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weirdmarioenemies · 1 year

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Name: Mario Land

Debut: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

So I was lying awake in bed, thinking. What is up with Mario Land? Everyone knows that the setting of the first Super Mario Land game is Sarasaland. Nintendo loves to vaguely allude to it in character descriptions for Princess Daisy! But where does Super Mario Land 2 take place? Well, it’s in Mario Land, of course! Now, Super Mario Land does not take place in Mario Land. It takes place in a Land, in which Mario is a participant, but he doesn’t own the Land, just as he doesn’t own the World or the Galaxy. But he does own Mario Land!

Nothing is really clear about how Mario came to own Mario Land. Nintendo Power once described it as his ‘kingdom’, while the Wiki describes it as Mario’s ‘private island’. Lots of people immediately remark on how odd it is that Mario owns a castle in this game, and they’re right! It is odd! We don’t think of Mario as an avaricious man. He is a humble, working class individual. He lives in a cottage with his brother despite being a world-renowned hero. Except here, where he owns an entire landmass, with a castle! My personal canon, in my head, was that Peach or someone else gifted him with a large chunk of land and a castle as a reward for his heroic deeds. It seems the most likely, given what we know about Mario! But why couldn’t he settle for a vacation home, or anything of the sort? Why are we placing the responsibility of land ownership on such a modest soul?

I think what is the strangest thing about Mario Land, to me, is that despite being Mario’s Land, it is so devoid of allies. Mario Land is vast and untamed, a collection of wacky themed zones filled with creatures entirely hostile to Mario! There are no maids or servants from Mario’s Castle, who fled Wario’s invasion. There are no Toads or Toad houses to aid Mario in his quest. Mario is entirely alone in a Land that bears his name, but his name only. Once his only symbol of power, his castle, is gone, Mario is back where he began, all alone in this foreign land. All the material goods in the world could not fill the void of - wait I’m sorry I completely forgot a key detail of Mario Land 2’s plot is that Wario put all of Mario Land’s inhabitants under a spell! False alarm everyone!

Everyone in Mario Land is actually Super Nice actually and was just brainwashed by Wario, who has the power of dark magic. The Big Bird from Tree Zone and the Octopus from Turtle Zone, and also Spikey, they all love Mario and see him as their king. I was gonna say the Witch too, but it seems the witch was Wario’s friend. Or are they Wario’s minions? If so, where are the inhabitants of Mario Land? Are they in hiding? We never see them! Who does Mario rule over? Is Spikey a wild animal? A brainwashed citizen of Mario’s country? Or an ally of the wicked and greedy Wario?

And of course, we have to discuss the matter of the Mario Zone. Mario was not content with having a Land, he needed to have a Zone in that Land, which is also Mario! It is actually one big Mario, a mechanical automaton built in his likeness. Mario has always expressed an interest in making toys of himself, as we see in the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong series, so it stands to reason that his major construction project would be just that, but bigger!

Or maybe the Mario Zone always existed, before Mario came to Mario Land. Maybe it’s named Mario Land because one of its most famous natural formations is a giant wind-up toy that looks like Mario! And Mario’s Castle is named that by coincidence. I don’t know! I don’t have answers to any questions, ever! I literally don’t know anything! I’m going to bed!

Just kidding! I’m not going to bed. This post is a bit, um... rambly. But I thought it would be a shame to conclude it without appreciating how whimsical Mario Land is as a whole! There is a giant pumpkin with haunted woods inside it! There is a hippo that takes you to space! There is a turtle that swallows you and takes you underwater to a whale! There is a house that is just kind of a normal house but forces you to be really small to enter it! But I probably don’t need to tell you all that! It’s kind of what makes SML2 so wonderful!

Would YOU live in Mario land? Would you want a monarchy as long as Super Mario is your benevolent ruler? What do you think of the giant turtle? Please let us know what you think of the giant turtle in the comments below. I don’t know.

#mario #mario locations #mario land #super mario land 2 #mod f boy

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bryastar · 2 months

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word salad #4

happy twilight Thursday!

today is a work day and something I'm thinking about right now is, yes just because this may be a daily blog doesn't necessarily mean I need to go into full detail about how every part of my days go. otherwise I'd be ranting about work for a vast majority of these entires.

so instead I wanna talk about... retro 3D platformers

a while back I came across a game called Cavern of Dreams. it claims itself to be inspired by retro 3D platformers. it features low poly graphics and textures with simple lighting effects, reminiscent of late N64 games. the gameplay feels very much like if Conker's Bad fur day was lighthearted and wholesome. what's also neat is camera controls are more reminiscent of later games, Mario sunshine and Zelda wind waker immediately come to mind for me. I've gotten through the first part of the game and really loving it so far, and the controls are probably the best I've seen in a long time.

but while thinking about this, I sorta made a bit of a realization... growing up, games like this were referred to as adventure games instead of 3d platformers. heck, I don't think I've seen the term "platformer" until around the mid 2000s. even Mario games I think we're more well known as action adventure games, or Zelda games being a puzzle adventure. PC adventure games tend to be point and click games, which is vastly different than what consoles typically offered. I personally think that NSMB for the DS may be in part why we now make this distinction as the 2D Mario games play vastly different than their 3D games, notably being easier to pick up and play.

but while on this thought train, I sorta began to wonder what sort of similarities that 3D platformers from this era had vs a point and click adventure game. what I ended up deciding on was: exploration. point and click games, you topically make progress by exploring the world around you and finding clues and solving puzzles by exploring the environment and talking to npcs. 3d platformers is... actually kinda the same, while typically focusing on item collecting, many similar elements show up such as exploring worlds and finding ways to progress by interacting with the levels and different characters.

while on that thought about collecting items...

a lot of late 90s and early 2000s platformers would feature collecting a long list of items. one prominent example is donkey Kong 64, which tends to be known as the game that killed collectathons. I have some thoughts on but I'll save for another entry, but I guess I will say that calling such games a collectathon very much misses the point of what the game is actually about. is it a game where you are sent out into a level and made to collect all the random items scattered on the ground, or is it a game where you're friends have been captured and your hoard of bananas have been stolen and you must rescue your friends and recover your bananas in order to progress while learning new moves and meeting interesting creatures who either help you or try to intervene. I dunno about most, but I like the latter premise better. (or maybe I out much more weight on a storyline for a game as opposed to the gameplay)

I hope this entry wasn't too hard or confusing to read, I guess I'm mostly rambling and jotting down bits and pieces of what's in my mind when I get a couple minutes of free time.

uhm..

pineapples (I need a better way to end these aa)

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tokiro07 · 11 months

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Something I never quite understood is what it is with people and Daisy from the Mario games. Why is there always so much talk about wanting her in the games and hype when she actually is? What exactly is so special about her that gets people like this? I don't think this is a bad thing or anything like that, It is just something that confuses me.

Are you a fan of Dragon Ball? If so, you've surely noticed that the power creep has rendered a majority of the cast irrelevant, with Goku and Vegeta being tantamount to the only ones that really matter in most scenarios, with characters like Yamcha literally not being allowed to participate in fate-deciding battles anymore

You may also have noticed that Dragon Ball Super has more recently been trying to remedy this. Super Hero hardly had Goku or Vegeta in it at all, focusing on how to bring Gohan and Piccolo up to speed, while there was a mini-arc in the manga tying into Super Hero establishing Goten and Trunks as more relevant characters

Fans love that. They love seeing characters who either exist entirely on or who have been pushed to the fringe being brought to the centerstage. There are all kinds of reasons for this, but in the case of Dragon Ball, I think it's a matter of variety vs. stagnation. "Looks like Goku got another power-up that'll serve to elevate him above the rest of the cast and render them useless again"

Daisy is in a pretty similar boat. She's appeared in dozens of Mario titles, but how many of them are the Kart, Party or Sports titles? How many times has Daisy appeared in an actual Mario game?

