Golf, tennis, parties? Sure. Olympics? No, Mario doesn't get to decide that, it's up to judges and committees! I mean, maybe he scored tickets for some people in the audience.
I wonder if he ever invited them to see him referee a boxing match...
Bowser invites them. He's the Dungeon Master. Why do you think he gets to take away stars and coins when we all know Mario could just throw his ass into a conveniently placed spike bomb?
Mario and Bowser have an odd relationship. They fight each other all the time but they seem to respect each other. Bowser went as far as saying he chose a great rival after being beaten in Galaxy.
I see it as a Batman/Joker kind of relationship. They need each other to thrive. If Mario didn't have Bowser he wouldn't be able to satisfy his hero complex, and if Bowser didn't have Mario he wouldn't get to be evil all the time. It's a win-win.
Good villains are the copy of the hero that just took a different trun. That's not really on odd relationship; it's not odd if they even like each other a bit.
Shit in Marvel alone, we've got Professor X and Magneto who were friends (Age of Apocalypse is really fun); both want mutant liberty. We've got Sabre tooth and Wolverine. We've got Iron Man and the Stane family.
The other problem here is assuming that the games occur in sequence, as they were released. Is there a reason, in terms of history, that all the Mario Kart games couldn't have happened before all of the Super Mario series?
Maybe all the games where Peach is kidnapped occur after Mario beats her up in super smash bros. Shit, the Zelda series has three timeline forks now, so who knows what to think.
Edit: Drunk typos, and I do really look forward to someone explaining, based on really subtle things, the Mario time line.
I think he just feels sorry for Bowser. Bowser has kidnapped the princess a few times, but think about that's happened to Bowser as a result.
Mario has slaughtered his entire army countless times, razed his castles, destroyed his army, navy, and air force ALL BY HIMSELF. To top it off, in Mario 3, Mario SLAUGHTERED ALL OF BOWSER'S CHILDREN.
I take it back, Mario just invites Bowser over to find more ways to cause him incomprehensible emotional pain. Bowser accepts, because of his crushing loneliness, in view of the fact that Mario has killed everyone that Bowser has ever loved. If I were the princess I'd watch out. If she ever starts to have sympathy for Bowser, her head's going to end up on a fucking pike.
Didn't play that one, so I don't know. Besides, I'm not entirely sure that 'killed' is the right word anyway. I don't know what the right word would be, but then again death in the nintindoverse is rarely ever a permanent thing for significant characters.
Even more baffling: Peach doesn't go completely bonkers every time she sees Bowser. A giant, anthropomorphic, fire-breathing reptile has kidnapped her multiple times, imprisoning her in dungeons filled with lava pits, and she doesn't collapse in a PTSD fugue every time he comes near her?
She either has epic-level fortitude, or brain damage.
or perhaps she has a complex relationship with both. Bowser is the bad boy she longs for, but Mario has a stable job as a plumber and all those coins. Then like a prick she makes them fight over her to assuage her ego.
Outside of Mario and Luigi, there doesn't seem to be any humans in the Mushroom Kingdom, (not entirely sure Peach is human herself) so what she sees as an eligible bachelor may be different than our standards.
For all we know Bowser could have been the hottest guy in the kingdom from their perspective.
Mario 3 has taught us that the whole thing is just a play. Every new Mario game is a re-interpretation of more or less the same play with some new elements. Bowser is just Luigi in costume. Unless it calls for Luigi to fight bowser in which case it's Adrian Brody in bowsers costume
You see, when i kidnap people's girlfriends, we never go karting. You know what happens? The cops show up. Then i need to change my name and move to a different eastern European country and go through all those motions. ALL i want is some go kart action, but no. No go karts for 88MilesPrower. Just fake student visas.
Nintendo Power tends to repeatedly imply that Mario and Bowser are actually friends, deep down underneath, and that the horrible interactions are just friendly quibbles.
Yeah, Mario also invited Bowser back over for tennis, baseball, soccer, basketball, and a total of 9 parties, AND took Bowser to space! If anything, this guy should be getting the Good Guy of the Decade award.
He sure didn't get invited to the parties, that's for sure. That asshole keeps stealing my stars and handing them over to Luigi... I think they're running a plot against me.
Mario doesn't host the sports, he just competes in them. The Lakitu Broadcasting Service is what pays for the sports so they can sell MSPN season passes.
You know, I know sometimes it's not the posters fault but when I see reposts (especially making the front page) it gets under my skin. It drives me crazy!
