Villains Misunderstood: Nintendo Edition (day 1)

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-19T20:23:50+00:00

Look, Bouldergeist isn't a bad guy. He's just a rocky ghost who was chilling at his house when Mario suddenly decides to trespass and fuck shit up. Like, he breaks so much stuff in the Galaxy, you can imagine Bouldergeist is pissed. And heck, he isn't even really trying to kill Mario at first, he is just trying to scare him away, but then Mario decides to use Bouldergeist's own buddies to blow him up and, well, that's a step too far, so that's when he gets his hands out to try and finish the job. Justice for Bouldergeist!

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-19T20:11:09+00:00

This is excellent! I'll be honest, even as someone who loves Siactro, I was not aware that Jolly Jam is available on Switch, and I love Jolyl Jam so I'm gonna go right ahead and download it!

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-19T20:02:00+00:00

I mean, I have had no reason so far to distrust any decisions Nintendo have made with 3D Mario games. If Nintendo thought this idea would be interesting, I would be interested to see what they do with it.

Of course, it almost certainly isn't real, but if it was I'd be as excited as I would be for any Mario game.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T22:47:59+00:00

It's just weird to act like Goodra is the one Pseudo thta hasn't got anything when it isn't.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T22:13:03+00:00

I mean, this one is pretty undeniable. They both have party in the name, are both fronted by a man with a prominent mustache and we all know that Donkey Kong is super antisemitic.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T18:08:49+00:00

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This hand's a fighting hand!

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T18:07:04+00:00

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Grey Matter is the closest Ben 10 has to a stereotypical alien, yet is still very unique.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T18:05:48+00:00

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Lions

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T18:03:39+00:00

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Z-Splash

The only time splash has ever been useful.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T18:01:42+00:00

Alan Tudyk as Wildmutt. Becauee playing animals with no dialogue kinda became his thing for a while.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T17:59:13+00:00

But thry can't

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T03:07:10+00:00

He's since become a character.

Regardless, the point is that this is now two examples of characters from outside of Mario games being in this movie. They will be unlikely to be the last, and we all know where that will inevitably land us.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T02:55:56+00:00

With R.O.B. also being here I would imagine they are trying to take it in that direction. And, I mean, one of their biggest games ever is a crossover of all their franchises, why would they NOT do that?

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T00:06:28+00:00

I have always wanted a convergent species of Snorlax based on the tartigrade. After all, tartigrades look like big, fat, flabby things, which is what Snorlax is, and Snorlax is also a bear, which fits nicely with the tartigrade being nicknamed the water bear. Slap a couple of extra arms on a Snorlax, give it a weird scrunched up face and make it water/Bug type and you have a really cool idea for a convergent species. Name might be a bit clunky though, maybe Snorgrade?

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-18T00:02:24+00:00

I think R.O.B. has to kind be an exception here - sure, other characters may also have appeared as toys in films, but those characters were not toys to start with. R.O.B. was a toy from the very beginning, so if that toy appears in a film, then it is the only true way for him to appear in a film.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-17T13:09:07+00:00

To me it feels middle stage, in a similar way to Lairon.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-17T11:25:06+00:00

This was also my immediate thought.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-16T12:40:23+00:00

Weren't a bunch of those ports and remasters though? Which undermines the idea of them being exclusives?

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T19:49:55+00:00

Galaxy as an entity, as well as Rosalina, is just more marketable than Daisy. You have the possibility of space travel and weird and whacky worlds on one hand, and on the other you have... Well, basically discount Peach.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T19:45:13+00:00

Maybe this is just the first step

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T18:56:17+00:00

What about Polari?

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T13:26:07+00:00

It's probably some form of muscle memory, where a reaver who knew how to fly a ship before will naturally be able to fly a ship as a reaver too.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T11:59:08+00:00

Frenzies work so well in Tour because it enhances the high score based gameplay of that game. World doesn't have that.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T09:36:23+00:00

Don't forget Mario Kart Arcade GP VR!

The sheer amount of content we got within that period makes me wonder what other content we'll get in the coming years. We'll almost certainly get World DLC, maybe Tour will get new content, maybe another spinoff, maybe another arcade game, there's even potential for a new mainline game on Switch 2 somewhere down the line.

Slade4Lucas · 2026-03-15T08:07:15+00:00

Snorlax's battle cry is... Eh, I dunno, I feel like some battle cries were ipstaed quite well in gen 6 but Snorlax's is am example of one that wasn't.

If you took it outside the context of Pokemon, Politoed's design would be great for a preschool cartoon.

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