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I'll keep my thoughts super simple as to not drag it into this topic:

A character is a "____ character" of whatever series people will recognize them most from, not counting mashups like Smash Bros. Shadow has his own game, but a vast majority of people still recognize him as a Sonic character. Wario has WarioWare, but most people recognize him from Mario games. Same with Yoshi. Most people do not recognize Donkey Kong as a Mario character, so he's basically the line where he's still his own thing despite appearing in a bunch of Mario spin-offs. So to me...

1. If your solo games haven't gotten big enough to where most people recognize you for those over the original series
and/or
2. If your solo game appearances are vastly outnumbered by your appearances in the original series

then I still consider the character as part of that series. Yoshi's mainline Mario appearances match or outnumber the number of Yoshi games, total, and a majority of people still recognize Wario from Mario Party/Kart/Sports/etc., so I see nothing wrong with counting them as "Mario characters." There's nothing saying they can't be both, but saying "They're not Mario characters" is kinda silly.
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Seplito Nash, Smelling Like the Vault since 1996
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