yoshi’s story – VoVatia (original) (raw)

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 →

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Warping Through Continuity

While there is an official Zelda timelime, there still isn’t one for the Mario series, which makes sense as they don’t really focus on story. Fans certainly have tried to come up with one, however, and have made some clever … Continue reading →

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Euro Mario Land

I’ve occasionally come across panels from comics in the German Club Nintendo magazine, basically their equivalent of Nintendo Power, and they were sehr wahnsinnig. Not all of them were; some were fairly straightforward adaptations of games with a few jokes … Continue reading →

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All the Mushroom World Is a Stage

So, here’s something I came across recently that everyone else has probably already seen: I might also add that there are several costumes involved, although I guess that really started with the Fire Mario outfit in the original Super Mario … Continue reading →