In Super Mario 3D World, the unique properties of Double Cherries allow two characters to swap bodies permanently. The diagram below outlines the steps necessary to make the entities formerly known as Mario and Luigi switch their identities.
@MarioBrothBlog The Double Cherry in a nutshell:
@MarioBrothBlog "The entities formerly known as Mario and Luigi"
@MarioBrothBlog Is there any specific evidence the identity is "split", as opposed to copied and mimicked?
@MarioBrothBlog Am I the only one who didn't know ground pounding a cherry copy converts it into your character?
@MarioBrothBlog not a fan of the Luigi slander
@MarioBrothBlog Weird! Never knew about ground-pounding in multiplayer like that!
@MarioBrothBlog the ethics of the double cherry have always been extremely questionable, given that you can have the original body die and continue playing as one of the clones. do they share a hive mind that transfers to the others as they die or do they all have their own unique consciousness?
@MarioBrothBlog is this the "three people need to cross the river but the raft only supports two" puzzle
@MarioBrothBlog Can we get a video of this happening? I get it but want to see it in action.
@MarioBrothBlog This sounds like the synopsis to Everything Everywhere All At Once
@MarioBrothBlog so do the characters the players are controlling stay the same? So if p1 is Mario before doing this, do they end up playing as Luigi?
@MarioBrothBlog Wow, the Double Cherries are such a cool game mechanic!
@MarioBrothBlog I Iove the way you phrase these trivias so much. I've always known that the Double Cherry were a metaphysical identity nightmare but good grief this is just insane.
@MarioBrothBlog You picked the best possible way to word this.
@MarioBrothBlog Good thing the Bros. are too carefree for existential crises.
@MarioBrothBlog woah i had no idea you could do this. do the characters assigned to the player change on level clear rewards too or does it just exist within the level the body switch happens?
@MarioBrothBlog Is this a glitch or a theory? Is there any footage of this glitch? I've never heard of this before and it sounds very creepy
@MarioBrothBlog This sounds like something that would happen in a Mario idw comic and they'd have to solve it
@MarioBrothBlog This is unintentionally the most hilarious Supper Mario Broth post ever for me
@MarioBrothBlog The double cherry always kinda freaked me out
@MarioBrothBlog Even without another person, Entity 1 (Mario) could grab a Double Cherry, creating an Entity 2 (Mario), and then Entity 1 is destroyed, leaving only Entity 2 as the "real" Mario. Which of course leaves the question... ...Who REALLY died that day? And who came back?
@MarioBrothBlog the lore implications of this.....
@MarioBrothBlog @El_Omar2203 Wish I could do this irl
@MarioBrothBlog Oh boy, as if the Double Cherry didn't give me enough existential dread
@MarioBrothBlog This brings up the question of if they have an identity crisis or not. Do they just have eachother's memories? Becuase if a Ground Pound is all it takes for them to swap intentities, this also brings up the question of "Would there be a point where impacts to the head stop
@MarioBrothBlog @MaxKriegerVG The Ship Of It’s-a-meseus
@MarioBrothBlog TIL you could ground pound to steal clones
@MarioBrothBlog Super Mario Theseus? Italian Reassignment Chergery? I'unno.
@MarioBrothBlog I'm assuming the entity each player controls at the end is tied to the character and not the specific entity? Highly doubt it's the ladder but it would be really funny if you were able to use this to switch characters mid level