Monkey Mario-concept drawing

This is a concept sheet for a fictional Mario power up... the idea is to have a suit reminiscent of the Tanooki in SM3 that turns Mario in Monkey Mario.

This fictional suit would work similar to other suits in the game, giving Mario new abilities ( throwing bananas to knock enemies or make Koopas slide ) and dexterity ( being able to hang from the tail, climb faster, jump farther ).

I tried to keep the same ideas from the games, so that the design doesn't look out of place... the red tie and hair on the head are similar to the ones that Donkey Kong posses.

This suit is going to be featured in a future picture in a 3d game style, both Mario and Luigi will be using it.

For the concept featuring Luigi and a blue Toad click the link

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