Why didn't Bowser just throw it at Mario?
>>12553670Mario would jump over it
>>12553670Mario would grab it mid-air, do a 360 somersault and throw it back at Bowser, miss, and hit princess Peach in the head with it in the next room.
>jump of the sharp dangerous object to win lolThis is completely counterintuitive and plain bad game design. SMB taught the player that jumping on jagged things such as Spinies or Piranha Plants is lethal, but suddenly it expect the player to dive on top of a fucking axe? With the logic that that would cut the bridge? Complete nonsense.
>>12554078Eating mushrooms and bright glowing flowers are also dangerous, but they make Mario grow twice his size and conjure fucking fireballs from his palm
>>12554089Mushrooms and flowers don't have spikes, teeth or sharp edges. They're at most perceived as neutral objects.
>>12553670Did you miss the part where bowser breathes fire
>>12554078better yet, why does Bowser keep something that could destroy the bridge he was standing on, but not be prepared to use it himself?
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>>12554078Mario Bros. taught the player to jump on weapons to use them.
>>12554334why does a plumber have a battle axe
>>12554095Counterpoint: Lost Levels poison mushroom
>>12554078>jump on the pulsating object to win lolFTFY. All the good objects have a very similar pulse. Coins, flowers, ? blocks, starmen.
>>12554368he's a battle plumber.
It's a bridge chain cutting axe
>>12553670When (SPOILERS!) the axe and bridge show up in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie I literally clapped and said "so...f*cking...epic!!!"This is truly the greatest time for a gamer to be alive.
>>12553670In my headcanon the axe was Bowser's backup plan in case Mario made it into the castle and got that far. Bowser would fall back to the other side of the bridge (like a scared little bitch) and cut it so Mario couldn't reach him. But in the end he panics and starts throwing hammers, and Mario sees the axe and is just faster at getting to it than Bowser, since Bowser is a big ass piece of shit.
>>12553679The axe would then hit the bridge, sending them both into lava. Bowser is up for murder but not necessarily attempted murder suicide which the more nimble Mario is more likely to survive.>>12554078True but not in SMB1, which barely had any spikes.
>>12553670Touching the axe ends the level, so he would just be helping Mario out by moving it to the left.
>>12553670its ceremonial. the double bladed axe is a meme weapon that never actually happened in earth or the mushroom kingdom's history
>>12554429lmao, this. Anon was so deadset on trying to make an argument in bad faith that he completely overlooked the simplistic brilliance present in the game design.
>>12554368Taco Tuesday is no joke
