Black Mage didn't appear in Mario before Final Fantasy, and he also does not appear in more Mario games than Final Fantasy games.
Flawed logic.
I'd say appearing first in a certain series is rather relevant. Besides, there are many people who wouldn't even consider the Yoshi's Island series as "Yoshi's own series," but rather as a Mario spin-off series. You really can't debate that it is either though...
No, but he wouldn't look at them and say "Oh, Shy Guys appear ON AVERAGE in Yoshi's Island games more, so he's a Yoshi character," either.
I don't understand why you think Mario platformers are the only Mario games worth counting. A Mario game is a Mario game, and when it comes to
recognition, character appearing and debuting in one series more often than another series would make it more associated with the first series. It's just common sense.
Me too, that's why I posted it.
Thanks, I didn't even realize that!
Welp, I guess... I guess that kind of settles it. Since, of course, Sakurai
IS the one who develops the games.