Once

Daisy first appeared in Super Mario Land for the GameBoy, a spinoff not even made by Shigeru Miyamoto, and even there she was the damsel in distress who didn't actually appear until the end of the game. A very common event for video game characters, especially at the time, but the point is that her involvement in the main Mario franchise is as minimal as it gets

Since then, though, her appearances in the non-platformers have given her a lot of opportunity to flesh out her personality, most notably with how energetic and tomboyish she is in Mario Strikers compared to the more bubbly and girlish Peach

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With their differences highlighted, it was natural that some fans would gravitate more to one side than the other, but Peach is still the main heroine of the franchise. She appears in most if not all mainline Mario games in some capacity, either as the damsel or a playable character, and now has two games to call her own

Aside from Mario and Peach, who else has gotten to be playable alongside Mario? Obviously Luigi as the original player 2, three colors of Toad across Mario 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii and U, Captain Toad in the 3D World minigames, Yoshi and Wario in 64 DS, Toadette and Nabbit in U Deluxe, Rosalina in 3D World, and most recently Bowser Jr. in Bowser's Fury

That's 13 playable characters (9 if you count all of the Toads together and don't count Captain Toad since he's in a minigame), with Daisy notably absent despite being a fan favorite. Toadette being playable was especially egregious because they gave her a power-up that effectively just turned her into Peach with a different outfit. Rosalina was also "just another Princess" same as Daisy, but introduced much more recently, so it felt like they were acknowledging they could bring in any character they wanted, but who would want boring old Daisy when there's a shiny new Princess right here? Not knocking on Rosalina, I love her too, but I've wanted to see more Daisy content since I was a child

Do you remember how excited people were about Pauline showing up in Odyssey? Sure she'd shown up in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, but again, those were spinoffs that most people didn't play. This was direct acknowledgment of her character in the main story, and now she's showing up in the Sports titles! Further awareness of the character means more opportunities for something new!

Even if Wonder just took place in Sarasaland and Daisy was a background character, that would have been shocking because it would have been her first time back in 34 years! But no! They skipped straight to her being playable!! This means that she has a much greater chance of coming back to be playable in future mainline games or even spinoffs like the new Peach game or the more story-driven RPGs

Even better, though? This sets a precedent. Who knows who could be playable next?? We could see Pauline be playable for the first time in a mainline game! We could see Wario come back as a Wario Land crossover! We could even see Waluigi actually be acknowledged by the canon for once!!!

Daisy is beloved because of her personality and was wanted as a playable character because of her absence. Her inclusion is a huge deal because it means that Nintendo has actually been listening to us and knows how to give us what we want. It shows growth on Nintendo's part, and serves as a sign that they will continue to give us more of it going forward

#super mario #super mario bros wonder #princess daisy #long post

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lessyandmina · 1 year

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I was tagged by the lovely @nsfwitchy (Thank you! Love you, dear. 🥰😘)

Your name: Lessy is the name. Aka light sage, black widow, the Sparda family therapist 😘.

Your Age: 36 (37 in six months) Damn, I'm old, lol

Your First Fandom(s): Oh gosh. That's a lot to think of 🤔 The first animes are Sailor Moon, DBZ, Yu yu Hakusho, and Yu-Gi-Oh (to this day) and the games are Bloody Roar, mortal kombat, Marvel vs. Capcom, along with Mario and Donkey Kong.

Your Current Fandom(s): Legend of Zelda (since 98), Devil May Cry (since 01), Gotham (started in 2014, but stopped due to work and now rewatched 4 months ago and loved it ever since), and Gundam Wing (since 00)along with DC and Marvel comics.

How Did You First Get Into Fandom?: 😳 Oh wow. Ever since I was in elementary school. I guess it was my destiny to be an autistic nerd 🤓 🤪.

How Long Have You Been Engaging With Fandom Spaces?: 🤔 30 long years. 22 when you go down the rabbit hole. *hint hint*

How Often Do You Read Fanfics?: When I was 15 years old in Germany, my old friends introduced me to fanfics of my favorite series. Most of them are raunchy af. I've been reading them ever since.

Top 3 Characters From Your Current Fandom(s):

Gotham:

Jerome

Jeremiah

Bruce

Let me add one more: 514a

Gundam Wing:

Heero Yuy

Chang Wufei (I'm giving him my last name because he's my older brother)

Quatre R. Winner

Devil May Cry:

Vergil

V (Vergil's counterpart)

Lady

Legend of Zelda:

Princess Zelda

Queen Urbosa

Princess Midna

Have You Ever Written A Fic For A Fandom? if so, shout it out!:

Why yes. Yes, I have. For those who don't know, I am a huge cross-world fanatic. Plus, I added my oc characters to the mix. The one I continue to write is called Gundam May Cry: Breath of the Wild. But right now, I am doing my rough draft of my Gotham fanfic that is based on Devil May Cry references. That is coming soon.

Have You Ever Drawn Fanart For A Fandom?:

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I couldn't even draw a stick finger to save my life!!

Share A Personal Headcanon That You Feel Very Strongly About:

My goodness. I'm just gonna go ahead and say it : Deep down inside, Bruce Wayne has some strong feelings about Jeremiah Valeska. He's lying to himself and Jeremiah when he said "you mean nothing to me." Like Bruce!! Why are you lying?

you're trying to convince a friend to get into your current fandom(s) with you. What Episode, Clip, Or Scene Are You Showing Them?: Jerome and Jeremiah double insanity on YouTube.

and finally, What Does Fandom Mean To You?:

It means everything to me. I get to share them with my friends here and on all the other social media(except for Facebook because fuck them, that's why.). That's the perks of being a nerd and a cute one to be in fact.

Now I'm tagging @apologies-from-jerome-valeska @lifeaftermeteor @dmbakura @jeremiah-va1eska @irisbleufic

By the way, if you guys have already been tagged, I apologize!! You don't have to respond to it again.

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megadan94 · 6 months

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Okay, so they're making a bunch of Mario remakes towards the end of the Switch's lifespan, with only one more year before the 40th anniversary of SMB, you know what I think this is leading to?

Super Mario All Stars Deluxe for the Switch 2

Think about it, why would they remake games like Mario VS Donkey Kong, but not the original classics, it's because they're saving them for the 40th anniversary, and to be a launch-title on the new console.

I think it should include 8 games:

Mario Bros Arcade

Super Mario Bros

The Lost Levels

SMB2

SMB3

World

Yoshi's Island

& Super Mario 64

8 games because that's exactly double what the original had, but these specific games because A) they're the most noteworthy classic Mario games, & B) they all had remakes on portable consoles that were good, but also had drawbacks because of the hardware, this is the chance to make definitive editions. They could all include the extra content from the Advance/Deluxe/DS games, but now without things like screen crunch, washed out colours, or 8-directional movement in SM64.

The extra content from SM64DS should also be less intrusive, don't force people to play as those extra characters, let them just play as Mario if they want to, with all the cap powers intact.

There should also be 4-player co-op in all the games. In SMB2 there's already four playable characters, so that's obvious. In SM64 it can be the characters from SM64DS, but with less differences in their abilities. In Yoshi's Island it can be the characters from Yoshi's Island DS, with each one riding a different coloured Yoshi. In Mario Bros Arcade it can be Wario and Waluigi, since the GBA version basically had knockoff versions of them, and they're all plumbers. In SMB and Lost Levels I think you should unlock player 3&4 as you save toads from castles. And in 3 & World it can just be Toad and Toadette, since Toads aren't important in those games.

#my post #nintendo #super mario #super mario bros #super mario all stars

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getmemymicroscope · 1 year

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Unsurprisingly, critics hated this. Something about "thin plot" (you think?!, it's a freaking Mario Bros. movie, no one is going to watch this expecting some Inception-level mind-bending) and "fan-service" (uh, yes; this is exactly why everyone is going to this movie!).

I don't want anything crazy - Mario (and Luigi, and Toad, and Princess Peach) trying to save the world from a 'take-over-the-world' mindset Bowser, with numerous easter egg references to the games (Mario, Mario 2, Mario 3; Mario vs Donkey Kong; MarioKart; Luigi's Mansion; and more!) is exactly what the doctor ordered. Memories of the games I played growing up, with campy, slightly ridiculous characters, and the completely predictable plot (with the added twist, maybe, of Bowser's primary motivation?) is absolutely excellent.

Is it predictable? Sure. Is the plot very superficial? Sure. Does it matter? No way in hell.

Admittedly, the voices are another story: clearly everyone has heard about the whole Chris Pratt thing, and they do try to work around that by having Mario be from Brooklyn; Donkey Kong is Seth Rogen, if that makes sense (maybe I've just seen too much Seth Rogen, so I hear the voice and just immediately think of him and not the character); and Jack Black is, of course, absolutely fucking fantastic as Bowser. Smaller roles, but Charlie Day and Keegan-Michael Key are good. Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach was a bit odd; not, I don't think, because of Anya - in fact, it may be the opposite of the Rogen thing, where I heard Peach talking and didn't really think it was Anya at all (despite, of course, knowing that it was). ... Jack Black absolutely nails it, and his enthusiasm for everything he does is so refreshingly wonderful.

