Let us discuss about Antasma...

I know right? I think Antasma should return somehow though. Remember Elder Princess Shroob? She exploded too, but her body is clearly seen frozen in Bowser's castle in BIS. The same could happen with any other villain who exploded, including Antasma. I for one, hope that the next Mario & Luigi features an evil alliance between Antasma, Fawful, the Shroobs, and Cackletta. With a slight romantic interest between Antasma and Cackletta. Also TC, your avatar looks so awesome. Where did you find that, or did you make it?

Wow, you are definitely the master of Antasma knowledge. My Count Bleck style hat is off to you, good sir.I am glad you joined our group. ^_^

Anyway, I kind of like Bowser being used in the RPG games, but I have always preferred him in a comical role. Just look at PM 2, BIS, and Mario RPG as example of a funny Bowser. He is simply too generic to be a main villain in RPG games. You really hit the nail on the head by suggesting Bowser returned as a villain because of complaints, most of which I believe came from him being too nice and stupid in BIS. Now we have serious Bowser in Both Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario. Oh, and that naked Bowser poster comment had me rolling with laughter.

I did enjoy Antasma with his backstory. Bleck is my favorite character because of his and I expected Antasma to join the ranks of Bleck, but he did not.

I would be devastated if that happened to Count Bleck. I now understand your pain more deeply.

Wow, I had no idea about Bowser's popularity with those kinds of fans! I just do not know what to say about all that craziness. My love for Bleck is not that way!

Well, I hope he comes back. His story is left in the air as it is, unlike Bleck, who's story finished properly. Rarely do I see a villain who wants to be free. If ever.

Idk but i'm thinking, there is a small chance he might get referenced this 18 march since it's the end of the Year of Luigi, so i hope they do something special to close the year.

I think i remember Nintendo asked Alpha Dream to make some changes on Dream Team, they did refuse a few of them but they did accept other, so i kinda wonder if they actually did intend to have Antasma being the final boss but then got a letter of Miyamoto which told them to make Bowser the final boss instead.

Still, i hope Miyamoto may care about Antasma since he was Dreamy Luigi's rival, he was countering Luigi's dreams and seemingly was trying to torment him by attacking him in his dreams.

Imo i could imagine Antasma being the kind of villain who instead of attacking physically Luigi, would be trying to break him mentally shouting things like "You are not perfect" or "you vill be always in your brother's shadow" and manifesting nightmares of Mario, preying on Luigi's fears so he could get more powerful.

If Miyamoto was truly the one responsible for this, then this only goes to further prove how much of a hypocrite he is. First, there was Sticker Star... He had no problem whatsoever with all the New Super Mario Bros. games being too similar to one another, but then when it came to the Paper Mario series going back to its roots, he suddenly had a problem, even though it had been eight years since Thousand-Year Door was released. Secondly, he was actively involved in the recent Donkey Kong Country games (particularly Returns), and he was perfectly okay with King K. Rool getting cast aside, even though he hadn't been in a main console installment since 1999, but God forbid if someone other than Bowser is the main villain in any Mario game nowadays without some sort of copout. I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Why the hell is Bowser entitled to all this blatant favoritism?

Overusing Bowser due to popularity is already one thing, but this is clearly a case favoritism and nothing more. Like I said in the other topic, they almost completely undermined Antasma, and did just about everything in their power to make Bowser look good, and like Antasma was insignificant compared to him. In reality, it's the other way around. Antasma was the one who came up with all the plans and operations; Bowser did nothing but leech off of his work, and yet everyone gives him all the credit. If it had been up to him, it would've simply been the same boring, repetitive princess-kidnapping plot that he comes up with in just about every game (he even said so himself that his reason for coming to Pi'llo Island was solely to kidnap Peach, even going so far as to say it's his "calling in life"). Bowser's a complete joke of a villain that gets far more attention and recognition than he deserves; by both the fans and the developers. It was already bad enough that some 1996 Nintendo Power issue had him ranked above Smithy, but for the gamer's edition of the Guinness World Records to label him as the "Greatest Video Game Villain of All Time"... There's really no excuse for that one whatsoever, and only goes to prove my point on how overrated he is.

One other thing I feel the need to address. The part with Bowser telling Antasma that he "[doesn't] work well with others" was complete BS. Why? Mario is his single, most hated enemy, and he was able to work with him just fine on quite a few occasions, even to the point where he specifically offered to team up with him in Super Mario RPG and Superstar Saga. While it could be argued that Bowser doesn't work well with other villains who are also aiming to conquer the world, the Mario & Sonic games completely contradict this, because he was able to work alongside Dr. Robotnik (and Dr. Nega, too, if I'm not mistaken) with no problem. So, that "I don't work well with others" thing just doesn't cut it, and was clearly nothing more than a lame excuse for them to have Bowser BS his way into the final boss slot again, for the millionth time.