I think it's not about mutual exclusivity that I am bugged about a simple yes in response to something with two or more choices, it's that if they are both I think that could be elaborated a bit.
I know the nature of a concise responses makes it easy to say, but it's a bit disheartening to me...
Sometimes I am afraid to as a question that presents two choices, because I felt that if someone just says "yes" (and no further response) in response to them, then I felt that the question is devalued.
As an example, say I ask "is Dr. Mario 64 a Mario game or a Wario game?", and I have a...
I wouldn't say that I hate Bubsy per se. While I am fascinated that such a character exists, I am generally indifferent to the character. Though I do know that I didn't bother to hear his voice because of the fear that I would find it memorably annoying.
I guess there's a belief that the...
I wouldn't be opposed to her but I am uncertain about what Candy Kong's role could be. Assuming that the relevant Kongs return as playable including Funky Kong, maybe she can be a shopkeeper in his place? But then again that cool parrot basically stood in for Funky if he did go adventuring...
I kind of understand the feeling of mobile games being treated as lesser, and the disdain from it especially when there are evidences that they are treated as part of the main history. Super Mario Run is somehow treated as a spinoff even though Nintendo let it hang out with the console and...
Given how the handheld entries did not tend to get referenced, the question is, on what condition would a rethink of the grouping happen? It's clear that it's not enough that Nintendo puts both the games in "Main" and "handheld" in their Mario Party history section on their portal website. Let's...
I do not know if anyone noticed it, but I thought it's especially unusual that Mario Party (series) remains the only series here where handheld entries are delegated to a distinct Handheld category, while the console entries are well, the Main category. Currently, this is how it looks like in...
I am open to more characters of this type but I feel that it might probably not go over well with many because it would probably make this type of evil counterpart diluted as a concept. Boshi is kind of a fun one although he could probably have a bit work done (like making him physically more...
I decided to revive this topic based on the events of Mario & Luigi: Brothership. For those who do not know, the Magikoopas in that game are coloured oranges in contrast to Kamek's blue colour. Would this be a good change for the rest of the species to make Kamek stand out?
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I do not know if this supports your thesis on Luma's relative negligence, but Luma doesn't have an official plush. In fact, friendly species in the Mario series like Penguins are generally bereft of merchandise compared to the enemy species.
With that said, I say that Luma being a Smash...
What I like about Klaus is that it's a Christmas movie that doesn't have the expected hallmarks of one. So like Christmas movies can have Santa Claus, right? This one technically has one but not in the way that the others depicted the guy.
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The use of Inspect Element to modify the webpage certainly have advantages that outweigh the disadvantages, which would've resulted in a more cohesive image. My comment earlier was that I did all this by editing the images (this was completed at the end of August 2024), so adding the "# of 5" on...
I did know that it was not there, but as I did this by photo-editing, I didn't feel like adding something that might have not been easily noticed because of the extra effort it would take to add them.
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I did use Inspect Element to identify the font (which is probably a non-free one), but I didn't know you can change the text. This would come in handy if I somehow decided to make another similar to that.
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Mushroom Kingdom Pop Quiz - Wrong Answers Only!
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Birth of the idea
It all started on Discord, when this was posted:
The ensuing conversation led to the suggestion that Wario, Mario, and Waluigi...
I think this is why Mario Teaches Typing (CD version) and Mario's Game Gallery felt more official than Hotel Mario, even though they are licensed PC games. The use of Mario's voice actor made it feel like the same character, so it felt like an extension of Mario. You can imagine him cracking...
Learned of a phrase called "seven come eleven" (meaning to hope for lucky dice rolls, mainly said during gambling)
Presume that the 7-Eleven convenience stores were named after this phrase
Nope! 7-Eleven was named after the times they open the store (7am - 11pm), before 24-7 became their thing...
I think the smell of them helps to give a fresh feeling, and maybe also the feel of freshly printed pages. Of course, seeing new facts and things you might not know plays into a factor.
That is to say, that's what I personally think of regarding when I got new textbooks.
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Source: https://www.suppermariobroth.com/post/767523328393101312/promotional-1990-mario-and-luigi-sticker
I can tell that Shoey would probably deeply dislike this image if his comment on finding Mario without shoes to be unsettling is to go by. In this image, Mario is not only shown to be...
Source: https://www.collectorsbase.ph/products/pre-order-bid-toys-dark-magician-mario
Note that these are toys that are sold, but they look funny that I can't help but share them. I stumbled on these when I search for "Mariogician".
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I think that, the early 2000s would be a fine time to have an animated series when the cast is established, where spinoff games basically demonstrated what are the significant characters going forward. I am thinking of how Daisy returned to prominence, and how Waluigi was introduced. The...
Awesome, thank you for the response!
I hope that I am not troubling you with another question: is Snoutlet generally hard on Mario, similar to how Starlow is generally hard on Luigi? This possibility is brought up when I posited that one way Mario could benefit from this series is to have a...
Big Red Secret Exposed
It's not immediately obvious, but I focused on doing a comic on Mario Day, just as I did last year about "L is not Real" last year. In fact, this is not the original idea! The original idea is basically about Mario and friends doing a photoshoot with Lakitu taking the...
Sometimes I wonder if Baby Park was designed as simplistic as this because the developers were rushing the game, so they have a simpler track to fulfill the 16-course quota for the game. It wouldn't surprise me if that's how it happened, which would make it a happy accident in a way.
