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WarioLandMan

« on: November 20, 2022, 12:29:56 PM »
I was playing Super Mario the other day, and I started to wonder: why is the Mushroom Kingdom such a perilous place with all these bottomless pits and moving platforms?

I understand that the Koopas and Goombas are enemies working for King Bowser, but why is the rest of the landscape so dangerous?
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DeadAwake

« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2022, 05:15:16 AM »
Earth has water in order to support life.

The Mushroom Kingdom has bottomless pits in order to support fun.
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Turtlekid1

  • Tortuga
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2022, 11:17:26 AM »
Dangerous machinery and terrain exist in real life too. I'm sure most residents of the Mushroom Kingdom (and probably the broader Mario 'verse by extension) generally don't have such an experience just like those living in modern organized societies don't.

The entire premise of Super Mario Bros. is that Mario is going on a dangerous rescue mission. Bit of selection bias going on when your game camera focuses on the guy facing down all the peril.
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2022, 12:30:47 AM »
Wizards.

Lizard wizards?
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WarioLandMan

« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2022, 12:36:03 PM »
Another amusing idea I had (and I do this now in my head anyway) is if Mario made a different vocalization or exclamation in different situations: like an "oof" or "yeow!" whenever he misjudges a jump and lands in lava or a pit, or gets chomped by a piranha plant, or slides off a platform, or gets smashed by a sliding koopa shell, etc.

Would players even be able to finish the game? People would intentionally kill Mario just to hear all the funny sound effects. :-D
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Lakitu

« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2022, 05:58:57 AM »
He has the oof in games when he bonks.
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BellemereMaxine

« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2026, 07:14:03 AM »
Reviving this thread because I cant post my own yet, but also because this is a brilliant point of discussion. I'm currently working on a Pathfinder 2e campaign based in the Mario universe and my current theory is that the giant subterranean pipes that exist in the universe are what all of the magic for the mushroom kingdom flows through, similar to the Mako in the life stream in FF7. My thinking is that sometimes this magic leaks out and leeches into the land and altering it. it's why we have bottomless pits and giant mushrooms
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