I suppose I demand a sense of realism. Mario's original goal was basically to lock up that monkey Donkey Kong. That, or to save the princess from a crocadilian king of sorts.
After that, character development was pressed... and therefor, "extensions" (so to speak) were added to Mario's to-do list in order to supply more games. Indeed, every good game needs conflict to benefit its players... conflict which spawns a hero. However, Mario's conflicts seem pressed for the sole purpose of carrying a name for better sales. It's like the James Bond movies. A hero can have an infinite supply of conflict, that doesn't make him infinitely heroic... it just tampers with his name, I believe.
Why I would call one who claims Mario to be the best hero a fanboy ... is because I feel that they are not seeing past the number of titles he has appeared in... the number of conflicts he has faced. I believe that there are characters that have sacraficed more and that have accomplished more than the happy plumber of another world.
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