There are very few video game characters that are truly immortal. Throughout most of the Super Mario Bros. 3 game, Dry Bones is one character that Mario just can’t seem to shake. Fireballs, a perfectly timed jump and other forms of offence just bounce off of him. The only weakness poor Dry Bones falls for is the invincible star. You think you have him beat? He is going to come back to life and continue to walk around. Although one could draw mythical parallels to Sisyphus, it is simply more fun to think of Dry Bones as the ultimate hunter who Mario can never defeat for good. If only all of the bad guys in these games had this kind of spirit!
I can only hope that Dry Bones make an appearance in Super Mario Galaxy 2. I dread to think what a Mario game would be like without this hero. Maybe Mario can get some more of that water he has in SMRPG that kills Dry Bones on contact. No matter what happens, I admire Dry Bones and his never give up spirit. You just can’t do any better than the one and only Dry Bones when it comes to hunting down Mario and kicking butt.
–GhostLover33
Tue, Sep 8, 2009
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