Mario RPG Antagonists poll

Smashgoom202

Dry Bowser
Retired Wiki Staff
I didn't seen a topci regarding the results of that poll so I made one. Personally, I'm ashamed in anyone who voted Dark Star/Dark Bowser. That thing is literally the downfall of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. No proper backstory, no motivation behind its actions, no freaking reason to destroy everything. No. Bloody. POINT!

...Except for that kick-ass final battle, which I suppose is why 19% of the voters voted for him, but still, he's nowhere near as interesting as Dimentio or Fawful (who is leading in that poll last time I checked, but still). Hell, even antagonists as generic as Sir Grodus and Cackletta are more interesting than it!

BTW, I say Grodus and Cackletta are generic because all they want is power, but they're still interesting characters. Grodus is calm, calculated, and cruel, and occasional breaks into maniacal laughter when he thinks about his goal. As for Cackletta, anyone with an assistant like Fawful and capable of replacing someone's voice with explosive dialogue is automatically interesting in my book.

Another honorable mention I'd like to add: Smithy. Again, power-hungry villain, but the weapon theme is a nice touch, and his initial appearance is relatively difference form anything else I've seen to make him all the more interesting.

Anyway, I voted for Dimentio. My reasons should be obvious. Anyone like to talk about who they voted for or what they think of the results so far?
 
Smashgoom202 said:
I didn't seen a topci regarding the results of that poll so I made one. Personally, I'm ashamed in anyone who voted Dark Star/Dark Bowser. That thing is literally the downfall of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. No proper backstory, no motivation behind its actions, no freaking reason to destroy everything. No. Bloody. POINT!
LOL, are you serious? Dark Star was the coolest thing ever. Too bad I voted for him though. Oh darn.
YOu should've heard its backstory if you paid attention to the game. Oh I'm sorry, does Bowser have a reason to destroy everything. Does Smithy? Does Grodus?
 
I have a question, but why are the Princess Shroobs separate? Shouldn't they be together?
 
Fassad said:
Smashgoom202 said:
I didn't seen a topci regarding the results of that poll so I made one. Personally, I'm ashamed in anyone who voted Dark Star/Dark Bowser. That thing is literally the downfall of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. No proper backstory, no motivation behind its actions, no freaking reason to destroy everything. No. Bloody. POINT!
LOL, are you serious? Dark Star was the coolest thing ever. Too bad I voted for him though. Oh darn.
YOu should've heard its backstory if you paid attention to the game. Oh I'm sorry, does Bowser have a reason to destroy everything. Does Smithy? Does Grodus?
Oh yeah, I guess it's backstory was so uninteresting and so forgettable that it slipped my mind.

So what, they found it in a ditch somewhere? That's creative. ::) And I don't recall them explaining where it's from exactly or why it does what it does. Only that it's incredibly EVIL! OoOoOoOoO!
 
Smashgoom202 said:
Fassad said:
Smashgoom202 said:
I didn't seen a topci regarding the results of that poll so I made one. Personally, I'm ashamed in anyone who voted Dark Star/Dark Bowser. That thing is literally the downfall of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. No proper backstory, no motivation behind its actions, no freaking reason to destroy everything. No. Bloody. POINT!
LOL, are you serious? Dark Star was the coolest thing ever. Too bad I voted for him though. Oh darn.
YOu should've heard its backstory if you paid attention to the game. Oh I'm sorry, does Bowser have a reason to destroy everything. Does Smithy? Does Grodus?
Oh yeah, I guess it's backstory was so uninteresting and so forgettable that it slipped my mind.

So what, they found it in a ditch somewhere? That's creative. ::) And I don't recall them explaining where it's from exactly or why it does what it does. Only that it's incredibly EVIL! OoOoOoOoO!
Wow, yeah, and Cackletta totally had a backstory. And Grodus totally had a backstory. And Smithy totally had a backstory. :roll:
 
Smashgoom202 said:
Oh yeah, I guess it's backstory was so uninteresting and so forgettable that it slipped my mind.

So what, they found it in a ditch somewhere? That's creative. ::) And I don't recall them explaining where it's from exactly or why it does what it does. Only that it's incredibly EVIL! OoOoOoOoO!
I'm pretty sure that it was the same case with the Shadow Queen. Just like Dark Bowser, she was hardly given a backstory, either. It was never revealed where she came from or why she wanted to destroy/take over the world. The only thing that was stated, was that she threw the world into the depths of terror, and got sealed up by the four heroes, but I don't see you complaining about that.