Most Overrated Mario Characters

The Top Ten

Luigi

Luigi is a major character in video games and related media produced by Nintendo. He was originally introduced as a green-colored palette swap of Mario and is portrayed as Mario's younger, taller fraternal twin brother.
Created by legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi appears in many... read more

I like Luigi, but I think he's overrated because his fanbase always insists on putting Luigi as a poor victim of the "bad Mario". In short, His fanbase hate Mario without any concrete reason. They hate Mario because think that "he always gets the glory and mistreats Luigi". what? Mario doesn't have any guilt of having more protagonist than Luigi and be the "famous brother". He's always the center of attention because was created for this ro le in the games, and not because he despises his brother. There is no proof that Mario ever mistreated or abused Luigi in his life. They are brothers, not enemies, for god sake. This overrated victimization that fans created around Luigi is boring.
Yoshi

Yoshi, once romanized as Yossy, is a fictional anthropomorphic dinosaur featured in video games published by Nintendo. He often appears as a sidekick and helper to Mario, playing key roles in many of Nintendo's most popular titles. Yoshi is especially well known for his appearances in the Yoshi's Island... read more

How is he NOT number one?! He is always number one on everything! I mean everything. He is always the "best Mario character" Excuse me, but have you ever thought that the real reason why the Mario series is famous is because of Mario? Not Yoshi? He is cool but cute does not determine how good a character is.
My main problem with Yoshi is that EVERYONE likes him. There is no one I know who hates Yoshi. There are people who hate Rosalina, Toad, Luigi and even Mario! But no one hates Yoshi. I don't know about you, but that is pure overrated.

Luigi might be overrated, but at least he had personality. But this guy is just a character who is a power up! He's even more bland than Mario. Please keep voting, Luigi is not worthy of #1, Yoshi should be. He gets no hate at all. At least Luigi has been hated by people. Luigi should be in the top five( along with Toad, Waluigi, and Toadette) but recently, his fans have toned down. So please put Yoshi first.
Mario

Mario, originally named Jumpman, is the main character of the Super Mario Bros. franchise and was created by Nintendo of Japan's game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Mario appears in nearly every game in the series, including many spin-off titles, with a few exceptions such as New Super Luigi U, the Luigi's... read more

As a character, this guy is overrated. His design is bland, his voice is grating, and his catchphrases in broken English are stupid and annoying. He has no personality, making him a very uninteresting main character in his story-based games. Even if you want a "blank slate" for players to project themselves onto, you have to put in more effort than this.
If he didn't happen to star in many high-quality games, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone willing to admit they like him.

Mario does not deserve half of the credit he gets. Luigi is the one who saves him most of the time. Give Luigi some credit - he deserves it. Stop giving credit to that red Italian plumber.
Waluigi

Waluigi is a tall, self-centered, and rough-around-the-edges character who is often portrayed as Luigi's rival. He frequently causes chaos in various Mario spinoff games, usually paired with Wario. While he acts antagonistically, Waluigi is not truly evil and often shows loyalty and affection, especially... read more

Waluigi is nothing special honestly. His character and purpose is bland and there is nothing significant about him really. His appearances are only relegated to spin-offs. Then again, Nintendo doesn't really acknowledge Waluigi too much.
Also, why do people want him in Smash Bros.? I don't see anything unique about him. A tennis racket? Seems like something anyone would use and it isn't even exclusive to him since every main Mario character uses one. And besides, we have more than enough Mario characters in Smash at this point. And his fanbase is something I myself don't understand, other than the fact that it's the sole reason why Waluigi is popular these days anyway.
Rosalina

Rosalina, known as Rosetta in Japan, is a major character in the Mario franchise created by Nintendo. She first appeared in the 2007 game Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii and later returned in its sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2, in 2010. Since then, she has been featured in many main-series Mario... read more

People keep saying that Rosalina has not been in enough games to be considered overrated. Daisy, yes has been in more games than Rosalina but, Rosalina has been in more major games than Daisy. Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart with Baby Rosalina, and SUPER Mario 3D WORLD. Daisy is in Mario Kart with Baby Daisy but she isn't in Smash Bros. 3D World was fine with 4 characters until Nintendo included fan service. Rosalina's appearances are just that. Fan service. People also say Peach needs to be taken out of Mario spin-off titles. Princess Peach has been and still is a staple character in the franchise while Rosalina is a relatively recent character. Finally there's reason Nintendo won't let Rosalina kidnapped. She doesn't need to be. Where Peach was created for the sole purpose of being damsel-in-distress, Rosalina was created to help guide Mario in Galaxy and Galaxy 2 and nothing else. She would have stopped there if it weren't for her fanbase. And the fanbase is what makes Rosalina overrated.
Daisy

