Okay, we know toad is a toad, yoshi is a yoshi

How far does this species identity thing go

For clarification, the assumption in that last option is that a toadsworth would be a classification of toad, in the same way an E. Gadd is a classification of a Mario

This does kind of answer a lot, especially about Bowser

Like oh the professional go-karters aren't the same as the kings
And constantly personally stealing a peach isn't a bad strategy if there's hundreds all going at once to steal a different peach, which either thins out the Mario army or only points them in a single direction

Each level is like an obstacle course to distract the Marios from every other Bowser aside from whoever drew the short straw

Actually I've convinced myself. Im the first person to solve Mario games. Miyamoto is gonna mail me an old-ass certificate that he assumed he would have sent out in the 90s

This becomes a really expansive concept. Like, I can buy that there are infinite donkey kongs, but is warioware wario one guy?
Is new donk city full of domesticated mario