After all these years, they finally make an officially licensed Super Mario chess set. Let’s take a look at the character choices, shall we? They’re different than what I would have chosen. We’ll start with the highest ranking and precede down the list until we find a complete travesty:

1. The king is Mario. Good choice.
2. The queen is Luigi. While I would have … picked …
WHAT THE ****?!
Oh… my….
Well, I GUESS it makes sense, in terms of character placement. Pairing Luigi and Daisy, while it makes sense, doesn’t really look symmetrical.
But the gender bending title does kinda creep me out, not gonna lie.
But do the results back up the theory Take a look at the aggregate statistics across major league baseball the last 5 years.