It's fun - Mario's "training," the whole scene where Toad leads Mario to the castle, Rainbow Road (of course), the opening scene with Bowser and the Penguins (although this was shown completely in the trailer), the cat-suit (again, trailer) and the raccoon suit; Luigi's brief stop in the mansion.

And, maybe most exciting at the end of it all - Yoshi!? Can't wait for more from this! I could also totally do for a Bowser backstory - like knowing why all these guys are working for him. (Speaking of his, uh, henchmen? - that pause in the scene when he's explaining his plan and it suddenly turns into "marry the princess" is hilarious.)

#movies #movieblr #gmmm does movies

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spoadicdeviance · 3 years

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My honest opinion when it comes to the A Hat in Time vs Yooka Laylee debate (years after the release of both games and having completed both games multiple times).

I know it’s not a popular stance to have, but personally, while I really like both games, I feel like A Hat in Time is just not as good as Yooka Laylee.

For one thing, A Hat in Time is way too short (particularly if your copy of the game doesn’t have the DLC) and too easy (even with the challenge mode DLC). Yooka Laylee had plenty of content and a lot of challenge to finding every collectible and completing the various tasks.

The fact that Yooka Laylee had some challenge seems to be the thing that the game’s detractors appear to dislike the most apparently, but I’ll address that later.

Yooka Laylee also accomplished the impressive task of simultaneously recapturing the magic of games like Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 while also maintaining an identity of its own with its own unique mechanics. A Hat in Time was kind of schizophrenic in it’s game design. Did the game wanted to be the next Mario Sunshine? Psychonauts? Spyro? Sly Cooper? The gameplay was all over the place. This combined with the game’s short length resulted in A Hat in Time not really having a consistent gameplay identity of its own.

There are other, relatively minor, things that factor into why I personally think Yooka Laylee is superior to A Hat in Time, but those are the primary reasons.

I also want to point out that while I understand why some may prefer A Hat in Time over Yooka Laylee, I do not see the logic behind saying A Hat in Time is “What Yooka Laylee should be” or stating that Yooka Laylee is a bad game. That’s mostly because the majority of critiques towards Yooka Laylee don’t really hold up to much scrutiny.

A lot of the criticism thrown Yooka Laylee’s way seem to stem from issues that were largely fixed with the pre-release patch, borderline misinformation like how Yooka Laylee has almost three times the amount of collectibles/content compared to A Hat in Time and yet is somehow considered the “empty one” of the two, or just simply not understanding what a collect-a-thon platformer should be.

The fact that people complain that it’s too hard to find some of the collectables in Yooka Laylee does not show me that the game is flawed. It shows me that the game successfully challenged the player. The main crux of platformers like Banjo, DK64, and Yooka is having the player figure out how to navigate every level and complete various tasks in order to get each collectible.

Saying that games like Yooka Laylee and Donkey Kong 64 need features like a map screen/mini map showing where the player needs to go is like saying that beat-em-up action games should have a feature where an A.I. takes control of the player character and does the fighting for you or that a puzzle solving game that just gives you the answer to each puzzle with the press of a button. Way to miss the point by a country mile everyone.

Look, it’s one thing to simply find a game like Yooka Laylee to be not your personal cup of tea. But to say the game is outdated and that the “medium of gaming has evolved beyond the late 1990′s”, your head must be so far up your own ass, you’re getting a second helping of your last meal, alongside your own words.

I want to reiterate that I like both A Hat in Time and Yooka Laylee. Both games are objectively great, no matter how much some of you may quote Jim Sterling or Videogamedunkey’s terrible, half-baked, reviews of Yooka Laylee. If you prefer A Hat in Time, that’s fine. You’re more than free to have your opinion just like I am more than free to have my own. And in my opinion, while certain aspects of A Hat in Time prevent me from calling the game an outright masterpiece, Yooka Laylee is perhaps the best new 3D platformer to come out in over 10 years.

#Yooka Laylee #A Hat in TIme #Playtonic Games #Gears for Breakfast #Banjo Kazooie #Donkey Kong 64 #Banjo Tooie #Hat Kid #Mustache Girl #Capital B #Trowzer #The Snatcher #Dr Quack

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mysmashplaythroughs · 3 years

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Ice Climber Playthrough

Fighter: Ice Climbers, Popo & Nana.

Game: Ice Climber, Wii U virtual console (NES). First Released on January 15th 2007.

Fighter Bio.

Popo and Nana are climbers who over their careers have scaled many mountains. They each carry a mallet which they use as their weapon in order to fight off dangerous animals and break ice blocks from below so they can jump up to the next platform. Popo is the one in blue and Nana is the one in pink. During the events of Ice Climber, it seems a Condor has stolen their food so the two compete to climb the mountain, reclaim all the vegetables they can and if possible, jump and grab onto the condor who flies above the mountain’s summit.

Friends: The exact relationship between Popo and Nana is unknown, in Ice Climber they compete whilst climbing the mountains to see who can get the highest score, however they are well known in the Super Smash Bros series as a duo and as such seem to be closer than simply rivals. Whether they are siblings, lovers or just good friends has never been stated, and I believe neither has their age.

Enemies/Rivals: The main antagonist of the Ice Climbers is the Condor, who has stolen the food and scattered it over the summit of the mountains. The Ice Climbers don’t fight the Condor but simply jump and grab onto it by its feet in order to complete a stage. Of the enemies the pair fight, there are Topis, which in Japan appear as seals but elsewhere appear as little yeti sort of round creatures with beaks. These enemies will repair ice blocks the Ice Climbers have broken, which means they will have to be broken again in order to pass. When hit with a hammer Topis retreat back into the entrances in the mountain they originally came from. Nitpickers who are birds that swoop in are another type of enemy, these will fall out of the sky if hit with a hammer. Finally, if the Ice Climbers take too much time on a stage, a polar bear with sunglasses and pink shorts will walk into the stage, and when reaching the middle of it, stamp the ground causing the stage to scroll up one level. If the Ice Climbers are on the level that is scrolled past they will fall and fail the stage. The Polar bear similarly to the Topis will retreat when hit with a mallet. Finally, there is a somewhat harder to get version of the game, Vs. Ice Climber which had a few changes to it, and in this version later on the Condor is replaced with a giant Moth instead which similarly has to be grabbed at the top of the mountain. This version of the game also has bees as enemies.

Crossovers with other Smash characters: It would seem there are none. The Ice Climbers similar to other characters appear in things like Warioware Microgames and NES Remix, but have not had any direct crossovers or cameos in any other games.

Why this game?

Very simply, because it’s the only Ice Climbers game really. There is another version called Vs. Ice Climber but it’s not as easy to get ahold of and the differences are pretty negligable.

My past with this game.

So, I have no past with this game, similarly to most people, I only really first saw Popo and Nana in Super Smash Bros Melee, and I had no idea where they came from. Some time later, I either read in a magazine or saw on a website that went over various easter eggs and things in Smash Bros what the original game was and it did like most things in Melee make me curious about it. I remember when actually getting a chance to play it though, unlike a lot of cases, I pretty quickly lost interest in the whole thing. It was neat Super Smash Bros brought such unusual and obscure characters into the game, reinventing them really (the official art for the characters is practically non-existent) but that’s really all I have to say overall about them. Now however, there’s one final thing I have to say about the series, which is, if Nintendo wanted to take a pretty much blank slate IP and do something completely new with it, I actually feel of any of them, this game could be the most interesting one to see get a sequel. Taking the concept of climbing mountains and just going wild with it could really lead to something special in my mind, like when they took the concept of Captain Toad’s bonus stages and expanded it into a whole game, only this time there wouldn’t be a restriction of it being specifically a Mario game. The first mountain could be essentially a remake of the original game, with the Topis, Polar Bear, Nitpickers and Condor at the top, then the game could go wild, mountains going up into space, all sorts of physics and gravity bending structures, mountains with a variety of themes, and given just how expansive game worlds can be nowadays, the mountains could end up being absolutely huge locations you have to climb up. This isn’t really a thing I write to make up things I’d like to see, but really, there’s so little to talk about with Ice Climber overall, that the potential revisiting this concept might allow for is honestly all I can find interesting about it.

