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I've honestly never liked the [[:Category:Allies|system of categorizing allies]] that's been in place. A character can be a considered an ally at the drop of a hat (which often includes [[Einstein|being kind of helpful]] [[Garson|to the heroes]] [[Gooma|at one point]] and [[Doctor Toadley's intern|being next]] [[Gabbro|to the heroes]] [[Elvin Parsley|at one point]], and more often than not they end up encompassing every supporting character that appears in a game. How that category should be dealt with is a problem for another time, but that really outlines why this page is pointless. The point of these major lists ([[List of games|games]], [[List of species|species]], [[List of items|items]], etc.) is so that we can have a convenient and coherent list of basically every single element. However, what's the point of having a list that cherry-picks a handful of characters from the [[List of characters|list of characters]]? It's retreading what doesn't need to be retread. I really don't see why a character that popped in once to help Mario is worthy of being separated-but-not-really into its own list. Everyone here is already listed on the list of characters, by the way, so it's not like it's unreasonable to have them there. The bottom line is, there's really no reason for this to be separate. Since everything here's already in the same condition on the larger list, simply deleting the list will work out.