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Okay...
So we all know that Mario is an adult...
But have you ever wondered how old is he specifically? Because you know that adulthood spans at a very long range of years...
It is quite hard to tell if he's in his twenties or thirties...
But not just Mario, what about the other Super Mario characters?
Have you ever wondered how old Peach is? Have you ever wondered how old Wario is? Have you ever wondered how long does it take a Toad or a Yoshi to reach adulthood? Have you ever wondered how long did it take Bowser to grow as big he is looks now?
Let's discuss this issue, shall we?
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Current year - year Mario appeared in Donkey Kong = Mario's age.
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Mario and Luigi are probably in their mid 30s.
Wario is most likely older than Mario and Luigi.
Waluigi is the youngest of the plumbers.
Peach is probably in her early 30s.
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A yoshi reaches adulthood after eating three enemys or one star. Also, In Donkey Kong arcade, Mario had a stache, and was therefore not born that year, but he would be that age in terms of how long he has existed. In terms of Wario and Waluigi, I suspect that they are twins, like Mario and Luigi.
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I've never wondered any of those things.
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The common theory is that Mario and Luigi are in their mid thirties, Peach is probably in her late 20s.
And since they don't age, they really don't have ages anyway.
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Well, my answers. Rifle-shot, yes, but that is my style.
Mario and Luigi, I presume, are 38.
Peach is 27, about.
Toads likely take about as long as average people to mature.
Yoshies, if you disregard the SMW theories, likely take... maybe 2 years to mature? Hard to say, although once mature, I doubt they age at all.
Bowser is an odd character -- his height proportionate to Mario's changes radically depending on the game. In the SMB series, and in M&L: SS, Bowser seems to be about twice the height of the Bros. -- In SM64 and the N64 MP games, Bowser is about 6 times Mario's height. Erm... this is perhaps the biggest lack of continuity in the Mario series.
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Edited by - Insane Steve on 2/23/2004 6:56:19 PM
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Actually, I'd put them younger...
Mario and Luigi: ~27
Peach: ~24
Yoshi: ~29 --slightly older than the bros YI. (in human years, anyway; their growth rate seems different)
Bowser: ~29 (human years, once again)
Wario: ~28
Waluigi: ~27 (same as Mario and Luigi)
Daisy: ~23
Edited by - Sapphira on 2/24/2004 12:50:23 PM
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The characters ages are not determined by what their appearences tell you, but by how long the characters have existed! That is what AGE is.
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Hmm!
Okay, TheEggMan, let's say this the year 2081 and Nintendo released for its (estimated-to-be) fifteenth console a game called Super Mario Bro.s 100...
Nintendo released this game so to celebrate Super Mario's 100th anniversary...
And, oh look! Mario and Luigi looks very young indeed, and Peach is still as beautiful as ever!!
Are you sure that real time determines the age of fictional characters?
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I have created a theory based on information I have studied and gathered. Mario is exactly 28 years old as of Super Mario World. You can trust me.
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It doesn't affect the characters age in the fictional world that they live in but it affects their age in the real world.
So in the real world Mario is approx. 23, in the games though he is probably modeled to look late-30's, early-forties.
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"A yoshi reaches adulthood after eating three enemys or one star."
Isn't it five enemies?
As for Mario's age, I'd say he's a year older than last year, but not as old as he'll be next year.
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Mario-28
Luigi-27years, 364 days, 23 hours, and 58 minutes.
Peach-20-28 years. Somewhere in that area.
Yoshi's lifespan-one game.
Bowser-Close to Mario's age.
Koopa kids-12 for the first seven. around 4 for Bowser junior.
toad: older than Peach.
Kamek: old.
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Hey what about the Boos?
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Edited by - Shawne20 on 2/25/2004 1:18:22 AM
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Why did MMM tell us he had a reason but did not tell us the reason? I hate that.
Boos can be any age, depending on when they "died".
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I thought Boos were always like what they are throughout their whole existance...
In other words, they are born that way...
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Yeah, I always thought that boos were mischievious ghostLIKE creatures. I thought that people who died and became ghosts, looked something like they did when they were alive.
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To IS, what you said about Bowser, in SMS, at the end, Mario is smaller than Bowser's head. Mario looked really tiny during the boss fight. I also agree with Sapph's age post. And I thought the koopa kids were all ten. And Bowser Jr. was like eight.
