Least favorite way to die in a Mario game?

[Chuck Ballymoo]

To me it is the forward momentum after landing on a platform carrying you into the pit. This is what made New Super Luigi You more difficult.

 

[YuruNex]

Other players being assholes

 

[Gumball Machine]

Dying after the star has already appeared/inches away from the flagpole
the AI cheating (Amayzee Dayzees in Paper Mario)
bad luck (getting hit by a rock or hammer from an audience member in TTYD)

 

[Chuck Ballymoo]

Dying after the star has already appeared/inches away from the flagpole
the AI cheating (Amayzee Dayzees in Paper Mario)
bad luck (getting hit by a rock or hammer from an audience member in TTYD)

What makes an unexpectedly high attack power "cheating"?

 

[Icemario]

Dying after the star has already appeared/inches away from the flagpole
the AI cheating (Amayzee Dayzees in Paper Mario)
bad luck (getting hit by a rock or hammer from an audience member in TTYD)

What makes an unexpectedly high attack power "cheating"?

They can sleeplock you, if I recall right. Even if they can't, they can and likely will finish you before you can even wake up if one puts you to sleep.

 

[Chuck Ballymoo]

Dying after the star has already appeared/inches away from the flagpole
the AI cheating (Amayzee Dayzees in Paper Mario)
bad luck (getting hit by a rock or hammer from an audience member in TTYD)

What makes an unexpectedly high attack power "cheating"?

They can sleeplock you, if I recall right. Even if they can't, they can and likely will finish you before you can even wake up if one puts you to sleep.

They'll probably run away though. I know this isn't related to least favorite dying gripes, but I always thought it was BS that if an enemy runs away from battle in any Mario rpg take your pick you get no EXP. I mean, who was the intimidating one who made it flee? YOU were.

 

[Zae]

Dying after the star has already appeared/inches away from the flagpole
the AI cheating (Amayzee Dayzees in Paper Mario)
bad luck (getting hit by a rock or hammer from an audience member in TTYD)

What makes an unexpectedly high attack power "cheating"?

They can sleeplock you, if I recall right. Even if they can't, they can and likely will finish you before you can even wake up if one puts you to sleep.

It's pretty rare though, ive done nearly 30 different playthroughs at pm1 and 2 and and that only happend a few times.

 

[Magikrazy]

Jumping over the flagpole in Super Mario Bros

 

[Gumball Machine]

Dying after the star has already appeared/inches away from the flagpole
the AI cheating (Amayzee Dayzees in Paper Mario)
bad luck (getting hit by a rock or hammer from an audience member in TTYD)

What makes an unexpectedly high attack power "cheating"?

They can sleeplock you, if I recall right. Even if they can't, they can and likely will finish you before you can even wake up if one puts you to sleep.

Yeah, that.

They'll probably run away though. I know this isn't related to least favorite dying gripes, but I always thought it was BS that if an enemy runs away from battle in any Mario rpg take your pick you get no EXP. I mean, who was the intimidating one who made it flee? YOU were.

I agree, that is BS, a worse example is the fact that if you run away, you lose money.

 

[Weasel]

My own cockiness/overconfidence that's come from over 20 years of platforming.

 

[Polymorph]

Falling inches away from the ground in 64