Overrated Mario Characters
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I can see the appeal of Paper Mario's partners but I have not much attachment for them to want them to appear in other games.
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Toad, Yoshi, the Koopa Troop in general. Though I still enjoy Bowser and many of his minions, and Yoshi is OK, but neither are the best in the series. Toad is hot trash lol
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I've seen a lot of contempt for Toad and barely see any sort of people that stan for him. Toad doesn't top popularity polls, though he does rank rather highly. I'm a Toad fan.
I'm the lil bro.
I'm hooked on the brothers!
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Mostly I feel this way about the partners in the first game. Besides Parakarry and Bow, I don't find them particularly... memorable? I know people really like Lakilester, but personally I don't see his appeal very much. I do think Parakarry is hilarious and Bow is to this day one of the most unique partners of both games that have them, but otherwise I mostly think it's just their designs that stand out.
TTYD's partners are overall better but I do think like 64 it mostly has standouts that would be the only ones I'd seriously be itching to hear again (if you think I'm referring to Vivian, I totally am).
I'm pretty sure Toad has a massive hatedom? If anything I think he's overhated. Also, imagine your bravery in saying Yoshi and Bowser are overrated. lol I respectfully disagree, but I like seeing a different opinion.
Absolutely bold as heck here, too. But SO true for the Koopalings (besides Bowser Jr.). I think their designs are cool but I feel like they haven't been fleshed out enough for me to care much about them. The fact that their inclusion is demanded in games bothers me because they're usually just put in for fan service rather than to legitimately touch upon anything related to them; as someone with a pretty big family, I feel like there's a lot of untapped potential in having so many siblings interact, but I don't think there's a single game in which they do for a lengthy period of time (Paper Jam is the only game that comes close to this).
I do disagree for Wario and Bowser Jr., though. Bowser Jr. has been fleshed out quite a bit in his numerous appearances and I like how he's very smart, capable, and resourceful while still being very heavily child-coded, what with his somewhat bratty attitude. I also find it deeply interesting how lonely he is and he's the only character of any of Bowser's children to have his feelings about having Bowser as a parent explored, including the fact that a lot of his relationships are artificially created because of being Bowser's son and the lack of a mother in his life. As for Wario, he's just a pretty unique character for the Mario universe. While the sense of humor that surrounds him is personally not my cup of tea, I would not go as far as to say he's overrated. I think he adds some much needed variety, and I find the fact that he and Luigi share no animosity interesting.
I've thought this for a long time, but I think Waluigi is definitely overrated. Now before you come at me, hear me out: I think as he is right now, the character has no substance. We know very little about him other than the fact he feels overshadowed by Luigi (which could work as an interesting trait if they fleshed this out more as it would be a reflection of Luigi, but to be honest the only usage I've seen of it is just to make Waluigi sad which I'm not sure how to feel about) and that he cheats at things. He could be a cool example of a character who sabotages his own chances to be well-liked (as a mirror to Luigi, who kinda... didn't have any reason to not be well-liked but remained kind despite how he felt about it, and eventually gained popularity), but as it stands he's really not given enough time dedicated to him for this aspect of him to get really explored.
I also think Daisy is pretty overrated, and the main reason for this is often descriptions of her personality are mostly in contrast to the other princesses, because other than that she doesn't have much substance. She's pretty one-note, "the tomboy" of the girls. I'm also reaaaally not a big fan of the fact she got redesigned. Her original design made her stand out more, and while I do think her new design isn't bad, she could've definitely kept aspects of her character with the old one she had. This is another case of feeling like the character has potential but because she's not fleshed out, I just don't really care for her much? I also am not the biggest fan of Luiaisy either which likely puts me off the character more, mostly because Luiaisy definitely feels like a "pair the spares" sort of situation which is now unnecessary given Luigi has more options than he had back when she was first made.
Fanny
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rosalina because I still hold a grudge against her for being in literally every Mario game from her debut until Odyssey (in which I'm pretty sure she still had a cameo, and then continued to have fairly consistent spin-of appearances). and then Smash because fuck it, she clearly wasn't playable in enough games already.
Mcmadness
The idiot who puts things in the wrong board.
She's not in Odyssey.
There is concept art of her but she ultimately doesn't appear.
I find myself wondering how one overrates an entire faction of characters.
There is concept art of her but she ultimately doesn't appear.
I find myself wondering how one overrates an entire faction of characters.
Denny Hamlin
I beat your favorite driver!
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