Forgotten Characters
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There's No Way You've Played Any of These
Donkey Kong
Name That Song (name game for points, +100 for song title)
100

This character's only mainline playable Mario Kart game was Super Mario Kart

DK Jr. 

100

This game's commercial failure is commonly blamed for shutting down fan favorite studio AlphaDream

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 3DS remake

100

To 101% this classic DK game, you must play the original Donkey Kong arcade

Donkey Kong 64

200

This character's appearances have become so scarce in recent years that fans commonly joke that he is "canonically dead." 

Toadsworth

200

This 3DS sports title flopped hard. Unfortunately, it is still the last appearance of "Mario Baseball" to date. 

Mario Sports Superstars

200

This group replaced the Kremlings as the main antagonistic force in Donkey Kong Country Returns

Tiki-Tak Tribe

200

Luigi's Mansion 3 - E Gadd's Laboratory / E Gadd's Theme

300

This Mario Party mainstay finally became playable in Mario Party 5, only to never be seen again after Mario Party 7

Koopa Kid 

300

This game is the seldom discussed sequel to a popular Mario puzzle game. It added a 4 player VS mode where you could play either 2v2 or FFA. 

Dr. Mario 64

300

Donkey Kong has chemistry with this non-kong character in Mario Superstar Baseball

Petey Piranha

300

Mario Superstar Baseball - Menu / Character Select

400

This goomba variant appeared in the Super Mario Land series

Goombo

400

This game released as a launch title for the Virtual Boy

Mario's Tennis (I will not be accepting Mario Tennis, that is the N64 one. I apologize in advance)

400

In Donkey Kong Bananza's forest layer, the ostrich bananza can be found in this hotel

Eggshell Hotel

500

This character had a cameo in the Super Mario Galaxy movie and has only been playable in a single main-studio Mario Kart title. 

R.O.B.

500

This was one of the final Game & Watch systems ever produced. It had identical gameplay to "Ball" but featured a Mario themed reskin. 

Mario the Juggler

500

Bruce Lowry, Nintendo of America’s vice president of sales from 1981 to 1986, referred to it as “the worst game we ever sold.”

Donkey Kong Jr. Math