Princess Daisy is a fictional character in the Mario series of video games, in which she is the princess of the fictional region of Sarasaland. She first appeared in the 1989 game Super Mario Land. Daisy has since become a recurring character in various Mario spin-off games, particularly in sports and... read more

I think her fans need to calm down. They are giving Rosalina unneeded and excessive hate for no reason. Daisy has been in tons of games. Rosalina has only been in like,15 games or less! Don't get me wrong, I do like Daisy, but I also like Rosalina. You fans need to except the fact that people like her! Can you please stop spreading hate and lies about her?! She's cool and sweet and she has a backstory. The other characters don't and we find her interesting because of it! She is also strong and can defend herself. To me, it seems like she would actually get along well with Daisy. Rosalina isn't the awful one, peach is! She's weak and stupid, and she's a Barbie doll clone!
Toadette

Toadette is a character in the Mario series. She is a female Toad who first appeared in the Nintendo GameCube game Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in 2003. Since then, she has appeared in multiple Mario titles, often as a playable character.

People dare complain about Rosalina being in everything but Toadette gets a pass. Logic, my friends.

That's just me or Toadette is starting to be more overrated recently?

Toadette is a great character, but she's just a toad. Just a toad.
Toad

Toad, known in Japan as Kinopio, is a major character in the Mario Bros. franchise. He assists Princess Peach in the Mushroom Kingdom and first appeared in Super Mario Bros. (1985). Toad is a recurring character in many Mario games, including New Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad... read more

How is Toad not in the top three? Some Yoshi fans are criticized for liking the dinosaur solely because he's cute. At least Yoshi actually does heroic things. Some Toad fans like the characters solely for his cuteness, but Toad is practically useless.

I found out that Plessie will be the mount in SM3DW. That means, Yoshi'll may have a chance to be a playable character, but no. Yoshi's completely excluded, just to give a stupid Yoshi ripoff more spotlight. I wanted to play as Yoshi in a mainstream game which is not for a small handheld, but no. And why is Toad in all these mainstream games playable? Give Yoshi some more love!
Dry Bowser

Dry Bowser is the skeletal version of Bowser, the main antagonist of the Mario franchise. He first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS, after Bowser was dropped into lava and re-emerged as a skeleton.
Since then, Dry Bowser has appeared in titles like Super Mario 3D Land, the... read more

He is so overrated that lots of people think he is better than Bowser himself. His fans are the same people that hate all the other clone characters for being lazy filler yet give him a pass because he "looks cool".

He is definitely overrated, he's a clone character and he doesn't deserve to be a separate character just because he looks cool.

Why do people say he's better than Bowser when Bowser and this guy is one in the same?
Fawful

Fawful, known in Japan as Gerakobits, is a fictional character from the Mario and Luigi series of role-playing video games developed by AlphaDream. He first appeared in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga in 2003. Known for his eccentric speech and memorable quotes, he became a recurring villain in the series... read more

You are not liking Fawful? I have chortles! I gather the tears of the hating fink-rats who are of the hating of Fawful and use the tears that have fury as the water with which I make my lemonade of tastiness!

A villain that appeared in 3 games, has cool lines and charisma but nothing that hilarious, kidnapped the princess like most of the other villains. His character is average I just don't see the appeal.

He's in m&L superstar saga and Bowsers inside story. He's pretty lame, but people think he's 'funny' because he makes no f-ING sense. And a preschooler talks better than he ever does.

The Newcomers

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Dry Bones

Dry Bones is a recurring enemy species in the Super Mario series of video games, first appearing in Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988). He made his debut as a playable character in Mario Superstar Baseball (2005).
Since then, Dry Bones has become a fan favorite and appeared as a playable character in... read more

Dry Bones is overrated. I still like him but so many people praise him like crazy yet trash on Koopa Troopa for no reason.

So people hate Dry Bowser for being a clone but love Dry Bones though he is a Koopa Troopa clone? What is with people!?

