[@jynmi88]
Okay so if you take away the things that make a character, their memories that shape their personality and their distinctive abilities, then why not play a more original character of your own make instead? That way you're actually starting fresh, instead of having an existing character but not, which puts us back to my point that it feels like the crossover aspect is tacked on given we don't even have any real explanation or even a plot hook as to how or why it's happening.

Progression is fine and good, of course, though I'd consider that roleplays often advance slowly and rarely reach any manner of endgame, meaning usually betting in the long run doesn't pay off, so it tends to be better to let players start out with a solid base that they can then expand from. Mario can always jump good and he gets better abilities later, as it were.