#mario hypothesis

So there a hypothesis that claims Peach and Luigi are Rosalina's parents. This is a hypothesis that has plagued the Mario community for a long time in which many people believe it.

So I'm going to be address this "theory," and show why it holds absolutely no water. As well address some of the other things people believe because of this "theory." Before I begin, it is possible Peach and Rosalina are related which I have addressed in a previous post. But this doesn't mean that this "theory" in particular has any accuracy just because they could be related.

So the original creator of this "theory" claims that Rosalina's mother is Peach using specifically her hair and earring. But this ignores her hair matches up more with Rosalina's than Peach's. But something to also note that will be relevant for later is Rosalina was originally going to be related to Peach, thus some design similarities still remain. But this primarily overlooks the fact if the intention was for us to think Rosalina's mother was Peach, they would have given Peach her iconic pink dress. That they wouldn't have simply used earrings of all things to imply this.

The original creator of this "theory" also brings up Rosalina's storybook potentially implying she is from the Mushroom Kingdom. Which while possible since she is a Princess and from the Mushroom Planet. This doesn't mean she is Peach's daughter, and could be related to the Grasslands King. Or as mentioned in the previous post an ancestor of Peach.

They go on to try to force how genetics work in the logic of the real world real world into the Mario World. As I have stated many times before, you can't force real world logic into worlds like Mario's. This is because their world's rules doesn't abide by our world's logic. Overall this point is completely moot.

A side note is they claim Peach is ambidextrous, and uses footage from Mario Golf to show she is. But many have pointed out in the Mario Golf games you can change the handedness. By extension Peach always use her right hand in official art. Anyways back to topic.

The original creator of this "theory" misunderstands the fact that everyone was place on the Mushroom Planet at the end, and this was not related to the universe reset. They go on to claim the Mario timeline is like the Zelda timeline. Which is just straight up wrong since that is not how the Mario timeline works. Also, the fact there is only one Mario.

They claim the extra lives are the result of the universe reset. But this is just blatantly wrong as it has been well established extra lives are literal in the Mario World, and you go to the Underwhere when you run out.

They also claim this is why Mario and Bowser go karting together, aka that it's because of the universe resets changing things. Aside from expecting the universe reset to be the explanation for things that cannot be confirmed. It also ignores how Bowser acts in kart racing events, and Mario's kindness. Which kinda makes sense given the other hypothesis made by this person. Anyways…….

They claim this explains the on and off again appearance of the Koopalings. But this ignores this was never a thing with even Super Mario Sunshine Iggy Koopa makes a cameo.

They also claim this explains why Geno and Mallow don't show up. But it doesn't because there is nothing that claims the resets erase a character's existence. It of course ignores the real life reason why they don't show up. But as for where they are in-universe. Geno had returned to Star Road, and Mallow is somewhere off screen.

They claim Rosalina is from another cycle of the Galaxy, but that doesn't work at all. This is because again, the different versions of the characters aren't created like we see in the Zelda game by these resets. It's always the same characters. Also, Rosalina would be affected by the resets as well as she is not a goddess, and the stars have power over her.

They try to use the fact you can play Luigi after you unlock him, and encounter another Luigi who makes a joke about there being more than one Luigi. They try to claim this is a Luigi from another cycle, while ignoring the fact that the Luigi missions are not canon, and the obvious joke here. Also, Luigi is affected by the universe resets and another Luigi cannot be created by these resets. Just as there is only one Mario, there is only one Luigi.

They try to claim time Rosalina appears to have not aged because she travels around at light speed. This again tries to force real world logic onto the Mario World. Rosalina herself is simply very old, and has visited the Mushroom Planet every 100 years. The reason she hasn't aged is likely due to her constant exposure to Star Magic. While not 100%, it's the only explanation why she hasn't aged.

They claim Rosalina refers to Peach as Mario's special one not because she doesn't know her name, but because she doesn't want to call her mom by her name. But this ignores the fact she does this for other characters she doesn't know the name of such as Bowser. This is something many characters do in-universe when they don't know the name of a character such as Bowser's or Peach. So Rosalina would call Peach Mario's special one as she doesn't know her name. Also, if she was Peach's daughter wouldn't she idk recognize her mom, or even her father, and uncle in this scenario. She obviously doesn't because Peach is not her mother, Luigi is not her father, and Mario is not her uncle.

