22nd January 2005, 11:20 PM
The Mario series is slightly more cartoony and comical than Zelda and Starfox. When Mario touches the lava in any of the RPGs, he goes flying through the air and lands at wherever he entered the room. Hell, the Paper Mario games take this paper thing a little seriously. Zelda saw a touch of cartooniness in The Wind Waker, but even that had a more realistic tone to it than the Mario games.