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Why Playable Mario characters almost never say any line especially in RPG and Platform Games?
 
the mario bros have social anxiety
 
Megadardery said:
Why Playable Mario characters almost never say any line especially in RPG and Platform Games?
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The playable character is supposed to be an avatar of you. That's why Mario has no personality; you can fill in the blanks yourself.
 
I don't know, but Nintendo doesn't realize that every game is better with some Dooo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dooooo! Hey, I love this tune! with some For the glory of the Mushroom Kingdom! on top with That’s it, Donkey Kong! I’m selling you to the zoo! as a side.

I'm sick and tired of the main character being the "avatar", especially in the RPGs. In real life, it would create awkward moments. We should be past that age by now. :(
 
Mario is fully capable of speaking, just look at Mario in the Nintendo World Store or the Mario Sports Mix interview. Nintendo loves to miss opportunities, this is no exception
 
Mario Party X said:
I'm sick and tired of the main character being the "avatar", especially in the RPGs. In real life, it would create awkward moments. We should be past that age by now. :(
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That's the point: this isn't real life. You may inject your characteristics onto your avatar, but that avatar is going to do things that would probably be impossible for you. Even in games that don't have a "this-is-you" character, the biggest point of gaming in general is to serve as an escape from Earth, from everything in the real world. What's wrong with letting yourself be a part of the escape?
 
Terriermon said:
That's the point: this isn't real life. You may inject your characteristics onto your avatar, but that avatar is going to do things that would probably be impossible for you. Even in games that don't have a "this-is-you" character, the biggest point of gaming in general is to serve as an escape from Earth, from everything in the real world. What's wrong with letting yourself be a part of the escape?
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Then why should characters, especially leading characters have personality in the first place? People like to empathize with characters, especially if the characters have realistic personalities. No, I don't want realism in games, but I like my characters to be likeable and somebody I want to hug in real life. I also inject personalities into characters that already have some sort of personality (Wario's the stupid guy who likes to marry everyone; Peach is a stuck-up jerk who rejects Mario). I'm already letting myself be part of the escape. But, I prefer if a character that has personality rather than my injecting a personality into a character. My Mario's personality conflicts with Nintendo's Mario many times (the Mario I see is nice, but has a low attention span, impulsive, and really hates Wario with a passion. He also enjoys fighting and kicking Donkey Kong in the groin.) Nintendo's Mario is a happy-go-lucky person.

In RPGs, I don't like how NPCs are the one doing all the talking. It's still awkward.
 
Wario's the stupid guy who likes to marry everyone? What? I know what you and your sister think of Wario, but where did you get that?

Btw, my Wario is a less competent Lara Croft (and less attractive, too).
 
I don't know. We've been injecting our characters with personality for a lot of years now, and Wario's always this crazy, idiotic, goofy, smelly dude.

Luigi: So, Mario, do you know how a Rubik's cube works?
Mario: Ummm, no. Oh, oh, is it that thing where you have to use a can opener on it?
Luigi: Uh, no. *sniffs* Ew, Wario is coming!
Wario: Hiiiiii, guys! *stares at Mario with heart eyes*
Mario: Dude, you stink. We can smell you, like, a mile away.
Wario: I love you, Mario! I put on Wario perfume today on this special occasion! I made this perfume just for YOU! You know why? Because I'm gonna MARRY YOU! And after that, I'm gonna marry Luigi! But not before I marry Waluigi. I even wrote marriage proposals to you. Wanna read them?

Giving characters personality adds a new dimension to them, I feel. And Mario's not totally an avatar. Why do fan works often depict Mario as the impulsive, food-loving, and a bit arrogant guy?
 
My brother and I gave the Mario characters a lot of different, strange, and hilarious personality's.

Mario-We sort of made him an anti-hero, in that he is lazy, fat, and kind of an a**hole at times. However he is still good at heart and will always be there to help his friends.

Luigi-We had Luigi become the unlucky voice of reason. In that he is more kind and helpful then Mario but he has terrible luck and bad things always happen to him. He is still the same timid Luigi though :)

Peach-We turned Peach into a bit of a werido, in that she is completely obsessed with Mario and madly in love with him (Mario doesn't return the feelings with same intensity). Oh and she is obsessed with baking cakes for Mario ;D.

Daisy-We turned Daisy into a bada** of sorts, she can take care of herself and isn't afraid to give some minions a beating. She is of course with Luigi and is totally the dominant one in the relationship and can make him do anything but she still loves him.

Toad-Oh god, we made Toad into a huge freak, he is basically Mario's number one fan and pretty much worships him. His whole life revolves around Mario and Mario can't stand Toad finding him an annoying werido. Also we made it so Toad can't say Luigi's name he can only call him "Green Guy" and Luigi hates Toad for that.

Bowser-We didn't change Bowser to much, he is still the same incompetent Koopa King and always fails to defeat Mario. But instead of Peach he loves Rosalina but he doesn't try to capture her because she will basically destroy him ;D. We also made Bowser have a huge fear of Daisy, because we say he tried to kidnap her once but she beat him worse then Mario ever did and so now he has a huge fear of Daisy ;D.

We did the same with a lot of the other characters but it would take hours to post all of them.