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Oh really? Do you think the Boos was really born as they like were alive as their....Family?
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Bowser is a giant spiked turtle and age can be difficult to determine, so I don't see why one would immediatly think that he is Mario's age.
Though he could be.
I think he is much much older(in the game).
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TEM: Well, considering he was a baby when Mario was a baby...
Also: Unless my memory is wonky, Paper Mario hints that the Boos were once alive and now are undead.
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"considering he was a baby when Mario was a baby..."
Do we need to bring up the many inconsistenceies that game creates?
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Mario- 27
Luigi- 27 (born a few minutes after Mario)
Donkey Kong- 63 (in Gorilla years, seeing how he is now known as Crankey Kong)
Peach- 24
Daisy- 23
Bowser- 44 (in Koopa years)
Wario- 29
Waluigi- Either 28 or 29
Donkey Kong Jr. (Donkey Kong of today)- 26 (in Gorilla years)
Diddy Kong- 8 (in Monkey years)
Bowser Jr.- 5 (in Koopa years)
Other Koopalings- 9 (in Koopa years)
Toad- Unknown, several of them
Toadette- Unknown
King Boo- Unknown, deceased
Petey Pirrana- 1 (in Pirrana Plant years)
Baby Mario (in the newer Mario games)- 1 (duh!)
Baby Luigi (in newer Mario games)- 1 (born a few minutes after Mario)
Koopa Troopa- Unknown, several of them
Para Troopa- Unknown, several of them
Bill the Extra Guy- 24 (in Piget years)
Fred the Spanyard- 32 (in Spanyard years)
Dr. Donez- 45 (in Tweeter years)
Yoshi- Unknown, several of them
Birdo- Unknown
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No questions were answered, you just brought up random estimates with no basis of proof or logic.
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Logic/Proof:
Yoshi's Island:
-Mario and Luigi = twins = same age
-Bowser = able to talk, but "baby talk"--sentence fragments and "cutesy" sounding = toddler = older than the Mario Bros., but only by a few years. Unless, of course, Koopas age at a different pace; but relative to their ages then and now, it seems pretty close.
-Yoshi = very, very young looking, somewhere (I believe) mentioned was a baby = older and more mature looking than a "baby-baby" Yoshi (See SMW) = toddler age = around same age as Bowser
-Peach = not mentioned at all = most likely not born yet
Super Smash Bros. Melee (Yes, there, ARE some inconsistancies, but other than the info PROVEN to be incorrect, the rest I would presume IS correct) :
-Waluigi = "Same age as Luigi" = same age as Mario, too
-Wario = NOT PROVEN to be related to Waluigi = may or may not be the same age
Super Mario Land 2 (I think?) :
-Wario = "childhood rivals" with Mario = around the same age. He "looks" older, though, but looks can sometimes be deceiving.
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Speculation:
-Peach = "looks" "young" = at oldest, no less than 30 (or else she's doing a REALLY good job at not looking her age) = ^see under YI above = younger than Mario Bros. = hopefully not TOO much younger, or that would be a pretty big age difference between her and them, which wouldn't "seem right"
Daisy = nothing proven = "young" "looking" no less than 30 = around same age as Peach
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These are just the ages in "Mushroom World Years" YI states that the incident which took place then happened a "long time ago," and it seems that in the past ~20 years, the characters have seemingly not aged.
--This means that most likely, time in the Mushroom World goes by much more slowly than in Earth (our) time. Their ages are based on what they would be in "Mushroom Time," and not EARTH actual time, since their time is obviously much, much different from ours, so we cannot speculate what their "Earth" ages would be.
I have a much deeper theory, but it is far too complex and time consuming to explain. You can already see how much time THIS has already taken, and it's just the "tip of the iceberg."
There you have it: a logical approach to something Shiggy didn't want to have to be bogged down with consistancy or logic. That's just the way my mind works. :P
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I think the MK is on earth, and the time passage does not vary from ours. Like on The Simpsons, they have been around for almost 14 years, but Lisa is still as eight-years-old as when they started. As far as I'm concerned, they don't relly have a predetermined exact age. Although I don't really care or have any reason, I've always pictured them in their late 30's or early 40's.
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The mushroom Kingdom is a world parallel to ours. Time is the same in both worlds, but it doesn't matter because it's a cartoon, and time doesn't pass.
