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I'd say Mario is lawful good. Of course, we have no grasp on the laws of the mushroom kingdom. He seems almost obliviously good, like there's no real malice there, he's just doing things.

 

Kirby is the same way, i think. He can't do evil, but it's not like he's really striving for anything.



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Lawful Good does not mean follows the law.

This is one of the dumbest misconceptions in the entire alignment rulesets.



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I hope not. Lawful Good characters are such a bore ...



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*cough*D&D Nerd*cough* Though I think it scarier that I know that the alignment references you use i've been familiar with for about 20 years :\

Anyways yes a majority of Nintendo iconic characters are either Neutral or Chaotic Good. Lawful by original D&D does indeed mean someone who follows the rules, though the origin of the rules can be flexible; spiritual, personal, religious and so on. Though over time the reference to lawful has been less strict.

PS. D&D alignment valuation suck. They are relatively archaic, strict and don't define enough of the myriad of possibilities. I know they have been shoe horning extra meaning, but it still aweful.



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.jayderyu said:

Lawful by original D&D does indeed mean someone who follows the rules, though the origin of the rules can be flexible; spiritual, personal, religious and so on. Though over time the reference to lawful has been less strict.

By the 3.5 incarnation, Lawful refers to someone who is methodical and organized.  You may as well replace the word "Lawful" with the word "Consistent."



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What about the protagonist of Disaster, Day of Crisis. Though he is probably more Chaotic Good.

My first inclination though was to say "It's me. Mario."

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SmokedHostage said:
Demotruk said:
Most Nintendo characters are simply avatars, empty vessels upon which you project your own personality or any personality you like. Link, Samus etc. can be lawful good if you view them that way, since (aside from some few occasions such as all the extrapolation in Metroid Fusion) they rarely express their views or their personality.

So they're pretty much all Neutral good unless you make them Chaotic or Lawful?

I'll remember that when I'm forced to blow up a planet to stop Space Pirate plans..

See the bolded part.

 

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