Smell the Characters v2.0 (Currently discussing Sta(r)fy and Nintendog)

[Dairz]

I wouldn't even consider getting turned on/off by smells a fetish tbh... Smell is an essential part of sexual stimulation for everyone (no matter how good someone looks you won't want to be anywhere near them if they smell bad).
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What.

Mario has thick mushroom breath, and he probably gets really sweaty from his adventures and sporting events. He stinks.

 

[Brickbuild101]

Observe the land she lives in.

The entire observatory is overed with flowers, giving a loving smell all around. All the children an Rosalina feed on Star bits, sweet tasting nectar like pieces of the cosmos for what has been going on centuries. On top of that the gravity field preserves all of this in a concealed untainted environment. She most likely has a smell similar to pine or a tree, since she spends most of her days reading to her children in a library and most likely some of the smell of the tree where she buried her own mother.

Yeah, that's about as close to SG we are gonna get in Smash Bros. Besides we've kinda been overkilling the neutral option.

Wait, her mom DIED!? Spoilerz!

 

[Fatmanonice]

Despite being a hard working guy, Mario probably tries to keep reasonably clean. I imagine he smells like denim and after shave.

 

[CardiganBoy]

I would say that Mario stinks, but not the worst stinks, all the running, and acrobatic jumping must give him sweat odor, but combined with smells of italian food (i love spaghetti), maybe some manly facial hair scents, but i also suggest some bad odors of sewers, not too sure about this las one since he doesn't do that much of plumbing nowadays. Yes i think he stinks, since he doesn't seems to care that much about fragances when going for adventure.

 

[Rockaphin]

As seen in M&L:SS, Mario is taking a shower so he does bathe haha

 

[Bane84]

Updated the OP to summarize the contributions for Mario. Next up is Link.

 

[Rockaphin]

Link:
Stinks, he's carrying a sword, shield, and he wears a heavy outfit. After all that rolling to get places faster, he's gotta be covered in who knows what.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Updated the OP to summarize the contributions for Mario. Next up is Link.

Link goes out and fights monsters.

S

 

[LF2K]

Link is known to lug heavy gear around with him, including bombs. He's also an avid horse rider. Link has an unique scent of horse and gunpowder, plus B.O. from carrying his gear. May as well call him Stink.

 

[Substitution]

Smelly.
I mean, look at all the stuff he carries.

 

[Lozjam]

I don't know, maybe having a part of the triforce keeps him from smelling, maybe his Skyward Sword incarnation wished for that, and also Wind Waker Link would smell like the sea, and OoT Link probably smells like the forest, because he spent so much time with the kokiri. So I give him neutral or smells good

 

[Violenceman]

I'm gonna go for SG for Link. Everything seems to point at him stinking (fighting hideous monsters, carrying lots of gear, exploring dank dungeon, etc) and yet...he is constantly getting the attention of women everywhere he goes. To a ridiculous degree, even. OOT alone has Saria, Malon, Ruto, Nabooru and of course Zelda who all lavish attention on him, from light flirting to straight out marriage proposals. Twilight Princess has Ilia and Midna both showing him affection, plus a group of fan girls in town who give out literal hearts. Skyward Sword has more Zelda romance hints than ever and still girls like Patrice fall all over him. Even in the SSB4 pics he has Peach and Zelda about to launch into cat fights over him.

I know he has the whole bishounen thing going on and he must exude heroism, being the holder of the Tri-Force of Courage an all, but still. No one who stinks horribly would be getting that much attention from the opposite sex. He has to be doing SOMETHING right in the smell department.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Discussion's over.

Lucario!

Please do it for my 700th post!!

 

[R0Y]

No...we're still discussing Link.

I'm going to go with neutral, he'd smell faintly like Zelda's perfume which is a pleasant smell but not necessarily for a man. He'd also smell like the steel of his sword and shield and unkempt, possibly unwashed hair. He's in pretty good shape and spends a lot of his time just walking, so he's not the sweatiest character either.

(N)

 

[Superyoshiom]

Logically speaking, Link wouldn't smell good, but I just can't see Link as being stinky, he just doesn't have that kind of appearance.

But yeah, roaming around in what could be around 20-50 pounds of armor all day is sure to work up sweat.

 

[mygamecube]

People are gonna go for Normal, because it's Link, but let's be frank here, that boy stank too.

 

[Bane84]

Updated the OP to summarize the contributions for Link. Next up is Donkey Kong.

 

[R0Y]

(S)

Smells like fur, BO, and rotting bananas. He also has horrible breath.

 

[Violenceman]

(S)

I don't even want to know what his tie smells like.

 

[LF2K]

Ever been to the gorilla exhibit at the zoo? Stink!

 

[mygamecube]

Obvious.


He's an ape for crying outloud. Hanging around in the jungle, eating bananas. His only source of hygiene would be swimming in water, which probably doesn't fix the issue all that much.

There's also a idle animation in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze where, if the player has Dixie Kong, she starts picking at fleas/ticks from DK's fur. If that's not stinky, I don't know what is.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

S

He's an ape in a jungle.

 

[Pazzo.]

Interesting topic... but I'll vote.