My Smash Playthrough.

So, this part will be somewhat short, although I wanted to have something memorable about this game so I did two ‘playthroughs’. My first playthrough years ago was on the Wii U Virtual Console, where I simply played through a few mountains. Being made a year before Super Mario Bros, this game is far more in the vein of classic Nintendo arcade games such as Donkey Kong and Mario Bros, so there’s no real end to the game, just trying to beat your high score. I could have tried to get the Condor on every single level, but the thing is, the game honestly isn’t that good, even compared to other old arcade style games that were on the NES like Donkey Kong or Mario Bros. The most irritating thing is building up momentum with the jumps, where unless you’re running before you jump, you’ll barely be able to move in any direction whilst in the air. You’re required to smash blocks from below to make a hole you can jump through, so having a small gap (that the Topis can fill in if you’re too slow) and trying to propel yourself perfectly through it can be really irritating. This is part of the challenge I realise, but I tend to dislike when part of the challenge in a game is getting around how awkwardly a character controls personally.

Many years later, I decided to test out the Switch’s NES online service, which allows you to play NES multiplayer games with friends online. Because of this and Nana only appearing in two player games, I got a friend of mine to help me play through some stages. The game wasn’t overly fun this time either, but at least having a friend join me made it a little more memorable. Still overall, this game isn’t one I’d really call a classic of Nintendo’s past, although I still like the Ice Climbers in Smash, so I’ll be thankful it could lead to that, but that’s really it when it comes to this game.

Specific aspects about the game relating to Ice Climbers in Smash.

Well, they have hammers. Honestly, the only thing I really did with my ‘playthrough’ was play the game in multiplayer in order to have Popo and Nana both in the game. If you were really dedicated, you might be able to set up the game so that one controller moves player 1 and 2 simultaneously to try and replicate the way they move in Smash, but even I think that might be going too far. Anyway, the only other thing really is grabbing the condor at the end of the level, seeing as it makes up part of the Ice Climber’s Final Smash and their entrance, but that’s really it.

Credits.

For information on this game including dates of releases I must give credit to the Ice Climber Wiki. (Which yes does actually exist and had the info about the bees and moth in Vs)

The screenshots in this post are taken by me using Miiverse before it shut down and with the screenshot feature on Nintendo Switch.

#Ice Climbers #Popo #Nana #Ice Climber #Super Smash Bros #NES #Wii U #Wii #Nintendo Switch #Virtual Console #My Smash Playthrough #My Smash Playthroughs

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crusherthedoctor · 4 years

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It goes without saying: the first level always matters. If it doesn’t leave a good impression, it would hardly motivate you to give the rest of the journey a chance, would it? Being in fanfic form aside, Beyond the Stars is no exception, and because of this, Gleaming Meadows was actually one of the longest zones to work out. Viridonia is meant to stand out from previous Sonic settings after all, and kicking things off with a poor man’s Green Hill wouldn’t cut it.

Since the first level in a Sonic game usually tends to be either a hilly area (Green Hill, Emerald Hill, Seaside Hill) or an urban area (City Escape, Westopolis, Windmill Isle to an extent), I decided a good way to set this zone apart would be to... combine the two! This was inspired very much by Neo Green Hill from Sonic Advance, since although that zone wasn’t a city, it did add some minor urban elements the further it went on, most notably the bridge at the end where you fight Eggman. So as tribute to a forever underrated installment, Gleaming Meadows does that too, but in a different way.

Creating Zone 1: Gleaming Meadows

1-1: Blossom Fields

What’s a good way to make your first level stand out from all the Green Hills? Give it more than green, obviously. While it’s important that the entire adventure is full of interesting locations, I really wanted the first level to sound as gorgeous as possible in order to leave a strong first impression for this new journey, so what better inspiration than tulip fields, particularly those of the Netherlands?

The added use of yellows, oranges, reds and pinks already help set it apart, but there’s also the fact that although there are some lakes and rivers here and there, it’s not particularly coastal.

This aesthetic not only serves to get things off to a good start, but it also sums up the running theme with Beyond the Stars in general. Namely, that although plenty of the basic level tropes will be familiar to us all, many of them will be handled in rather different ways, thus proving that as long as you can think outside the box, there’s plenty of life in them yet. Some examples are more extreme than others, but other times, even a simple change of colour, weather, or time of day can make all the difference.

I mentioned in Chapter 1 proper that the cliffs in Blossom Fields have unique markings that convey a vague, lore-hinting narrative. I couldn’t find a better image to explain how this would look, so I’ll have to resort to this shot from Paper Mario:

See the cliff behind them, with its starry patterns on the soil? That’s basically the gist, but with a more complex pattern.

Also mentioned was the addition of a tunnel near the end of the stage, which is one example of the Neo Green Hill-esque hillside with minor urban elements that I intended.

Don’t assume the inside is drab however. On the contrary, it comes with abstract graffiti in a style reminiscent of the Colinton Tunnel in Edinburgh:

Very Jet Set Radio, eh? In addition to simply being more interesting this way, I figured it fit Sonic perfectly.

But you might question what a tunnel inspired by Edinburgh is doing in a level inspired by the Netherlands. Well, this is another running gag with Viridonia. While not always the case, a lot of times there’ll be combined aspects of real world inspiration, as opposed to Unleashed and its clear cut Not-Greece, Not-New York, etc. This is not just me throwing things at the wall to see what sticks, there is in fact a purpose to it, as it’s one of the more subtle ways of showing how peculiar Viridonia can be compared to other places in Sonic history - partly due to the Ethereal Zone - with only the Little Planet truly competing with the island in that field.

And y’know, it gives it that extra bit of identity and variety, eh?

Now, with music choices to explain what sort of musical atmosphere I’d have in mind for each level, I’m gonna have to use basic links from now on, since I rediscovered the hard way that Tumblr only allows up to five or so direct posts. It’s also worth noting that if this were a real game, it would do what SA1 (and, uh, ‘06) did before it, with each level having at least two different bits of music for the appropriate sections to add even more flair. I’ll still be listing two examples each for extra comparison’s sake, so with that said...

First Section (the fields): Opening Demo (Sonic Mega Collection) Ending B (Sonic Advance 3)

Second Section (the tunnel): Topical Tropical (Sonic: Before the Sequel) Shooting Ristar

1-2: Swanky Suburbs

Continuing the Netherland theme going on, the local town has a touch of Giethoorn to it, with its calming rivers and little pathways. Though unlike Giethoorn, there would be some cars and short roads sprinkled about.

Again, really wanted to convey that feeling of low-key beauty and coziness, and provide more justification for why Sonic and Co would come here for a vacation. But that’s not all: when it comes to the houses and other buildings, the red and white colour scheme is more based on those of Portugal:

And of course, you have the local parks as well. You can even interact with the slides and swings if you want, because you’re never too old to make the kids wait their turn.

First Section (calm): Neo Green Hill Classic The Amazon (DuckTales Remastered)

Second Section (when Badniks start wrecking things up): Wave Ocean ~The Inlet~ (Sonic ‘06) Andy’s Neighborhood (Toy Story 2)

1-3: Yellow Hills

As we go on, we leave the Netherland influence behind, and with the countryside in sight, the clue is in the name. Lots of yellow to be had indeed.

And inbetween all these fields, we have some villages, of which the rural vibe suits the place just fine.

Then as we go into farmyard territory, the yellow actually starts taking a back seat in favor of red, because I guess even I’m not immune to the subverting expectations fever. Hopefully I’ve done it in a way that isn’t asinine though.

The barnyards would be the stereotypical red and white, since it works well enough with the autumn colours, and can still pop out despite there being so much red surrounding them.

And yes, there are many farm animals hanging around here.

Yes, that includes horses.

No, they’re not Trudy’s family.

First Section (yellow): Tornado Alley (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex) Mount Lineland (Super Paper Mario)

Second Section (red): Green Hill ‘12 (Tee Lopes) Menu (Mario Tennis)

1-4: Rusty Mill

A wooden mill doesn’t leave a lot to the imagination, so it would look pretty much exactly as you’d expect, albeit a tad more old and worn.