Calm down people, he is a troop enemy, nothing too serious, he is above average but not perfect.
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Dimentio

Dimentio is a sinister, jester-like magician and the main antagonist of the 2007 Nintendo Wii game Super Paper Mario. He is known for his deceptive nature and reality-bending powers.
One of his key abilities is the creation of Dimension D, a realm he controls. He manipulates events throughout... read more

I think Dimentio is cool but he is really overrated. People will not stop talking about him especially in Mario Villains videos. There is a Paper Mario Villains Evil to Most Evil video by 1up Binge and they put Dimentio as the silver medal of most evil and you can see everyone in the comment section complaining about him not being number one.

He deserves the praise. While Count Bleck is better, Dimentio is one scary and smart guy

The Contenders

Funky Kong

Funky Kong is a character from the SNES game Donkey Kong Country, where he runs Funky's Flights, providing transportation between game levels. He is best known for his appearance in Mario Kart Wii, where he became a fan favorite due to his high-performance stats. In the game, he has a +4 speed and +3... read more

But he's so fantastic. He's funny, clever, kind, and a all-around great character. I just wish he was playable. Maybe as MK8 DLC? We already have enough versions or Mario and Peach, Nintendo. Give us something better. We didn't need Baby versions, or Metal versions, heck, the power-ups like tanooki Mario and cat peach sucked. Nintendo, in pack three of MK8 DLC, give of characters that are from other games, like Pikachu, Pokemon, or Ganondorf. If you don't, give us Funky Kong, King Boo, Dry Bones, candy kong, Petey Piranha, honey queen, Diddy/Dixie Kong, Kamek, tiny kong, something we want! Not just clones of Mario and Peach! We don't want Green Bronze Luigi, either!
Bowser Jr

There is no aspect of him that is original. Not only does he look like a knock-off of Baby Bowser, he's done the Koopa Clown Car concept to death all on his own. Sure, he can breathe fire, but then again, the Koopalings could do that and better. He can operate machinery? Not that impressive when this is in the same world where an armless chestnut can swing a baseball bat. On top of that, he's a bigger brat than Wendy and more cowardly than Luigi or any of the Toads. The fact that he's Bowser's second-in-command by nepotism alone and that he's Miyamoto's "Creator's Pet" doesn't help.

Nintendo never puts any villains besides Bowser Jr and his idiot dad in the important Mario series. They should go for variety, like add Lemmy, Iggy, Ludwig, and the rest of the Koopalings instead of Bowser Jr and his mean dad. He's the reason why Peach appears on more games than Daisy and Rosalina. He let others like Honey Queen, Daisy, Rosalina, Funky Kong, Diddy Kong, and the Koopalings bit the dust. What a turd! He should be forbidden for the next Mario games.
Metal Mario

Metal Mario is a character that appears in both the Mario series and the Super Smash Bros. series. He first appeared in the Nintendo 64 version of Super Smash Bros. Although he resembles Mario when using a Metal Cap, Metal Mario is treated as a separate character in the fighting games. He has a heavier... read more

"Pink Gold Peach is a stupid character! Metal Mario is awesome because he was a cool boss in Smash!" Smash isn't canon and he's just Mario. In fact this garbage here started the flood of clones we have now.

He's just Mario but metal. I don't really know why people love him while he is literally just Pink Gold Peach but Mario instead. He did appear as a powerup in Mario 64 but he's still just as filler and lame as Pink Gold Peach.

Most overused character in Mario Kart 7. The OP is the B-Dasher and those Red Monster tires.
Larry Koopa

Larry Koopa is the youngest of the Koopalings. He first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3, which was released in North America in 1990. Larry is recognized for his blue mohawk and mischievous personality, and he was created by Nintendo as one of Bowser's seven loyal minions.

I hate the koopalings as a whole. There's nothing special about them, unless you call stealing seven boss areas over and over in multiple games special. They're just worthless filler. Combine this with a terrible fandom and you have the worst characters in the Mario franchise.

There's nothing special about the koopalings. Kamek has his magic. Bowser Jr builds robots. Bowser has super strength. Meanwhile, the koopalings just exist just to suck and be filler. I hate all seven of them.