(S)

He's an Ape. Not only are they a bit... unhygienic, but he's been wearing the same tie since Donkey Kong Country.

Imagine (Or don't) a musty, heavy scent from running and jumping, with urine (GROSS) and old bananas.

 

[Bane84]

Updated the OP to summarize the contributions for Donkey Kong. Next up is Samus.

 

[ProjectAngel]

I would suspect that Samus would have something in her suit to keep her clean and toxin free, like a freshener. Besides, no one wants to smell like hot lava, searing acid, and Space Pirate innards after a long day of bounty hunting.

(N)

 

[APC99]

Samus's suit probably smells of acid, metals and electricity, and probably has a bit of lava, guts and oil.

However, OUTSIDE the suit... Samus smells like leather, sweet scents (I think strawberries) and sweat, but not enough to ruin the entire thing.

Samus (Power Suit): S
Samus (Zero Suit): SG

 

[Sarki Soliloquy]

Samus probably smells bad. I mean, if you consider what she goes through, would she be any better than what the consensus graded Link? At her cleanest level of her Varia Suit, she might smell not to different from Mega Man with metal and electronics scent. But during and after battle, she's going to reek off singed wire & metal, sparks, camphor & smoke from explosives, plasma, and all the goo and viscera despoiled from all the alien creatures she blasts up. That suit is regularly exposed to lava, moisture, acid, ice, fungus, and water, with that last one not doing much to clean her stench. The area where the water is located would also seep its stenches and minerals into it. So an area like Marida could be akin to a pungent pond maybe with some sulfuric, decaying smell. Oh, and what if Samus is exposed to or infected with Phazon? I'd imagine it having a potent chemical, crystalline smell that would repulse upon contact with the nostrils just because of the threatening feelings it evokes.

Zero Suit Samus would be a much different story, however. Let's save her for another time.

 

[lordvaati]

Let me put it this way. In an early commercial for Metroid Prime, there was a part showing flesh eating parasite larva blowing up and spraying their guts all over the visor.

That is just a sample of the stuff that has been though over the years...

 

[pitthekit]

Samus suit has Ridley guts all over it

(SG)

 

[R0Y]

Samus smells like the alien moats and environs she swims through. They're, pleasant, nature smells that mask the Power Suit's metallic aroma.

(SG)

 

[weegee2407]

With the power suit on, I'd say a thick acid/alien innards smell. (S)
The power suit most likely seals out any and all of these things so without power suit, (N)

 

[Xarreno]

Well, except for the obvious water and lava that may clean and fry most of what's on the suit, I'd have to say N.

To note, she never washes her suit, she was eaten by the Queen Metroid, she rolls in who knows what, extraterrestrial life exploding everywhere on her, and liquids, lots and lots of bacteria in those.

After all that though, can you say smells stick on to metal very well? Not really.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

This is a toughie, @ X Xarreno has a point.

N

 

[weegee2407]

The power suit does contain organic portions though, as Fusion showed. Smells may stick to those.

 

[CardiganBoy]

I think Samus has a neutral smell, possibly some space odors and metal, and while she figths hideous creatures, i don't think her power suit mantains the stink of dead aliens, yep pretty much neutral smell.

 

[Ividboy]

What does the inside goop of a metroid smell like?

 

[Xarreno]

What does the inside goop of a metroid smell like?

Hmm... based on its appearance and that it's a parasite I'd have to say a combination of cauliflower, brains, and fish.

 

[IsmaR]

I think Samus has a neutral smell, possibly some space odors and metal, and while she figths hideous creatures, i don't think her power suit mantains the stink of dead aliens, yep pretty much neutral smell.

Depends on the game/which suit. She's been literally flushed out of a space toilet, and while being showered in an enemies' guts isn't as bad as getting eaten, it probably leaves a radioactive smell. Or at least coconut-y. If we're assuming the standard Smash suit prior to any actual action, it still probably smells of incendium or exhaust from the power, heat, etc. being generated. That all said, even with an inner cooling system, Samus probably smells sweaty in there, especially with the layered clothing (Zero Suit and has her civilian clothing underneath) .

 

[CardiganBoy]

Depends on the game/which suit. She's been literally flushed out of a space toilet, and while being showered in an enemies' guts isn't as bad as getting eaten, it probably leaves a radioactive smell. Or at least coconut-y. If we're assuming the standard Smash suit prior to any actual action, it still probably smells of incendium or exhaust from the power, heat, etc. being generated. That all said, even with an inner cooling system, Samus probably smells sweaty in there, especially with the layered clothing (Zero Suit and has her civilian clothing underneath) .

Hmm good points there, and i really think that inner cooling must be a thing, especially for the lava areas.
And for some reason i think that the light suit is the most neutral/nice smelling, but kind of irrelevant, since that suit is used in only one game.

 

[Pacack]

The suit would probably smell pretty bad with what she goes through on a daily basis. Then again, it is extremely advanced technology, so maybe it doesn't pick up much of a smell?

Eh...I'd probably have to go with S. There are a lot of unknowns, but I imagine the environments that she's in would be absolutely toxic, so I'm just going to assume the worst.