Consider what the world describes as classics: Shakespeare, Alfred Hitchcock, Mario, and Luigi. They all have their places in the realm of what is thought to be classic. Even though  Mario has only been around for a few decades, he's still more important to today's youth than those other two dudes. It's actually arguable that kids might actually know more of their work than Shakespeare and Hitchcock combined.

Video games hold a special place in our hearts because they are the perfect mixture of the greatest attributes of all mediums. Video games have visual arts that stem, from sculpture, painting and drawing, the depth and immersion of novels, and the social nature of boardgames all rolled into one. With virtual reality slowly seeping its way into our lives, it's good to know that the classic will always be appreciated.

Many of the great games from our youth have survived with dozens of sequels to stay relevant throughout the generations. The golden days of Mario, Sonic, DK, Bowser, Samus, Link, Mega Man, Solid Snake, Fox McCloud, and Ash Ketchum are sure to live on.

25 Those Poor Goombas

It looks like the agents of Bowser finally captured Mario. Either that or after Mario saved the Princess, the Mushroom Kingdom signed a treaty with the Koopas and Mario couldn't stop smashing Goombas and such, resulting in his war crimes being used against him in a court of mushroom law.

But fortunately, thanks to this comic, now you know what to order when you're about to be executed. Not the 1-Up mushroom, no. But just magic mushrooms. That way when you go to the electric chair you might actually have a good time and not realize what's happening to you. Denial of reality is key.

24 Turn Their Shells Into Clocks

Mario is trained to kills turtle enemies, this is hardwired into his existence. There’s no stopping our favorite Italian plumber from wreaking havoc on every mushroom and turtle-like Pokémon. We also wonder how Mario would react to meeting a Blastoise, also known as Water Bowser.

Mario's no fool; even if he is wearing a stupid kid's jacket he knows who his enemies are. Chances are, Mario heard about this far away land where the animals fight for fun as a vacation place to deal with his PTSD. We can't expect him to not attack Squirtle. Rambo said it best: "Nothing is over... nothing! You just don't turn it off!"

23 So Now We Know... It Was Tifa Who Killed Aeris.

In the Japanese version, she could be revived by heading to Midgar and collecting items for some old guy who's actually an Ancient. But apparently, the developers left it out of the American version because they thought we'd be too lazy to do it. Which is probably true.

Still, what was the point of even leveling up Aeris at all knowing she was going to die? Not to be revived with a Phoenix Down like this comic suggests, but actually die and no longer be able to play with her. See, in Final Fantasy IV, your team was always changing to fit the narrative and the deaths of characters actually meant something to the story. So did Aeris, yeah, but FF7 was a game where most of the time you got to pick and choose who was in your party. Plus in Final Fantasy IV, everyone comes back to life at the end anyway.

22 Slippy Is Expendable, But You'll Miss Him When He's Gone

Sorry, Slippy, but no one told you to get out of your ship. I imagine in this scenario, Slippy was offering Samus air and tech support while she was doing her thing on some infested planet. But then Slippy had to go to the bathroom or got hungry or something, then landed his ship and was immediately descended upon by a Metroid baby.

It's funny because this comic combines Slippy's most iconic line in Star Fox 64 with the method of dispatching Metroids in Metroid. Going to drop some knowledge on you right now: Samus Aran kills Metroids and her name is not Metroid, Zelda is the name of the Princess, not the Hero, and Donkey Kong isn't a donkey.

21 What's Between All Those Legs?

The truth of Sonic the Hedgehog is that he has the ability to grow an unlimited number of legs to increase his speed to intense levels. Whether or not this is true of real-life hedgehogs, we will never know, but I will continue to have faith that they can.

Sonic was one of those games I was never good at and always got sick of it because the controls were annoying. This may not be a popular opinion, but if Sonic was so insanely awesome and top tier, then why did Sega fail?

20 Invite Slippy To BBQ... Serve Frog Legs.

Slippy is the technology and diagnostics member of the team. He's the only one who probably went to college to learn about something useful like physics and analytics. It makes sense that this talented Star Fox team would need a guy like Slippy Toad and that he would be the outcast of the group. After all, Fox is the son of James McCloud, Falco is an ace pilot, and Peppy is the veteran.

