here's my two cents:
Mario would chew down some star power and KICK the living FUCK out of that "hedgehog".
what's with that? where exactly does he meet the qualifications to be a hedgehog??
blue?
fast?
collects rings?
best friend with a squirrel?
come on people.
at least Mario makes sense. he's and Italian plumber who never does any plumbing, who rescues a princess and her kingdom of mushroom people from an angry turtle-like monster. duh.