User blog:WikiSchm2000/The MarioMario54321 Review Marathon - Part 19

Mario VS Oiram 3: The Final Battle (Part 1/3) (November 23, 2007) [Runtime: 7:27]

Prelude:

Alright, it’s time for the third installment of the “Mario vs. Oiram” series. Ever since we got a sequel to the first stand-alone video, I suppose that MarioMario54321 felt that we needed a third installment to formulate a trilogy. I don’t blame him since a lot of famous movie series are usually trilogies for some rather odd reason. Why three movies or books or other things and not two or four? Why did we pick three of all numbers? I’d like to know that one day, but for now we’re stuck with MM’s decision here.

This one is the best out of the trilogy for one simple reason: it has a more complicated plot. That’s a given considering this story is in three parts, but really when you look at the previous two videos it didn’t have much going on. Mario fought and beat Oiram and that’s it. That’s literally the plot of the previous two installments in a nutshell, in one simple sentence. For this plot I need multiple sentences to describe it, plus the outcome isn’t as simple as Mario winning. For that I can praise MM for attempting a more complicated plot.

However since we’re still in 2007, that means we’re still getting Pokemon stuff in these videos. And I am looking forward to the day when we finally stop using Pokemon footage in these videos altogether. There’s also quite a bit of Smash Brothers so if that’s not your cup of tea you will be bored eventually. But other than that I don’t think we need to speak of the intro anymore, let’s get started!

See this video first though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT3M3Q-IbSc&list=PLNPi6H0sXYaCHQG4Br4q5yZJp8uxhid2B&index=19

The Main Video:

We start with Oiram wandering around the mountains and having forgotten about Mario because he got amnesia. I guess after falling from Peach’s Tower in the Sky three separate times your head starts to hurt or something. And if that were the case then I would be fine with it since there has to be some consequence to Mario winning all these times. But that’s not the reason he has amnesia, we’ll get to that stupid reason later. This is rather interesting because we finally get to see what Oiram’s like when he doesn’t have Mario on his mind. And what is he like, exactly?

Well he’s simply someone who explores areas and uses the Moon Jump aka Mario’s physics-breaking powers. And Oiram doesn’t even need to remove his cap to activate it successfully, meaning that Oiram has clearly grown in terms of mental and physical strength since his water-rapid days. He does get angry when he fails, but then again so did Mario at points.

He even has a dance for getting to the top, which is a cute little addition that makes me want to hug Oiram more than fear him.

Heck he’s not even seeking revenge against anyone, he’s genuinely being a more benevolent version of Mario. This doesn’t make sense at all for Oiram’s character since he’s supposed to be literal Not Mario and not accidental Not Mario. Also by doing this MM is continuing to fail in establishing Oiram as an antagonist and instead makes him pretty much a better version of our protagonist with this set-up. When I think of Oiram as a better version of Mario, something is horribly wrong with how you’ve set up your villain.

Eventually Oiram hits his head on a fence post and remembers that Mario exists. Enraged by this, Oiram reminisces over how he’s lost for the third time and trained to beat Mario. Wait, Oiram trained? Like, he actually physically trained for the rematch? That’s the sort of thing a hero would do to beat a villain in some stories, not the other way around! Oiram in the span of an offscreen training period has somehow progressed more as a character than Mario ever has because he actually tries to better himself to succeed. Also he hit his head on a barbell and forgot everything, which means that somehow he failed even while training against Mario.

So now that I’m firmly on team Oiram because of his training, Oiram decides to head to the castle and fight Mario with his newfound strength, right? Well, actually, Oiram’s going to the castle to kidnap Peach.

Ah, finally! FINALLY! A crime that Oiram can commit! It took us three installments but we’re finally there. Props to MM54321 for making him finally do something wrong, but that brings into question why Oiram would do such a thing. Would it only be to get Mario more mad than before, because he’s imitating the very thing that Mario hates? Because in the context of the universe, Mario straight up waited for Peach to die. When Bowser kidnapped her it was at least more so to conquer her kingdom, and I guess Oiram wants the same thing? I guess we’ll find out later, it’s confusing for me right now.

Also to note, Oiram ended up avoiding getting flagpoled, making my counter rather sad that it didn’t get increased. Oiram states that people usually die on that pole, which is some heavy foreshadowing for what’s to come.

Good on MM for establishing this flagpole early I guess and how characters are going to die later on, aka making this flagpole a Chekov’s gun.

Mario, our main antagonist, ends up driving back to the castle with some Scatman music and finds that Peach isn’t there. Scatman Counter: 11. Mario shuts off the music and goes inside, where Toad warns him of Peach being kidnapped again. Mario automatically assumes it’s Bowser and I really don’t blame him for thinking that. Given how many times she’s been kidnapped even I would target Bowser as my first option simply because there’s a ninety percent chance it’s him that did the deed. Toad of course tries to say it’s not Bowser within earshot of Mario, but he doesn’t listen at all. I’m tempted to bring back Not Mario now but Toad didn’t mention Oiram at all despite having ample time to so I’m putting the blame on him for poor communication.

