MX is the main antagonist of Taco Games's Mario '85, a new take on the concept of Mario.EXE heavily inspired by Sonic (PC PORT). Sitting within an abandoned copy of Super Mario Bros., MX takes the souls of those who play the game so that he can “play” with them for all eternity.
Appearance
MX is meant to resemble Mario, but taller and wider with dark red trousers. He sports a black shirt and shoes, white skin, black hair and mustache. His teeth are long and lipless, and his eyes lack sockets. When combined with his skin tone, this makes him look almost skeletal.
In this mod, the colors of his shirt and overalls were swapped, and small white pupils can sometimes be seen in his eye sockets.
Trivia
MX's left pose is a reference to Mario's skidding sprite in Super Mario Bros.
MX is best friends with Lord X from Sonic (PC PORT), as they have a lot in common.[22]
When MX isn't trying to kill someone, he adopts Mario's mannerisms around others. So while he wouldn't be invested in a relationship, he would definitely be a gentleman.[25]
MX's clothes are flesh infused.[26]
MX's “WAHOOOOO!” originates from the chase scene in Level 1-1 of Mario ('85). When he falls into a pit, the game stops, leading the player to believe he died within the pit. However, MX then jumps out of the pit and continues chasing Lucas, screaming said phrase.
He does something similar during Powerdown; towards the end of the song, the music quiets down and fades to black as he says “INNOCENCE DOESN’T GET YOU FAR.”, before he shouts “WAHOOOOO!” once more and enters the final part of the song.
MX can use power-ups despite them being of little to no use.[27]
McDonald's Sprite is one of MX's greatest weaknesses.[28][29]
MX is miscolored in the mod, with his overalls and shirt being the opposite color then normal. It wasn't fixed, however, because it looked cool.[30]
MX's dodge mechanic is one of the few dodge mechanics to not instantly kill you, even from full health.
MX staring at the screen towards the end of Powerdown references the moment in Mario ('85) where he talks to Lucas after the player reaches the end of the level.
MX doesn’t wear gloves, but Mari0Bot doesn’t say anything about it because most fanart depicting MX with gloves “[looks] cool anyway”.[31]
Although many people consider MX as an EXE, Mari0_Bot clarifies that he is not. [32]
