Things in Mario games that mystify you

[Xiahou Dun]

are Toads really all that complacent knowing that they're a majority race ruled by a minority race

 

[Mario4Ever]

On the subject of Toads, do they have memories associated with being blocks, stones, and plants?

 

[zel]

i doubt they were ever blocks stones and plants to begin with

 

[SomeGuyIThink]

How does yoshi make eggs if he is a male

Or maybe the simple fact that the Yoshi's are their own species with strange reproductive mechanics.

 

[zel]

why did you change in the quote what my original post actually said. do you dislike the suggestion that yoshi may be transgender

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Sounds like a misquote to me

 

[Leaf]

How big the world is and how much single-gimmick ethnostates there are, with all of the Sand Kingdoms, Moon Kingdoms, Bean Kingdoms and whatnot, each with their own species in charge and totally monocultural, all across the planet; at the same time, how homogeneous everything seems to be in a given place.

Obviously it makes sense from the developers' point of view, introducing a new and fresh NPC type with their own lore to give a place an identity, but in-universe there gotta be some reason most of the species mostly stay in their own spaces, don't migrate, barely seem to have any real diversity in opinion, allegiance, culture or nationality. I liked the few RPG titles (M&L, Paper Mario) that at least put vacationers in some places who weren't native to the places they visited, or made "classic enemies" into normal civilians with a personality.

I would love to see way more "civilian" variations of all different species. I am confused as to how much determinism there is for certain species, e. g. Bullet Bills. Other than the few "civilian" Bullet Bills we have seen in games like Mario Party Advance, most of them are mindless killing machines in the Koopa Troop. Are there not protests against this? Revolutions? Random villages of outcasts, at least?

What about all of these one-off species we never see again, like Choombas? Do they not have a society? I would love to see their culture!

Obviously I get it from a meta standpoint but it's still interesting to think about. I would like to see much more "normal" people of classic enemy species, sometimes even the little odd variations. An underground coal mine village populated with Choombas and other mineral and stone themed "enemies" with a unique culture? Why not!

 

[Biddybud]

How do Thwomps stay afloat

We now know it's floatonium

・What the hell Spindrift is supposed to be.

Spindrift, the seltzer water with real fruit juice. /Ad

are Toads really all that complacent knowing that they're a majority race ruled by a minority race

We now know they elected her

 

[TheBlueCatMenace]

Why are there a whole bunch of people and signs in the world telling you how to move? Imagine you walked up to a sign and it said press a to jump. You turn to your friend and he says press y to throw your hat.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

"What's this

, you say? You need not worry. The great being that watches us will know what it is."

 

[Biddybud]

Why are there a whole bunch of people and signs in the world telling you how to move? Imagine you walked up to a sign and it said press a to jump. You turn to your friend and he says press y to throw your hat.

In fairness some moments of life are like that