How much trauma can one plumber endure...
Sep. 22nd, 2023 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrsluigivargasOne of my mutuals was making a list of all the traumatic things that have happened to Mario throughout the whole series, and I wanted to add a few things they missed:
The first is in the category of partners that've sacrificed themselves for Mario, and it's Kersti from Sticker Star. I know Sticker Star isn't a very popular game, and she's not a popular character, but Mario did spend his wish on the all-powerful wishing object he'd spent the game collecting pieces of to bring her back to life, so that's gotta count for something.
The second thing falls under Mario's loved ones being brainwashed and its Peach's entire deal in Origami King because like...she's been transformed into origami before the beginning of the game, and everything King Olly folds is not only unable to be unfolded but is also bound to his will or something like that, according to the in-game guide book. And then she doesn't get to revert to normal until the very last set of cutscenes.
Also stained-glass origami Peach will live in my head rent-free forever it was such a Moment, lmao. The way the music kicks in…screenshots don’t do it justice, truly.
The third thing is from the Mario and Sonic Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; Mario straight up almost dies in the story mode. Like 'mere milliseconds from getting erased from existence and there's nothing he can do about it' kind of almost dying. The most high-stakes battery replacement Luigi and Tails have probably ever done, lmaoooo. That story mode was wild.
The first is in the category of partners that've sacrificed themselves for Mario, and it's Kersti from Sticker Star. I know Sticker Star isn't a very popular game, and she's not a popular character, but Mario did spend his wish on the all-powerful wishing object he'd spent the game collecting pieces of to bring her back to life, so that's gotta count for something.
The second thing falls under Mario's loved ones being brainwashed and its Peach's entire deal in Origami King because like...she's been transformed into origami before the beginning of the game, and everything King Olly folds is not only unable to be unfolded but is also bound to his will or something like that, according to the in-game guide book. And then she doesn't get to revert to normal until the very last set of cutscenes.
Also stained-glass origami Peach will live in my head rent-free forever it was such a Moment, lmao. The way the music kicks in…screenshots don’t do it justice, truly.
The third thing is from the Mario and Sonic Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; Mario straight up almost dies in the story mode. Like 'mere milliseconds from getting erased from existence and there's nothing he can do about it' kind of almost dying. The most high-stakes battery replacement Luigi and Tails have probably ever done, lmaoooo. That story mode was wild.