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So about Pauline
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Frencherman
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...honestly I don't think that his size is too unrealistic regarding the fact that he is stereotypical Italian guy.
Yoshi's Island is basically a spiritual successor to SMB 2 US.
Think about it, it makes sense.
True, the average Italian height is 3'5".
...honestly I don't think that his size is too unrealistic regarding the fact that he is stereotypical Italian guy.
Can confirm, going in other Euro countries is like Arrietty.
Master Yoshi
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Can't wait to have Pauline in Mario Kart 9!
Nice to see she's been updated to be less chest and ass with a slim waist.
No, that would make too much sense. We already know he's named after a stubborn mule + King Kong.
The big plot twist of the game will be when Mario and Pauline realise they still have feelings for eachother and Peach realises she has feelings for Bowser.
Oh god she wants the Peach/Bowser marriage to happen so she can get back together with Mario. Honestly hope they don't go with crazy ex angle for her lol.
Oh god she wants the Peach/Bowser marriage to happen so she can get back together with Mario. Honestly hope they don't go with crazy ex angle for her lol.
...honestly I don't think that his size is too unrealistic regarding the fact that he is stereotypical Italian guy.
Leaked image of Joe Pesci as Mario in the new Mario Odyssey movie.
Frencherman
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Well, it would make damn sense. Pauline's Song in the trailer is nothing less than an adimiration and pleasing act dedicated for Mario. She wants to be his 1-Up-Girl! And to be quite comparative here, what has Peach ever done else for Mario beside writing letters to invite for cake and coffee like a grandma.
Chose wisely Mario!
tkscz
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Still sticking with Pauline is Mario's mom. I mean who else would be his 1-up girl besides the woman who gave him life?
...honestly I don't think that his size is too unrealistic regarding the fact that he is stereotypical Italian guy.
Suddenly I'm all for one of mario's in-game costumes being the Trash Man
Good point. We might get that story now that Koizumi is out from under Miyamoto's thumb.
Or it could be a song Peach composed and she'll sing a different version over the credits. But the DK arcade theme being sampled doesn't fit with that.
Peach might be the reigning monarch in a principality (like Prince Albert is the reigning monarch of Monaco), which might be the a tributary to the Mushroom Kingdom proper.
Peach might not even be the daughter of the Mushroom King; this is backed up by the fact that in Japanese, she is "Pichi-hime", about which Wikipedia says:
Hime (姫is the Japanese word for "princess", or more literally "demoiselle", i.e. a (usually young) lady of higher birth. Daughters of a monarch are actually referred to by other terms, e.g. Ōjo (王女
Too bad.
I liked the "Captain Syrup = Pauline" theory.
I had never even considered this, and must now find a way to fit it into my head-canon.
I think she was already established as a celebrity in the MvsDK games, funny that they decided to go "celebrity turned politician" with her, hahaha.
I mean she was still a distressed damsel recently in most Mario vs. DK games.
I wasn't even aware she appeared in any MvsDK game after the first one.
Her modern design pre Odyssey was pretty much jesica rabbit lite.
That's our universe's explanation on how Miyamoto came up with the name, the in universe explanation could totally be that, maybe DK was the city's mascot.
Green Mamba
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Pauline still has her normal look in Odyssey.
Can't wait to have Pauline in Mario Kart 9!
Helen for Smash5
Exceutive business woman Pauline.
...honestly I don't think that his size is too unrealistic regarding the fact that he is stereotypical Italian guy.
This would be absolutely brilliant. Everyone thinks it's just about Bowser and Peach once again, but instead the game goes back to the original game. Just like BotW did.
The Game Theorist channel actually had a very plausible explanation for this.
If you pay attention to the Donkey Kong Country series the first game was about Donkey Kong recovering his special stash of bananas. In that game every villain were giants. In the subsequent games the goals were about something else and Donkey Kong never had to deal with giant living enemies like the first game ever again.
In New Donk City the Kongs have set up restaurants.
Their theory is that the special bananas is what gives the Kongs their size, which is why their enemies in the first game became giants. So if the Kongs are using their special bananas as ingredients they've been influencing the biology of everyone who lives in New Donk.
Donk City goes underwater due to climate change forcing a very different
(but still leadership)
Dark Cloud
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Pauline still has her normal look in Odyssey.
I didn't pay attention. Hmmm
MisterGrey3000
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I'm not exactly thrilled with her constituents looking like uncanny valley Sonic 06 rejects pretending to be Mad Men extras, but...
...I absolutely LOVE the fact that they're using Pauline in a mainline AAA Super Mario platformer, and I also adore the fact that they've put her in a position of authority.
I honestly hope this starts a new trend within the series; I want EPD Tokyo to pull in all sorts of characters from the wider Mario universe and find interesting roles for them to play.
Like I'd love to see a mainline game where Wario and maybe even Waluigi are the big, premiere villains stirring up trouble somewhere on the Mushroom Kingdom's planet (rather than Bowser for the fifteen millionth time, give the big guy a break already!).
Hell if I can get a bit wacky for a sec, I'd LOVE to see a mainline platformer where Mario and Luigi team up with Daisy to fight back an invasion of Sarasaland by the X-Nauts from Paper Mario:TTYD.
And tbh, even something as simple and goofy as racing against Mona Pizza within a sandbox Mario mission would be dope af.
