I guess you're right, I never really tried to connect them until Bowser killed Kamek in NSMBW and something just made me try to connect them, as strange as that sounds. It's not like Sonic, which explicitly tries to connect to each other and makes direct reference even in the sidescrollers...
Yes, I understand that, and he made clear this was still his only intention right before entering Castle Bleck. But my point is, why didn't he turn on Mario after they saved the worlds? I mean, once Smithy was defeated in Super Mario RPG, Bowser only didn't attack Mario because repairing his...
He could have just been knocked out. Or, they could have thrown the body somewhere, and then Kamek or Bowser Jr. took it and revived him like New Super Mario Bros.
I noticed areas look different in some games, particularly Peach's Castle (Bowser's Castle can at least be explained by the fact that he has many). A wizard did it. (That, or no reason)
Well, it almost does kill him in Bowser's Inside Story, if Mario and Luigi didn't make him giant, which they can only do in life-threatening situations. (Not that Bowser doesn't have other ways of becoming giant, as we witness in Sunshine, TT-YD, Galaxy 2, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Fair enough if we're talking about a series whose sidescrollers don't seem to have a lot of plot to them, especially with all the breaking the fourth wall. But there is a chronology somewhere in there what with specific references back to other games, though those are mostly only present in the...
WARNING: This contains spoilers for Super Paper Mario and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, so if you haven't played both of these games, read at your own risk.
So I was thinking, whatever order the games were released in (I mean, prequels were released after Super Mario Bros., and Super Mario World...
Cause aside from a few references and preferably new systems, it's unclear which came out in what order, although we're sure the NES games come before the Wii games
Here's my interpretation, you may or may not agree:
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1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
2. Yoshi's Island DS
3...