The same goes for inside, really. Since the interior of mills are tricky to find interesting images of when elaborating on your quirky Sonic the Hedgehog zone, I’ll be using another game for comparison instead, specifically Donkey Kong Country 3:

Except multiply the cobwebs by five.

It’s decayed, and a bit grim, but not enough to the point where it would feel like it’s near the endgame. Yet another thing I go in hard on in this story: escalation. In order for later zones and climactic moments to be more striking and impactful, you gotta start off by taking it easy. There’s still action to be had, and there’s still mysterious and/or ominous touches here and there, but it’s for the purpose of organically building things up, so that when things do escalate, you actually feel it when shit starts going down. Pacing, boys and girls! Learn it!

Then again, as with Angel Island in S3&K, this place gets set on fire halfway through, so maybe I need to remember my own lessons. But on the other hand, also like S3&K, it still pales in comparison to what happens later, so...

Lastly for today, when you’re fighting the fearsome Paindozer, the section of the mill that you confront it in suspiciously takes a form more akin to a old fashioned warehouse. Like... IKEA, I guess. But on fire.

So congratulations, you got through IKEA Zone. Looks like Eggman should have stuck with B&Q Zone instead.

First Section (calm): Pogo Painter (Crash Bash) The Walk of Life (Rayman 2)

Second Section (on fire): Vs. Rotatatron & Refreshinator (Sonic Colours) Set Point - Match Point (Mario Tennis)

#Creating Viridonia #Sonic the Hedgehog #Fanfiction

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milfspiggy · 4 years

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Let’s Rank Snifits!

Hello! Snifits are my favorite Mario enemy! To share my love for them, I’m going to go through the entire extended Snifit family, and score them all on a scale from 1 - 10 for your reading pleasure!!

The OG Snifit

Perfect! 10/10!! How could you improve upon such a great design?? Well, you’ll see soon enough, but Snifits are the ultimate being in any form. They’re like Shy Guys, which are already great and wonderful - but Snifit benefits from the addition of a little snoot!!! All creatures could be improved with a snoot, I think. Snifit’s snoot especially looks both boopable and smoochable. I wish I had a Snifit plush. Anyway, let’s move on to some of their friends and get started under the cut!

Spookum

So, weirdly, to start things off, Snifits aren’t called Snifits in Super Mario RPG!! They’re called Spookums! I’m not sure why, but it’s kind of cute, I guess?? This is still pretty much just a Snifit, just with a less cute and evocative name. 9/10.

Snifit, Again

So, I lied!! Sorry!! There actually are enemies called “Snifit” in Super Mario RPG, but they aren’t your standard rank and file Snifits in this game! There are only eight of them, and they’re minibosses!! At least, that’s my understanding from the mario wiki. I haven’t actually gotten that far in Mario RPG yet! I’m bad at video games. Snifits four through seven are actually promoted in-game from Spookums to Snifits if you lose to them in battle, though! That’s a really cool mechanic, and I’d love to see things like that more often in video games. I also like the idea that the colour of the Snifit denotes rank, with black being the strongest. Overall, despite just being a black variant of a normal Snifit, I like these ones just a little bit more than your average Snifit! I just think they’re neat! 10.5/10!!!

Whistle Snifit, Slurp Snifit, and Spike Snifit

Sorry, I lumped these guys all together because they’re kind of just normal Snifits wearing accessories!! They’re all from Paper Mario: Colour Splash. 6/10 for the whole set. I love them all very much but they could stand to be a bit more adventurous!! I like the Spike Snifit the most because they’re wearing a cute little hat and also don’t have something stuffed into their snoot. Why would you put something into an already perfect snoot?? It looks uncomfortable. I like that the one with the straw is called a Slurp Snifit, though!! Slurp is a fun word. Also, these guys all come in red, blue, green, yellow, and pink! Yellow and pink are my favorite colours though, so I used those ones to make up for them being kind of boring :3

Chariot Snifit

Hey, this one is just in a car!! That’s somehow both worse and better than the last few from Colour Splash. It gets half a point though for teaming up with a Chain Chomp, which is another favorite of mine. 8.5/10!!!

Snifaro

Aaaaaaaa!!!!!! Look at these two pals!!! I love them!! The Snifaro is actually just a regular sized Snifit with a cool pharaoh mask standing on top of a regular Snifit inside of a sarcophagus!! The Super Mario Wiki says that one of their attacks features Snifit hopping on top of Snifaro’s sarcophagus and riding it like a surfboard. That’s wonderful and perfect! Take notes, Colour Splash Snifits!! This is how you accessorize!!! 10/10!!

Ice Snifit

Take a look at these two!! They are so adorable and look so warm in their little winter coats!!!! I like the walking head version used in the original Mario+Luigi Superstar Saga a lot, but the more standard looking version in the remakes are impossibly adorable. I would give the original Ice Snifit a 10/10, and the revamped one a 11/10!!! It’s quite possibly my favorite Snifit design.

Ice Snifit, Again

For some reason, this is the only image of these guys on the Mario Wiki, but they’re just as adorable as the previous Ice Snifits!!! Yoshi’s Wooly World is, aesthetically speaking, one of the best Mario games of all time. Possibly the best game ever? It’s too bad that it’s such an easy game. Regardless, this Snifit is on par with the last Ice Snifits, but for whatever reason I like the redesign in Superstar just a liiiiitle bit more. 10.5/10!

Toy Snifit

Absolutely lovely!! I’m not sure if these pals come in different colours, and I’ve never played the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, but this Snifit makes me want to check them out!!! I’d like a real life wind-up toy of this Snifit. Let’s make it happen, Nintendo!! 9/10!!

Scorchit

Very cute! Kind of plain though. Sorry, Scorchit, but simply spitting out fire won’t put you on the same level as Ice Snifit!! It’s also apparently called “Zeus Guy” in the manual for Yoshi’s Island DS? That’s a cute name! I feel like it would fit better if this Snifit spat out lightning bolts instead of fire, though! I like that it’s pink. 7/10

Laser Snifit and Gunner Guy

Ohhhhhohohohohoho!!!!! Ohohoho!!!! This is where the real fun begins!!! Look at these friends!!!! I love them!!!! This is what Slurp Snifit up there should have been!! The snout is the defining trait of Snifits, and these two have bumped it up to eleven!!! Apparently Gunner Guy can’t move on his own, though, which is heartbreaking. Also, he might not actually be a Snifit??? He might be a Shy Guy with a gun on his face! Is that what all Snifits are? Are they the same thing? I choose to believe they aren’t, and the snout is somehow biologically part of their face along with the rest of the mask. I’m rambling, though. Laser Snifit earns an 11/10 from me, while Gunner Guy gets an 8/10 for making me feel sad while still somehow being delightful.

Propeller Mucho

What the heck?! What a whimsical name!! Unfortunately, this is the only image of them on the Mario Wiki, but they still look pretty cute to me! I imagine they’re the same as Fly Guys, but like. Snifits. I love the idea that Shy Guys and Snifits are kind of mechanical or toy-like in nature. Maybe that’s why they live in the toy box in Paper Mario??? Anyways, 6/10. I wish I could see them better! They would have scored higher, but they’re outdone by.......

Flying Snifit

A friend with a way less whimsical name, but a way more whimsical appearance!! Look at those wings!!!! Most Mario enemies, when given the gift of flight, have cute little angel wings slapped onto them - but not Flying Snifit!! No, instead, this little garden buddy sprouts a pair of adorable cartoon butterfly wings!! I adore this Snifit!! They’re going to get a whopping 11/10 from me! We aren’t done with Flying Snifit just yet, however, because they also show up with a couple of friends!!

Flifit and Sneed

I told you our garden party wasn’t over yet!! These are also easily some of the most inventive varieties of Snifit!! There are only a couple of others that stray from the general Snifit body plan, and these two are both some of the weirdest and cutest!! God, I love them. Flifit spits out Sneed, which in turn spits out (presumably inanimate) seeds! I love whatever the heck Sneed is doing in that animation. I choose to interpret it as a little butt waggle. Shake it, Sneed!! For both of these friends, I’m handing out a solid 10/10!!!

