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TMK Stuff => Latest News => Topic started by: David on June 25, 2008, 07:24:17 AM
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NOA sent out a press release concerning some of their 2008 titles, and they helpfully included a release date for the new Wii Wario Land platformer. Wario Land: Shake It! (http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/wlsi) will be released in the USA on September 29th of this year.
Wario Land™: Shake It!, a classic side-scroller for the Wii console launching Sept. 29, stars Wario, the smelly, bad-mannered alter ego of Mario™. With the Wii Remote™ controller turned sideways like an old-school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash their way through hectic side-scrolling stages. Players shake the Wii Remote to help Wario take down his enemies, empty bags of treasure or cause earthquakes. Best of all, there are numerous stages each offering multiple missions to keep players coming back again and again to unlock everything, collect more coins or just improve their best times.
Source: Nintendo of America press release (http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15503)
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Everything but the name sounds fairly promising (Wario = Mario's "alter ego"?!?).
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I like Shake Dimention better, it has that Wii gen. sound
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I thought this was using the balance board. I guess they changed their minds.
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(Wario = Mario's "alter ego"?!?).
That's exactly what I was wondering...
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I thought this was using the balance board. I guess they changed their minds.
Wario Land, not WarioWare.
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(Wario = Mario's "alter ego"?!?).
Mario is mild-mannered - Wario is rude
Mario is handsome and fit - Wario is ugly and fat
Mario is selfless - Wario is greedy
Mario's name starts with M - Wario's name starts with an upside-down M
Mario is hygienic - Wario is not hygienic
How many more examples do you need? I'm pretty sure Wario was originally created to be an opposite version of Mario.
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Generally, "Alter Ego" means the same person, but with a different identity. For example, Superman is the alter ego of Clark Kent.
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alter ego (plural alter egos)
1. Somebody's alternate personality or persona; a second self.
2. A very close and intimate friend. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alter_ego)
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So Wario's, Mario's doppelganer?
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Wario definitely isn't Mario's close friend. The way this is written, it makes it sound like Mario actually is Wario. The end.
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"Doppelganger" originally referred to someone who bilocates, but now it usually just means someone who looks like someone else.
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Whatever. Like the Nintendo PR guys really know half a thing about the history of the characters...
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I must admit though, it would make for an interesting (yet stupid) plot twist.
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Mario is handsome and fit
I'm not sure if many people will agree with you. If Mario is fit, then what is Luigi? Underweight?
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If anything, Mario is very slightly pudgy. I swear, at this forum you can't say anything without it being crucially analyzed.
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I'm not sure if many people will agree with you. If Mario is fit, then what is Luigi? Underweight?
I think "obese" is the only thing that passes for "not fit" in some places these days.
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Mario is fat, but he's handsome fat. You know, his fatness is what makes him look so charming. Wario on the other hand is ugly fat. His fatness is what makes him unappealing.
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Wario on the other hand is ugly fat. His fatness is what makes him unappealing.
That's not fat, it's muscle. (According to the Wario World instruction manual)
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You know Wario is stretching the truth.:D
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Well, there's definitely a pretty good amount of muscle in there. Look at those arms.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mariowiki.com%2Fimages%2F0%2F05%2FWarioland4.jpg&hash=04bba8ae709d9b8d0418acff2c95f53f)
It's just got some padding.
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Whatever. Like the Nintendo PR guys really know half a thing about the history of the characters...
Yeah, let's just call this a "Cowboy BeBop at his computer." (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyBebopAtHisComputer)
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Hahahah, wow that's amazing.
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Yeah, let's just call this a "Cowboy BeBop at his computer." (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyBebopAtHisComputer)
Faith in mankind -15
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This editor remembers picking up a review of The Legend Of Zelda: The Minish Cap in a reputable British newspaper, and reading that Link must rescue a petrified Princess... Peach.
I lol'd
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TVTropes is the whole reason the internet was created. And Order of the Stick.
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You forgot about the lulz.
POST 300!!!
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Waluigi is just ridiculous.
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Waluigi is just ridiculous.
.....................why?
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Yeah, let's just call this a "Cowboy BeBop at his computer." (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyBebopAtHisComputer)
TV Tropes, he? Guess I'm not alone on here! :D
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This other editor remembers a newspaper article about how "Sega's mascot Mario" was more recognisable than Mickey Mouse.
It's sad this happened...
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Because he's mentally abnormal.
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Who's mentally abnormal? Mario, Mickey Mouse, the editor, or Glitchy?
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I'm guessing the last two...?
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Who's mentally abnormal? Mario, Mickey Mouse, the editor, or Glitchy?
I was about to ask...
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Walugi.
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He's too sneaky to have his words mentioned in a sentence.