I didn't care for the koopalings in the old days. Nowadays, I've grown an unhealthy hatred for the seven. This stemmed from NSMB2. At this point it was obvious the koopalings only existed to be uninspired filler. "Hey! You know those crappy, samey boss characters we had you fight with fourteen rounds of projectile flinging and shell spinning in NSMBWii? Well, here comes another seven rounds!" They were stealing boss areas from bosses of actual surprise, variety and difficulty! A rehashed boss lineup of seven is a sin on itself. The koopalings take suckage to the next level. They're the same crappy characters doing the same thing. Just look at Color Splash. "It's Wendy and her rings again! It's Iggy with a chain chomp again! It's Roy with a bazooka again! It's Morton with a hammer again! It Lemmy on his stupid ball AGAIN!" In the main adventure games they just hurl projectiles and spin in their shells over and over. The koopalings went from "...I remember this..." to "...I..it's this again..." to "...this wasn't even interesting before...let alone doing it over and over in multiple games to the point whereas if feels like I'm playing the same damn game!" For a lot of people the breaking point was MK8. "Hey! You know those crappy, samey boss characters we been spamming in all the recent adventure games because we're lazy/nostalgia pandering? Well, here they are again hogging up 1/4 of the goddamn roster! What's a Birdo?!" Not only are the koopalings are the worst Mario characters, but they're by far the most overrated. Ugh. The only thing worse than the koopalings is their horrid, grating fandom. They're a big band of neckbeard manchildren who can't accept their fanmade stories, art or the old cartoon isn't canon. They also act like whiny babies when someone makes the slightest criticism of the koopalings. Koopalings suck. Enough said.
Pink Gold Peach

Pink Gold Peach is a character who debuts in Mario Kart 8, where she appears as an unlockable playable character. She is a metallic variant of Princess Peach, similar to how Metal Mario is a variant of Mario. Pink Gold Peach has appeared in several subsequent Mario Kart titles.

Sakura Ayumi and the rest of Noah Harrington haters (ex: for hating Pink Gold Peach) do not deserve any credit whatsoever. I, The Ultimate Daredevil aka Kieran Stark deserved so much better than to be lectured by their whiny asses.

OH HELL NAH. She should be #1! This stupid filler character that has no character and personality whatsoever and got rid of GOOD characters should get burned on a stake alive and tossed into a volcano. She is THAT BAD.

She gets way too much love for being ditzy, girly, vain and dainty (actually, I found out that Pink Gold Peach was actually elite since she is a Mario Kart character no matter how unnecessary she is).
Baby Luigi

Baby Luigi is the infant version of the iconic character Luigi from the Super Mario franchise. He appears as a playable character in several Mario games, including the Yoshi's Island series and Mario Kart series. Baby Luigi frequently appears with Baby Mario in various spin-off titles.

This character... is not even cute, come on he looks like a bean, he only has fans because he is the Baby version of Luigi. Side note, he is CONSTANTLY crying.

The first comment here is proving EVERYONE'S point here. Baby Luigi is overrated because it's a baby form of Luigi. No wonder Baby Peach is hated!

He is probably only loved because he is a baby version of Luigi, one of the most overrated Mario characters ever.
Lemmy Koopa

Lemmy Koopa is the youngest of the seven original children of Bowser, the Koopa King. Fascinated by the circus and acrobatic acts, he has made performing his life's calling. Lemmy dreams of showcasing his physical feats and never misses a chance to captivate an audience.... read more

I can kind of understand people seeing him as overrated but here he gets way too much hate because he "cries" or "is too happy". People complained when they thought he had no personality but when they see his personality as cheerful and not evil people complain about it. Also the fan favorite character Daisy cries and pouts a lot yet everyone loves her.

All the koopalings do is suck and steal slots from bosses of actual surprise and difficultly. This loser here is just a baby Boom Boom clone with a non damaging rubber ball. Goddamn it, Nintendo. Kill this crap.
Pauline

She is overrated. "Pauline's the best because she's the original damsel in distress and Peach stole Mario from her!" Pauline is just bland and busty. Even her face says bland. Other Mario characters have lively expressions. Pauline is just...bland.

Pauline's overrated. She has no special powers. She has no special background. She has no distinct character traits. She has no special dynamic with the other characters. Pauline's only seen as a good character because she's the "original damsel in distress." "Muh original damsel. Muh damsel nuhstalguh waifu."*barfs*
Geno

Oh, him. This character appeared once and everyone suddently loves him and wants him in Smash and yet, he is just ok, a character forgotten by Nintendo but not so much by their fans, he is ok, nothing amazing or what.