Snufit

So, like I said before, there are only a couple of Snifit-adjacent friends that change up the general body plan that is Snifit! Snufits are ghost Snifits that live in Hazy Maze Cave in Super Mario 64!! They’re very cute, but when I was little I was actually kind of afraid of them? I’m not sure why! In the original game on the Nintendo 64, Snufit was round and shaped like a Boo, which is pretty cute! I love the idea that all ghosts in the Mario universe are just big round balls of ghostliness. This version of Snufit gets an 8/10! It’s pretty cute, but the redesign of Snufit in the DS version is so much more appealing to me, for some reason! I think it’s the floppy little sleeves. As someone who always wore sweaters that were much too big for me and always seemed to have “puppy paws” as my mom would call them, this new Snufit just calls to me. Also, shouldn’t these guys have been called Spookums?? I guess Mario RPG did come out before Mario 64, but it wouldn’t be the first time some weird name shenanigans had gone down in the Mario universe. Anyways, the redesign of Snufit gets an 11/10 from me!! It’s up there with Ice Snifit and Flying Snifit as one of my favorites!!

Spider

Hey, these guys aren’t even in any of the games!! I think that should change though. I like them a lot!! Pretty creepy, and bizarre, though! I used to watch The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! a fair amount when i was little, but I must have missed whichever episode these guys appeared in. I think I would have remembered them for the rest of my life if I had!! I used to be really afraid of spiders when I was little. I think they’re really neat now though!! Still, I’m only going to give these guys an 8/10 for virtue of never being used in a game, and also for being kind of creepy and also for not having eight legs. I know that stuff isn’t their fault! It’s just the way things are sometimes. Life is cruel, especially to spiders.

Spiky Snifit

Okay, these guys are the last of the official Snifit friends! I probably should have put them up with Flifit, but I wanted them to stand on their own. I love cacti a lot, being from a desert, and saguaro cacti are just the best!! I also love how Flifit seems to have their mask organically growing from their stem, but Spiky here could easily just be a normal cactus with a Snifit mask slapped onto it!! Does it have a face underneath?? Is it literally just a cactus??? Could you make anything into a Snifit by putting a mask onto it??? Spiky Snifit here raises a lot of questions, and answers literally none of them, and for that I love them. 9.5/10!!

Finally, I would like to give an honorable mention to one other Mario enemy that I think has been unfairly left behind and forgotten. Let’s take a moment to remember a dear friend....

Tweeter

Tweeter is an enemy that debuted in Doki Doki Panic/ Super Mario Bros 2 alongside Shy Guy, Snifit, Bob-omb, Birdo, and many other friends that we all know, love, and continually see in Mario games even today!! Unfortunately, unlike many of the other enemies from Mario 2, Tweeter hasn’t really ever shown up again! They make the occasional cameo here and there, but even those are few and far between!! Why haven’t Tweeters ever shown up again?? It’s unclear, but they’re also pretty high up on my list of favorite mario enemies! It turns out I just love masks and snoots, especially if that snoot is also a beak. If I were to give these guys a score, and I will, I would give them a 100/100!! Gone, but never forgotten (by me).

If you read all of this, thank you for your time!! I love you, and so does Snifit and all their many friends!! Feel free to shoot me a message telling me your favorite Mario enemy, and check out the blog @weirdmarioenemies !! I’ve been binge reading their entire archive, and as you could probably guess, it heavily inspired me to make this post! I just love Snifit so much, and wanted to spread the love!! I hope you all come to love them as much as I do. Also, @nintendo, please bring back Tweeter and also make Snifit a playable character in Mario Kart, Mario Party, Mario Tennis, your next main Mario platformer, et cetera, et cetera... In fact, let’s ditch Mario and make the games all about Snifit!!!

New Super Snifit Bros!! Coming soon to a store near you!!

#snifit #shy guy #tweeter #mario enemies #weird mario enemies #reviews #mario reviews #mario enemy reviews #doki doki panic #super mario bros 2 #mario 2 #i dont normally tag things #but boy do i want to spread the good word about snifit #i just *clenches fist*#love snifit so much

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cerealjam · 3 years

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King k rool vs bowser

Lucifer: Mario and donkey kong probably the most well known Nintendo charcters

Sapphire: but where not here to talk about them but instead there reptilian king rivals bowser the Koopa king

Lucifer: and king k rool the kremlimg king

Sapphire: it's are job to analysis there weapons armor and skill to find out who would win a fiction beatdown

Lucifer: king bowser Koopa or just bowser is a giant monstrous fire breathing turtle and has been marios arch enemy since the beginning

Sapphire: and by beginning we mean as babys there rivalry started over yoshi because bowser wanted to ride him but mario already was

Lucifer: how do you go from wanting to ride a green dinosaur to conquering galaxy and kidnapping princess

Sapphire: no idea but back on track bowser has been kidnapping peach for years and he's failed many times

Lucifer: you'd think I giant turtle capable of surviving black holes and super novas would be able to defeat a plumber

Sapphire: well marios no weakling anyway but where here to focus on bowser

Lucifer: he attacks using his fire breath and swiping with his claws and even his shells back a good punch

Sapphire: plus he's strong enough to lift his intire castle and even beat a much more powerful version of himself

Lucifer: he's conqured galaxys took over peaches castle at one point hell there's been a few times where he nearly won but mario always had some kinda help during those times

Sapphire: as we mentioned a bit before he has survived black holes super novas being crushed, you may think after all he's done he's some mindless monster well that's not the cause

Lucifer: as we've seen in the rpg game he'd shown some remorse about genos death and when his castle got taken over by fawful he was furious his minions where brain washed

Sapphire: plus he loves his son and the Koopa lings and will do anything to be the best dad he can

Bowser: Bow before Bowser, or feel my wrath!

Lucifer: king k rool is the leader of the kremlings in fact he's not even really a king he's actually a pirate captain

Sapphire: isn't he a scientist to....?

Lucifer: i think he likes dressing up in different outfits to feel more powerful but he still leads the kremlings either way

Sapphire: this whole rivalry started with kongs when he stole there banns hoards

Lucifer: why would a crocodile need a hoard of bananas

Sapphire: for smoothies i presume but odd goals aside this crocodile isn't so ordinary he's a massive power house being able to find each member of the king family even all at once

Lucifer: he's a cunning pirate and a expert boxer his crown is made of solid gold and his belly can be used to block and reflect projectiles but it can crack if enough force hits it

Sapphire: over the years he survived several harsh beatings from the kongs he's survived falls from his mountain abd has even been attacked by sharks and survived

Lucifer: he matches donkey kong in strength and king is able to punch a moon making the highest force of punch 3000 megatons and finnaly his ultimate weapon the blast-O-matic capable of wiping out and intire island

Sapphire: but even with all this k rool is mentally unstable and abusive and that massive blood shot eye gives him constant pain making him more angry and unstable

Lucifer: alright the combatants are set it's time for a fiction beatdown!

*k rool and his crew are sailing through bowers kingdom in there blast-O-matic*

Kremling: SIR! there's a castle in the way what should we do

K rool: fire the blast-O-matic at yiu morons!

Kremling: but but sir it needs to charge up besides this is the home of a horrid king

K rool: a king you say! Well no one is better than k rool start charging the blast-O-matic i won't be long

Bowser: keep your eyes on JR minions i think I need to deal with this guy! *leaves his castle*

K rool: so you've come out you false king bowser down before a true kung KING K ROOL

bowser: *gives him a annoyed stare and just punches him and k rool goes flying

K rool: I'll have your throne!!!

FIGHT!

K rool: *charges at bowser and hits him with his belly*

Bowser: *blocks the attack launching back a few feet and when he recovers theres a giant blunder buss shot coming at him*

K rool: block that turtle!

Bowser: *catches it and throws it back* catch!!

K rool: that won't work *reflects the shot with his belly*

Bowser: *jumps over the shot and breaths fire down on k rool*

*K rool gets scorched from the flames leaving his cape torn and burnt*

K rool: *come down and face me head on*

Bowser: *goes into his shell and Flys down to crush k rool*

K rool: *jumps out of the way and puts on boxing gloves* come on hand to hand

Bowser: fine by me it's show time!

*bowser and k rool start boxing each other exchanging blows back and forth blood and a few teeth go flying*

Bowser: *throws a hard punch*

K rool: *blocks it with his belly* now bow down! *punches bowser as hard as he can*

Bowser: *goes flying into the lava*

K rool: looks like my work here is dine

Kremling: what about the blast-O-matic my lord?

K rool: just destroy the castle with it i don't need it this truly was my FINEST HOUR!

