User blog:SuperBearNeo X/Mario Cosmology + Misconceptions

Introduction
Since I'm returning to making huge blogs regarding a verse's cosmology and are debunking misconceptions about a verse. I thought it was about time i did one pertaining to The Marioverse and explaining the sheer size of it's comsology whilst refuting misconceptions that people have created either from misunderstandings or to simply downplay the entire Marioverse. Regardless, the purpose of this blog is explain just how big Mario's cosmology is relative to fiction and rebuttal infamous claims that supposedly makes the verse weak. It should be noted that alot of feats and stuff are spread apart across numerous mario games (I'll elaborate on that later) and that due to the nature of Mario's "continuity", alot of things can be used to deduce just how big of a verse Mario is

Mario's ContinuityPJ-Gameplay-1.jpg
So after that release of Paper Jam, there has been massive debaters whether Paper Mario and Mario are one in the same. In the game, the plot revolves around Paper Mario coming from his world to visit the "main universe". This essentially implies that there are two canons. HOWEVER, based on evidence, this is simply not true and in fact, it's proven that Mario and Paper Mario are one in the same.

"If you're familiar with things like Popeye and some of the old comic characters, you would oftentimes see this cast of characters that takes on different roles depending on the comic or cartoon... They might be businessman in one or a pirate in another. Depending on the story that was being told, they would change roles. So, to a certain degree, I look at our characters in a similar way and feel that they can take on different roles in different games."

- Shigeru Miyamoto

Based on official statements, even WOG confirms that Mario and Paper Mario are the same being. What Shigeru means is that he simply sees every "version" of Mario as nothing more than a role for Mario to play or essentially him changing up roles. This basically means that every "version" of Mario (From the games atleast) is well, Mario. Think of this way, imagine a move actor playing two parts are the same time. This is essentially what's happening here

More Solid Evidence That Paper Mario & Mario Are The Same
Some people think that this is the only thing we have to go off of when it comes to Paper Mario and Mario being the same entity. Well guess what, there's more, way more evidence that exists that fundamentally prove that they are the same. Anyways, I'll present the evidence as we have alot of ground to cover when it comes to this topic So with all that presented, It's safe to say that Paper Mario and Mario are one in the same. It would be quite a leap of faith to deny it at this point when so many instances instantly debunk that notion and throw it out of the window
 * In The Thousand Year Door, It's stated that Mario has returned to Paper Form . This implies that again, Paper Mario is indifferent from Mario, as they wouldn't be able to return to such form if they weren't Mario from the start. This also suggests "Paper" is nothing more than a choice design and nothing notable
 * Bowser's Castle, of which originally appeared in Paper Mario 64 makes an appearance inRainbow Road within Mario Super Circuit. What this means is Paper Mario and Mario share the same universe/ Further evidence that they are the same (This also proves that Mario didn't come from a literal book and that said book likely was a means of traveling to the main universe)
 * The Star Spirits, who also originally appear in Paper Mario 64 are essential characters in Mario Party 5 and are revealed to be from The Dream Depot
 * Star Hill makes an appearance in three series. Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi and Mario RPG
 * King Goomba, not only appears in Mario 64 Remake but he references events that happen from the game
 * Paper Luigi references the events of Mario Kart, Mario Golf and Mario Party
 * Mario & Luigi directly references Paper Mario