Thread:Metal Mario875/@comment-11390223-20180428224527/@comment-11390223-20180428233208

Metal Mario875 wrote: I do think Ludwig's statement isn't that far-fetched, The problem is that it's stated that his statement is far-fetched. He was "all talk", meaning he's boasting and/or bluffing. Looking to the Cambridge English Dictionary:

(source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-all-talk-and-no-action )

As you can see, it's pretty much he's just hyping himself up and has nothing to show for it.

and I also don't understand the point with combining their abilities when he's specifying he combines all their attacks. And as I personally see it, "attacks" would connote power. YThe phrase "attacks" is generally used to represent the techniques used, and so I went with abilities to try to say this in a simple manner, but maybe I made things more confusing. The only time I've seen it used for power, meanwhile, is the RPG stat, ATK, or Attack, but this is attacks, so I don't really see it that way. Besides, that definition isn't really ever used in this context. As for it being from Mario's point of view, it's common for narrators to be interactive in that way, especially in Mario (this comes to mind for some reason. I'm sure there are more.), but I can see why you see it as such. The fact they never say Mario, or even refer to him in the third person, does kind of put it up in the air, but then are there any similarly written scenes that do so? If that's the case, that would imply Mario isn't this narrator, but I don't have this guide (is it Prima?), so I don't know if this is ever the case? Does this at all count? As for ten times being an estimate, well, since it doesn't change the tier, I guess it can't be too much of an issue, but does seem a tad odd to me. Also, does Mario truly scale to Bowser when he can't hurt him without a Fire Flower, Hammer Suit and maybe tail attacks? The fight itself appears to be mainly reliant on tricking Bowser into defeating himself... But don't worry, I'm not saying your interpretation is bad, just that I see a few holes in it that I feel you might want to know.