1) We have only seen the story of Mario vs. Bowser through Mario's perception.
Actually, we've also seen it through the eyes of Yoshi (see SMW2:YI and Yoshi's Story) and Luigi (see Mario is Missing).
2)Who's to say that the Mushroom Kingdom wasn't Bowser's to begin with?
Well, given that the Mushroom people keep saying that Bowser is invading... also, Bowser never claimed TMK was his.
3)Everyone says that bowser is evil, but why doesn't he ever kill anything? He didn't kill any of the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom, he aloud them to live in stone form, and put the yoshis in eggs, but Mario will squash his enemies without thinking twice.
Wait a sec... Bowser's killed Mario hundreds of times! Why do you think I grab all those 1up mushrooms? ;)
Also, direct evidence does not exist to prove that Mario actually KILLS anything. He thwomps them, true, but generally the enemies then disappear in a puff of smoke (Koopa magic?) or fall/run away off the screen.
4)It's undeniable how cruel Mario is to Yoshi. He in Super Mario World (SNES) he punches Yoshi in the back of the and forces him to eat enemies and fruit that hasn't been washed.
Actually, those punches aren't -- they are just cute directional movements that are misunderstood by us due to the two dimensional view we have (this also applies to the misconception that Mario bashes blocks with his HEAD, as opposed to with his fist).
Secondly, Yoshi eats anything and everything, and of his own will. Note that in SMW Yoshi eats ANY berry he walks by.
5)Mario is constantly taking other people's coins without asking.
This is an interesting point... generally, the coins Mario gathers are:
1 - Floating out in the fields. These would obviously belong to whoever found them, as there is no claim to objects in the wild.
2 - Inside ? blocks. Again, the laws of TMK seem to suggest that items in blocks belong to whoever claims them first.
3 - Inside Bowser's castles, etc.. In this case, Mario is actually reclaiming the coins Bowser stole from the Mushroom people.
Thus, it is my estimation that Bowser is, indeed, evil, and that Mario is good.
Of course, that still leaves the whole Donkey Kong Junior game open for debate....
Let's do the Mario, all together now!
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