It shames me that I know anything at all about Super Mario Brothers (other than a sense of amazement that such a fundamentally retarded concept should have the following that it does - I mean, seriously...has anyone ever played Mario Party?
How is that the slightest bit entertaining?).
But...wouldn't it have been cooler if Mario had been
Russian instead?
Mario: "Comrade Luiginov, harvest quotas are down! What must be done?"
Luigi: "Gather mushrooms, my brother, or it's the gulag for us!"
Wario: "AAAAAAAAH MOTHERLAND!"
*All three are sent to face the invading Germans*
Sonic der Igel: "Ach, Tails, gibt mich der Panzerfaust!"
Tails: "Jawohl, Herr Igel!"
*The story ends in a hail of MG42 bullets*
...I guess I kinda just ran with that for a bit.