Amiya Game Theory

Looks pretty convincing to me, but look

Looking at all instances across the franchise, his facial reactions to pain are not what they should be and are downright inconsistent.

Look what happens if Mario gets electrocuted in Mario 64.

He becomes briefly paralysed and he makes a noise, but look at his face.

vacant stare.

No muscle contractions of any kind.

Being electrocuted should be painful, but not only that, the electric current passing through your body should be stimulating nerves, forcing muscle contractions in his face.

But Mario does nothing.

And this isn't an isolated incident either.

When Mario is swimming and runs out of air, he slowly loses his life points, but this doesn't normally just happen with no warning.

Running out of air underwater is painful.

When holding your breath underwater for more than 30 seconds, carbon dioxide builds up in your bloodstream from not exhaling, and this can lead to discomfort in your lungs.

Mario should be feeling this pain and showing that pain on his face, but as he slowly loses his life, he doesn't

flinch, or even look like he's in desperate need of air.

One minute he's swimming no problem, the next, whoops, he's dead.

And what about freezing to death?

That's gotta hurt more than drowning, right?

If Mario swims in icy water, he does take damage, I mean, fair water that cold is going to hurt.

You can see the effect it has on Mario's body as he slowly is covered in ice until eventually freezing to death.

But Mario doesn't show the slightest amount of discomfort being this cold, not even slowing down in the water.