I pretty sure that the toad in super Mario 3d world is THE toad, mainly because of his fire form, and Mario kart tour he has a red toad emblem,maybe it was a mistake tho. In paper Mario the origami king, a green toad claims that his mushroom has changed color, even though paper Mario is non canon(I think) it could be a main occurrence in the Mario universe too.
Toad is as much of a blue Toad in SMB2 as Peach is a redhead in most games til SMB3, they look like that because of graphical limitations, but the intention is for them to have their normal colors. The Toad in 3DW and SMM2 isn't the Toad either, i'm waiting for more stuff about Wonder to come out to change it on the Wiki. The only reason they count it as a Toad appearance is because they're both fast, because one australian or whatever site says he's "friends with Mario" and because he's called Toad and that's enough evidence for them, even though he's literally blue only in these games and nowhere else. The funny thing about Wonder (and NSMBUD) is that they combined Blue and Yellow Toad into one and call both just "Toad", he's grouped with the SMB2 characters and he's described as Mario's friend in all sites. I could make a proposal to change it rn but i'm hoping they also make him fast and maybe confirm Toad is Captain Toad. I really don't understand this idea Mario can't have Canon because of 5 inconsistencies. Is the MCU fake because homecoming got the date of the Avengers battle wrong? I also don't understand why spinoffs wouldn't be Canon. Toad is a Toad with blue jacket and red spots, generally he's either the only Toad that looks like that or he's the one with most screentime and the one that "stands besides Peach". You can see that in 3DL, Mario Party, the SMRPG remake... With time there's been more of an effort to make him stand out more. I doubt every single appearance he's made was made with "The one Toad from SMB2" in mind, but that doesn't really matter, just because LM3 didn't include Mario with the character from DK81 in mind doesn't make him less Mario. Anyway, Toad's at least in SMB, SMB2, SM64, SMS (Manual says so), SM64DS, SM:3DL and SMR (I don't see why it wouldn't be mainline??), I personally believe Toad is Captain Toad and i could cite a bunch of proof but i'm tired, but if you also believe that you could count SMG, SMG2, SM3DW and SMO.
I find the topic fascinating, Nintendo genuinely seems to be unsure what Toad actually is and I find it odd when people are insistent that Toad IS a character even in light of all the evidence against that.
@@sladelucas5531 Hey great video but your forgetting Luigi’s Mansion 3 where Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad all go to a giant hotel.
@@sladelucas5531 Also on the official Nintendo website it lists toad has a specific character. Even giving him a little description “Toad is a good friend of Mario and Luigi and always try’s to help even if it gets him in some trouble”. That’s not an exact quote but it’s close enough.
@@sladelucas5531 Also not to beat a dead horse here but the toad I’m the Super Mario bros 2 is defiantly THE toad as shown in all the artwork and his sprite is colored blue to simply give him for variety from the other characters. Also in the Mario and Luigi series that you didn’t touch on THE toad is a recurring character.
to save about 13 minutes of your life, and of my own: toad is an adorable mushroom person and my favorite mario character (more specifically blue toad)
Toad and Toads can definitely be confusing, lol hence why I’m here. I feel like the Toad from the cartoon series Super Mario Brothers Super Show, The Adventures of Super Mario 3, and Super Mario World, The Super Mario Bros movie, and all the Mario Kart games are the same main Toad but that Toad is definitely absent from main games but he definitely is absent from main games it appears. Could you do another video like this covering the main Yoshi and the Yoshi species?
I could cover Yoshi, but it feels a lot more like there is a consistent main Yoshi that you can point towards, even if it is murky, so I am not sure it is as interesting a question as with this video because the answer to this one could well be "there is no Toad". Maybe something to look at in the future though.
Interesting question. Even for someone like myself who has no interest in the Mario games, the thumbnail and the video title are attention-grabbing. I think part of it is because, as you said, many people have basic exposure to the characters in the Mario franchise. So when you pose that question: "Who is Toad?", it makes a person stop and think "Wait, what do you mean by that? Is Toad some kind of mystery? Is Toad not who I thought they were?" And as a result, they click on your video to see what you have to say. I've just seen a lot of popular videos that pose questions like this and I find it interesting how the title alone can pique people's interest, even when they know very little or nothing about the topic.
Also, I don't know who Yoshi is. The only reason I know who Bowser and Toad are is because of your videos. Prior to that, I only knew who Mario and Princess Peach were.
I think toads that wear a blue jacket and havered spots are like royal toads. They live in the castle with Peach. I think that THE toad is one lf those Toads since you know... Hes always with Peach since theyre like BFF's. But ya distinguishing the main toad is confusing for sure.
I pretty sure that the toad in super Mario 3d world is THE toad, mainly because of his fire form, and Mario kart tour he has a red toad emblem,maybe it was a mistake tho. In paper Mario the origami king, a green toad claims that his mushroom has changed color, even though paper Mario is non canon(I think) it could be a main occurrence in the Mario universe too.
