[Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds]

Originally Posted by Metal Mario

They weren't called Toads then, though. The first appearance of a character called Toad was SMB 2.

No, they weren't (there, arguably, wasn't Toad back then). Point being, they used the same sprite, yet were all considered different persons. There weren't any different coloured Toads, or Mushroom People, back then. There wasn't a specific way to say, "THAT'S the REAL Toad!" as he would've been indistinguishable from the other known Mushroom People. See what I mean?

And after all that, the colours are on their hat and shirt. The "real" Toad might change what colour hat he wears sometimes. I mean, in the opening scene of NSMBW, there are two red Toads at the party (they fire the new items out of the cannon). Is one of those the "real" Toad, and one a filthy fraud? Were all his clothes in the wash, so he borrowed some of the "real" Toad's clothes for the party? XD

Finally, the ultimate reason they used the Toads, and gave them different colours:

• They would be at Peach's birthday party, as her loyal subjects
• They would want to SAVE her when she's kidnapped
• In a four player game, it can be hard enough to figure out which sprite is yours- they made each character a completely different colour so it would be easier to tell who you are on screen

Wario and Waluigi wouldn't make sense in the story they put in the game. What would they be doing at Peach's birthday party? They wouldn't be there. They simply wouldn't. And they certainly wouldn't give a crap about saving her from Bowser Jr, either.

Didn't have time to mention this earlier;

Which is why they called the game Mario Bros.

Well, SMB2 was Super Mario Bros. 2, and you can play as Mario, Luigi, Toad or Princess Toadstool. I wouldn't imagine they were "bros" to Mario, despite the name of the game.




But really. You're all upset that the yellow and blue Toads are "generic", or some other rubbish excuse. It's not like Mario or Luigi have any character or personality in the game. Putting in Sprite A instead of Sprite B isn't going to make a whole lot of difference to the gameplay at all (unless we're still talking colours, and I already explained why you need different coloured sprites in a multiplayer game like that). There's reasonable explanations why Nintendo chose Toads over other possibilities. You don't get anything different from playing as any particular character. So are you really all looking so hard for something to dislike? Do you all hate having fun, too?