MarioWiki Poll Discussion

The LEGO Super Mario line has been running for 3 years. What is your opinion about it?
  • I enjoy the sets and would like to see them continue.
  • I enjoy the sets, but I prefer interactive playsets and think LEGO should focus more on them.
  • I enjoy the sets, but I prefer display pieces and think LEGO should focus more on them.
  • I enjoy the sets, but I think LEGO should shift direction towards more traditional sets now.
  • I do not enjoy the sets and think LEGO should shift direction towards more traditional sets.
  • I do not like the idea of LEGO producing Mario sets at all.
  • I have no opinion.

Fresh new poll from @Waluigi Time , a couple days late because we were missing a couple votes to pass one, but it ended up giving the last poll a lot of extra votes that pushed it above the 2000 vote mark, which is nice. Always love a bigger sample size. Over the course of the next few polls, we'll readjust to the old update time though, so don't worry too much.

I can't say I am terribly passionate about the Mario LEGO sets, with the only one that interests me at all being "The Mighty Bowser", price point aside. I'll probably have to go with Option 5, because the gimmick seems like something only a little kid would get any use out of. These big fancy display pieces like Mighty Bowser and the SM64 ? Block still have interactivity, but in a way that doesn't really dominate the set in any way. Meanwhile, all the other LEGO Super Mario sets are very barebones for the price point and hinge so heavily on a gimmick I think is lame that I have no interest in them at all.

I don't think I'd personally buy Mighty Bowser or the ? Block myself either mind you, but at least I understand why they're so expensive and they look rather impressive. Maybe if they were cheaper. If Nintendo ditched the gimmick and just made more interesting sets in the same price bracket, I just think that they'd find more widespread success with the toy line. I doubt even kids are buying these for the gimmicks, they're buying these to have a LEGO Luigi, Kamek, Peach, etc. as well as some enemies.
 
When it comes to LEGO Mario sets, they kinda don't pique my interest. I always wanted to buy them but they look very complicated. I prefer to have sets that are basically displays as opposed to games. We also haven't gotten minifigures which is my big complaint with the sets. I do like the fanservice in enemies, though.
 
I don't really care about LEGOs much in general, aside from liking the first LEGO Movie, but I like Mario so if LEGO wants to keep focusing on making any types of products to them they should go for it. So simultaneously Options 1-3 and 6.
 
Option 6. I have no interest in building toys, especially when they're complicated and easy to break if not stored properly. Sure, I've seen Squirrel Stampede review most Lego Mario sets on Youtube, but this hasn't really boosted my interest in getting a set too much.
 
Option 5. The Mario line illustrates pretty well the problem I have with LEGO as a whole right now. Over the past few years it seems like they've been pulling in two directions, with traditional sets for kids that have lower build quality than they used to or weird gimmicks, and display pieces for adults, but then there's less (or in Mario's case, nothing) left in the middle of the traditional sets that most people probably got into the brand with. I would be totally fine with them continuing on the playsets/display pieces route if that option of normal sets without the gimmick was also there. (And I have to admit, the display pieces they've done for the Mario line are actually pretty cool, but they're way too expensive for me to consider buying them.)
 
I'm mixed on the entire thing. I really think them not focusing on traditional locations and setpieces was such a huge missed opportunity in favor of this very bizarre gimmick that doesn't really take advantage of what LEGO really is all about. I really only like the ? Block but I'd honestly rather prefer like a buildable go-kart or something.

I had fun poisoning Mario and Luigi repeatedly though so there's that.
 
Should modern spinoff-exclusive characters (Waluigi, Daisy, Wario, etc.) have a presence in the mainline series?
  • Yes, I like these characters and would enjoy playing as or seeing them in mainline Mario games.
  • Yes, but I think they should be relegated to an NPC or background character role.
  • Yes, but only as cameos.
  • No, I like these characters but I don't think they belong in the Mario series outside of spinoffs.
  • No, I do not like these characters and I think they should stay out of the main series.
  • No, and I think they should be replaced in spinoffs with characters from the mainline series.
  • I have no opinion.

New week, new poll. Out on Tuesday so that last week's late poll had a bit more time to catch up on votes, though the time will be back to normal next time. Today's poll takes a look at whether the often seen as neglected extended Mario cast should be in something more than a golfing game or two nowadays.

I'm... probably option 1 or 2, but with a few caveats. Seeing a character like Wario, Waluigi, or Daisy in a main series game might be nice, but whenever anyone talks about their idea for a game like that, it always comes off more like some kind of slightly cringeworthy fanfiction to me. I don't really know how to describe it, nor do I really think I could though.
 
I just wish the mainline series made more deeper cuts in general (and didn't keep dropping all the new stuff they come up with), so yeah, option 1. It's worked in the past - Wario in SM64DS, Daisy in Run (if you consider that mainline), even Toadette's managed to make that jump in the Switch era surprisingly - so I don't see why they can't do it now. If Nintendo does something like 3D World again where they distinguish the playable characters with different abilities we could see some interesting stuff out of it.
 
It's baffling how highly popular characters that are very well-regarded by fans are just passed over by Nintendo on a consistent basis. No