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I literally only play as him in Mario kart. Standard kart, standard wheels, and standard glider.
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I did occasionally. There’s something about being Mario in rainbow road when you have a star that just feels… right. >

I play as mario, if I had a chance to play mario kart, even smash bros, I pick mario >

I always play Mario in Mario Kart and Smash Bros. I have an overdeveloped sense of loyalty. >

Same. I love the dude. Back in the Smash days beating your friends as Mario felt great. >

A mario spike, is the most cinematic by a long shot >

Almost every game - Have to play as Mario.
Mario Kart - Let me play as another character now that I can.
That's the main reason. 🤷‍♂️ >

I use one of my stupid created mii characters that is spent way too much time making. >

You gotta make some goofy ass miis like "jesus" or "Stalin" just to see them on the track. >

Yeah... Made Adolf for super smash. I'm slightly ashamed. >

You’re forced to play as Mario and only Mario in 99% of the mainline games, why would anyone pass up their only chance to not play as him for once? >

It's not about "playing mario" in mario kart you play the cart >

Nope. You’re controlling Mario who’s driving the kart. >

I'm controlling Link actually... >

Zelda: a link to the kart >

I'm always Mario. Prolly second in my friend group. Peach is the Queen of MK though. >

Donkey Kong is the supreme leader of Mario Kart >

That's a strange way of spelling Yoshi >

You mean Waluigi, right? >

Correct answer here >

I used to always be tanooki Mario until I unlocked all the gold stuff. Now I'm gold Mario with a gold kart, wheels, and glider. >

I can’t drive 200 cc to save my life. I’ll never get that gold Mario! >

Toad, if I want to be competitive, and yoshi, if I want to hear him make the 'ba-num!' noise >

Toad is my go to also >

Why pick Mario when you have peach like RIGHT THERE!?
Peach gang rise up! >

I prefer Yoshi. He's bisexual >

It's the same reason why in fantasy games, people avoid being a normal ass human. We're already humans and we suck. I'll be  a Khajitt tyvm. >

Exactly. Charr in GuildWars 2, Argonian in elder scrolls, hrothgar in FF14, I even made my own race in rimworld to not have to be human. Videogames are an escape from reality, may as well go whole hog. >

I don't know what rimworld is and i'm hopefull it isn't what i imagine in my head >

You're in for a treat. 
It's a small scale colony/civilization simulator where you oversee a small group of people and guide their efforts to build a home in a space-western setting. You outline their shared background/ideology, design their buildings, farms, and generally make most big decisions for them, while each 'colonist' is still largely independent in thought and desire.
It's a somewhat niche genre, but it's very good at what it does and once you get into it there's few other games that you can sink as much time into and continue to find unique and engaging experiences.
As for the alien thing, the mod scene is absolutely nuts. If you can imagine it in the game, you can probably find a mod or ten to get you there. >

Didn't know you could even do that. I also haven't played that in years. >

I always play as Mario on my 3ds. On my family's switch I play as Luigi though. >

That’s actually very true for me and my family when we used to play when I was younger. Maybe Mario just gives people the ick, maybe it’s just his face generally that puts people off