I mean...I don't want them obnoxiously cramming in a bunch of random characters for no good reason (*coughcoughfuckingsonicteamcoughcough*), but I feel like pulling from the wider Super Mario Bros. universe would do a lot to help keep the series fresh and surprising for a long time.
...I absolutely LOVE the fact that they're using Pauline in a mainline AAA Super Mario platformer, and I also adore the fact that they've put her in a position of authority.
I honestly hope this starts a new trend within the series; I want EPD Tokyo to pull in all sorts of characters from the wider Mario universe and find interesting roles for them to play.
Like I'd love to see a mainline game where Wario and maybe even Waluigi are the big, premiere villains stirring up trouble somewhere on the Mushroom Kingdom's planet (rather than Bowser for the fifteen millionth time, give the big guy a break already!).
Hell if I can get a bit wacky for a sec, I'd LOVE to see a mainline platformer where Mario and Luigi team up with Daisy to fight back an invasion of Sarasaland by the X-Nauts from Paper Mario:TTYD.
And tbh, even something as simple and goofy as racing against Mona Pizza within a sandbox Mario mission would be dope af.
I mean...I don't want them obnoxiously cramming in a bunch of random characters for no good reason (*coughcoughfuckingsonicteamcoughcough*), but I feel like pulling from the wider Super Mario Bros. universe would do a lot to help keep the series fresh and surprising for a long time.
MAtgS
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That....works way too well.Too bad.
I liked the "Captain Syrup = Pauline" theory.
SpacePirate Ridley
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This is the exact ending im thinking of. Its the ending, or the secret final level after you collect all the moons.
Ok this art is freking fantastic
Super Mario Odyssey |OT| He's the wearer of the cap, You know him well and He's finally back to kick some tail.
psychowave
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y'all suck, peach/pauline for life
Good theory!
Now they just need to explain how the original Donkey Kong went through so much muscular atrophy that he turned into Cranky Kong
Gigi is a freaking colour theory genius
NipplesAndToes23
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When did she ever have an ass? I looked up some images to see if I missed anything and I don't see a donk.
So when is the "Mario Odyssey seems to be developing quite the fan art following already" thread going to go up?
What The Forest Taught Me
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I really hope we get a different villain this time. Seeing Bowser as an antagonist yet again, minor or not, is just tired and played out.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Calling it, Pauline is working with Bowser in Mario Odyssey. Bet she's still salty after Mario ditched her for Peach! Help Bowser marry Peach and then she'll be out of the way!
Principate
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Ir's Mario does it really need or want such a thread? A large proportion of Mario art is fucking weird anyway.
What The Forest Taught Me
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Right there with you! There's so much from Super Mario Bros. 2 that's never been incorporated into the larger universe. Bowser as the main villain needs to be a thing of the past, once and for all.
Donkey Kong was snatched from a mysterious island, taken to new donk city, named after it, and went wild
Mario and Pauline were in their 20's, but dk could plausibly be 40. Pauline going from a singer to a mayor in the span of another 20 years makes sense, putting cranky at a semi-old 60. DK jr could've been born before DK1, or wasn't as young as he looked. DK3 is chill af and does 1 handed push-ups in his treehouse. Who knows why all the streets are named after apes. Maybe they did it as a bit so they could join the DK crew
So it's probably that they're retconning New York to be New Donk so it's still on mushroom planet. Considering Diamond City also exists, it's really not that weird
Also the main villain of odessey is totally bowser's hat
Instead of having a helpful hat that matches your outfit (cappy) the ghost top hat on bowser gave him an outfit he likes. Also something way weirder could happen by him marrying Peach like the thousand year door
So this game is lowkey a hat vs hat thing
Mario and Pauline were in their 20's, but dk could plausibly be 40. Pauline going from a singer to a mayor in the span of another 20 years makes sense, putting cranky at a semi-old 60. DK jr could've been born before DK1, or wasn't as young as he looked. DK3 is chill af and does 1 handed push-ups in his treehouse. Who knows why all the streets are named after apes. Maybe they did it as a bit so they could join the DK crew
So it's probably that they're retconning New York to be New Donk so it's still on mushroom planet. Considering Diamond City also exists, it's really not that weird
Also the main villain of odessey is totally bowser's hat
Instead of having a helpful hat that matches your outfit (cappy) the ghost top hat on bowser gave him an outfit he likes. Also something way weirder could happen by him marrying Peach like the thousand year door
So this game is lowkey a hat vs hat thing
What The Forest Taught Me
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Yes, and I couldn't be happier about that. We never would have gotten a Mario like this if modern-day Miyamoto was still running the software show. This is a great new era for Nintendo.
What The Forest Taught Me
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I'm really hoping for this too!
This sounds chaotic, but as someone who has wanted to see a more cohesive Mario universe since learning Yoshi's Island was a thing, I'd love to see more games borrow from one another. They barely get all the characters they need into spin-offs, but it'd be great to explore these parts of the universe in the mainline games, too!
It's still looking like Pauline's a one-off thing, and that the rest of the world is just new areas. But we've had DLC in mainline Mario games twice with New Super Mario Bros. 2/U, so I can see them adding an area based on Sarasaland, Subcon, or the Comet Observatory & surrounding planetoids if the addition of Pauline into a mainline game proves popular enough. They were also vague about DK's role in New Donk City, so I'm still holding out hope for more DK content. Especially if K. Rool ends up involved in a mainline Mario, somehow.
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