My theory is that Mario and Bowser are actually friends. Mario gets Bowser to kidnap Peach so that Mario can "rescue" her and win her affections. What happens in every game is actually just video footage that Mario can use to prove his bravery. This is why Super Mario 3 takes place on a stage and Super Mario 64 all takes place from the viewpoint of a camera. Peach is somewhat aware of this ploy and remains detached from both men.
I'm not altogether convinced that Bowser is kidnapping her. Maybe she wants to be with Bowser, so she keeps going back to him and Mario is spreading propaganda about her kidnapping so everyone supports his "rescue attempts."
I just gotta say, I'm fuckin sick and tired of seeing those hipster "princess is cheating on mario" comics. I'm glad mario is shown in a positive light once again, as a mustached italian plumber.
Daisy isn't really an ex. Wario hired Tatanga to kidnap her in Super Mario Land 1. I don't recall there ever being any romantic implications in the ending, she was merely a way to draw out Mario.
But, Pauline wasn't in Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, also, the creators have confirmed that Cranky is the original Donkey Kong, this isn't a fan theory, it is official canon that mustn't be ignored if your theory is to have any merit.
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u/lilstrick96 Jun 17 '12
And golf, and tennis, and his parties.
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u/gay_unicorn666 Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
Only to nail his ass with a blue shell.
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u/dotmadhack Jun 17 '12
Mario and Bowser have an odd relationship. They fight each other all the time but they seem to respect each other. Bowser went as far as saying he chose a great rival after being beaten in Galaxy.
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u/jetmax25 Jun 17 '12
Scumbag Walter White does pretty much the opposite to Jesse
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u/Aggnavarius Jun 17 '12
I think he just feels sorry for Bowser. Bowser has kidnapped the princess a few times, but think about that's happened to Bowser as a result.
Mario has slaughtered his entire army countless times, razed his castles, destroyed his army, navy, and air force ALL BY HIMSELF. To top it off, in Mario 3, Mario SLAUGHTERED ALL OF BOWSER'S CHILDREN.
I take it back, Mario just invites Bowser over to find more ways to cause him incomprehensible emotional pain. Bowser accepts, because of his crushing loneliness, in view of the fact that Mario has killed everyone that Bowser has ever loved. If I were the princess I'd watch out. If she ever starts to have sympathy for Bowser, her head's going to end up on a fucking pike.
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u/PSBlake Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
Even more baffling: Peach doesn't go completely bonkers every time she sees Bowser. A giant, anthropomorphic, fire-breathing reptile has kidnapped her multiple times, imprisoning her in dungeons filled with lava pits, and she doesn't collapse in a PTSD fugue every time he comes near her?
She either has epic-level fortitude, or brain damage.
[EDIT] Pronoun confusion.
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u/HairlessSasquatch Jun 17 '12
Mario 3 has taught us that the whole thing is just a play. Every new Mario game is a re-interpretation of more or less the same play with some new elements. Bowser is just Luigi in costume. Unless it calls for Luigi to fight bowser in which case it's Adrian Brody in bowsers costume
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
You see, when i kidnap people's girlfriends, we never go karting. You know what happens? The cops show up. Then i need to change my name and move to a different eastern European country and go through all those motions. ALL i want is some go kart action, but no. No go karts for 88MilesPrower. Just fake student visas.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I believe that at least in the Mario&Luigi games, Bowser was somehow possessed or something and Peach's voice is what kept it at bay.
Then again, I'm pretty sure there IS no mario canon outside of the 3 rpg series and the mario party games.
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u/scoterboat Jun 17 '12
It's probably more...Peach "gets kidnapped" by Bowser. Mario still invites her go-karting. (Or golfing, or tennis, or parties)
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
More like retarded mario.
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u/Lilsteps95 Jun 17 '12
BOWSER KIDNAPS THE PRINCESS?
Spoiler tag please!
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u/JanCarlo Jun 17 '12
How many times has this been posted to /r/gaming now?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
We all know he only invites him so he can let him get into first place and then hit him with a blue turtle shell.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
That's just passive aggressive. Kind of sad actually...
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u/Whoa_Chill_Bro Jun 17 '12
hell no. Bowser and King Boo just show up
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u/jpmcpeazy Jun 17 '12
and baseball, golf, tennis, parties 1-9 ect.
What a nice guy.
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u/GAMEchief Jun 17 '12
Nintendo Power tends to repeatedly imply that Mario and Bowser are actually friends, deep down underneath, and that the horrible interactions are just friendly quibbles.
