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Once again hoping for Dr. Mario or even Puyo Puyo to show up in the Direct, even though we haven't seen either in recent times. Thank you for reading.

Every time a rumoured Donkey Kong game is brought up, I basically think: what if it's another Mario platformer like the first Donkey Kong arcade? This is not an ironic want, because I do really like another Mario platformer in that style. The reason is that we didn't have these for a long time...

It's official, Mario Kart Tour's content workflow is basically stopping, and the next tour, the Anniversary Tour, will receive the last of the new content... Still! That means the game is running for the foreseeable future so there's no danger of it shutting down, unlike the fate of Dr. Mario...

Will he try to crush you if you stand in front of him? Thank you for reading.

Various MARIO Sketches Rerouted Football: Inspired by the Mario Strikers: Battle League video in which the ball hits Mario's face, I wondered what would happen if it hits Peach's face instead, which I admit would be a funnier outcome compared to Mario. After all, Peach tends to avoid a lot of...

When Bowser becomes a flying castle I was confused on why he became a flying castle instead of being a stationary castle, but then I looked back and see that Bowser was already in the Clown Car, so it made sense that he became a flying castle. It would be funny if Mario becomes a castle down...

Didn't play Sparks of Hope, because as Ubisoft has already proven, they won't hesitate to bring the game's price down to as low as 75%, like what happened with Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. While I didn't feel remorse for getting the base game for 30% discount since there weren't many games...

I imagine that the very vocal performances of the characters allow us to familiarise with them. Doubly so if the performance is tolerable. So like in many of the games since Super Mario 64, Mario vocalises a lot. Super Mario 64 has him always say something for many of his actions like falling...

I always thought the phrase "shove down one's throat" to be a graphic and violent way to describe intrusive messages. Especially because of how forceful and painful it sounds. And maybe it's also because sometimes what seems to be such to one person might not be realised by another. Thank you...

Some games have funny unlockables because certain characters are what you expect to be a main character so they should be available from the start, but they are actually unlockable. Take Peach for example: in Fortune Street (Wii), Peach is the only unlockable Mario character (the others are...

The datamine indicates that there are no more new courses, which I suppose makes sense given how this game's new courses tend to coincide with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass, meaning that for now, 4 more courses are slated for it (Rome Avanti, Madrid Drive, Piranha Plant Cove, Piranha...

It's funny how Martinet's version of Mario is the most memorable because even if other versions of Mario exist like the 90's cartoons, Mario's current portrayal stuck. I first heard it from Mario's FUNdamentals (or Mario's Game Gallery depending on which version you're familiar with), where him...

I would be most interested in the voice actor of Waluigi, because with other characters (especially Mario, Luigi, and Wario), they have a history of more than one voice actor providing their voices so at least we know they can get replaced. With Waluigi? Since he's only got one single voice...

Mario's Confusing Birthday The Shroom is creeping up, and it's also due for showcasing this comic. The July 2023 strip is about Mario's birthday, and it's by far the most script-intensive one. The reason for this subject is that I firmly believe that Mario debut in July 1981, contrary to the...

While Mario Kart doesn't need the service model where the game is continuously being updated throughout its lifespan (because the game is a perpetual seller), I can see Nintendo going this route where new courses and characters, as well as new challenges are added every few months to flesh it...

I can see why Nintendo is rather strict with what gets approved for the Mario series these days. The Star Children thing might have cause others to think that only specific Mario characters matter because of their status. Even Supper Mario Broth gone further by specifying a specific character is...

Recently learned about this: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/06/25/325200399/two-glorious-science-experiments-one-about-sex-the-other-about-lunch Basically, one scientist conducted an experiment on frogs on the importance of the male in the mating process, by outfitting them in...

It's funny how the spin-off King Boos are basically what King Boo is widely recognised as. So basically: ...the Mario Kart King Boo, basically the design that's as standard as you can get for a King Boo... ...and the unconventionally terrifying Luigi's Mansion King Boo... ...are the more...

The Facts of Life For this month's 'Shroom, I decided to take a more trendy route, coming from the The Super Mario Bros. Movie film. In a classic tale of parents claiming kids are delivered by storks, the Mario Bros. didn’t buy Papa Mario’s tale. Created partly to coincide with Father’s Day...

Time to check in after half a year passed! And man, we really have a slew of announcements on what's to come! If we ignore the 2024 games (that will be for another topic), we have: Super Mario RPG: A new Nintendo Switch game that's a remake of Super Mario RPG for the SNES, and the graphical...

