical. Illumination was the right choice.
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Not every animated Disney movie is a musical though, especially the ones that Pixar was involved with.

With that said, a potential Super Mario movie really has no business being a musical anyway.
 
Maybe y'all are right, but I'm just not very fond of Disney in general. Illumination was always more comedy-oriented while Disney's the kind of studio that would blow the plot out of proportion. I still think Illumination was a much better choice.