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Wiggler Wednesday
I’ve discussed many enemies from the Super Mario franchise over the years, but I don’t think I’ve said that much about Wigglers, the giant caterpillars introduced in Super Mario World. Their thing is basically that they’re normally cute, yellow, and … Continue reading →
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Please Plesiosaur Me
In light of my recent post about dragons in the Mario series, which addresses the confusion between those and dinosaurs, I find it interesting that the franchise has two separate creatures based on the Loch Ness Monster. The first one, … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Biology, Evolution, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Names, Science, Video Games | Tagged bowser's fury, cats, cheep cheeps, crazy cap, dinosaurs, dorrie, dragons, hazy maze cave, loch dorrie, loch ness monster, mario party advance, mr. e, new super mario bros., nothosaurs, plesiosaurs, shroom city, super mario 3d world, super mario 64, super mario 64 ds, super mario odyssey, super mario world, toads, yoshi |
Yikes, Spikes!
I thought it might be worth looking at the Mario enemies known as Spikes, since they seem to be rather prominent nowadays. I’ve even seen them as stuffed animals at the Nintendo store in Manhattan, although I don’t have one … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Donkey Kong, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Russian, Toys, Video Games | Tagged clubbas, don bongo, donkey kong country, flails, gabon, giants, glitz pit, grubba, hammer brothers, klubbas, koschei the deathless, lakilester, lakitu, luigi mario, mace penguins, maces, magikoopas, mario mario, morning stars, new super mario bros., nintendo power, paper mario, paper mario: the thousand-year door, penguins, ptooies, snow spikes, spikes, stone spikes, super mario 3d world, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, the blubbening, the giant who had no heart in his body, tubba blubba, turtles, weapons, yoshi's island, yoshi's story |
Keeping Up with the Koopas
Picture by Marhiin There isn’t a whole lot about Bowser’s family in the Mario series. Even his seven kids have been retconned into not really being his children, which raises the question as to where they come from. We never … Continue reading →
Posted in Albums, Cartoons, Comics, Families, Mario, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged blue bowser, bowser koopa jr., dry bowser, jellyfish, kamek, king bowser koopa, larry koopa, larry mullen jr, ludwig von koopa, mario party, morton downey jr., morton koopa jr., new super mario bros., nintendo, nintendo comics system, paper mario color splash, princess peach toadstool, roy koopa, super mario bros. the lost levels, white knuckle scorin' |
The Long Toad Home
All the extra stuff on the map screen in Super Mario Bros. 3 was pretty fascinating. There were mini-games, Hammer Bros. that walked around, airships that flew, hands that could grab you as you crossed a bridge, and treasure ships … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Mario, Names, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged blue toad, captain toad, captain toad treasure tracker, luigi, mushroom people, new super mario bros., new super mario bros. u, new super mario bros. wii, paper mario, princess peach toadstool, super mario 3d world, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy, super mario rpg, toad, toad brigade, toad houses, toadette, toads, toadsworth, wario's woods, yellow toad |
Wacky Worlds
The original Super Mario Bros. provided several different environments through which Mario (and sometimes Luigi) had to travel: largely flat worlds with trees and bushes in the background, underground caverns, water, cliffs with tops bigger than their bases, and castles … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Food, Maps, Mario, Names, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged dark land, dinosaur land, giant land, gustav holst, king bowser koopa, kitchen island, koopalings, lemmy koopa, mario is missing!, mushroom world, new super mario bros., new super mario bros. u, new super mario bros. wii, nintendo power, sarasaland, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario land, super mario land 2, super mario world, wario land, wendy o. koopa |
More Mysterious Magic of the Mushroom World
It’s probably obvious that I haven’t been keeping up with the most recent video games. Back in the day, even though I wasn’t good at most games, I could at least watch someone else play. That’s not been so much … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Comics, Magic, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged captain snes, king bowser koopa, koopalings, luigi, magus, mushroom world, mushrooms, new super mario bros., power-ups, princess peach toadstool, super mario 3d land, super mario 3d world, super mario bros. 3, super mario land 2, super mario world, tanuki, the lost levels, toad, wario, yoshi |
Fungal Footmen and Mushroom Minions
Since we just looked at Ozma’s castle staff, how about that of the Mushroom Kingdom? Well, the most famous member of that royal household is Toad. He and the other Toads you rescue in the original Super Mario Bros. are … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged chef spore, doki doki panic, luigi, mushroom king, new super mario bros., nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, princess peach toadstool, super mario adventures, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario galaxy, super mario rpg, super mario sunshine, toad, toadsworth, wooster |
Who’s the Miniboss?
They had New Super Mario Bros. 2 on display at Walmart, so I played it up through the first fortress, and already I noticed the focus on collecting coins. It makes it easy to get extra lives, but I can’t … Continue reading →
Posted in Focus on the Foes, Mario, Video Games | Tagged koopalings, new super mario bros., new super mario bros. 2, new super mario bros. wii, petey piranha, piranha plants, reznor rhinos, super mario 64, super mario bros. 2, super mario world, triclyde |
Bowser’s Bothersome Brood
What is there to say about Bowser’s offspring, the Koopalings, that hasn’t been said before? I could go on about their different portrayals in various media, but the Mario Wiki already covers that. If anyone really wants to discuss the … Continue reading →
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