right on brother! i remember "back in the day" when mario carried a glock at ALL times. these days mario is a total PANSY! he wears overalls. RED OVERALLS! the next mario game should feature the all new badass mario. for starters, he must be in normal human proportion. secondly, its time to lose the moustache, how are people supposed to believe mario is doing the "warp pipe shuffle" with peach (who will now be called felicia). mario will have 1 foot high spiked blonde hair, and sport edgy urban fashion. when mario is attacked by a goomba, he will first evade them in a matrix like manner, and then proceed to land a piece of hot metal between their eyes while whispering in a husky macho voice, "not this time goomsy..."
thats what I think mario should be all about man. *dies of sarcasm poisoning*
ps. i think its time for resident evil to grow up as well...