My Main Complaint about Mario Maker

Warning: Really long rant incoming!

Well, like what the title says, this is my one major disappointment about Super Mario Maker. I apologize if I piss anybody off with this drawing and my long rant below, but I think I need to get this off my chest.

In my opinion, Luigi only being a mystery mushroom power up and nothing more is absolutely stupid and it makes no sense at all. As for all of the other characters that are only playable as mystery mushroom power ups (the rest of the Smash Bros roster, the Animal Crossing characters, and so on), I understand why all of them are Super Mario Bros 1 style exclusive power ups, as making sprites and models for all of them for all 4 graphic styles would take a ton of work. I even understand why Peach and Toad are only playable as mystery mushroom power ups.

As to why I understand that Peach and Toad are only playable as power ups, the thing is that the only old Super Mario Bros game that they are playable in is the American Super Mario Bros 2, and that game's style is not in Mario Maker, due to it being so different from the other Super Mario Bros games. In terms of the 4 base games whose styles are in Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros 1, 3, Super Mario World, New Super Mario Bros U), Peach gets kidnapped in all 4 of those games and therefore isn't playable, and the only base game of the 4 that have Toads playable is New Super Mario Bros U (with the yellow and blue Toads being playable). So I get why Toad and Peach are only playable as power ups in Mario Maker.

What I DON'T get is why even Luigi is restricted to only being a mystery mushroom power up. Super Mario Maker is supposed to be a game that celebrates the 30th anniversary of Super Mario BROTHERS, not just Mario (this year is actually Mario's 34th anniversary). Luigi is the other Super Mario BROTHER, and he is playable in all 4 of the original base games, so Nintendo has sprites/models that they can use for Luigi in all 4 styles (greendayluigi.deviantart.com/a…). With that said, restricting Luigi to only being a mystery mushroom power up and nothing more just makes NO sense to me at all. Not only that, but they also gave Luigi's higher jump to that atrocity that is Skinny/Weird Mario www.themarysue.com/wp-content/….

I know it probably seems like I hate this game, but that's not true. I actually do like Super Mario Maker, and I have enjoyed making/playing my own levels. To make the best of Luigi only being a power up, I stay in the Super Mario Bros 1 style and spam a whole bunch of extra Luigi mystery mushrooms in each level. At least that way I can still spend most of the time as my favorite plumber.

Once again I apologize for this rant, but I just felt that this was something that needed to be said. Luigi absolutely deserves to be (and needs to be) more than just a power up that just flies off whenever I get hit, and I really hope to see him added as a fully playable character in all four styles as DLC at some point in the future.

Mario, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, and Luigi are all (c) by Nintendo.