Mario's Power-Up Reversal In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, it is revealed that the fruit that resembles an elephant takes a different approach in powering up Mario. Instead of Mario wearing a suit resembling an animal, he instead turns into a real elephant, which is surprising because it was not...

Rosalina Space In Mario Party, what if like the DK Space, there’s a Rosalina Space instead? In her first introduction, she commanded a majestic demeanour and aura, so it sounds logical that she could be the good counterpart to Bowser, who until now, more or less acts as the villain in the...

Oh yeah, something to note is that the Super Bell is inconsistent. For the playable characters, it gives them cat suits. But for Bowser... yeah, he didn't get a fancy cat suit, but he actually turns into a cat hybrid. Could that be turning point for animal power ups? It would be funny if it's...

Based on my results for some variations for "Mario Mania", only the following has meaningful results: - Luigi Lania: Some professor's name - Daisy Dania: Some author's name - Toadette Tania: (to a lesser extent) Some user from Facebook The others lead to either incoherent results like "Peach...

One rather odd thing about Elephant Mario is how unlike the other animal power-ups he's got, he turns into the specific animal with his clothes on, rather than wearing a onesie of that animal. So Cat Mario isn't Mario being morphed into a cat, or Frog Mario isn't Mario changing his appearance to...

Now obviously, this is NOT confirmation of anything, but someone on Discord brought up an interesting observation... ...in that this game might be developed by NDcube. The cited reason is the general UI for their games, and perhaps the graphical style. I am not sure a comparison might help in...

Drew these shortly after the game's reveal: Thank you for reading.

A new game in the Super Mario series is announced, and it's got more than 5 playable characters! Oh, and Mario gets an elephant power-up. Thank you for reading.

My Bingo sheet! Let's see what's in store in an hour's time. A few notes: Post announcement means that Nintendo have one last thing before the announcement ends, which is something they did not do these days. Non-VG Nintendo-published game is basically like the Hamtaro GBA games and Marvel...

Reminded me of how generally unfair the minigames are in the first Mario Party. The two that comes to mind in terms of extremes are Bash 'n' Cash and Coin Shower Flower. The former is strictly advantageous for the three players, while the latter is advantageous for the single player. Actually...

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Space Puffs For this month's The ? Panel, I took inspiration from my time with the Wario Land games when I edited the Wario Land 3 articles on the wiki. I do think Wario Land 3 is a fascinating game with things I didn't even know about, like how Webbers can be ridden on as platforms. One...

Personally speaking, Mario is typically my first choice even in Super Mario 3D World. I guess I just like the basics. It's also commendable that the developers made everyone balanced so that Mario isn't the inferior one, as in he's not outclassed by any one character so like while Luigi may jump...

We need a new Mario-Doraemon crossover. OK, maybe not everybody needs it, but I would love to see it. Thank you for reading.

Shantario & Rispike Boots These are created just for fun, a sort of crossdressing thing going on. Mario’s not known as one so I decided to draw him doing him as a character that is unexpected for him to dress as. I entertained the thought of Mario dressed in whatever outfit Shantae is...

The term that I am looking for is survivorship bias! To my understanding, any thing that doesn't conform with a certain level of survival, or in this case excellence, are likely to be forgotten. Because of the specific examples used in the poll, it's very likely that the choices are squarely...

I have a bit of fondness of Yooka-Laylee as characters so I think it's nice that there is an attempt to imitate Donkey Kong Country, and the game has some unique ideas likechanging up levels with a natural element (e.g. submerge the level in the overworld with water, and the level is underwater)...

For this, I think I will vote for the neutral option. While I didn't play either the Wario or the Paper Mario inspired games specifically listed in the examples, I admire their ability to capitalise on the vacuum left by Nintendo to achieve success in their wildest dreams. One title that I did...

It's interesting that this is pointed out: the conundrum of how short characters should be portrayed. Of course, one of the signature traits short characters have are, well, they're short. But this is not simply feasible as a mascot costume because not everybody can be short like them. So they...

I feel that the Mario RPGs are merely serviceable in this day and age, unless they make a new Mario RPG that involves one of the other major Mario characters in a significant manner. Original characters are fine, but making a familiar Mario character a major presence in an RPG satisfies fans of...

I will nominate Egg Pawn. Thank you for reading.

I have decided to lay my thoughts on the Mario movie a bit more elaborately. Behind the spoiler are some of my praises for the film... Thank you for reading.

Logical Lookalikes For my fourth strip for the 'Shroom, this is from one of my observations that I have made on Bowser when I did the Mario in Garfield artsyle, which will eventually be submitted in a separate post. What I found out is how much Bowser resembles a bull, which is no doubt...

Something regarding the film... Thank you for reading.