Yet another bf sprite for fun. Any tips?

This guy's preferences

I really like the ground in Mario Wonder. I might take inspiration from it

Which version do you prefer? (sprite practice)

Nexus looks canonically older than the actual Mario

All of my scrapped OCs (oldest to newest)

Two palettes of dirt that are maybe going to be used

???

Merry-oh, Low-igi, Apricot and the other shitty guy

Hmm