Now for the Luigi part of all this. They claim that the French version of Rosalina's storybook mentions her dad has a moustache. Which literally would prove nothing since so many characters including the SMB3 Kings have moustaches. But even outside of that the French version means nothing, and what matters far more is the original Japanese version. This is because localizers will add things in at times that are even in the original version. A prime example of this is the Mushroom King.

They bring up the fact that Rosalina's brother appears to wear a green hat in her storybook, as a means to claim she is Luigi's daughter. But ignores the fact and she appears to wear a red hat as well. But it also ignores how many characters in the Mario world will often have a red and green color scheme to twin, especially siblings. This includes hats as well. Examples include the likes of The Iron Adonis Twins, Red and Green, the Jellyfish Sisters, and the Starshade Bros.

They also claim Rosalina's telescope is Luigi's, which he inherited from the mansion from Luigi's Mansion. But this ignores this telescope is not Luigi's, as it disappeared at the end of the game with the mansion the Boos created.

They also try to claim the apparent lack of affection Peach has for Mario. In spite of the fact Mario and Peach are heavily implied to be a couple, as well as the fact that Peach in games like Paper Mario 64 definitely likes Mario By extension it ignores how Luigi and Daisy are heavily implied to be a couple.

In the end of all this, Peach and Luigi are not Rosalina's parents and this "theory" holds no water. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

So in the Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games well games there is a little detail that people find off and that is the size of the characters. So in my Mario Lore Blog I've talked about the heights of the Mario characters. You also may remember a few posts ago I talked about the canon heights for the Sonic Characters as well.

So the heights in the Olympic games don't make much sense like Sonic being as tall as Super Mario or Eggman being taller than Bowser. However, a possible explanation for this everyone had eaten a Super Mushroom and that is why Eggman is taller than Bowser. However, this wouldn't explain why Mario is Small Mario in pixel form and not Super Mario.

So there is the main answer that these are different versions of main versions of these characters from their respective franchises. This is something Mario is no stranger too having established separate continuities to be a thing. However, this may conflict with Miyamoto's claim(at this point the Rabbids Games didn't exist yet), that it's always the same Mario in the games.

So let's say they are the same versions of said characters. Due to Tokyo 64 being weird and simply making the characters retro looking with no real consistency, it is possible Mario's Pixel form in this is just simply not accurate because of the machine. We also, know the Olympic games state Sonic and Mario come from their own respective worlds for this, and that both Mario and Sonic characters don't inhabit this Earth. This makes sense because Mario has had a history of visiting a version of Earth. This Earth's time could also been running at a completely different time than Mario and Sonic's worlds times. Written by Eris

A little fact people often forget is Bowser has the ability to wield Magic and has done so on many separate occasions.

The prime and most well known example is in Super Mario Bros. when turns all the Toads into Bricks and Horsetail plants.

In Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World he uses his magic to trap Yoshi and his friends in eggs. "Mario and co. saved their friend who was trapped in an egg by Koopa's magic." "Until once again the great Demon King Koopa appears, his magic is cast on the Island's dinosaurs." From Japanese Mario World is VERY Different - Region Break He also used his magic to brainwash the Reznors.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars Bowser gets several special moves that he can uses on his opponents. Poison Gas and Crusher are 2 of these spells.

In Super Mario 64 in Bowser's fights we will teleport around at times.

In the Yoshi Story a Baby Bowser cursed Yoshi's Island and turns it into a storybook.

In Super Mario Galaxy Bowser is spitting out meteorites and using dark matter.

In Super Mario 3D Land Bowser can literally run on air.

In the Mario Party games Bowser can either summon his minions to himself or teleport players to him. He is also able to use a wand to transform someone.

He can also use his magic to create castles and towers.

Since the Mini Koopas are clones of him, he probably can duplicate himself.

Also, not only can he become Dry Bowser but he can more easily use blue flames which characters like King Boo can use.

Finally I'd note that in games like Super Mario 64 it mentions Bowser is using the magic from the Power Stars to do what he is doing. And in games like Mario Party 9 and Super Mario Galaxy he has either a Grand Star or Mini Stars in his possession. I think that Bowser has magic default but can get access to more potent magic if he has a star or a wand in his possession.

There is a hypothesis that has been floating around for awhile that claims Professor E. Gadd is secretly evil, and creates problems for him to fix which he profits off of. This hypothesis has a few variants, and I am going to debunk the claims used to support this "theory."