So Mario demands for Scatman music when he fights Bowser...wait again? Really? Scatman Counter: 12. If Scatman were still alive in this universe he would be leagues above Drake Bell in terms of cash. Anyways Mario goes through Bowser’s course and...wait a minute, I think I know why Oiram kidnapped Peach now. Yes, it’s all coming together! Mario ends up killing Bowser again, and while Bowser is gone Oiram comes in and beats Mario up. And with both of the major players off the board, no one else could possibly stop Oiram from taking over! That’s...actually not a bad plan, really. Heck it’s taking great advantage of Mario’s never-ending piles of hatred so I can get where Oiram’s coming from.

Mario confronts Bowser next, with SM64 text that literally fades off the box and therefore we can’t read.

Yeah I think you should have used more spaces in that message, MM. Still good job at least trying to integrate the texts into the plot, you at least tried. Although in retrospect you didn’t keep Oiram’s M symbol blue on his hat either, so automatically the second story did better than this third story in one aspect. At least for that, though, I guess with all the recolors coming up you didn’t want to bother with additional details.

Bowser also states that he didn’t kidnap Peach, which of course doesn’t stop Mario from brutally murdering him in cold blood. It would be one thing if Bowser stated he didn’t do it because he is rather untrustworthy. But since Toad said just about the same thing earlier, I don’t think Mario has an excuse to go and beat him up. Anyways Mario ends up killing Bowser. Mario Victim Count: 31. The Princess doesn’t appear either, which makes Mario confused enough to misspell supposed again. Sopposed Counter: 2. Jeez I’m using a lot of these counters in this part!

So Mario is told to jump off the platform by a mysterious voice to find out where Peach is, which he does because he has more than one life on him so why not.

He finds out that Oiram was behind it all, with Oiram’s master plan of conquering the kingdom going quite well. Although Peach never comes up in this conversation at all, Mario doesn’t even mention her to Oiram as a reason why he should kill Oiram. He just states that he’s going to kill Oiram for real, which I think really lowers the stakes and makes Peach’s capture kind of pointless. Shouldn’t there be some weight for the ruler of the kingdom getting captured instead of it being an inconvenience for Oiram to take advantage of?

And actually did Oiram legally kidnap her? Because if she knew that he was Oiram, I would imagine her teaming up with him instead of doing this against her will. Maybe she thinks Oiram would be her chance to get rid of Mario in revenge and just went along with being ‘kidnapped’ by him? Not only would it get rid of her enemy, but it would allow Oiram to fulfill being ‘evil’ while not really being evil. You know what, that’s a far more fitting plot than whatever we’re getting right now. I’m just going to pretend Peach is Oiram’s planning partner from now on because being a damsel for no reason really isn’t a satisfying role for her to have here.

So Oiram challenges Mario to a fight, though not in the Tower in the Sky. Instead he opts to go to Silph Company in Saffron City and legit moon jumps away there. So I guess we’re assuming either Peach is being held ‘captive’ there or Oiram has found a place where he has an actual territorial advantage. I’m assuming the latter because if that wasn’t the reason, I wouldn’t see why Oiram wouldn’t try the same place again. Also that’s a good plan choosing another location to fight. Because I’m starting to think that the Tower in the Sky is secretly Mario’s good luck battleground.

So Mario accepts the challenge and drives off with his kart, using the Moon Jump to get his kart to jump up to a tall ramp. He declares how he’s failed dozens of times on that jump, which is wrong because we’ve never seen that on camera.

Maybe we could have gotten that for a Blooper video instead of the Pokemon stuff? Maybe? Anyways the video ends on Mario getting ready to fight Oiram on the roof of the building.

The first part of this video was decent enough. Though most of it was Mario murdering Bowser, Oiram actually progressed physically and mentally as a foe. Plus there was at least an attempt at making him do evil things by him kidnapping Peach, although even then by previous MM video standards Peach would have no reason to not help Oiram, plus her kidnapping really amounts to nothing in the long run. Literally, she could be erased from the plot and nothing would change at all. So yeah, most of this video really doesn’t mean anything thanks to Peach and Bowser being extraneous fluff on top of the important Mario and Oiram characters. And I just have to pretend they were important somehow.

The Extra Bonus Stuff:

Oiram - 33 lines (Finally he gets more lines than Mario! Good for him!)

Mario - 29 lines (Second most lines.)

Toad - 4 lines (Hey, Toad got some lines finally! He’s stuck in one spot, but it’s still something.)

Bowser - 2 lines (Got murdered. That’s it.)

Peach - 0 lines (I pretend she’s a character, but she’s really not. She’s an unused prop set.)

Biggest Chad: Oiram - Manipulated Mario into killing Bowser and I’m assuming that he has Peach’s approval. Really it’s high time he got this reward.

Biggest Loser: Bowser - Got fodderized by Oiram’s presence and got killed by Mario over something that wasn’t his fault. Plus Peach’s plot didn’t really go anywhere so he really died for no reason. Technically Peach should be here for not even being a character, but I can at least pretend she had some significance to the plot unlike Bowser.

Favorite Quote: “Oiram……. AWAY!!!” - Oiram (Technically two quotes, but meh one doesn’t work without the other. Anyways Oiram’s pretending so hard to be a supervillain here and it’s so cheesy.)

Will our hero Oiram win against the nefarious Evil Mario? Find out in the next part!