Toad is as much of a blue Toad in SMB2 as Peach is a redhead in most games til SMB3, they look like that because of graphical limitations, but the intention is for them to have their normal colors.
The Toad in 3DW and SMM2 isn't the Toad either, i'm waiting for more stuff about Wonder to come out to change it on the Wiki. The only reason they count it as a Toad appearance is because they're both fast, because one australian or whatever site says he's "friends with Mario" and because he's called Toad and that's enough evidence for them, even though he's literally blue only in these games and nowhere else. The funny thing about Wonder (and NSMBUD) is that they combined Blue and Yellow Toad into one and call both just "Toad", he's grouped with the SMB2 characters and he's described as Mario's friend in all sites. I could make a proposal to change it rn but i'm hoping they also make him fast and maybe confirm Toad is Captain Toad.
I really don't understand this idea Mario can't have Canon because of 5 inconsistencies. Is the MCU fake because homecoming got the date of the Avengers battle wrong? I also don't understand why spinoffs wouldn't be Canon.
Toad is a Toad with blue jacket and red spots, generally he's either the only Toad that looks like that or he's the one with most screentime and the one that "stands besides Peach". You can see that in 3DL, Mario Party, the SMRPG remake... With time there's been more of an effort to make him stand out more. I doubt every single appearance he's made was made with "The one Toad from SMB2" in mind, but that doesn't really matter, just because LM3 didn't include Mario with the character from DK81 in mind doesn't make him less Mario.
Anyway, Toad's at least in SMB, SMB2, SM64, SMS (Manual says so), SM64DS, SM:3DL and SMR (I don't see why it wouldn't be mainline??), I personally believe Toad is Captain Toad and i could cite a bunch of proof but i'm tired, but if you also believe that you could count SMG, SMG2, SM3DW and SMO.
Toad has officially stopped sounding like a word, great video
I'm guessing that at this point there's nobody named Toad and they're all called just Toad when there aren't multiple in the same room.
I sometimes think about this, but have never realised just so hard it is to indentify individual generic Toads.
I find the topic fascinating, Nintendo genuinely seems to be unsure what Toad actually is and I find it odd when people are insistent that Toad IS a character even in light of all the evidence against that.
@@sladelucas5531 Hey great video but your forgetting Luigi’s Mansion 3 where Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Blue Toad, and Yellow Toad all go to a giant hotel.
@@sladelucas5531 Also on the official Nintendo website it lists toad has a specific character. Even giving him a little description “Toad is a good friend of Mario and Luigi and always try’s to help even if it gets him in some trouble”. That’s not an exact quote but it’s close enough.
@@sladelucas5531 Also not to beat a dead horse here but the toad I’m the Super Mario bros 2 is defiantly THE toad as shown in all the artwork and his sprite is colored blue to simply give him for variety from the other characters. Also in the Mario and Luigi series that you didn’t touch on THE toad is a recurring character.
to save about 13 minutes of your life, and of my own: toad is an adorable mushroom person and my favorite mario character (more specifically blue toad)
I think this is something we can ALL agree on.
@@sladelucas5531 very
Toad and Toads can definitely be confusing, lol hence why I’m here. I feel like the Toad from the cartoon series Super Mario Brothers Super Show, The Adventures of Super Mario 3, and Super Mario World, The Super Mario Bros movie, and all the Mario Kart games are the same main Toad but that Toad is definitely absent from main games but he definitely is absent from main games it appears. Could you do another video like this covering the main Yoshi and the Yoshi species?
I could cover Yoshi, but it feels a lot more like there is a consistent main Yoshi that you can point towards, even if it is murky, so I am not sure it is as interesting a question as with this video because the answer to this one could well be "there is no Toad". Maybe something to look at in the future though.
The blue playable one is called "Buckenberry".
As far as I'm aware, that was never the official name given to the character.
Interesting question. Even for someone like myself who has no interest in the Mario games, the thumbnail and the video title are attention-grabbing. I think part of it is because, as you said, many people have basic exposure to the characters in the Mario franchise. So when you pose that question: "Who is Toad?", it makes a person stop and think "Wait, what do you mean by that? Is Toad some kind of mystery? Is Toad not who I thought they were?" And as a result, they click on your video to see what you have to say.
I've just seen a lot of popular videos that pose questions like this and I find it interesting how the title alone can pique people's interest, even when they know very little or nothing about the topic.
Also, I don't know who Yoshi is. The only reason I know who Bowser and Toad are is because of your videos. Prior to that, I only knew who Mario and Princess Peach were.
I think toads that wear a blue jacket and havered spots are like royal toads. They live in the castle with Peach. I think that THE toad is one lf those Toads since you know... Hes always with Peach since theyre like BFF's. But ya distinguishing the main toad is confusing for sure.
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