So the first and primary claim is E. Gadd gave Bowser Jr. the paintbrush, while knowing who Bowser is already. All while the F.L.U.D.D. was conventionally left on the runway of the Airstrip of Isle Delfino. Now the reason E. Gadd gave Junior the paint brush have a few possibly explanations that boil down to E. Gadd being tricked, or to E. Gadd giving Junior whose was wanting to be a hero the paint brush. If you want an more in-depth explanation on this check out my post on Why E. Gadd Gave Bowser Jr. The Paint Brush.

As for the F.L.U.D.D., it was purchased by a Pianta on found on the airstrip who gives it to Mario so he will clean up the airstrip. It is also implied by the dialogue of the Pianta that they saw Shadow Mario make the mess, and blames Mario for it. "Take that water pump and clean the airstrip, you… you!"...........

The next piece of "evidence" is E. Gadd created the vacuum in the Vacuum Orb, which is only used by villainous characters such as Wario and Waluigi. This primarily ignores the vacuum was created to be used in a Mario Party event, which was setup by Mario and co, as a recreational event. But also, Waluigi only real makes mischief during these events and isn't evil. Outside of these events he only trains and secret not doing anything else, with his only one real evil act being him trying to steal the Music Keys and cause chaos. Wario himself only real causes mischief during these events as well as a rival to Mario, and had given up on being evil a long time ago.

The next piece of "evidence" for E. Gadd being evil is he created the Magic Wand in the magic orb, which is only used by the undead enemies aka Boo and Dry Bones. On outside of the fact that again this a recreational event, this also assumes Dry Bones and Boo in this event are minions of Bowser, and ignores the existence of friendly Boos and Dry Bones. With some hindsight, we now know that the first ever Mario Party event where Bowser's Minions partook in as attendees, and not as organizers or enemies was Super Mario Party. Meaning the Dry Bones and Boo in Mario Party 7 are not aligned with Bowser at all. Note this also, means the Boo is not aligned with King Boo either.

The next one is that E. Gadd sent Peach back in time alone in unsafe technology. Which is wrong as Peach went back in time with Toadiko and Toadbert, on top of the fact she was the one who actively wanted to do this. Which she took off into the past super fast as she was overjoyed to do so. "So overjoyed, in fact, that she promptly set off on a voyage to the Mushroom Kingdom's past!"........ Second E. Gadd straight up said that Peach should be fine, and the only person who was worrying was the worrywart Toadsworth. "Why, there's a 99.999999999% chance the princess will return!"........ This also overlooks the fact while Peach is often kidnapped, she isn't weak and has already been on a few adventures.

The next part of this theory claims E. Gadd didn't help anyone at all and didn't have any clue on how to beat the Shroobs. This ignores the fact he did help the Bros. with inventions such as Stufful and the Hydrogush 4000, which he uses or gives the Bros. On top of once they found the cure for the Shroobified, he used to Hydrogush 4000 to unshroobify everyone. The cure being baby tears which he would have any reason to think that could be a potential way of beating back an alien species.

The next claim is that E. Gadd at the end of the game lead the Bros. to a possessed Bowser who was ready to kill the Bros., imply E. Gadd was luring the Bros. into a trap. But this ignores the fact he was showing the Bros. a passed out Bowser who got possessed by the Elder Princess Shroob after the small Mushroom she back jumped out and force feed the passed out Bowser.

The next claim is E. Gadd suspiciously accidentally sold the King Boo painting. But E. Gadd actually intentionally sold the painting as he states in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, and question his own action thinking it was a bad idea to do so. In other words, E, Gadd didn't do anything malicious but made a mistake.

The next claim is the portrait ghosts were innocent and Luigi attacked and captured them for no good reason because E. Gadd told him to. This ignores the fact many of the portrait ghosts do attack or can harm Luigi. On top of the fact they hold the keys to the next room, which Luigi needs to get to progress and save his brother. On top of the fact the Boos overall are using said ghosts to prevent Luigi's progression.

The next claim is that E. Gadd didn't stop Mario aka someone he knows form going into the mansion. But this ignores the fact E. Gadd in game implies he has been in Boo Woods for a long time, and doesn't know the Bros. as he doesn't recognize Mario. Nor would he have had time to stop Mario.

The next claim that we don't know if how all the ghosts got free, with the only way for them to get free being the Ghost Portrificationizer. That E. Gadd set them free to cause problems he would solve. This ignores the fact that the likes of King Boo have the ability to trap others in paintings and set them free. Or the fact the Boos could have set said ghosts free by using the Ghost Portrificationizer.