*theres a loud eruption sound as bowser flew out of the lava and landed in front of k rool* YOU DARE MAKE A FOOL OUT OF THE KOOPA KING! *slashes and chomps at k rool beating him to a bloody pulp and finishes of his beat down by scorching k rool with his fire breath*

K rool: fire the blast-O-matic Now!

Kremling: but sir it'll hit you!

K rool: trust me!

*the blast-O-matic fires*

K rool: *activates his propeller and Flys away* see ya later *mockingly salutes to bowser*

**the blast-O-matic hits bowser and blows up his intire castle**

K rool: *laughs triumphly* I did it i win!

*a rock gets thrown at k rool to get his attention*

K rool: WHAT!!

bowser: after awhile crocodile *punches k rool at full force*

K rool: *trys to block it with his belly but it shatters sending him flying towards the weaponized ship* impossible im king k rool i can't be beaten! NOT IN MY FINEST HOUR!! **smashes through his ship and right into the blast-O-matic power source and it explodes and sinks into the lave below**

Bowser: *brushes off his hand and raises his fist in victory*

K.O

Sapphire: wow that was awesome make them fight again!

Lucifer: even though these reptilian king are both power houses this was a fairly easy win for bowser

Sapphire: bowser has survived much worse things than an island destroying laser he's been cimptely crushed he's even swam in lava and boiling water that laser was bassicly getting a tan

Lucifer: k rool did fight well his endurance and strength alone helped in last longer than a few minutes i say he's lucky his final death was possibly quick

Sapphire: the winner his bowser!

#mario #bowser #nintendo #fiction beatdown #donkey kong #king k rool #undertale #mettaton #hatsune miku

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meimikana · 5 years

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Meimiday 2019 Wall of Awesome

GET HYPE!

January 28th is my birthday, dubbed Meimiday several years ago by my friends (I think it was hojo who started it). For those years, I would spend all day watching streams from said friends playing games for my birthday entertainment. Seven years ago, however, when asked what I’d like to see I kinda just went “Why don’t you just beat some games?” and so the festivities truly began. Most of us frequent the Backloggery, so it’s kinda easy to see why it has snowballed~

MEIMIDAY HAS BEGUN! PARTY HARD!

Lilith :C: Outrun Sega Ages :B: New Super Mario Bros. U :B: New Super Luigi U :C: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night :B: Super Mario Brothers 3 Mix :B: Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King :B: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance :C: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S :C: Darkwing Duck :B: Bart vs The World :C: Kirby's Dream Land :C: Captain Commando :C: Snowboard Kids :B: Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil 0 :C: Wonder Boy :C: Master of Darkness :B: Sonic 2 Delta (replay) :C: Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks!

ConsoleHandheld :B: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival

CephiYumi :B: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe :B: Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance HD :B: Resident Evil 2

Mecha Gojira :B: Lara Croft GO

iErebus :B: Persona 4 Golden

SaintTweeter :B: Samurai Warriors Spirit of Sanada :B: Dragon Quest Builders :B: Koihime Enbu Ryo Rai Rai

Sobou :B: Saints Row The Third :B: Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus :C: Shadow of Loot Box :B: I Am The Hero :C: Super Destronaut DX :B: Dragon's Crown Pro :C: Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters :B: Sigi - A Fart for Leusina :C: Planet RIX-13 :C: Deep Ones :C: The Mooseman :B: League of Evil :B: Pokemon Sun :C: FullBlast :B: Crayon Shin-Chan 2: Daimaou no Gyakushuu :C: NES Classics: Balloon Fight :C: NES Classics: Donkey Kong

Hojo :C: Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls :C: Horizon: Zero Dawn :B: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT :B: World of Final Fantasy Maxima :B: DJMAX Respect

ShadowStarEXE :C: A Hat in Time :C: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night :C: Dead Space 2 :B: Fire Emblem: Monshou No Nazo

Ivy :B: Ace Combat 7

Rikkuni :B: Muramasa Rebirth: Genroku Legends :B: Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon :C: The Outfoxies :C: Let's Tap :C: NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams :C: Bomberman Blast

fireemblemlord :B: Fire Emblem Warriors

Slythex :C: Bye-Bye BoxBoy! :B: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe :B: Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Drumble :B: Dragon Quest XI :C: Contra

Dia :B: Kingdom Hearts 2 HD :B: Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD :B: Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage

John :B: Red Faction Armageddon :B: Kirby Star Allies :B: Marvel VS Capcom Infinite :B: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix :B: Abzu

Kamiwoo and Krile :C: Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age :B: Mega Man 11 :B: Puyo Puyo Tetris

JellySoup :C: Event[0]

Lyndis :C: The Legend of Zelda

StarKirby :B: Kingdom Hearts III

PaperLink :C: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Young Scott :B: Resident Evil 2

MattThorndark :B: Castlevania

Trace Bullet :C: The Messenger

Ginger :B: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix

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gamearamamegathons · 6 years

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Super Mariothon: Wrecking Crew

It's Drew, with Wrecking Crew!

Wrecking Crew is a game we chose to start with because why the heck not? The start of Mario-qua-Mario is arbitrary; Donkey Kong is the actual first appearance, but Donkey Kong is his own thing. We could've gone with Mario Bros. minus the Super, but the nostalgic version of that for me is actually the version that you play competitively in the Super Mario All-Stars version of SMB3. We could've jumped straight to SMB1, but Mario's early history deserves at least a look-in. So: Wrecking Crew, the Mario game nobody talks about.

And I'm not sure why, because this is a much more interesting game than I expected! It's a puzzle game where you, as Mario, have to knock down all the concrete walls in a level. But you have to tackle them in the right order, else you'll find yourself stuck! Unfortunately, wrenches with dinosaur legs, eggplant men, and fireballs are all running amok on the demolition site! Holy OSHA violation! And watch out for the insidious Steve, who wants to wreck the same walls you're wrecking - knocking you off the job in the process!

(Okay, the character is officially named "Foreman Spike", but it never says that in the game, so he's Steve now. Also, he's Wario's dad.)

The thing is, Wrecking Crew shows the kinds of puzzle-design thinking that I didn't think even existed in video games in 1985. We only got up to level 24 or so (out of I'm not sure how many), but a lot of the puzzles involved understanding AI behavior and exploiting it in order to avoid or trap enemies blocking your path. The action-puzzle aspects are important here, bringing timing skills into something that's fundamentally about positioning and doing things in the right order. It's very different from anything else I can think of at the time, and that's before I mention that you can restart a level at any time with minimal effort, and jump to any level from the menu. AND there's a level editor???

Possibly the reason it's so overlooked is its history. Originally, there was Vs. Wrecking Crew, a two-player arcade game where Player One's Mario and Player Two's Luigi compete to wreck the fastest. It was much less puzzle-y, and was heavily adapted for the home version. Or maybe it just wasn't well-promoted in the US; Japanese players remembered it well enough for the game to eventually got a Super Famicom sequel, Wrecking Crew '98.

Or possibly it's that the mechanics of the game aren't quite up to the level of the design. Understanding enemy AI is crucial to many puzzles... but the AI is finicky and occasionally seems nondeterministic, leading to some random deaths because a bad guy turned left instead of right. Plus, fireballs randomly spawn at the edges of levels, leading to more random deaths because you were waiting for an enemy pattern to reach completion and didn't notice a fireball was winging its way towards you. The fireballs especially feel like they should've been removed in the transition from the arcade version; I don't know if the enemy AI could've been tightened up, but it would've been nice.

That said, these flaws can be worked around, and the game remains fun. It definitely seems like a light, fun game that can be picked up and put down at will.

#marathon #drew #super mario #wrecking crew

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tokiro07 · 4 years

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Okay...

So the theory goes that Jumpman, the Mario from Donkey Kong, is actually the father of Mario and Luigi (based on the fact that the original DK is supposedly now Cranky Kong and the current DK, who has faced off against the current Mario, is the son of DK Jr.)

If that is true, then Jumpman is likely the same Mario that worked as a demolition man in Wrecking Crew, given both the era of the game and the fact that Jumpman could easily have been a generalized construction worker (as he was stated to be a carpenter in DK). There is a Luigi in Wrecking Crew, though, so maybe not, but who knows, twins could easily run in the family and maybe Jumpman named one of his sons after his brother

Either way, that would mean that Jumpman, the father of the Mario brothers, worked with Foreman Spike, who for some reason hated Jumpman and his brother. Depending on the game, Foreman Spike bears a striking resemblance to either Wario or Waluigi. Now, we already know that Wario and Waluigi are canonically not brothers, so I’m not saying that Spike is both of their dads.