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Have you thought about modding Wario over Impostor Bowser in Bowser's Kaboom Squad? At least you can select your teammates in that mode.
Such a shame that Mario Party is yet to fully embrace the hilarity of selecting the same character, when certain series either embraced it fully (Mario Kart)...
I think the game is really great as well. I think that if the developers cannot keep up the demands for board quantity, they could do what Mario Kart did and reuse old boards as new content. It's not like they are the same old thing, because enough gameplay changes can make them feel new (case...
This app is available in very few countries in Asia: Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Israel. Therefore, I have not gotten a chance to check it out. I do not know if Nintendo has plans to open up to other countries, so I am remaining hopeful on this front since they've taken steps to expand...
Nintendo's recently released their sales figures, and one of my favourite things is this from their presentation slide:
I know it's not much but I revel in the fact that Mario Party is big enough to be placed side-by-side with the other two greats, Super Mario and Mario Kart. Mario Party is a...
Adding to this, Luigi is NOT a forgotten twin. Maybe he might not be in the spotlight like Mario, but calling him forgotten does a huge disservice to not only him, but actual forgotten twin characters like Mimmy White (Hello Kitty's twin sister). To elaborate on the latter point, saying Luigi is...
Yeah, I think this sounds about right. The character's portrayal in the comic might make them appealing through their ignobility. Perhaps it's why Waluigi stuck out the most? I don't think any other character had this much focus for one that's "loved to hate" (at least, I doubt Wario or any...
That sounds interesting. I think that it's doubly interesting that Waluigi is seemingly the only character who is repulsive in this manner, whereas pretty much every other character was treated more respectfully, even the villains and Wario.
It's something I have wondered mainly because I get...
I always wondered why you're depicted as a man in a cactus suit. A currently unanswered question that I never got to ask about...
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Sometimes I can't tell if Brawl in the Family's depiction of Waluigi is generally a good thing or bad thing for the reputation of the character.
I guess it's good in that it's a popular webcomic so making Waluigi one of the standout characters augments his popularity, and he's kind of funny...
Question for those who played the game...
Also...
Does Luigi have an entire chapter dedicated to rescuing Mario, like in Superstar Saga, Bowser's Inside Story, and Paper Jam?
Now that I think about it, I have to wonder if across the games, we had moments where Mario shined. There are many...
With the recent release of a new Mario & Luigi game, it got me thinking: how would it be different if the series were instead titled Luigi & Mario? Every game would still be the same but Luigi is basically listed first. So it would be Luigi & Mario: Superstar Saga, Luigi & Mario: Partners in...
This bodes well for the next system, but I wonder if they would still port Nintendo Switch 1 games to the successor with some extras. Backwards compatibility doesn't stop Sony from releasing a The Last of Us remake on PS5 (the original which was available on PS4) after all, so I wonder if...
This is the thing that gets me about the Penguin Suit. It's completely superior over Ice Flower in a way that other Mario powerups aren't.
The P-Wing versus Super Leaf, or the P-Acorn versus Super Acorn, both of them have their superior versions and in fact are rare, but they are one-time use...
Flowers Don't Tell, They Show
Coming from great praise for the previous Shroom article about the tall tower of Goombas, I decided to utilise the energy for another comic strip because that was what was liked about the previous cartoon. Indeed, it's structured like a Sunday comic strip which...
F9 - Worst Remake
Whoa, I stand corrected! It is possible for the worst remakes to be even worse! Anyway, off to work. I wonder how my mall crew is faring now. *RING* Huh, may I know who is speaking? There's a problem in the warehouse? I'll be there right away!
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For this...
One show that I feel a real dislike for is called Three Friends and Jerry, or maybe something similarly named. I think that it's really problematic that the title already indicates that one of the characters (titular Jerry) is already the outcast, which means it's usual for that character to get...
I redesigned the avatar for Mario character community purposes because I felt that the "biker Mario" that mirrors WarioWare's Wario probably does not mirror the intention they gave Wario a costume change. I do not know the exact purpose, but the theory that they redesign Wario to be hip and cool...
Even though the section naturally lend itself to a regular feature, why is it that Featured Sprite is a single time feature? Of course it doesn't have the be a regular feature, but it's curious that this is the only time you have it. Is this because of a general lack of sections otherwise (only...
Tower of Goombabel
For January 2024, I was feeling inspired to do a comic about Goombas, and how they have a tendency to stack. This comic strip was also done in about two days, the first to write the script, while the second is to finish up the comic. Yes, unlike most comic strips, this one...
In the Mario series, namely the spinoffs, there are many playable characters to choose from. On the friendly side, the playable characters tend to be the unique ones like Mario or Peach, or they are famous species like Toad and Yoshi. On the villain side, they also have unique characters like...
Playing online with other people is extra useful, with everyone else able to act as your checkpoints to skip the brutal parts. I really appreciated this, but I felt that only for the invisibility section, I am on my own because I returned from sleep mode, so no online to help here.
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The Mysterious Gait Under Wraps
(Note: There is a higher-resolution version; the version above is the one that's most commonly shared, due to its lower amount of memory)
It's a start of a new page, and I decided to start with a piece that got a surprising amount of popularity.
Sometimes, I...
I picked Golf.
I think I like the more laid back approach to the golf series, where instead of it being all action all the time, you are hitting the golf ball. The games are overall quite solid so I think the series still has potential to be better, unlike Dr. Mario (not a sports game) which...