We all do it Mario , Luigi , Peach , Toad , and Bowser , but thebest Mario gameshave expanded the stamp of eccentric to a immense roster of friends and foes . Very few get their own games , but many do get invited to a few game ofMario Partyor one of the manysports junket . Granted , even Mario ’s RPGs are light in terms of character building , but there are a few character who manage to stand out with just a few lines or even just ground on their designing . With over 30 years of games across console table generations , we have looked back through to review and rank the infrangible best Mario characters of all metre .
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10. Waluigi
There ’s a weird amount of sexual love for Waluigi out there despite him only ever appearing in the spinnoff games likeMario TennisandMario Party . This is the malign version of Luigi who … is majestic . That ’s about all the character he ’s been give , and yet something about this lanky piece has get on in the Mario fanbase . He certainly has an interesting design and the potency to be a nerveless character , but we have n’t seen it come to fruition yet .
9. Wario
Wario , meanwhile , has fully embraced his own personality as the avid , gross , and cruel variant of Mario . Originally a boss , Wario has engender his own lineage of games focused on collecting treasures and using his strength to bulldoze his way through levels . He ’s lovably stalwart and has managed to step out from Mario ’s shadow and into a pop fictional character all on his own .
8. Mario
Yes , we have to put Mario himself this far down the list of best Mario characters . He has the iconic flavour and phrases , but he ’s the vanilla extract frappe cream of the Mushroom Kingdom . He ’s just too pure to be all that interesting a character . He will always save the day with a grinning , which is inspiring but a act boring . Even in game with other characters , Mario is treated as the nonpayment . His stats are always perfectly balanced . He ’s reliable but very unremarkable .
7. Donkey Kong
We sleep together a groovy tarradiddle of a scoundrel turn poor boy . Sure , we never see the variety in Donkey Kong take place , but we ’re happy to have the bad copycat starring in his own adventures . Besides the fact that just adding a tie to a gorilla is an amazing design , DK arguably has created his own universe beyond Mario , with his own family of Kongs , villain , and worlds . We ’re waiting to see him get a raw 3D adventure , but his 2D games are some of thebest platformersever made .
6. Yoshi
Who does n’t lie with Yoshi ? Mario ’s dinosaur protagonist also start as a side character that grow to star in his own games . As a mount , Yoshi is undecomposed than any power - up you may get . He can eat enemies , give you an excess leap , sometimes fly or charge ardour , and gives you an supernumerary hit . But beyond all that , he ’s just adorable . Whether he ’s made of woolen or running through a storybook , Yoshi is pure joyfulness .
5. Birdo
The only thin letdown about Birdo is that their most defining trait is hidden in the manual . Birdo is considered to be the first trans character since she was describe as “ He think he is a girl and he spit egg from his mouth . He ’d rather be call ‘ Birdetta . ' ” That description is n’t as reformist and nuanced as we ’d like , especially since Nintendo has never corroborate Birdo to be trans , but is still a huge leap for mental representation from a company that usually shies away from these return .
4. Pauline
Before Peach , Mario was endeavor to salve Pauline from Donkey Kong . She vanished after that original arcade game until reappearing as the Mayor of New Donk City with a fresh new look and singing the dementedly tricky “ Jump Up , Super Star ! ” song during the culmination of the world . We decided to highlight Pauline over Peach since Peach , despite her newfangled game , still gets sidelined too often as just the damsel in hurt .
3. Rosalina
Of all the princesses , Rosalina is easily the best of the gang . For once , Nintendo allow for a princess to have a deep and interesting story as the adoptive female parent of the Lumas . Rosalina ’s Storybook narrate an abridged story of her living and sets up her motivating and part . Almost no Mario character before or since has gotten this level of care put into them , which is a shame .
2. Mallow
Geno almost made it on the inclination , but Mallow ’s character spark inSuper Mario RPGis just advantageously . Sure , Geno has the cooler design , but we learn about Mallow ’s life and past across the total game . This piffling swarm person starts off as a Sir Noel Pierce Coward who mean he ’s a tadpole only to grow his authority and learn he is actually the prince of a far - off land . deliberate Mario does n’t speak in this biz , Mallow could even be considered the chief character .
1. Luigi
He started off as just a color - swop of Mario , but now Luigi is his own homo . Starting withLuigi ’s Mansion , Mario ’s green chum has gotten endlessly more development than Mario . He ’s dreaded and a little ungainly , but is willing to accept that fear when it falls upon him to save the daytime . In the RPGs , Luigi is pack with personality , whether it be through reading his journal or his animations . He ’s the wise hombre to Mario ’s true man but is also able to channel an entire dealership on his own .
