Mario Sports Games

[BP]

But I want Wart, Tatanga, Stanley the Bugman and Foreman Spike in the next Mario Kart!!! Are you saying my ideas are bad??? P.S. aren't you impressed I know about all these obscure characters? You must be pretty impressed. Now I'm off to play Super Mario Bros. which is way harder than Galaxy. I still can't beat the fourth world.

[The Chef]

They have personality potential. For a guy who hates Waluigi so much, you'd think a change of pace would be welcome. I think you just hate any line of thinking that goes against the status quo, BP.

Funky Kong must die.

Not before you.

[Turtlekid1]

I saw the Mario Super Sluggers commercial for the first time today.  It's actually pretty funny.

"Don't waste a Fire-Swing on a Rainbow Ball"
;D

[BP]

The only reason anyone sees any charm in those characters is that they are obscure. If they were in every Mario game ever, you'd all be tired of them. And it's okay to let some characters rest in peace after their time has passed. Modernizing Stanley means he'd need a voice, personality and background information (and Mario Party handles that SO well). He was made to protect Mario in case Donkey Kong 3 was a flop, and it was, so he's served his purpose. Let him be.

[The Chef]

One problem:

Stanley, Wart and Tatanga weren't enemy drones or original creations specifically put in as filler for spin-offs.

I'd like to see Stanley at least make a cameo in a Mario RPG, or have Wart and Tatanga come back as bosses. Hell, I reeeeeeeally wished they'd have done that with Waluigi at some point, but the fact that they didn't had caused the likes of you, BP, to hate the character's guts.

[BP]

Daisy wasn't original to the spin-offs either and HI I'M DAISY

Ahhhm. But the real Mario games have come up with decent characters. Yoshi, Gadd, Toadsworth and Rosalina are good. But the spin-offs haven't beaten them to death yet, have they... unless they did when I wasn't looking (read: I'm never really looking). They kind of trapped Yoshi in this really screwed-up thing with Birdo though and I don't appreciate it... Doesn't matter, I don't consider the spin-offs canon anyway.

Also... who said I hated Waluigi (recently)? I mean, why would I make a comic series about him if I hated him? I could make a comic series about Toadette endlessly failing to obtain a cookie but it would be pretty bad. Waluigi is just so much fun to mess with. Like, after playing Mario Kart Wii and hearing his jovial cries as he used Mushrooms and did tricks:
Captain Jim: "So Waluigi, what game console did you buy late 2006?" [imitates Waluigi's voice] "Wiiiiii!!!!" "...I see."
But, I do like Waluigi where he is. Which is not on the character select screen in Brawl or a locked room in Super Mario 64 DS or in the kitchen or whatever. If someday Nintendo goes the way of Sega and starts to do things to Mario out of desperation, though, Waluigi should be the Shadow.

[Silver Metaknight]

I think Waluigi should have a role in a game other than a sport or party game.  Also I think Wart, Tatanga, and Stanley should get cameos.

[The Chef]

What I'd really like for Waluigi is this:

A Mario & Luigi 3 where Mario and Luigi are forced to work alongside Wario and Waluigi. The guys at AlphaDream could do wonders with this concept.

[Turtlekid1]

That... actually sounds kind of fun.

[Glitchy]

Daisy is original! She can transform into various obscure enemies!

[The Chef]

Uh... I'm pretty sure those weren't Daisy herself. The enemies transformed into her. They were disguised as Daisy.

Still, that's a pretty cool idea.

[BP]

Daisy isn't an enemy!?

[The Chef]

She's your enemy.

[BP]

Anytime I see Daisy I'm usually Yoshi, so, yep! Entirely true.