I like your minimalist style. I don't see why you felt you had to defend your creation before receiving criticism though. That's kind of just troll bait.
Mario just kind of had a feel to him that, to me, said,"You've got to be ****ing kidding me." It made me laugh.
It's just to answer some questions that people always ask me all the time with my other stuff, so I dont have to write all the time. Second one is for the people tell me how to animate without any of the skills or content to teach me new things.
But thanks though <3