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Who's your favorite Mario character?

Mario 19 41.30%
 
Luigi 6 13.04%
 
Peach 0 0%
 
Bowser 7 15.22%
 
Yoshi 7 15.22%
 
Total:39
Suke said:


Yeah, or maybe that's just me. I just don't see him as a bad guy no more.

I believe that you just didnt choose the right words.

"Bowser is the bad guy", he just isn't evil for being evil, or cruel.



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Bowser is under-used and over-used at the same time imo.

Under-used because every time he is used, he is usualy pretty much a joke, with no real motivation or personality, making him hard to care for him.

Over-used because despite the fact that the Mushroom Kingdom has the potential of being rich with villains, somehow, it is ALWAYS him that we have to face in every Mario game. I wish we could face Donkey Kong, Wario and other villains once in a while. Link faces villains other than Ganon, even in main games, this is why facing him still feels like a big deal even after 25years.

So combine those 2 aspects and you get the lame ''Bowser kidnap Peach for no reasons again and I can't get myself to care'' storyline over and over and over and over again. Result: I'm sick and tired of seeing him in my games, I want LESS Bowser.



 

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Bowser is practically the hero of the working class, leading a revolution against the monarchy. but he keeps being repressed by the royal loyalists.



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’

How do you not see Bowser as a bad guy? I would think him kidnapping Peach every game for selfish reasons alone is enough to prove he is indeed bad. Not as bad as pretty much every other villian, sure, but still bad.



http://www.cracked.com/article_18863_5-reasons-bowser-most-successful-video-game-character.html

Really nice article about Bowser :D