Slippy has the ability to display the enemy-boss health meter on your screen, as well as annoy the crap out of you. It may not seem like a big deal at first, but when you're fighting late-game enemies, it's nice to have the information. Maybe invite Slippy over for a BBQ or something. Serve fried frog legs and make sure he tries some. Otherwise, find a new team, Slippy-bro.

19 Good To See Dr. Mario Survive That Malpractice Suit

Dr. Mario in Super Smash was worthless. He was just a variation of Mario, and no one needs another one of those. Let's not forget about Luigi and all the nonsense that coincides with his existence. However, let's stop and think for a moment. How does the original Mario feel about this scenario? Wouldn't he be pissed that Dr. Mario gets to live there making double the money?

It would make sense that Mario would want to make more money, because let's face it, he's super famous. But to find out this semi-interesting variation of Mario doesn't have to get the crap beat out of him every day and still makes more money is totally unfair.

18 The Chozo: The Most Trolling Parents Ever

Growing up must have been pretty difficult for Samus. She was trained and raised by giant birds after learning that her species was basically wiped out by Ridley, the leader of the Space Pirates. All to fight and battle through the ruins of Zebes to find out that Ridley looks a bit like a bird himself.

It's funny to think that growing up with the Chozo conditioned Samus to search for their artifacts by planting bombs near walls that look suspicious or shoot missiles at statues. The Chozo seemed to be an intelligent race, but not so intelligent that they weren't gunned into extinction. It's hard for me to accept that birds are smart; they don't even have arms or teeth. How do they eat buffalo wings?

17 Sonic Looks Like He Has A Problem

Is the "Sonic" restaurant named after the blue hedgehog guy or is it just a mere coincidence? A question we may never have the answer to. But if after Sonic defeats Dr. Robotnik and saves the world, maybe he'd need to find some work to pay for all the sneakers he burns through.

Imagine Sonic walking into a Sonic with a resume while wearing a suit. The manager would be a complete fool not to hire him on the spot, regardless of how disgusting a humanoid hedgehog might be. It's an absolute brilliant advertising mechanic, and Sonic would probably be a great waiter.

16 The Princess And The Power Suit

We're starting to accept the idea that Bowser isn't that much of a tough enemy to deal with if a plumber has dispatched him a dozen games in a row. So if Samus was given the opportunity to play against Bowser at full power, he'd have no chance. Samus would wipe the floor with the dragon-turtle.

Peach probably bonded with Samus over some female stuff and Peach must have realized at some point that she no longer needed play the victim. That, and she maybe noticed Samus and her were of similar body size and wanted to try on the power suit. Samus doesn't even leave herself vulnerable here, since zero suit Samus was totally hardcore as well.

15 Rikku Sure Is Annoying...

Why is it in some Final Fantasy games certain items can only be used during battle? I can't even remember the amount of times I've gone through my inventory in those games and saw a plethora of useless garbage. With Rikku's Mix ability, it only made that situation worse in Final Fantasy X.

What's funny about this comic is that Tidus wanted an Al Bhed Potion and Rikku says she can only use it in battle so Tidus punches her in the face to initiate battle. Or was he just hitting her because he was pissed off? Either way, we doubt she's going to make an exception on behalf of the physical abuse she's undergone.

14 Samus Aran Is All About Dem Gainz, Brah

There's a theory going around that the Star Fox pilots had their lower or back legs removed from their bodies and replaced with robot legs so they could become better pilots. Something to do with maneuvers and high speeds forcing the blood to rush to a pilot's legs and this was a way to avoid that. This means Fox is not ignorant of physical enhancements.

Fox is probably thinking about adding a sweet gun arm to his body, so that then maybe his projectiles in Super Smash Bros. will have some actual stopping power. However, the moment you realize that Samus is just a total beast mode super hero, it all makes perfect sense.

13 A Tale Of Dumb Descendants

The Link in the Legend of Zelda games is often a reincarnation of some sort of the legendary Hero of Time. The chronology of the Zelda series is very in-depth and places the games in a very intelligent timeline. The cool thing is, however, is that while Link and Zelda are always new heroes with the same spirit, Ganondorf is the same dirtbag every time.

