Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

While Waluigi tends to be strongly associated with Wario usually, I would like Waluigi to take up more roles independent from Wario. As an example, perhaps in a Mario RPG, Waluigi could be the force of mischief and he would appear in said game without Wario (Mario Tennis Advance Tour almost have a Wario-less game with Waluigi, but there is an argument to be had because Wario's voice appeared, so it's not an inarguable case).

The main reason this would be the case is to allow Waluigi to develop his character further. Certain characters were allowed to develop their character without the involvement of certain characters they are usually paired with, so like Toadette didn't need Toad to always be around, or how Luigi is not always together with Mario.

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I would prefer Waluigi appear alongside Wario in Wario games like WarioWare and Wario Land. It would really explore their relationship and solidify their status as best friends.
 
I'd like to see Waluigi get a starring role, and my idea for it could technically work with or without Wario. Basically, an evil force captures all the people in the Mushroom Kingdom and turns them into slaves, skipping over Waluigi because that's how little he's taken seriously. But as a result it falls to him to set off and defeat this evil force, fighting brainwashed corruptions of the rest of the cast along the way. Now, my idea was for Wario to be the last of these and essentially mark the finale of the game, but it could just as easily work without him. Since Waluigi's existence is essentially a shadow of a shadow, i feel like corrupting the main cast would make for a good theme for him, plus they could make it suitably bizarre to fit his more eccentric mannerisms. Think of the monstrosity that is Super Dimentio, more stuff like that but creepier. Imagine Waluigi fighting say an eldritch corruption of Toadette.
 
LuigiFan24 said:
Kamek is honestly an underrated villain who deserves his own spinoff game like how Bowser got "Bowser's Inside Story" and Bowser Jr. got "Bowser Jr.'s Journey". I could see Kamek setting out on a mission to get the antidote for an illness his Lord Bowser is sick with, being aided by the Koopalings and Bowser Jr., and having to fight an original bad guy who turned out to be the one who inflicted Bowser with his condition. I'm just throwing this idea out there since Kamek is my favorite Mario villain.
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I would prefer if Kamek is the main villain in the Yoshi games. Unfortunately for Kamek, he's often upstaged by Baby Bowser and in Artoon/Arzest's games, by Bowser himself. The only game that goes far with this is Yoshi's Crafted World, where the bonus boss (and the most difficult boss at that) is Kamek himself using his versions of the bosses encountered in the game before.

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Now that it's been a few months and the initial new console/launch title hype has died down, I just gotta admit this...Mario Kart World is pretty disappointing and I think the open world thing hinders the game more than it helps.

Like the actual tracks are all great but the open world and especially the intermission sections between tracks are just all so goddamn dull. Especially so with how much you have to travel on them and then you only get one lap on the actual track itself.
 
Wii U was honestly a great console; never owned one myself but my irl friend has it and it's a lot of fun to play!
Plus these great games never came to Switch:
- Mario Party 10
- Paper Mario Color Splash
- Yoshi's Woolly World
 
Pirate Captain Odyssey said:
I would also add to the list
Splatoon
Nintendo Land
Wind Waker/Twilight Princess HD
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I know, I just was thinking Mario games in particular.
I also don't think the Wii U ads were terrible. Especially the one for Yoshi's Woolly World!
"Tap in a Yarn Yoshi Amiibo...whoashi, it's a double Yoshi exploshi!" - Yoshi's Woolly World commercial.
 
The Wii U is an underrated console that gets too much hate. Did it have its problems? Sure. But you had things such as backwards compatibility with all Wii games, free online play, Miiverse, and the Virtual Console, and of course that stellar lineup of first-party games. It deserved to be around longer.
 
Skuchi037 said:
The Wii U is an underrated console that gets too much hate. Did it have its problems? Sure. But you had things such as backwards compatibility with all Wii games, free online play, Miiverse, and the Virtual Console, and of course that stellar lineup of first-party games. It deserved to be around longer.
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Every console has its problems! Even successful ones like the DS and Switch have their problems too!
 
LuigiFan24 said:
Wii U was honestly a great console; never owned one myself but my irl friend has it and it's a lot of fun to play!
Plus these great games never came to Switch:
- Mario Party 10
- Paper Mario Color Splash
- Yoshi's Woolly World
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Woolly World definitely should have but for the love of god, Mario Party 10 is not great. It should not, and mechanically could not because of the Gamepad, come back. Super Mario Party Jamboree is great and ND Cube needs to keep in that direction.

But anyway, my actual hot take that brought me to this thread is that I could go the rest of my life without hearing the Gusty Garden Galaxy music ever again and I'd be a happier person for it. The Galaxy soundtracks never landed as hard with me as it did for everyone else but I'm so sick of being gaslit into thinking I'm objectively wrong for not liking the Gusty Garden Galaxy music. (also the Koopa's Road remix but I don't like the original of that either)