The final claim is that E. Gadd once he creates a problem he profits by selling the solutions. Even though this ignores the fact he often gives out his inventions to say Mario and Luigi, or gives them out for usage in events with no charge. Whether it be Stufful, the Poltergusts, the orb inventions, the Gaddgets, the Hydrogush 4000, etc. This also ignores the fact E. Gadd doesn't care for money or want to take Luigi's, and when he himself needs it for research he sells things like coffee. He only in certain instances sells some of his inventions to the wider public such a the F.L.U.D.D. and the Paint Brushes.

So no, Professor Elvin Gadd is not evil. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

So in a previous post I had brought up the fact that Mario's bubble ability seems to be an ability he has had consistently since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Now this ability is actually fueled by The Power Of The Stars. This is revealed on page 9 of the Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island manual. "If you get hit by an enemy and take damage, Baby Mario will fall off of Yoshi's back. When this happens, the power of the stars will protect Baby Mario for a short while."........ This means the little Stars jumping around in these games are connected to the Power Stars in some way.

Overall Mario's bubble ability protects and prevents him from loosing an extra life, but only really works if he has an ally to pop the bubble for him.

Given this ability is connected to the Power Of The Stars which comes from Power Stars, it may explain why in Super Mario Bros. Wonder the Mario and friends become ghosts instead of bubbling. The Flower Kingdom doesn't seem to have Power Star present unlike on Yoshi's Island, in the Mushroom Kingdom, or in the Sprixie Kingdom.

But yeah, Mario's Bubble ability is connected to the Power of the Stars. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

Anyone reading should not use the information here to harass either MatPat, or the The Game Theorists channel. This is also not an attack on MatPat but a critique of the it's just a theory defense.

So a very common thing to happen when someone it criticizing any video produced out by Game Theory, is for someone to come out and say, "it's just a theory." In addition people go on to say since it is a theory you shouldn't take it seriously, and that MatPat doesn't even take his theories seriously. This tagline for The Game Theorists has become a thought-terminating cliché, it is only meant to be a shield to protect any of their "theories" from criticism.

First off demeaning to the concept of fan "theories", theorists, and "theory" crafting as a whole. This makes it where people don't take anyone who has passion for a piece of media, and makes "theories about said media seriously. On the other side it is used to take one of Game Theory's "theories" seriously either by fans or MatPat himself, and to reject any criticism by using the "it's just a theory" defense.

That being said, MatPat takes his videos very seriously, and has been shown to often get rather upset over people not taking his theories seriously. First off some people try to say the likes of his Mario Is Mental videos were not meant to be taken seriously. But MatPat has referenced and used the video to prop up his other "theories", and even had his trainees continue to treat said "theory" as fact. This continued up until before he retired.

But a major example of him taking his "theories" seriously, and him wanting even the likes of his Mario Is Mental "theory" to be correct can be found at the beginning of his video Game Theory: Super Mario…BETRAYED! In this video he claims he was right about Mario punching Yoshi, and used a quote that was taken out of context. I made a post about why Mario does not punch Yoshi, but I will share the part MatPat left out. "however, it seemed like people would say ‘Poor Yoshi,’ so that’s why it became that Mario is saying ‘Go.'"……. This alongside the lack of a bop sound and official art is why MatPat is blatantly false here. He'd rather knowingly spread misinformation to support a story he wants people to believe is true.

We also can see this trend with other videos he made, often referencing them in his other "theories", using them to prop up other "theories", and continuing to treat them as valid totally not long debunked "theory" up until he retired. Evidence for all this can be found in the video below.

Overall he does take his "theories" seriously, and has an active want to be right about what he says. Heck he even once said about Game Theory, that it's "show gets it right 60% of the time."……… You also have the video Game Theory: Why You HATE My Theories (FNAF), where he shown to actively be bothered by people who don't take his theories seriously. On top of having a problem with critics and the claim of him ignoring evidence to craft a narrative, often projecting onto his critics. I actually cover this whole thing in my A Problem With Theorizing post.

Now one final thing to bring up is while MatPat does take what he does seriously, he also knows he is cherry picking. Why do I say this? Well he basically straight up admitted it. While he gets mad at people saying he ignores key details to forward his own narrative. But he has straight up said he brushes aside information that contradicts what it is he is trying to prove, in order to direct his viewer's focus to the overall story he is trying to tell. With Mario Is Mental as his prime example, all while training others to follow in his methodology. If you want that evidence plus the full context, see the video on my post Why I Don't Like Game Theory. That is also where that one random clip in the following video comes from.

