Isn't it kind of odd that these guys never came back or

Well you know how Nintendo hates variety or good ideas.

>>3849176
In the Japanese only novelezation it was revealed that the 'kings' were usurpers who attempted to take power after Princess Peach was kidnapped by Bowser. Bowser in a fit of rage punished the would be kings by transforming them.
After Mario restores them to their original form he banishes them from the Mushroom Kingdom and they end up forever lost in the ruins of the underground.

>>3849187
that would make it even funnier if they canonized it in an rpg, like maybe you find them hanging out somewhere outside the mushroom kingdom and they get really mad when they recognize you, or maybe they're a miniboss

then again if they're usurpers why was mario saving them anyway

>>3849202
You realize that novel was made-up bullshit right? lol

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>>3849283
Still better than Sunshine

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>>3849181
If they used them again, people would still complain about "nintendo rehashing ideas from older games"

Not retro but I like how Psycho Waluigi brought the concept back as part of his conquering thing.

>>3849423

no nintendo fan has ever complained about that. Fuck they complain about the opposite

Remember that SMB3 is actually a play being performed by the Mario characters, thus none of it is canonical.

>>3849187
>In the Japanese only novelezation

Not sure if real...

If it is why would Bowser give a rat's ass?

>>3849423
Well they do that anyway so why not have some variety in the ideas they rehash.

>>3850453
But isn't it based on a true story?

>>3849176
they can't come back as peach had all of them executed

>>3849187
> novilization
This seems fishy

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>>3850343
>>3850652
The 2D Mario games have a bad image of how they are "rehashes" and has no new content now, thanks to the New's games, when they brought too much stuff from the old games. Bringing back the kings, or any other old thing to mark its second or third appearence will only make it worse, and will make people think they are even more "rehashing" and that they are being lazy, instead realizing they are paying homages or making callbacks of the old 2D Mario games.

And apparently, Nintendo has already heard enough of theses complaints. Tezuka and Miyamoto both said the future 2D Mario games are not going to be part of New's series anymore.

>>3849423
Was he supposed to be the Prince who cucks Mario at the end of that '86 anime?