A lost memory, an evil husband: all in all, Mary Argent is used to life’s hardships. She’s already faced problems and demons far greater than a mute plumber - after all, what pantomimer can stand up to the potent power of ZAN!? Such a potent word will break his poor, little, silent heart and render him unable to fight. Assuming Mario doesn’t pull the trusted plumber strategy of blinding buttcracks, Mary should rip him apart with ease. Of course, Mario may just rush off to "save" Toadstool from the evil Wakka, handing Mary an effortless wins.
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Mario's the strong, silent type. He likes to let his weapons do the talking, and he's certainly capable of it here. Be it torching his opponent with Ultra Flame, smashing Mary with a well-placed Lazy Shell to the face, or simply Jumping on her head over and over again, one thing's for sure: she's prepared for absolutely none of it. Mario's eccentric fighting style is something she has absolutely no experience with or hope to counter... and besides, he can just jump over all her attacks, anyways. It should be simple for the mighty plumber to get his first win, here.
SageAcrin Mario faced a dilemma.
On the one hand, he had a match.
On the other hand, Princess had a match the same day to someone she could lose to.
Such a quandary. Two opposing duties for a legendary hero. How could he choose?
Worse, Mario had no chance against Wakka; The blitzball star had multiple ways to defeat the jumping superstar.
Perhaps the conclusion was obvious, in retrospect.
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When the maid found Princess Toadstool/Peach tied up in her room when she was supposed to be in a match, she was naturally suspicious.
Then Geno knocked her out.
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Wakka was a bit baffled at the Princess' silence. Why wouldn't she say a thing to him? She nodded and hopped a lot, though.
Ah, well. Wakka knew nothing about her. It made no difference to him how she acted, and listening to a special contest that was to be held between himself and her, he just smiled. Knock a bomb back and forth? Piece of cake...
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"What the..." Mary said, staring at her opponent.
A baby in a red cap.
With a cape.
A sparkling baby.
Mary never knew what hit her.
A Yoshi later came on the scene and collected the crying tot.
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"Oh, Mario, you're so wonderful!" Princess said, hugging the blushing, and bed-ridden Mario.
"Fooling Wakka into thinking you were me, taking that attack for me, and winning another match, at the same time!" She said. "I'm going to go bake you a cake, right this instant!" She said, happily running off.
Mario just smiled.
Having multiple forms is a big advantage sometimes.