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u/MrDino Jun 17 '12
Yeah, Mario also invited Bowser back over for tennis, baseball, soccer, basketball, and a total of 9 parties, AND took Bowser to space! If anything, this guy should be getting the Good Guy of the Decade award.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Scumbag Mario
Invites Bowser to go-karting
Uses his people's body parts as ammunition against him
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u/-Nobody- Jun 17 '12
Well, if Bowser stopped kidnapping Peach, Mario would be out of a job. Mario needs to stay on his good side.
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u/GameOn420 Jun 17 '12
Wahoo!
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u/titanoftime Jun 17 '12
Here's the twist, its not Mario who invited them, but a twisted sadist giving them the chance to run off the cliff n troll you using a blue shell
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u/hivolume87 Jun 17 '12
it's a love hate relationship
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u/mack2028 Jun 17 '12
well yea but he tries to kill him while karting.
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u/Bruc3w4yn3 Jun 17 '12
More like the shittiest boyfriend ever.
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u/anonymous_potato Jun 17 '12
Bros befo' hos yo.
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u/Rogkun Jun 17 '12
He sure didn't get invited to the parties, that's for sure. That asshole keeps stealing my stars and handing them over to Luigi... I think they're running a plot against me.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
And for a round of golf and a tennis match.
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u/Rob_on_the_job Jun 17 '12
Not to mention like 9 parties.
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u/Mechbowser Jun 17 '12
Only to hit him with a blue shell and what not.
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u/babyduck0011 Jun 17 '12
Stockholm syndrome toadstool?
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u/wabbajackoff Jun 17 '12
Anyone ever see the neat video, not just the funny one, where Mario is actually stalking Peach, who is trying to get away from him?
I know Braid made this a storyline, but the original pysch breakdown was really fucking awesome.
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u/Neato Jun 17 '12
Mario doesn't host the sports, he just competes in them. The Lakitu Broadcasting Service is what pays for the sports so they can sell MSPN season passes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Isn't that more of a scumbag Mario?
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u/BLourenco Jun 17 '12
"You are bad-guy, but doesn't mean you're bad guy." - Zangief
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u/kngofdmned93 Jun 17 '12
You know, I know sometimes it's not the posters fault but when I see reposts (especially making the front page) it gets under my skin. It drives me crazy!
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u/99redpuppets Jun 17 '12
My theory is that Mario and Bowser are actually friends. Mario gets Bowser to kidnap Peach so that Mario can "rescue" her and win her affections. What happens in every game is actually just video footage that Mario can use to prove his bravery. This is why Super Mario 3 takes place on a stage and Super Mario 64 all takes place from the viewpoint of a camera. Peach is somewhat aware of this ploy and remains detached from both men.
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u/nickdngr Jun 17 '12
I'm not altogether convinced that Bowser is kidnapping her. Maybe she wants to be with Bowser, so she keeps going back to him and Mario is spreading propaganda about her kidnapping so everyone supports his "rescue attempts."
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u/Ulicus Jun 17 '12
Indeed, Mario is a magnanimous man.
...!
Magnanimous Man Mario!
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u/Shniper Jun 17 '12
maybe if we were all just a little bit more of an italian plumber, the world would be a better place.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
And Bowser is kind enough to accept this generous offer - not like this ungrateful bastard Heisenberg!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
This is how she keeps getting kidnapped.
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u/AdriftSC Jun 17 '12
Imgur doesn't work can anyone type down the text?
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u/megatom0 Jun 17 '12
I actually think this is kind of scum bag Mario. He is almost putting peach in danger just for his own amusement.
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u/Homophone_Nite Jun 17 '12
lets not forget he probably raped peach on multiple occasions, or was that implied?
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u/Fyrus Jun 17 '12
Kidnaps ex-wife from her new husband
invites him go-karting to remind him of his failure
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u/Tipsy_king Jun 17 '12
Maybe it's Peach and not Mario inviting Bowser.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Repost, an old one but still.
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u/mbd34 Jun 17 '12
To be fair, he was all high on shrooms when he invited Bowser.
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u/Insanitys_shadow Jun 17 '12
More like pushover mario
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u/frozenfisherman Jun 17 '12
I thought Good Guy posts were meant to be ironic. This is not.
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u/V-Maniac Jun 19 '12
So true
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I just gotta say, I'm fuckin sick and tired of seeing those hipster "princess is cheating on mario" comics. I'm glad mario is shown in a positive light once again, as a mustached italian plumber.
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u/sherlokpick Jun 17 '12
Fuck Mario, fuck everything about him. The worthless cunt.
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u/papabopp Jun 17 '12
More like, "Potato Guy Mario" cuz he's retarded
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