Post by tirtefaa on Aug 31, 2022 6:44:42 GMT -5
You have the SMB2 quartet, Bowser, and Yoshi which all make sense. DK Jr is pulled out of the mothballs and Koopa Troopa thrown in because there simply weren't prominent figures they could include at that point (with the idea of using Daisy not really gaining steam until Mario Tennis). If the game comes out even a year after it does, there's no doubt Wario would have been there given how popular Super Mario Land 2 ended up being.
Mario Kart 64 almost ended up being a similar time capsule with Kamek's near inclusion, a selection that only really makes sense in the context of how big Yoshi's Island was and his role as the central antagonist in it.
In my opinion, I think even now Nintendo has a tendency to either forget or drop characters that they had, and even more egregiously they instead provide alternatives of existing characters either in baby, metal, bones or fur suit form. Also including characters like Pac Man and Link just seems incredibly weird. If Nintendo is hurting to fill slots, here's a few characters from the Mario universe;
Mouser
Tatanga
Mallow
Wanda
Kammy Koopa
Prince Pine
Stanley the Bugmam
FLUDD
Wart
Seriously, we don't need to see a Baby Dry Bones Tanooki Suit Metal Princess Peach...