Varying Mario Character Sizes

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Hey, here's a little thing I noticed while I was playing Mario Kart 7.

As you probably know, MK7 has arguably the strangest character roster in any Mario game. The first 8 characters are pretty normal, being Mario, Luigi, Toad, DK, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, and this time, instead of Wario, we get Koopa Troopa. Pretty normal stuff.

The 8 unlockable characters are recieved by winning each of the 150cc Cups. The first 4 are also really normal, Shy Guy, Daisy, Wario (he wasn't gone for long!), and Rosalina. Why am I making such a big deal out of this seemingly bland roster? Because of the last 4.
Lakitu, Honey Queen, Metal Mario, and most importantly for this top, Wiggler. All these characters are bizzare in ways that are pretty self explanatory, but Wiggler interests me the most.

Whew! After that whole rant, the point is, that Maple Treeway, from MKWii is in this game, and Wiggler is playable, and this means that there are 2 DRASTICALLY different sizes of Wigglers, so just how far does this go? What other instances are there of wild character sizes are there, and do you think its worth doccumenting all these? Share your thoughts, and other crazy character size variants here!
 
Wiggler is the most unusual one? I thought it was Honey Queen.

Wiggler already was playable in Power Tennis and he worked just right there.

Besides, Bowser has probably undergone the biggest size changes, it changes in every different type of Mario game.
 
Honey Queen is really weird yeah, but for me, Wiggler wins, because you can pick Wiggler, hop into Maple Treeway, and just cruise on up to a Wiggler thats at least, like 40 times bigger than you!
 
Yeah ok, I can see that.

Yeah it is pretty weird, but then again, this is Mayro.
 
Lucario said:
Yeah ok, I can see that.

Yeah it is pretty weird, but then again, this is Mayro.
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I just love finding little things in Mario games like this, and trying to stitch together continunity, its really fun to me!
 
Lucario said:
Besides, Bowser has probably undergone the biggest size changes, it changes in every different type of Mario game.
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Different type of game nothing. Odyssey has him change size within the same cutscene.
 
Still goes to show that his size is really the most inconsistent.
 
I loved that you could get hit by the roller coasters in Baby Park by him in Double Dash, cause he was so tall!
 
I kinda think if Madame Broode from Mario Odyssey is playable in a spin-off or something, Nintendo would definitely shrink her, just like Honey Queen.
 
Fawful is too big in BIS. He looks normal next to Bowser, but that's because Bowser is much bigger than Mario and Luigi so there'd still be contrast in size between his and Fawful's sprite. Put Fawful's sprite next to Mario and well...

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He still looks small compared to Bowser, but he should be also smaller compared to Mario as seen with the SSS sprites (Bowser isn't shown there because his SSS sprite is not to proper scale either. Fawful's hood is cropped as well since it's not present in his BIS outfit, compared to Mario's hat which he always wears)

I'm hoping they can nail the detail Fawful has in BIS without making him as big as Mario in the remake.

Parakoopa144 said:
I loved that you could get hit by the roller coasters in Baby Park by him in Double Dash, cause he was so tall!
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My god that was a thing? Never happened when I was playing as him. That's hilarious.