That being said, once Link figures out he's a reincarnation or descendant of some Hero, doesn't he feel like a tool? It would be okay for him to have insecurities about his existence and call to the heroes of old for guidance. We can relate to that specific loneliness. But Link should never complain since the Master Sword is pretty awesome.

12 If Everyone Played SNES There Would Be No War

Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Do we go back and play the games of our past because we miss that time period, because the game itself is so great that it strikes the cords of our brains so perfectly, or is it a combination of both? Either way, playing old games and realizing they're still awesome means all those hours we spent grinding were worthwhile.

Nevertheless, the games being released today are awesome, and they have outstanding graphics, stories, and game mechanics. But none of those things would be of any value to us if not for the classics we grew up with. They are the true heroes of this world.

11 Ken Gives Chun-Li His Shoryuken

I always thought it was Ryu who was going to end up falling in love with Chun-Li. But it turns out the only thing that Ryu loves is martial arts. Seriously, in the Street Fighter anime, all Ryu was doing was traveling the world mastering new martial arts for fun. He had no time for chicks.

But this sort of explains where Chun-Li may have went. Ken is all about the East-Asian cultures so it would seem apt that he has the yellow-fever. Ken probably realized that he would never be as awesome as Ryu and decided to choose a new path. A path of love and family, and... fatherhood.

10 Donkey Kong Knows Your Secrets And Your Weakness

DK is a personal favorite of mine. When he was in the game Super Mario Strikers his specialty was tackling. It was a soccer game. Also, if you’re dedicated to training with him in Super Smash, then he’s a powerhouse. And the Donkey Kong Country games are some of the greatest games of all time.

This is how Pokémon games should be. We should be able to just attack the trainer and steal his Pokémon and choose the path of evil like in the Fable series. In the Pokémon games, I don't understand why some of the more powerful Pokémon don't do what DK is doing in this comic. It has to be pretty easy for an Onix to get heated and tail smash a trainer that's bothering it.

9 Toad Was Totally The Best Racer In Super Mario Kart

So what if the cool names of video games didn’t always accurately describe the gameplay? Toad is most certainly the best character in Super Mario Kart. They nerfed him in later games, but it was a no-contest decision who you wanted to race as on the SNES. This was back when the Donkey Kong Country character wasn’t the only Nintendo ape. There was that guinea-tee wearing Baby Kong thing that was as awful a racer as Bowser's heavy butt.

For those of you who didn’t grow up playing Super Mario Kart, we don’t want to hear you say a thing about Rainbow Road because you don’t know anything. Rainbow Road on N64, GameCube, Wii, and Wii U is nothing compared to the difficulty of Rainbow Road on the SNES.

8 Charmander Is Ugly No Matter How Good The Graphics Are

Graphics really have come a long way since the first Pokémon games. But it should be noted that it’s the fantastic gameplay, interesting story, and compelling characters that truly drive a good video game, not solely the graphics. However, with the rise of multiplayer online gaming, story matters a bit less.

The update of television screens and the enhancement of graphics have really gotten awesome. Pretty soon we wont be able to tell the difference between real life and the animation of video games.

7 Princess Peach: Poppin' Pariah

Dr. Mario is busy doing other things, so let's let Luigi step in and pretend he's anything short of useless. But for Peach, a substitute doctor might be a good thing for the reason that she can get all the medication she wants. Or so she thought.

I wonder what Peach really likes taking the most and what combinations she has figured out go best with the royal wine. In this scenario, let's imagine Peach as someone who likes a beverage or two. It has to be traumatizing being taken all the time, so pour yourself a drink, Peach. Pop a few, you deserve it. But for the moments when she's not being taken and at home, surrounded by a bunch of talking mushroom nerds, substance abuse may be a necessity. Seek help, Peach.

6 Punish The Toad

It got old having this stupid Toad tell us that the princess was in another castle. It was an easy way to explain the levels of the game, just not a very clever one. At least in Shadow of Mordor, you understand you have to kill certain generals before you can move onto fighting a new section of the army.

In Super Mario World, you travel through section after section tossing Bowser's kids into lava, always thinking you're going to save the princess. But alas, she's always in a new castle and really, she's always been with Bowser in his mega dungeon castle the whole time. It got a bit redundant having to listen to the Toad guy with his weird vest tell us we had to keep searching. Must feel good to rub the revenge in his tiny face.