I would like to put my two cents in as the newest SMG4 storyline progresses and say that I am a FIRM fucking believer that this silhouette is SMG3. /silly
I’ve already listed the possibilities of who it could be, but said options are either out of commission (cough cough SMG4 cough cough) or the silhouette just doesn’t match. Allow me to elaborate.
First of all, we already know that 4 is currently either at the hospital orr at the castle; Karen told Mario to get outta there and to call Luigi, which ultimately leaves us with the 2nd option: Mario.
However, as I analyzed the silhouette, it just seem’s too similar to 3 & 4’s model compared to Mario. Naturally, the model designers made 3 & 4’s model to match mario, but that doesn’t change the fact that they have a noticeable difference in their shapes & sizes.
If you look close, you can tell that 3 & 4’s models are a bit more rounder compared to Mario, who is just the tinniest bit slimmer than his counterparts. It’s mostly noticeable in their heads as Mario has a more cheeky and lengthy face, whereas 3 & 4 have a more squished rounder chibi face. Not to mention, Mario’s hat has more of a dent in it than SMG4’s and SMG3’s, making it easier to compare the silhouettes hat to 3’s as there is hardly a dent. It could just be that whoever rendered it had SMG3’s model angled differently than what we expect it to look like as it’s such a reoccurring thing to do when posing models to make your final product look how you want it too, even if that means what’s really going on in the scene looks wacky and out of place.
Anyways, it’s not just the difference in their models that makes me believe it’s SMG3 and not Mario, but also because Mario would most likely be accompanying SMG4 as he wakes up from a very scary near death experience. Mario was also posed to viewed as Mr.WPNZ’s ‘lackey’ without him actually knowing he was (hence why he was confused when Karen was interrogating him, and asking why he stole her kids), making it more likely to have him set aside as he’s already had a lengthy amount of play in the plot.
With both Mario & 4 out of the equation, this leaves us with the only other one that could match the shadows silhouette: SMG3. It’s either that, or Mr.WPNZ just has a suspicious-fat-Italian shaped body (if that even is his shadow instead of 3.)
As for the reason SMG3 would help Karen out, I can’t really say why other than he’s knows SMG4 is hurt which means he can’t help Karen in her mission anymore, and as any good friend would do, he ends up taking his place to help Karen. Also, considering he did harshly say that Karen wasn’t a good mother, he could possibly feel bad, and end up helping her as an apology. Unfortunately, until Saturday finally roll’s around, I can’t really take any other guess as to why SMG3 would help Karen with her mission to get her kids back.
I have seen the idea that SMG3 felt the sudden impact as soon as SMG4’s back hit the wall due to their oh-so-yummy Meme Guardian cosmic connection, and lemme just say I love the thought very much. But, if you’ve been around long enough, you’ll know the team has a knack for never bringing up their cosmic connection into situations where their connection would be super reasonable to bring up. But, alas, we can all still hope and dream for 3 & 4’s connection to be brought up 💔. It would also give more sense to why SMG3 is getting involved in the current conflict.
TLDR; The Shadow is SMG3 with the only 2 other possible people unavailable to be put back into the plot, and we have a very super-miniature chance of cosmic lore being brought up (with a few SMG34 crumbs…. Maybe 😞).
Thank yew for coming to my very impulsive and little analyzation of once again, this silly Mario machinima show.
P.s, I do believe that Mr.WPNZ is Karen’s Ex. Like. C’mon. The way he talked to her through the walkie talkie, and the community post that was just out today already confirms it. Yeah. That’s her EX. I also really can’t wait to see his full model… Saturday really can’t come any slower ☹️.