He's in one game and doesn't have any memorable character moments except for he's a living doll and people go crazy for him what?

Gosh, let me tell you I'm ticked off here. Someone literally thought that SSB4 was going to be bad because Geno wasn't in it.
Peach

Princess Peach is a major character in the Mario Bros. franchise. She is the lead female character in the series. She is usually the character who needs to be rescued in most Mario games, but she has also appeared as a playable character in main-series Mario games, including Super Mario 3D World, Super... read more

Peach is a terrible character why would anyone like her?
1. She's an incopetent rules, can't rule worth crap instead of forming defenses she hosts parties and attends events with her friends. In real life she would be a useless celribitiy pampered fool like the kardashians.
2. She's immoral, instead of dating single men she takes one who is in a relationship with another girl. So in other words the main Mario female is a ho, and not a strong independent woman.
3. She's a liar. If Bowser is really the villain why does she insist on inviting to parties and events? She's obviously having affairs with him and lying to Mario.
4. She's a hypocrite. She acts like Daisy is her bff but as soon as rosalina shows up she ditches Daisy.
Bowser

Bowser is the main antagonist of the Mario Bros. franchise. From kidnapping Princess Peach to disrupting games in the Mario Party spinoff series, this king of the Koopas has become a recurring enemy in the series. He first appeared in the 1985 video game Super Mario Bros., in which he kidnapped Princess... read more

He's an awesome character and all, but I think it's time for a different character to take Bowser's place as the main villain, like say Tatanga, or a villain from the Mario and Luigi series or the Paper Mario series. And I think it's time for Bowser and his minions to reform.

He is overrated. What's worse is how you usually can't fight him directly. Mario standard attacks don't work. So Bowser is usually just an annoying obstacle.

Nintendo never puts any villains besides Bowser in the main series. They should go for variety, like add the past characters (Wart etc. ) back in.
Prof. E Gadd

But he's so awesome. He's funny, clever, kind, and a all-around great character. I just wish he was playable. Maybe as MK8 DLC? We already have enough versions or Mario and Peach, Nintendo. Give us something better. We didn't need Baby versions, or Metal versions, heck, the power up ones were just dumb. Nintendo, in pack three of MK8 DLC, give of characters that are from other games, like Sonic, Pokemon, or Metriod. If you don't, give us E Gadd, King Boo, Plessie, Baby Yoshi, Petey Piranha, Bowser Jr, Diddy/Dixie Kong, Kamek, Birdo, something we want! Not just clones of Mario and Peach! We don't want Green Silver Luigi, either!

E. Gadd is very Underrated
People just think he's Overrated because he is in Luigi's Mansion, which has something to do with Luigi and almost every Top Tenners and Luigi Haters call him Overrated
Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. The game marked the debut of both Donkey Kong and Mario (originally... read more

He's just a stereotypical, generic ape with a tie. He has almost as little character as Yoshi. DK likes bananas, but this is tied to the generic stereotype thing.

I hated him since he replaced Kamek in Mario Kart 64. Stupid, ugly ape named after a different animal...

He's half a Mario character. He's Mario kart and Mario party, and the dk vs Mario games.
Ludwig von Koopa

Ludwig Von Koopa is a villain in the Super Mario franchise. He is the self-proclaimed leader of the Koopalings and is known for his pompous and arrogant personality. He is said to possess all the powers of the other six Koopalings, including cloning, causing earthquakes, teleportation, and shooting lightning... read more

Koopalings are just overglorified reskins. Just look at SMW. Wendy is a copy of Lemmy. Roy is a copy of Morton. Larry is a copy of Iggy. Meanwhile, this loser is just more projectile flinging and shell spinning. Despite this they have a very toxic fandom. The fandom also act like babies when someone criticizes the koopalings, including how they try to deflect criticism and hate for the koopalings at Bowser Jr. Just look at this list. Practically, every negative comment about Bowser Jr is associated with the koopalings. Not only is it pathetic, but it just shows the koopalings are the most overrated Mario characters.
Ashley

Most of the people have a thing for goths, a lot of them are incredibly popular or overrated and of course since Ashley is a goth she is overrated as well, her character is average, just a witch in training.

The apprentice witch or whatever from WarioWare, I assume?