Why isn't samus in a mario kart game?

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ClaudeLv250 said:

Munkeh111 said:

HappySqurriel said:
In every "Mario" titled game all of the characters and gameplay dynamics are defined by the "Mario Universe" which is (essentially) the collection of games that are directly (or indirectly) related to Mario. Starfox, Metroid, The Legend of Zelda and other Nintendo series characters never appear in these games because they do not belong to the "Mario Universe"; it is difficult to say how Samus Aran would respond to being hit by a red turtle shell.

Super Smash Bros. often causes a little confusion about this being that there is a cross over of characters in this series; this happens in this series because it is not in the Mario Universe and the entire game occurs in the imagination of a young child.

that is something new to me, then again I have never really understood SSB, I played Melee once, I did not think it was the best game ever, though it was fun, then again I don't really like beat em ups

ROFFLE! He wasn't being serious, my guess was that he was reffering to an infamous twist from a certain TV show.

Actually I'm pretty sure that's the actual framework of the game.  The first game strongly supports this idea what with the "toy box" imagery that (as I recall) is all over the game.  The characters are depicted as little toys when they are not in the fight.  The "Master Hand" could be seen as the child manipulating the characters. 

I don't know if this concept is continued in the later games, though, or if they abandoned it.