It's becoming more and more obvious that Nintendo wants you to believe that Toads are the ONLY NPC characters in the Mario universe in the current year. This is laughable for anyone who has been following along with Mario continuity for the past thirty years.
Toad was always just that jackass who told you that the Princess was in another castle, that's it, and never did anything else. Meanwhile other characters, like the Kongs, the Yoshis, the Paper Mario cast, the BeanBean Kingdom, all have done so much more for this franchise as a whole.
But ever since Sticker Star, these other, interesting characters have VANISHED in order to shove toads into everything.
I hate Toads.
tpical nintendo, mario needs to diversify.
>>389264650
People who have been following along with Mario continuity for the past thirty years are laughable.
Typical RPGfag autism, throws an aneurysm because their characters are getting erased yet thinks they're big enough to deserve shit like Fawful in Mario Kart
>>389264650
The Pandering-To-Millennials phase of Nintendo has begun anon.
We'll get non-toads up the ass.
odyssey has tons of different npcs tho
>>389264650
Have you just, like, not been looking at Super Mario Odyssey?
Or 3D Worlds' Sprixies?
Or any Mario game not set in the Mushroom Kingdom outside of the most recent Paper Marios?
>>389264650
Nintendo knows nobody likes Toads. That's why they're there for you to laugh at their cowardice and patheticness. The entire joke is "Peach would be perfectly safe if not for these losers"
>>389265240
>that Mario
Ma~ma~ meth!
>>389264650
Kongs to stick their own games. Have gone nowhere.
Yoshis have gone nowhere.
Paper Mario cast is only in Paper Mario games. Obviously.
Beanbean Kingdom appeared once omg its done so much for the mario franchise why are they ERASING IT??
>>389265240
>A toad skeleton wearing a sombrero
Wow, how original.
>>389264650
>blaming Nintendo as a whole
Tanabe's the moron who thought no other NPC but Toads should be there when there's been multiple
When have you EVER seen the characters from spin-off titles in the mainline games? It almost never happens. There is zero precedent to be upset right now, because the characters from Paper Mario, Wario Ware, The Super Mario Bros Super Show and My Little Pony will never disgrace the mainline games ever in the rest of your life, nor were they ever going to because they keep that shit in containment.
>>389264650
There was never too much variety. Aside from Toads, you'd get Koopas, Bob-ombs, Shy Guys, and that's about it. Shy Guys are now pretty much a Yoshi enemy nowadays anyway. Complaining about Toads in Paper Mario is one thing, but complaining about them in an entirely different venue where another species (the Rabbids) are the focus is something else entirely.