HylianSwordsman on 05 December 2014
You lost me at "misstep in Sunshine".
I seriously have not met a single person outside of this forum that dislikes that game. I helped found a video game club at my college and everyone liked it there, and pretty much every close friend I've ever had plays video games and knows Mario, and none of them dislike that game. It's many people's favorite.
But it doesn't matter. Mario was NEVER cool. He didn't need to be. He was fun. He still is. That's what matters. The cool one was Sonic. And then Crash. And Kratos. And Master Chief. They were the cool mascots. As a character, as a mascot, and as a franchise, Mario is NOT and has NEVER been cool. And I like it that way.
