Why do people hate on Mario?

[S.Peelman]

This arguing about story is pointless anyway. Mario is supposed to be story-less.

It's no wonder why Andrespetmonkey likes Uncharted's story and characters better than Mario's, because there isn't any. No arguing that. A lot of people fail to see the point. Mario is Nintendo's way to create games that are easy (not as in difficulty) to play and are accessible to anyone. It's a fun way to spend your time without any bells and whistles. For all intends and purposes, Mario is just an avatar. That approach to gaming works, nearly every time.

Also, people should pay attention to Mario Galaxy (one)'s story. See what happens if you dig a little deeper in the game. Anyone who believes Mario hasn't 'evolved' throughout it's years need to check a retrospect. I guess most of us nowadays are blinded by New Super Mario Bros., which is basically a remake of the NES games. If Nintendo wants story to be on the forefront, they'll use another one of their franchises like Zelda.
Which is also why bananaking21 and even NintendoPie should stop talking about Zelda, as they're talking nonsense. With all due respect, I don't mean to sound harsh. All Zelda games are vastly different and all very story-driven, some of them go very deep. Way deeper than 90% of the other games out there. Anyone who says otherwise is ignorant. Excuse me if I'm stepping on anyones toes here, but it's the truth.

Mario being just an avatar explains the large amount of 'Mario games', even if there are only about 20 real Mario games in the character's 30 year existence, depending on definition (Mario World 2 for example; Mario game or not?). The Mario avatar idea, as said by others, also gives a face to games that otherwise be without identity. No more, no less. Oh, and Zelda, by the way, only has 16 games in the almost 26 years of existence.