Thread:Metal Mario875/@comment-24530269-20170524101513/@comment-26374068-20170525192629

Yeah, I'm sure they will, too.

Yup.

Awesome. Here's the whole story:

Have you ever wondered why the Mushroom Kingdom is so full of dangerous threats, why Mario is always a target by all villains? Why Mario has to deal with Bowser multiple times every week? Well, there's a big answer to it rather than just “it's what the game is.”

Now, please look at two 3-D Mario games that hold some rather interesting secrets. Those being Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario 3D Land, and some mysterious figures. You have likely heard about this before. As you can tell, a bit odd. But this story will eventually get creepy. Have you noticed that, ever since these figures appeared in SMG2 within two galaxies, watching you, but a year later, appeared in yet another game (3D Land), watching you yet again? These two figures seem connected. They both have slender, tall bodies with mask-like faces.

Now, remember, Nintendo is a Japanese company, right? Well, there's some Japanese folklore that seem interconnected. Let's look at these figures again; but this time, right next to the Kodama. Pretty similar, right? Well, they have more in common than just appearance. A LOT more.

Kodama are part of a Japanese folktale that sprung up when a lumberjack cut down a tree, and it mysteriously started bleeding. The next day, the man died. It was henceforth believed that there were mysterious spirits haunting trees. And this was once an enormous belief in Japan. Hell, people still worship Kodama to this day.

At one point, it was believed Kodama were the trees themselves. Then they believed they were tree deities, and then it met the belief that they were spirits residing within trees, able to travel from one tree to another. At one point, it was even believed that, if you heard a tree fall, it was a plaintive cry of a Kodama.

But... What does all of this have to do with Mario? Well, Kodama were believed to be a blessing and a curse. If you respected and worshipped Kodama, and never harmed their forest, they would leave you alone. If you disrespected Kodama and harmed their forest (especially if Kodama were in the tree you destroyed), they would curse you forever. Whether that's death, or something else.

And don't forget there's a lot more connections between the two. In 3D Land, you can only ever see the ghostly face in the Ghost Houses, which are surrounded by a forest.

And in SMG2, a hacker by the name of “GrrrrTacos” found out that the file name of the shadows were “Hell Valley Sky Trees.” Those are some nifty connections... Appearances, names, locations...

But what you are likely asking is... is Mario cursed? If so, why? What did he do to get cursed?

I can answer all of those questions. The first one is yes. Why else does he have such horrible luck with all of these villains? It makes sense, he's experienced many near-death occurrences. And what did he do?

Yoh remember that Mario (or Jumpman) was originally a carpenter, right? Carpenters deal with construction and repair of many structures. Including houses, bridges, or even simple things, like installing a kitchen cabinet. But in order to build some houses and bridges...

You have to make room for it, correct? What if a ton of trees were in the way, and Mario, being a carpenter, had to clear them out?

It explains the figures... It explains Bowser... It explains the entire series. With one story.

It is just a theory, granted. It's not fact. But it makes sense... Would have never thought Mario was cursed by a bunch of tree spirits. XD