He does shatter brick with his bare hands (well, gloves but w/e) and throw/punch Bowser around like a ragdoll without any of those powerups, so he's a lot stronger than average guy mcdude
True, but the Low tier also self-describedly includes Badass Normals. While Mario has superhuman strength and mobility, I would say his ranged options and durability aren't up to snuff. I was going to make a comparison to John Wick, until I remembered that, based on these rules, Wick might not have access to any weapons at all. I will say, though, that Mario probably wouldn't even be able to land a single hit on The Player, and while it is a style mismatch, I still don't feel like they belong in the same tier as such (and the latter isn't misplaced).
Mario has legitimate superhuman feats. He lives in a cartoony world where normal physics do not apply.
@scarletspeed7 what tier would you say that Constatine is in? What I found focused mostly on his manipulation which I don't think would be as relevant to this format, so I put him in low based on a pretty poor understanding of his powers
Those two shouldn't be low either. Especially Kenshiro, the guy's nearly invulnerable
But can they beat He-man or a sith lord or Aang or the Witch King? Sure, Mario and Link can stomp random people with ease, but they'll probably be outside of their weight class in medium. It's all relative, and having Low just be 10 regular humans punching each other wouldn't be that entertaining.
actually toon link would hard counter the nazgul with his light arrows but that's very situational
Mario, Link, and Kenshiro could beat quite a few people in Medium. ---