Amiya Game Theory

Sure, some of these are Bowser's evil minions, but creatures like the Wiggler are minding their own business until Mario shows up and squashes them for seemingly no reason.

Mario is absolutely aggressive towards others.

Another personality change that can happen when you're suffering with pain is not letting people near you, emotionally speaking.

Again, we see how Mario rejects Luigi's brotherly affections, often leaving him on the sidelines while he goes off on his own adventures.

And while in most games Mario is meant to be saving Princess Peach, we also see him going off to save other women like Daisy and Pauline.

Nintendo even came out and confirmed that Mario and Peach are just friends.

friends, because Mario is not looking to bond or get close to anyone, so we've got another piece of evidence that Mario is feeling all of this pain.

Turns out him being a sociopath may just be coming from the constant torture we put him through.

I'm starting to feel bad for the guy, and that's before we even start looking into his facial expressions.

This is where things get a little more complicated.

Facial expressions is absolutely the most detailed part of this checklist.

You see, when we feel pain, it triggers involuntary muscle contractions in our face.

Scientists aren't certain why this happens, but suspect it's a way to communicate distress to others and tightening these muscles might help to alleviate the pain we are feeling elsewhere in our body.

These kinds of facial movements are things like frowning,

furrowing eyebrows, squinting eyes, and screwing up your nose.

Overall, the face is just squishing tightly together.

So does Mario exhibit these facial expressions when taking damage?

His face when he dies in Super Mario Bros.

Deluxe sure looks like it.

Eyes squinting and eyebrows furrowed.