It seems as though Jakks Pacific's World of Nintendo line has returned in full force with new waves arriving regularly and a whole new line look being added to the packaging. Things are feeling fresh again and the character selection has been upped to very wise choices even if they are all skewing towards the Mario franchise. Naturally, with the line being back and pumping out figures without huge waits between waves it has made me think about what figures I want to see produced. Due to the line's overt focus on the Mario franchise, those are the characters I'll stick to for this list, so here are my most wanted Mario franchise characters for the World of Nintendo line.
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Boomerang Bro
This feels like an easy one for them to do now. Out of all of the random background enemies and grunts that appeared through the games, the Boomerang Bro is one of the only ones left to make in plastic form and the two brothers of this grunt, the Fire bro and Hammer bro have both been made already. The Boomerang Bro is whats left, and I see no reason why this grunt wont arrive soon.
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Baby Mario/Luigi
These two are oldies and very cute as characters, with their giant noses and tiny bodies. The 2.5 inch line would be the easiest place to slip them in scale wise, like the baby Yoshi, as in the 4 inch concept they would be a bit too small unless released as a two pack. However they're made, I want these two toddler versions of the plumber brothers on my shelf.
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Daisy
There are three characters left that World of Nintendo hasn't covered that would mark the completion of the '
Mario Party 7' roster of playable characters, which was one of the games of my childhood. Daisy is one of those characters. She is the female counterpart to Luigi and Peach's partner, a character that regularly appears in the party games, and should be an easy one to produce with Peach's figure model being out. Just change the colors, add in some new details, a new head/arms, and we'll finally get a Daisy figure to put alongside Peach.
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Birdo
The second character from '
Mario Party 7' that we're missing is Birdo. She's a strange character that I haven't seen very much outside of the game but it is a cool spin on the Yoshi design, with the giant hole in her nose (or is it now her mouth?), and the big bow on her head. If it weren't for 'Mario Party' I wouldn't be asking for this character, but she showed up throughout my childhood playthroughs of the game and was even one of the two secret characters that had to be purchased to be unlocked, making her stand out, and also a hole in the World of Nintendo line up.
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Toadette
The last of the '
Mario Party 7' omissions in the line, Toadette has appeared several times throughout the life of the franchise and while Toad wasn't the strongest seller in the line (I think I remember it that way), I still want Toadette to make an appearance. Toad's are a constant mainstay of the franchise, and Toadette is a unique variation on the species with her mushroom pigtails. She isn't the only member of the Toad member we're still missing though...
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Toadsworth
I've mentioned this before but through the three big Mario games I played growing up, '
Super Mario Sunshine', '
Mario Party 7', and '
Paper Mario: and the Thousand Year Door', Toadsworth was there through all three of them. He was always around in the games I played, chortling and showing off his old man complexion. It is a very unique take on the Toad design, with a mustache, glasses, and cane that would work very well as the figure's accessory. He remains as the character I wan't most from the Mario franchise, and I hope that with Jakks Pacific focusing so heavily on the Mario world that a Toadsworth 4 inch figure isn't too far from a reality
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