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Published: 2016-11-10 00:09:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 4723; Favourites: 107; Downloads: 34
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Based on a silly sketch I made of a Tall Toad. I just basically wanted to see how would he behave around others of his kind and inside a building made for smaller toads.In addition, you can also consider this a protest against the character design in recent Paper Mario Games. It's pretty disappointing when you realize that this comic has more Toad variations than Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Color Splash combined.
I'm also sorry if I haven't shared content as regularly as before. I've been dealing with a sickness for over a month now and I haven't been able to work at 100%
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I prefer the Paper Mario approach to Toads, making them all the same makes them pretty boring. Easier for Nintendo that is the one making the games, but bland from a character design standpoint.
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I already know about your preference to the original Paper Mario Toads, it's just that according to Kinopio Kun: www.flickr.com/photos/kinopiok… Toads seem make the mushroom tops on their heads as actual hairstyles, so there's still diversity for them.
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Is kinopio kun an artist? a nintendo section? Never heard of it before.
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He's the mascot for Nintendo's LINE social media account. You can find out more about him here: www.mariowiki.com/Kinopio-kun
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It's still just a green toad, probably made to fit the color scheme of LINE.
The designs used to be more distinctive when they played around with the hat/head designs a lot more.
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Well your going to find this image of Kinopio Kun: www.mariowiki.com/images/f/fd/… very interesting!
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I mean, it's good, but none of it translate to the games in the end.
If you played Paper Mario color splash or Mario and Luigi Paper Jam you'll start to get sick on how generic everything looks, if they at least had different clothes I would be able to tell them apart and remember them, but not even the "Professors" had lab coats or something, it was just a yellow toad.
I want them to be creative in the games too, but they're just making it easy by just making one model of Toad and then copy paste all over it. Not even a single toad has at leas beard in the games nowadays (The recent ones at least)
I'm guessing they got a little creative in LINE because they don't have to make a game about it.
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Still more effort than Super Mario Sunshine, which was rushed for Summer release, which resulted in numerous bugs and glitches, being shorter than intended, and replacing the unique Koopalings with the generic Bowser Jr.
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I don't know about the Koopaling nowadays. I seem them in every game now (New super Mario bros is the worst offender)
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But what about them in the early 2000s where the only non-remake appearance was a dialog-less boss fight in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and they were also going to appear in Super Princess Peach, but Nintendo rushed the game and replaced them with crappy bosses.
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In recent years Miyamoto has pushed the idea that they should only use characters from the mushroom kingdom in their games, so the appearances of the Koopalings is almost mandatory.
The early 2000's was an experimental stage for Nintendo so they tried stuff that worked and didn't worked as well. I personally liked when they tried to expand the world beyond Bowser and minions, it gave me the illusion that the Mario world was bigger than what we know, not every race is discovered yet, not everyone is Toad, and Bowser is not the only baddie out there. (Better if he joins your team to fight the other baddies)
After Mario World, Mario 3, Color splash, Paper Jam, NSMB and others I'm just getting a bit sick of fighting the Koopalings over and over. They're good, but you need to mix them with other stuff from time to time.
Why not include them in Mario Party instead? that would be fun, I would love to play as them in that game (if they finally made a good Mario Party of course)
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Yeah the next Mario Party should actually be ABOUT the Koopalings, cause in earlier Mario Parties all we got were generic Koopa Kids.
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As a 5'2" wimp, I can't really relate to this whatsoever, but it still gave me a good laugh. The big guy's Mega Mushroom color palette was a nice touch.
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I'm not particularly tall either.
But you have to think that the whole Toad society is probably build for small people xD so being tall among toads would probably suck.
I was among the shortest in my class so you're not alone there xD
I just always have problems converting from meters to feet so I don't know how we compare.
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I think that's, like, 155 centimeters... Sorry, I know imperial measurements are stupid.
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Being short is not all that bad XD I'm not that far from your height, slightly taller by a few centimeters.
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He was too busy thinking how to brag about his height I guess
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Very well done Luis xD I never really thought of this scenario but I won't doubt. It's very great xD
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I was just going to make a drawing with him, but I thought it was going to be a bit too simple.
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It was just a doodle that I made, just a crazy concept that went a bit far xD
Not sure if you know about the tall Mario mushroom power up from Mario Maker, it's pretty similar, one from Nintendo itself:
i.ytimg.com/vi/HeQwsH0oyRw/hqd…
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LOL! Yes, I know of it. 
That is a very crazy concept.
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I bet when they reach that height, their voices drop and they sound as deep as Barry White.
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What if they keep the same tone of voice? Wouldn't that be a bit funnier? XD the smaller the Toad the deeper it gets
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Heh, this is pretty fun. (But Sticker Star and Color Splash are still cool games right?)
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Yet it won't be as memorable.
Gameplay wise Color splash is boring and repetitive.
It has a clever writing, but no memorable character design. Some yellow toad said this, some blue toad said that... it'll be hard to tell them apart or remember them just based on dialog.
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Glad to have you back.
Was getting a bit worried for you.
Nice comic, by the way.
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I'm still keeping it slow.
I haven'the been able to do an all-nighter, because I get dizzy for some reason when I sit in front of the computer for a long period.
So I'm making short progress, sleeping early, an changing some habits. I'll keep it like that trough this month (and maybe next one) until I feel completely healthy.
Then I'm going to observe what exactly makes me sick, in case it comes back, because I'm still not sure what started it in the first place. I'll have to scrap possibilities.
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Understood.
Take your time.
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Yeah, really sucks we went from a greatly varied cast of unique characters to recolord Toads.
And from really cool unique bosses to just the standard Mario enemies made bigger + Koopalings.
I really hope the new Mario game on Switch isn't just a series of boss fights against Bowser, Jr, Kamek, Koopalings, and maybe 2 giant mooks.
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Wait didn't people complain about Jr. replacing the Koopalings for being bland and unoriginal? Now their complaining about the Koopalings replacing original bosses. No offence to you, but Mario fans please, MAKE! UP! YOUR! MIND!
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I mean I was happy they decided to start using them again.
But I'd also like new bosses, and not just the same ones with different patterns.
Cause lately they exclusively use Bowser, Bowser Jr, Koopalings, Kamek, and any other bosses are either generic mooks made giant or a small set of bosses they use recurringly.
If there's no variety in whom we battle in the games, it just feels like a rehash of the previous one.
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I understand, but what about battling Eggman 100 times in Sonic the Hedgehog, don't see people batting an eye on that?
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True I guess I can exclude Bowser from that list, but the bosses they give us leading up to Bowser need more variety each game.
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Still what'd you think about the Koopalings being dropped out of Super Princess Peach in favor, of sexist versions of other Mario bosses.
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I can't really say as I never actually played it or have looked up much about it.
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Well here are the bosses from Super Princess Peach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20wquh… and the unused Koopaling sprites: www.spriters-resource.com/ds_d… in case your were wondering. Anyways you think Mario Sunshine would be a much better game if it had the Koopalings in it instead of Bowser Jr?
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They go to an entirely new island, and yet it's full of toads.
I love when they expand the universe with new races and everything, taking a break from the usual foes. It was a tradition of Mario RPG games, at least change the main enemy.
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He didn't thought everything before he bragged in front of everyone xD
I guessed everything on the school was made for small toads.
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So would you image a new Animated Mario show have more variety with the background Toads than Color Splash and Sticker Star?
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I just want some variety, a moustache would have been enough to tell one apart one character from another
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Nintendo does seem to notice this as one Toad in the game lampshades that he is a normal Toad with no unique characteristics. So who do you think Nintendo should team up with for a new Mario TV show?
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