Just one of them.

(Long post under the cut. This whole thing really got away from me, but I think it ended pretty nicely, so I hope y’all enjoy it)

Probably Wario’s, if I had to bet, given that we know Mario and Wario have known each other since childhood (stated explicitly in the instruction manual for Six Golden Coins), so it would make sense for them to know each other if their parents were work “friends,” and it would especially make sense for Wario to be as hateful of Mario if his dad, Spike, were hateful of Jumpman. Hell, it would even explain his name. Jumpman has a kid and names him after himself, and then Spike has a kid around the same time and decides to invoke some nominative determinism and labels his kid “bad Mario.”

How Waluigi fits into the picture is ambiguous, but with a number of simple solutions. While some early sources indicate that they are brothers (strategy guides, official websites, etc.), while later sources refer to them as either cousins (Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games) or as friends (Mario Sluggers, voice actor Charles Martinet). They could be adoptive brothers, but this wouldn’t really explain the visual similarities, unless Waluigi explicitly modeled his appearance after Wario or Foreman Spike. This wouldn’t require that they be brothers at all, though, as Waluigi could have done that even if he was just a friend. The cousin aspect works best at explaining the visual similarity and even the name, as that would mean that his name was chosen to spite Luigi just the same way that Wario’s was chosen to spite Mario. The only issue there is that we’ve never heard of Spike having any siblings. He’s had multiple conflicting designs, so MAYBE there’s multiple Spikes and Spike is a family name, but I doubt it.

Personally, while the cousin angle wraps everything up the most neatly, I’m still a fan of the idea that Waluigi is some kind of shapeshifted disguise for Tatanga, since the two are both purple misanthropes with an unhealthy obsession with Princess Daisy, a hatred for the Mario brothers and an odd friendship with Wario. This would also of course explain why the exact nature of their relationship is so unclear, since it would imply that they’re outright lying but can’t keep the story straight. I would rather the cousin thing, though, since I would like Tatanga to be able to make a comeback, but that would still be a really fun twist.

The one major hole in all of this, though, is that Pauline appears in Mario Odyssey and gives no indication that she’s not the same Pauline from Donkey Kong, implying that Mario and Jumpman are, as they’ve always been presented, the same person. However, there is surprisingly an explanation for this. You see, in the original Donkey Kong, the damsel in distress was a blonde woman referred to as Lady. It wasn’t until the remake for the GameBoy that she was redesigned to be the brunette Pauline that we know today. While particularly damning sources (Shigeru Miyamoto, Smash 4) have claimed that Pauline and Lady are the same person, various extended Mario media present them separately (The Cat Mario Show, a 1994 encyclopedia, various Mario manga), and even present them as having opposing personality types. Naturally, Shigeru Miyamoto should be considered the most credible source here, but that’s no fun, and he also said he was Bowser Jr’s mom, so I’m going to ignore him.

So.

Jumpman’s pet Cranky Kong kidnaps his girlfriend, Lady, and he has to save her. Sometime later, Jumpman orders two children from the stork with Lady, whom he names after himself and his twin brother, Luigi, after a somewhat delayed delivery. His work rival, Spike, and Spike’s brother...Stanley the Bugman, why not, maybe he blames Mario for DK getting into his green house, both have children delivered around the same time, and name them Wario and Waluigi to spite Jumpman’s children. The Mario brothers and Spike children grow up to hate each other, and DK Jr. has also grown up and decides to kidnap Mario’s girlfriend, Pauline, just as his father did to Lady all those years ago. Mario saves Pauline, but unlike Jumpman and Lady who were brought closer together by their trauma, they break up, although they remain friends. Some years later, after Mario has established himself as a recurring hero to the Mushroom Kingdom, gets a toy line which DK III becomes weirdly infatuated with, leading to Pauline’s second kidnapping by a DK (or this is the first time, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 was just a remake of DK on the GameBoy to give more context, the specifics aren’t too important here). Sometime after this, Pauline becomes mayor of New Donk City, which is adorned with references to Donkey Kong and his family’s crimes as if it’s all one big joke to these people. But I digress.

Somewhere in all that, Mario is given a castle for some reason, which is the last straw for Wario, who I imagine is working on a farm at the time, given that his best friend is a hen named Hen. Deciding that back breaking labor doesn’t satisfy his ambitions while his rival lives it up as a hero, Wario enlists the help of the alien Tatanga (who now that I think of it, he may well have met on his farm during an attempt to abduct a cow or something) to trick Mario to leave his castle so that Wario may steal it.

After Mario foils Wario’s plot and reclaims his castle, Mario extends an olive branch and invites Wario to play tennis with everyone, as that’s just the kind of guy he is. Wario, realizing he doesn’t have a partner, either a) invites his cousin Waluigi, who has gone into construction like uncle Spike (evidenced by his excavator in Mario Kart), since he loves sports and hates the Mario brothers as much as Wario does, or b) recruits Tatanga and has him disguise himself as someone who could ostensibly pass as a family member to lay low in case anyone tries to hold him responsible for his crimes (which they wouldn’t since they never try to arrest Bowser or Wario, but apparently he doesn’t know that)

As far as I can tell, the only thing we’re missing is where Waluigi was when Wario and the other Star Children were being delivered by the Stork and intercepted by Kamek. Perhaps he got passed over since he didn’t have a star? Maybe Bowser captured him and found he didn’t have a star, then discarded him.

Actually, what if...

Waluigi was SUPPOSED to be delivered to Spike.

Waluigi was SUPPOSED to be Wario’s brother.

But when Bowser went back in time to find the seven Star Children, he messed up the route that Waluigi was supposed to be on. When the Stork got Waluigi back, he accidentally delivered Waluigi to the wrong house, the way he did to Mario and Luigi at the end of Yoshi’s Island (as shown in Yoshi’s New Island). Unlike with the Mario brothers, though, the Stork didn’t catch this mistake, and Waluigi grew up in the wrong household. Maybe it was even Stanley’s, and Waluigi’s inherently nasty personality clashed with Stanley’s kindly personality, but he still inherited his adoptive father’s love of plants! Can’t believe I was able to work that back in.

That’s why no one knows if they’re brothers, cousins or strangers! Because they don’t know who he was supposed to be delivered to, but they can’t deny the visual similarity! That’s why Waluigi’s so misanthropic, because he wasn’t delivered to the right house and he felt out of place!

That last bit could easily be explained by being raised under Spike’s influence, though, since Spike is apparently the kind of jerk who would sabotage his own employees to get a bigger paycheck for himself.

Either way, I think that lends to a really solid idea for the story of a Waluigi game.

A long time ago, I suggested a game where Waluigi somehow travels through time and goes through levels themed around various Mario franchise titles (Waluigi’s Time to Shine), but now I know how to frame it! Waluigi, feeling odd about his family situation, asks Bowser how he travels through time so he can see where he comes from. Bowser throws him through a wormhole and Waluigi witnesses the events that lead to the Stork delivering him to the wrong house. He decides this is either Bowser or the Stork’s fault (Bowser makes more sense, but it would be super funny if the Stork ends up being the final boss) and journeys to exact revenge. The spell or technology tethering him to the past messes up, however, resulting in Waluigi being in flux and going through all of the Mario franchise.

It’d be really funny if when playing through the Yoshi’s Island section he becomes his baby self and knocks Mario off of Yoshi (resulting in Mario’s capture by the Toadies), giving Yoshi some weird new ability the way the Star Children did in Yoshi’s Island DS, but I’m not sure that having one level have a completely different control scheme would be the best idea.

It could also be that Waluigi rides Yoshi as a full grown adult, which would also be pretty silly given his lanky proportions.

A Wrecking Crew level near the end would also be a fun way to bring the story full circle, revealing Waluigi’s relation to Spike and Wario, and establishing that Mario and Luigi are the children of Jumpman and Lady.

Waluigi, Nintendo’s ultimate loose end, would be the catalyst through which all of the loose ends of the Mario franchise are tied.

Get on that, @nintendo

Edit: This ended up having a couple of revisions, but rather then amend this post, I just ended up making two others. You can check those here and here

#super mario #waluigi #wario #foreman spike #mayor pauline #stanley the bugman #pauline #long post #speculation #my theories #game ideas

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