Wart

[Saltman]

I don't despise Birdo, I just think she's really ugly and I don't find her particularly interesting as she is now. I do think Birdo was interesting in SMB2 because she was just some obscure egg shooting enemy that fit that game's dream-like cast of characters. I think her prominence in the Mario franchise has made her less mysterious and therefore less interesting to me. It could also be due to her role shift from wacky enemy to Yoshi's tacky female counterpart who really wants to be sexy. I wouldn't mind seeing her come back as an egg spitting enemy, though.

Of course I agree that picking Birdo and Shyguys as recurring characters was a wise choice as they are the most commonly seen characters in the game, I just personally don't like Birdo outside of that game.

You mean "him"?


I do agree with the female counterpart thing. However, I'd say it's good to see her more developed instead of just being a forgettable egg spitting enemy, myself. Also, I don't get how being less obscure=less interesting. According to you, if Wart made lots of appereances as a recurring villain then would he also be less interesting just for being less mysterious?

He wouldn't be less interesting if he's given an interesting personality. The reason I don't care about Birdo has to do with where her character has gone. What made Birdo interesting to me in SMB2 is how weird and disturbing she was, making her feel like something you'd see in a crazy dream. The idea of her being a creepy egg shooter with a hole on her face has seemingly been forgotten, and now she acts as any other cute, lovable Mario character except she's not cute.

Still, I don't actively dislike her presence in Mario games, I just don't care about her character and I think she's ugly.

I can see that. Though I'd still say Mario isn't the kind of franchise that likes having creepy characters! Maybe that's also another reason of why they tried to make her more cute? because they find her "creepy"?


Maybe that's why we don't hear anything of Wart and his sidekicks? Maybe nintendo just finds them to be too "weird" and "creepy" compared to the rest of the mario crew? As a kid, I remember being quite scared of Clawgrip for example lol.

EDIT: And if you think about it, Wart is quite creepy, at least for kids. I'd also feel uncomfortable if a big fat frog burped giant bubbles at me.