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    Mario Paint was awesome!

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    Amen to that!

    And so was marios time machin-......................

    .................Hey I liked double dash too! Mario rules!

    But yoshi is betta
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big D View Post
    Someone at Nintendo is going to see the title of this thread, then they'll be inspired to make a Mario prostitution RPG...
    God please no. I would have to test that.

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    It's been that way since the NES days. Weird games starring Mario have been around for 20 years.
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    Links being targeted as well with his new game "links crossbow training"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    stfu, Mario Kart Double Dash is great.
    No it wasn't.

    Quote Originally Posted by demondude55
    Links being targeted as well with his new game "links crossbow training"
    I see what you did there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big D View Post
    Someone at Nintendo is going to see the title of this thread, then they'll be inspired to make a Mario prostitution RPG...
    That made me giggle ^^

    Anyway, I like Mario, just not all these...tennis, volleyball, whatever the heck they have games. I don't like sports games, they give me a headache. I'll stick with Mario 64 and Mario Bros 3, thx <3

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    I don't know about you, but I can't wait until I play Shadow of the Marius, Gran Turismario V and Grand Theft Mario.


    there was a picture here

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    stfu, Mario Kart Double Dash is great.
    No it wasn't.
    What was wrong about it?
    everything is wrapped in gray
    i'm focusing on your image
    can you hear me in the void?

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    Yes, Mario has been being whored by Nintendo for a long time. Yes, he is the biggest sellout in the gaming industry. Easily bypassing Link, Sonic, or the entire FF series. Link may be being sold out with crossbow training, but before that he showed up only in his action RPG games and a couple silly fighter games. His later games may keep trying to take aspects from the insanely popular OoT, but I don't really have much of a problem with that, as the feel of his games hasn't really changed that much. Similarly, Sonic games have always been about speed. Even when he switched away from classic 2-D side scrollers, speed has always been the focus of his games, and will continue to be his focus when he arrives in SSBB. And, while the FF games may reuse elements from previous games in the series over and over, they too have been kind enough to stick primarily to what made them awesome. Sure, there are some spinoffs, but even then the characters at least keep the strength that they had in their original games.

    Not so with Mario. A fat little plumber with no inherent talent apart from jumping has been whored out so much that he is now an Olympic athlete that excels at every sport from Golf to Tennis, and who knows how many new ones are being brought in with his new sell out with Sonic (which is the lowest Sonic has ever sunk, and is quite disappointing, especially since there is no chance in hell that Mario should be able to come close to keeping up with the blue blur in a track meet). He has tons of games in so many different genres that his character is essentially nothing but a sell out now. Personally, after what they have done with this once awesome series, I would be perfectly happy to see Mario just die.
    My friend Delzethin is currently running a GoFundMe account to pay for some extended medical troubles he's had. He's had chronic issues and lifetime troubles that have really crippled his career opportunities, and he's trying to get enough funding to get back to a stable medical situation. If you like his content, please support his GoFundMe, or even just contribute to his Patreon.

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    Mario might be a sell out but who gives a crap about that, besides people who spend too much time on forums. I like playing games featuring him, they're fun and worth the money I spend. I don't care if he's a "sell out".

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    They should leave it at just Mario Kart games, Paper mario games and Super Mario games; all these.. Golfing ones and Mario Party are just too much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Roto13 View Post
    They don't throw him in shovelware.
    Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
    Mario is Missing
    Mario's Time Machine
    Mario Paint
    Mario Kart: Double Dash :p

    Pretty sure the argument could be made that a lot of the more recent Mario Party games, and possibly even some of the Sports games are shovelware.
    Mario Paint, Double Dash, and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games are nowhere close to shovelware. Double Dash may not be as great as the other Mario Karts but it's still leagues above any other kart racer, and Mario Paint? People are still using that TODAY as a creative studio.

    And those two pieces of edutainment are to Mario what Wand of Gamelon is to Zelda. :P

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    >>> Luigi should be the star..
    >> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..

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    you could say that it started with SMB2.

    (or dr. mario)

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