Toadette vs. Goombella

I have been a big fan of Toadette ever since I met her in Mario Party 6, but it was not till a few days ago I became acquainted with Goombella. Although both of them are very cute, girly, and adventurous, I started wondering if it's really that simple for Nintendo: Take an original, put a ribbon upon its head or make it pink, et voilà, a new character.

 

Goombella

Goombella is Mario's 'Hermione', being a junior at the University of Goom studying Archeology. She is a know-it-all with a strong opinion, which can be noticed during her dialogues in the various Paper Mario games she appears in. She will regularly remind you of the fact that she is jealous of the Paragoombas wings.

 

Toadette

Unfortunately, my big heroïne Toadette is not that interesting at al. She is just a pink 'Toad' with two braids, of whom we do not have any background information. Just that she was first introduced in Mario Kart: Double Dash! to accompany Toad as driving partner. This indeed was a case of 'just make it pink'.

Wendy O. Koopa

This villain I first met in Super Mario World (SNES). She is the only girl member of Bowser's bad-ass team, the Koopalings, and therefore indeed wears a pink ribbon. Wendy is one of the more well thought-out sub characters, but this probably has to do with the fact that she has been around for so long and appeared in the Mario comics as well. She was named after Wendy O. Williams of punkband the Plasmatics and has a short temper. According to Nintendo she is kind of a tomboy as well, because she constantly has to prove herself among her male team members. Next to that, she turns out to be materialistic and to love disco dancing.

Holly Koopa

While digging, I also remembered this female Koopa Troopa, appearing in Mario Party 8. This is the only game in which she can be seen and there is not much about her (yet!). However, she is wealthy, likes candy, and wears a hat, fyi.

For now, the answer to my wonders is indeed yes... and no, as Goombella and Wendy are far more awesome than most of us probably knew!