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Forum Games / Re: Aged FF Member Names

« on: May 04, 2011, 08:09:17 PM »

Steven9Intellivision?

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General Chat / Re: The HOPEFUL thread: Be happy here!

« on: April 30, 2011, 11:17:44 AM »

I finally unlocked everything on MKWii again on my new Wii, and in the process, I double-starred everything, triple-starring 24 of the 32 cups (oddly enough, fewer in 50cc and 100cc than in 150cc).  Additionally, I finally figured out how to block POW blocks.  Turns out I had the timing right all along, but I'd hit random buttons on the D-Pad, as opposed to just D-pad-up, which is the ONLY one that works.  Every poorly-made YouTube video instructing how to block the POW block simply said "do a trick" (aside from the occasional genius who thought you had to dodge with the hop that precedes a powerslide), never specifying that it had to be a wheelie.  I now officially hate anyone who uses the Wii Wheel. 

On the plus side, with 20-30% fewer item hits to worry about, double-starring was a ton easier this time.  Come to think of it, how the heck did I ever manage to double-star anything, let alone the occasional triple, without knowing how to block POW blocks?

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Mario Chat / Re: Button-less SM64 stars?

« on: April 30, 2011, 02:37:20 AM »

True, and come to think of it, Chill with the Bully's probably possible, by extension.  I don't have a copy of SM64 handy in my room to test it or any other LLL stars at the moment, but I'm pretty sure you could get to the Chill Bully's platform without jumping.  I can't think of any other course that would allow you to get to a star, let alone actually collect it, without jumping/diving, though.

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Forum Games / Re: You Laugh, You Lose

« on: April 30, 2011, 02:33:06 AM »

I seriously need to look that cartoon up now; can't recall the name offhand.

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Mario Chat / Button-less SM64 stars?

« on: April 29, 2011, 11:44:58 AM »

I've long heard of challenges for Super Mario 64 where the object is to get stars with as few "A"-button presses as possible.  However, yesterday, I came upon this video that shows someone beating "Shoot into the Wild Blue Yonder" without pressing "A" or "B".  So, I got to wondering, how many stars can be beaten without any buttons (A, B, or Z)?  I already did "8-Coin Puzzle with 15 Pieces" fairly easily, and I'm sure that the Wing Cap Towers one is trivial at most.

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Forum Games / Re: You "Awesome," You Lose

« on: April 26, 2011, 08:57:14 PM »

Holy crap, I think I finally saw the image in one of these for the first time (and the filename proves it, I suppose).  And I lost, consequently.

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Mario Chat / Re: Tanooki Suit Confirmed for Super Mario 3DS

« on: April 25, 2011, 07:15:03 PM »

Here's hoping that by "combination of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 64" they mean "lots of nonlinear courses, as per Super Mario 64."

My guess is something more along the lines of "lots of courses as linear as Galaxy's, but not in space, as per Super Mario 64".  Great to hear that the Raccoon Suit's back, though; it looks for all intents and purposes that the old-school powerup system could be back.

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Forum Games / Re: You cry, you lose

« on: April 23, 2011, 12:34:09 PM »

I lost, but not in this fashion at all.

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Forum Games / Re: Mario Word Association

« on: April 23, 2011, 11:26:36 AM »

Rubber

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: April 22, 2011, 12:34:07 AM »

So, apparently Mario Kart Wii has Grand-Prix-losing music that I wasn't aware of.  I'm tempted to lose a GP on purpose to hear this, but I don't want to ruin my "75%-in-first-place" record.  I'm going to have to find a video of someone losing a MKW GP to see this in context.

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Forum Games / Re: Mario Word Association

« on: April 21, 2011, 11:16:45 PM »

Nuked

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Latest News / Re: Sega announces Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

« on: April 21, 2011, 11:14:02 PM »

I legitimately thought this was a joke thread until I saw the topic author.  Can't they come up with original spin-off ideas anymore?

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General Chat / Re: Speed Test

« on: April 18, 2011, 09:42:58 AM »

And yet my campus internet still takes untold ages to buffer YouTube videos.
I'll have to take this again once I get home for the summer.

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Mario Chat / Re: Mario YouTube video requests/challenges

« on: April 18, 2011, 03:39:52 AM »

Whoops, I forgot there was a second thread.  Don't suppose it matters all that much, as it was still a good year old.

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Mario Chat / Re: Mario YouTube video requests/challenges

« on: April 17, 2011, 05:00:08 PM »

To preface, I realize this is a very old topic and that you're at college currently, but I wanted to post this here before it slipped my mind. 

If you have any time over the summer, could you try to beat all three of the main stars in Gold Leaf Galaxy without using the Bee Suit?  I've done the first one myself, but the second and third seem a bit harder (probably still possible, though).