fun fact

[Primarina]

the number of total power-ups in the Mario franchise is quite a lot

 

[Ray Trace]

Category:Power-ups

Items that make Mario and his friends stronger or give them new abilities or powers.

www.mariowiki.com

Did you forget to count the sub-categories...?

Also does power-ups in the Donkey Kong franchise count too? Like the invincibility barrel?

 

[Goombuigi]

The thing is, what even is considered a power-up? Are the Mario 64 caps power-ups? Are head masks such as the Goomba Mask power-ups? Are grabbable items like the baseball in SM3DW power-ups?

 

[Ray Trace]

How about the capsules that burn your ass to move 10 spaces in Mario Party 5?

I mean, Wario goes through that all of the time in his games.

 

[Primarina]

here's a list of power-ups: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DdhfN5cez0NDu1kxi_HmVr1OoSYtXaOqCztZeY9SZc/edit