I'd like to think that, in a hypothetical SMRPG 2, Geno would be the antagonist.

Geno's motivation throughout the game is fixing the Star Road. According to him, it is necessary in order to grant people's wishes.

And yet ! Throughout Merio's journey, he and his party fulfill numerous wishes while the Star Road is destroyed. Really makes you think what Geno's true motivations are...

Also, 80/80.

The wish stars you find at Star Hill and can subsequently take on as "side quests" are those that have already passed through Star Road and fallen back to the world. Those wishes have already been granted, it's just not an immediate effect.

For example, the wish "Please let Mallow find his way home" had already been granted by the Star Road prior to Exor crashing through it, and was going to happen. Fate was in motion for that one -- Mario's journey was the vehicle for that wish to come true.

The Star Road is necessary to grant wishes, but it's not an immediate, magical effect. It's more like it adjusts the timeline so the wish will happen at some point in the future.

TMOG posted...

The wish stars you find at Star Hill and can subsequently take on as "side quests" are those that have already passed through Star Road and fallen back to the world. Those wishes have already been granted, it's just not an immediate effect.

For example, the wish "Please let Mallow find his way home" had already been granted by the Star Road prior to Exor crashing through it, and was going to happen. Fate was in motion for that one -- Mario's journey was the vehicle for that wish to come true.

The Star Road is necessary to grant wishes, but it's not an immediate, magical effect. It's more like it adjusts the timeline so the wish will happen at some point in the future.

Let's take the example given by the game:

The party convinces Bowser to help because, according to Peach, he can kiss his Keep goodbye without the Star Road. Yet, thanks to the actions of the party, the Smithy invasion is halted. Bowser would have gotten his Keep back, even if Smithy hadn't had the last Star Piece.

Geno turns into the bad guy from Wish?

Wait a few years and people will forget about it enough for Nintendo to pass it off as an original storyline.

LordFarquad1312 posted...

Let's take the example given by the game:

The party convinces Bowser to help because, according to Peach, he can kiss his Keep goodbye without the Star Road. Yet, thanks to the actions of the party, the Smithy invasion is halted. Bowser would have gotten his Keep back, even if Smithy hadn't had the last Star Piece.

Yes, but that just means they were able to accomplish the goal without the necessity of making it into a wish so the Star Road could grant it. They reclaimed Bowser's Keep via their own actions with no external "help from above", but that doesn't mean the Star Road isn't necessary to facilitate the granting of other wishes. Free will still exists even with the Star Road altering fate and luck to help wishes come true that otherwise wouldn't.

Peach is also far from an expert on how the Star Road or wishes in general work. She had JUST been introduced to the concept when she delivered that line, and it was clearly intended to confuse Bowser long enough that he could talk himself into continuing to assist the party rather than getting in their way. (Geno, who already knows how the Star Road works, likely remained silent because he also saw the value in this.)

Also possible is that all the events of the game were orchestrated by the Star Road to grant one single wish, "Please let Mallow find his way home." This would include the fall of Bowser's keep, and after the granting of said wish, its reclamation, the defeat of Smithy, and the restoration of Star Road so it can continue to grant wishes.