All this make the "it's just a theory defense no different than the "it's just a joke" or "it's just satire" defense the likes of CinemaSins tries use to defend their movie critiques. Heck it's been shown to be their actual beliefs about film, with Jeremy having even admitted CinemaSins was created to critique Hollywood.

With all that being said I would like to remind people I don't hate MatPat, and this information should not be used to attack The Game Theorists. I merely wanted to address this defense that is used to shield the likes of Game Theory's "theories from criticism. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

So there is a problem many people have when it comes to speculation, lore hunting, and timeline crafting I've come to notice in the Mario community, and it's something I've recently been having to deal with. So something I've noticed is people who have talked about the Donkey Kongs have tried to apply real world Gorilla lifespans and maturity to the Kongs. After doing this they apply it to the lore and or the Mario timeline. They will do things like place all the Party and Kart games at the end of the timeline. Others claim Donkey Kong Junior is was retconned out of existence, or Donkey Kong the Third is actual DK Jr. and Cranky's son instead of grandson. The application of real world gorilla lifespans and maturity is mostly thanks to a certain Mario "timeline"/theory. Why does this not work?

First off they are going against the established lore about the 3 DKs, and how Kongs age rapidly. On a side note I've actually made a few posts about the DKs and Kong aging so if you want to know more look for those. Back on track why does this not work? Well before we get to the main point I wanted to mention another previous post of mine to put things into perspective.

In this post I talked about a hypothesis I had come up with in the past, which was that Piranha Plants aren't actually plants but reptiles. From there I talked about why my hypothesis was wrong. I used information obtained from manuals, descriptions, and in game dialogue establishing they are indeed plants.

So what was my mistake? I tried to apply real world logic to this fictional world. Now while some real world logic is a basis for this world such as needing to eat food and breath air to stay alive. This world also runs by it's own rules. So if in the world plants can have skeletons, tongues, have scales, and can hatch from eggs then they can.

The Mario world is basically a high fantasy world, and trying to force real world logic into it does work when it has it's own set of rules the world runs by. Keep in mind this is a world with man eating plants, alongside sentient talking trees and sunflowers, hexapod dragons, still living non-avian dinosaurs, reanimated skeletons, turtles that can remove their shells, straight up magic, clouds you can physically ride on, the ability to enter dreams, zippers on terrain you can unzip, etc. etc. etc. So in the end it doesn't make sense at all to try to force real world gorilla aging to fictional sapient gorillas who have their own language in a high fantasy setting.

Keep in mind this post is only addressing a problem. This by no means lore hunting and speculation is wrong. That should be self evident by the existence of this blog. Written by Eris the Lorekeeper

Many people believe the Star Children have some type of inherent magical powers, or specialness over all other characters because of the Star they have in them. But I don't think this is the case.

So as far as I have seen nothing really states the Star Children are at all special. The game does let us know the Stars just some stars hid inside the Star Children. They did this to hid from Bowser who chased them into the time they were in. The Stars could very likely have left after the threat of Bowser had passed. Heck they could even left after the babies grew up given there is a heavy focus on the stars being in the hearts of specifically babies.

There is only one line that could imply some specialness to the Star Children, but this line could very easily be referring to the stars themself and not the Star Children. Whether saying the stars posses extraordinary power, or the Star Children posses extraordinary power inside of them aka the stars. "No doubt about it, sir. The babies are called star children, and they each possess extraordinary amount of power..."....... Throughout the whole conversation Bowser and Kamek have, they make it clear they want the stars which themselves are powerful enough to take over the universe. The babies just so happen to have them.

I think it is them not having any special powers themselves is the case. This is because I think this is because I don't think this fits well with what Mario is meant to be. Aka Mario is meant to be the perpetual underdog facing impossible odds. If he was some kind of super special one, with extraordinaire powers that would completely defeat the whole point of his character. It is basically how the hero of Super Mario Bros. was not a knight or powerful hero. It was 2 working class twins who were the heroes. The ones who overcame the Great Demon King Kuppa were plumbers.

But let's say the stars never left the Star Children. Nothing says the power of these stars give the Star Children special powers, at most they are just hiding inside of them. In other words it's never stated the power of the stars resting in their hearts can be used by the ones they are in. Written By Eris the Lorekeeper