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It's a video game franchise. Just like TV shows, the characters do not really age. I simply picture Peach to be about 25 and the Marios in their thirties, and they do not age. All the games just seem to take place in the same year basically.
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In Luigi's Mansion, E-Gadd says that he say a lad of 20 or so, meaning that Mario is probably around there. Luigi probably fits under there too. As for Peach, probably younger.
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There is no proof other than SMW: Yoshi's Island that Mario and Luigi are twins. In most games is says that Mario is the older brother and there is no proof that they were born by a difference of minutes. The only reference to their age is the games that they first appeared in. So Mario has to be 2 years older than Luigi. No matter how old the game is supposed to make them look, Mario still has to be at least 2 years older because their first games are the only existing references.
Edited by - nintendofreak on 4/1/2004 7:40:11 PM
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So, by that reasoning, Mario would be an infant in Mario Bros., and Luigi would be a newborn.
That just doesn't work.
My brain does stupid things when I‘m not looking.
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Wrong. I said no matter how old the game is supposed to make them look, Mario has to be 2 years older that Luigi. So that means that Mario and Luigi were made to look like adults in Mario Bros., but Mario has to be 2 years older because he was introduced first but as an adult. Luigi was introduced as an adult but 2 years later. So throughout their entire lives, Mario has had to be 2 years older.
Edited by - nintendofreak on 4/1/2004 8:31:00 PM
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That is the most illogical thing I've ever heard, and my friend once told me that she was worried about our making airplanes too big and risking making the earth fall. Take Paper Mario for example: By your logic, Koopa Koot is decades younger than mario, and Goombario was born on the same day as his parents ang grandparents. So little sence... so little.
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I think that Yoshi's Island completely offset the entire age thingy between Mario and Luigi. I find that just as dumb as the fact that the movie says that Mario's full name is Mario Mario.
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Super Mario Bros. look at it closely, they wouldnt be Mario Bros if their names didn't both have Mario in them.
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Popple, Paper Mario is only one game. It proves nothing because every other game makes it clear that Mario is older. Also,â„¢ Mario RPGs always have one-timer characters that are made just for the game. Koopa Koot and Goombario are specificallly for Paper Mario and should not and do not play any role in determining Mario and Luigi's age. Mario RPGs always have one-timer characters that are made just for the game.
I'm sorry for reviving this topic, but I had to respond to Popple's post.
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Edited by - nintendofreak on 4/28/2004 3:23:20 PM
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Does it ever specify how much older? I believe not. I was using Paper Mario as an example, and just because they don't play a major role in the games, it doesn't mean that your basis of logic was not meant for all video game characters. Luigi was introduced later than Mario was, but you don't believe that a person you meet after someone else is always years younger than the first no matter if they were born on the same date and have proof of it. Mario and Luigi are twins, Mario is a few minuits, give or take, older than Luigi, there is no proof against it and all proof that exists point's towards it. They were brought by the stork in the same bindle at the same time. What more evidence do you need? It takes one game to proove something, like how SMRPG proved that coins are used as currency in the Mushroom Kingdom, or how SMB3 prooved that there are Kings in the Mushroom Kingdom, not just one princess.
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To determine Mario's general age, all we have to do is take a look at Cranky (as Lonic hinted at). In that game, Cranky appeared to be in his late forties. Look at him now. He's got to be in his late sixties/early seventies. Mario was probably in his early twenties during the events of Donkey Kong. Since Cranky aged about twenty years, it's only logical to assume Mario did also. Therefore, we can reasonably believe that Mario is around forty. Notice that this theory does not take into account any varying time speeds that might occur between two dimensions, such as ours (Cranky's) and the Mushroom dimension's (Mario's).
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It seems that Mario and Luigi haven't aged at all throughout the games, but the Kongs have. Therefore, they must live in different dimensions of the gaming world with different rules governing space-time. Who's to say Mario isn't 1,000 years old? Also consider that Yoshi doesn't seem to have aged at all from SMW2:YI to SMW, while Mario and Luigi have certainly aged quite a bit. So, when Mario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong meet (in the original Donkey Kong, SSB, SSBM), they must cross dimensions out of their home worlds. This is all theoretical, of course, since they're all video game characters living in the world of Nintendo. :)
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No, it does not take one game to prove something. That's like saying that one spray of toilet cleaner will clean the entire toilet from top to bottom.
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