Author Topic: Mariology (serious posts wanted) (Read 477175 times)

Adventure_Knight · « **Reply #615 on:** July 22, 2006, 03:46:21 AM »

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Or not, since Wrecking Crew '98 is a Japan only game and pretty much nobodys played it.

The NES version was not japan only from what I know.

The Chef · « **Reply #616 on:** July 22, 2006, 09:28:06 AM »

You are correct. I love Wrecking Crew to death, actually. I wish Eggplant Man would make a comeback as a playable character (he was playable in WC'98).

Wumbo · « **Reply #617 on:** August 10, 2006, 02:54:45 PM »

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4419/7editeurs200602082257293big1ni.jpg

Hey. I saw this on DKU Forums. It is said that this was from a Japanese Nintendo magazine for something about the Wii.

It seems to be the offical size comparison of the characters.

The Chef · « **Reply #618 on:** August 10, 2006, 07:42:28 PM »

I've seen that before. I also thought up something I wanted to post in this topic before, but I forgot what it was. X(

Kojinka · « **Reply #619 on:** August 10, 2006, 07:43:56 PM »

I've seen it before too. I think someone already posted a link to that image in this thread.

SushieBoy · « **Reply #620 on:** August 11, 2006, 12:44:16 PM »

Petey, bigger than bowser??

The Chef · « **Reply #621 on:** August 11, 2006, 03:15:40 PM »

It's mostly his head. It's also stange how much the characters have changed over the years. Back in the late 80's and early 90's, it was assumed that Bowser and DK were nearly the size of buildings.

yoshimastar · « **Reply #622 on:** August 12, 2006, 08:46:33 PM »

The stupidity of having Mario seem to be three differnt sizes in the games always messes around with people.

The Chef · « **Reply #623 on:** August 13, 2006, 10:12:04 AM »

I always viewed the "growing from eating a mushroom" thing as a metaphor. 'Super Mario' is probably just a nickname.

Robert · « **Reply #624 on:** August 13, 2006, 11:44:08 AM »

Or perhaps the games exaggerate how much Mario grows when he eats a super mushroom? For example, when Mario collects a super mushroom in the game, he doubles in size. When he collects a super mushroom in "real" life, he would only grow a couple of centimeters.

The Chef · « **Reply #625 on:** August 13, 2006, 11:56:24 AM »

Could be. But it seems to me taht the only thing that a Mushroom would do is give the person who ate it a boost in strength and vitality. (That is, if he's actually eating it.)

That's another thing. Does Mario actually eat the Powerups? Or does he absorb the power by touching them?

yoshimastar · « **Reply #626 on:** August 13, 2006, 12:33:04 PM »

Well, there's a lot of power ups, but I think he just absorbs most of them.

When Mario gets a mushroom, that's his normal size, if he got a super mushroom like that then he would be in his "Super Mario" state. He gets small because of poisen mushrooms or something.

That, or "Small Mario" is 5 feet tall and Peach is 12. Making Bowser about 30 feet tall.

The Chef · « **Reply #627 on:** August 13, 2006, 12:47:23 PM »

Peach is 12 feet tall? That can't be right!

Maybe The 'super' state is is natural state and he gets small due to the Koopa's black magic. This is apparent because of the intro to NSMB, which shows Mario in his 'super' state, which is obviously his original state. Than, when Bowser Jr. hits him off-screen, he comes back in his 'small' state, which probably isn't natural because he looks all squashed. The only thing that can bring him back to his original form is the energy of a Mushroom or some other powerup.

Robert · « **Reply #628 on:** August 13, 2006, 02:09:43 PM »

That's a good theory, the chef. But would that mean that Mario was hit by an enemy before the begining of the original SMB?

yoshimastar · « **Reply #629 on:** August 13, 2006, 02:39:04 PM »

Probably, and at the beggining of SMB2 they're big, and at the end of SMB Mario gets a mushroom if he's small when he saves the princess.