@Seandwalsh I’ll be honest, your depth of knowledge on the Mario franchise exceeds mine by a pretty wide margin. I had no idea about Skeletone formula D, for example (never played Bowser Jr’s journey.) nor did I get the appendix metaphor. Makes a lot more sense in retrospect.
Have you written up anything on the complete timeline? Or know where that is online? I’d be very curious to see it.
@Fizza Funny you mention NSMB, I was originally gonna have a 4th bullet where I talked about about how Bowser’s death must have died in a more permanent way than is normal. I agree that he cannot “die” by being thrown in lava, or by falling great heights.
Bowsers Inside Story proved he has some adrenaline-on-steroids superpower that allows him to survive severe physical trauma (such as being crushed by thousands of tons at once) and I’d speculate he’s able to survive great falls for similar reasons. How his skeleton is able to survive on its own is something else entirely, maybe his adrenaline system somehow persists through his bones? Idk. Likely the same system that allows Dry Bones to exist. But I’ve never seen a koopa go Godzilla mode after getting stomped by Mario so there’s some inconsistency there.
Anyway, onto my point-
We know Bowser must have been reanimated from bones at least once before Luigi’s Mansion because he falls in lava at the end of the original Mario Bros.
So Clairvoya acting so bewildered to see Bowser still alive even with that precedent set means that he must have died in some way which prohibits his natural defenses. Perhaps he was wished out of existence? Lots of Stars in particular throughout the series that could do that.
I personally don’t find the various party/kart/smash bros games as canon because then you start having characters co-existing who really never could according to the rules of the world. Baby Rosalina for example. I brought up dry bowser and bowser in the original post but someone in the comments raised how apparently dry bowser is referred to as “close family” in a Mario party game by…bowser….so idk man Lol that’s just a weird situation.
Your point about E Gadd meeting Luigi for the first time, however, is spot on. I genuinely forgot he had to introduce himself to Luigi in that game. I do consider the M&L games as canon, so you pretty much got me there. He doesn’t have to introduce himself again to Luigi in those games, and bowser is very much not dead in those so they must take place after Luigi’s mansion.
@bunkerneath seeing your pfp reminded me of bug fables for the first time in forever haha. What a great game.
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Re: Random: Fan's Mario Timeline Theory Puts Luigi's Mansion As Final Instalment
@Seandwalsh I’ll be honest, your depth of knowledge on the Mario franchise exceeds mine by a pretty wide margin. I had no idea about Skeletone formula D, for example (never played Bowser Jr’s journey.) nor did I get the appendix metaphor. Makes a lot more sense in retrospect.
Have you written up anything on the complete timeline? Or know where that is online? I’d be very curious to see it.
Re: Random: Fan's Mario Timeline Theory Puts Luigi's Mansion As Final Instalment
@Fizza LMAO nah ur good it was a fun retort to read
Re: Random: Fan's Mario Timeline Theory Puts Luigi's Mansion As Final Instalment
@Fizza
Funny you mention NSMB, I was originally gonna have a 4th bullet where I talked about about how Bowser’s death must have died in a more permanent way than is normal. I agree that he cannot “die” by being thrown in lava, or by falling great heights.
Bowsers Inside Story proved he has some adrenaline-on-steroids superpower that allows him to survive severe physical trauma (such as being crushed by thousands of tons at once) and I’d speculate he’s able to survive great falls for similar reasons. How his skeleton is able to survive on its own is something else entirely, maybe his adrenaline system somehow persists through his bones? Idk. Likely the same system that allows Dry Bones to exist. But I’ve never seen a koopa go Godzilla mode after getting stomped by Mario so there’s some inconsistency there.
Anyway, onto my point-
We know Bowser must have been reanimated from bones at least once before Luigi’s Mansion because he falls in lava at the end of the original Mario Bros.
https://youtu.be/ZpTMN15OZwQ
So Clairvoya acting so bewildered to see Bowser still alive even with that precedent set means that he must have died in some way which prohibits his natural defenses. Perhaps he was wished out of existence? Lots of Stars in particular throughout the series that could do that.
I personally don’t find the various party/kart/smash bros games as canon because then you start having characters co-existing who really never could according to the rules of the world. Baby Rosalina for example. I brought up dry bowser and bowser in the original post but someone in the comments raised how apparently dry bowser is referred to as “close family” in a Mario party game by…bowser….so idk man Lol that’s just a weird situation.
Your point about E Gadd meeting Luigi for the first time, however, is spot on. I genuinely forgot he had to introduce himself to Luigi in that game. I do consider the M&L games as canon, so you pretty much got me there. He doesn’t have to introduce himself again to Luigi in those games, and bowser is very much not dead in those so they must take place after Luigi’s mansion.
@bunkerneath seeing your pfp reminded me of bug fables for the first time in forever haha. What a great game.