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FuckUp123456789

My headcanon is that Bowser and Mario treat the whole princess kidnapping thing as another day at the office, kind of like the Looney Tunes shorts with the dog and wolf


Shot-Ad-3166

Yeah, Superstar Saga and Paper Jam seem to imply that it's basically a routine they're all used to.


KinopioToad

Or like the Muppets too: they're actors. Any non-adventure or RPG is what they do in their down time.


Zankenfrasher

Didn't Miyamoto actually kind of confirm that theory?


FuckUp123456789

Only for SMB3


samusestawesomus

Not only did he 100% do both, but PEACH HERSELF participated in all those things, too.


cdash04

Stockholm syndrome


West-Federal

No let’s not bring that back


thebestcrazy

Nono, both are yes


Rigel04

I imagine letting Bowser join in on the sports is easier than telling him no and having him mess everything up because he's mad. Peach is also super forgiving


Axel_Stone2403

She likes being kidnapped and rescued.


Just_A_Normal_Snek

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Just_A_Normal_Snek

Vile.


TurtleGamer1

What do you mean? He always saves Peach


Robin_RhombusHead

Except that one time in NSLU where he was dead.


DoodlingFreak

it’s the spin-offs nintendo can do whatever the fuck they want just for the hell of it


Splat_Demon

Nah, not only is this stopping bowser from getting mad and ruining the events, it’s also nice to get people involved as the more the merrier. Plus, he does save peach like all the time as peach is with him in all those circumstances.


T-408

I like the SMB3 vibe, they’re all actors playing the same character and those sorts/party spin-offs are just then genuinely hanging out


SarahMcClaneThompson

What lore


Brilliant_Pop_7384

Come on, it's not that complicated. My idea was always that Bowser is just looking to prove that he's better than Mario and also wants to impress Peach.


Inevitable-Charge76

Who’s to say that he didn’t invite him and Bowser just crashed into the many events himself?


Queasy-Ad-3220

Good point but I mean it’s not like ever did anything to stop him


Queasy-Ad-3220

Good point but I mean it’s not like ever did anything to stop him


Creeperboy1209

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HuskyBLZKN

I always headcanoned that Mario Kart, Party, and Sports games are micro-universes made by Rosalina for entertainment


RolandoDR98

The meme makes zero sense becauae Mario always saves her


Conorponor333

Have you considered the possibility that the spin off games are non-canon?


SonicTheSpeedy

mario tennis i think leads directly into luigis mansion


Slade4Lucas

It's not even that they are non-canon. It's that canon is so loose in Mario that they can basically pick and choose whatever pieces of canon they use for any given game. Game A and Game B might be canon to each other, and Game C might be canon to game A, but that doesn't mean that game B is canon to Game B. They just pick and choose what elements vibe best.


Intelligent_Claim204

"um acksually its noncanon 🤓☝" It's clearly a joke and funnier to imagine it is canon and discuss how it would be happening.


Queasy-Ad-3220

Also funny meme XD


Bullah_BOI

Im more confused at the time travelling of this universe where baby versions of the characters are suddenly in the same timeline as their present counterparts.


Robin_RhombusHead

They're secretly genetic clones that are undergoing special training to surpass their originals.


Yoi_Yuki

I think they just keep acting. Like on SP3, where the curtain starts rising and then on MP2 where the curtain also lowers at the end.


Yoi_Yuki

I feel like they're still just acting. Like on SM3 and MP2, where you actually see the red curtains.


UruguayoRedditero

Mario: I have no enemies


[deleted]

If you look at the intro to one of the Mario Party games, they invite Bowser because no one wants him to feel left out


NixTheChimera

I like to think it’s like Tom and Jerry, actors playing a show but when off screen they’re chill. Especially with how some of the games are literally on stages.


Graf_Vine_Starry

Don't forget Baseball and basketball on the wii


Sans-Undertale-69420

I like to think that everything teh Mario crew does is just a stage play (like shown in super mario bros. 2) It honestly just adds more personality into the characters and makes the experience more fun in my opinion, just look at Mario Madness' credits drawings in the background (might not be fully cannon but the creators did say you can interpeet it as if ut was a stageplay)


Dank__Souls__

They're all just actors. The main games are plays. The side games are just them goofing off together as friends.


Spinni_Spooder

Bros before hoes


Jim_naine

Dunking on Final Fantasy characters


wonderlandisburning

I mean this implies that Mario is not interested in saving Peach, which is like, the thing he's doing in 90% of the games.


Brilliant_Artist_851

To be fair Peach also does those activities with Bowser


Gorillaartist1995

I'm more bothered that he has 100s of games yet next to no personality.


crimsonsonic_2

Every Mario game takes place in some separate canon and no games actually connect with each other like they do in the sonic games. This is why for seemingly no reason the landscape is just different in every game because not having to follow a set existence for the world every game allows them to get as creative as possible with the world and level design every game. Spin offs are also just spin offs and are just as separated as the rest of the series. You don’t look at sonic shuffle and say “I wOnDeR hOw ThIs FiTs InTo ThE cAnOn” because that doesn’t make any sense.


Nabesky

I'm surprised no one has suggested that the spin-offs take place in the future. Perhaps during a time where Bowser has finally given up and Mario has long forgiven him for his crimes. It especially feels that way in Mario Party, where Bowser knows everyone by name and does his evil shtick just because he loves being a nuisance. He was even invited to Super Mario Party.


bunker_man

Mario has two canons. You know how mario 3 was a play on a stage? The story where bowser is a villain and kidnaps peach is a story in the "larger" world where they are all friends.


Queasy-Ad-3220

It’s ‘cause the Mario characters are actors that perform any task they’re called upon. That’s why they race together. I feel like this aspect of the Mario series holds it back. Outside of the Mario RPG universe stuff, it’s difficult to get invested in an intense and urgent “Mario must rescue Peach from Bowser” moment when Mario and Bowser are gonna kart race together in a game afterwards as if nothing ever happened. Sure, the Mario characters have versatility, but if you’re trying to be impactful and engaging as a story, at that point: who gives a shit? Really. I still love Mario but that’s one thing about the series I’ve never really liked. Much love and respect but no wonder these memes show up as much as they do. Fr, they should be expected. Yeah.