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Latest News / Watch Mario Cartoons Online -- Free AND Legal!

« on: January 29, 2010, 11:36:26 PM »

Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of your computer at 3:33 A.M. and thinking, "Gee, I wish I could watch some Mario cartoons right about now"?

Your sleepless nights may be over -- Jaroo.com is streaming Super Mario Bros. cartoons on their website right now.  They claim 28 episodes are available right now, with more to come in the coming weeks.

(That's what they say, at least.  We can't find any more than six...)

All the cartoons appear to be taken from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.  Captain N: The Game Master episodes appear to be listed in their site database as well.

Site: http://jaroo.com/watch/super-mario-bros

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Game Blog / Re: You Be My Princess Peach, I'll Be Your Mario

« on: January 28, 2010, 06:39:12 PM »

The song and lyrics are catchy, but I'm hearing it too often in WTMK, and it's beginning to get on my nerves. Could you please have it play less often?

Thanks.

It appears that folks ARE paying attention!

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Forum Games / Re: Create an emoticon!

« on: January 25, 2010, 05:56:04 PM »

This thread went nowhere...

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Game Blog / You Be My Princess Peach, I'll Be Your Mario

« on: January 24, 2010, 05:19:39 PM »

You be my Princess Peach, I'll be your Mario.

I'll follow you around wherever you may go.

I'll fight those Koopa Troopas and those mean old Goombas too.

The Mushroom Kingdom would be dull, without rescuing you.

Link: 8bitcollective

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Game Blog / Mario "Fan Trailer" from 2006 - but it's NEW TO ME!

« on: January 16, 2010, 02:06:26 PM »

I'm not sure how I missed this the first time around, but I recently stumbled across a trailer for a Mario fan film that had been created nearly four years ago.  Doing a bit of research led me to this page, in which the animator mentions always wanting to have a film on TMK's Fan Films page.

I don't know if anyone else here at TMK had seen this before, but the animation quality is fairly impressive for a fan film, and it features a remix soundtrack by Mustin; these things combined surely earn it at least a mention here on the blog!  Go take a look at the Koopa Force trailer.

Source: Try4cdCubed's IGN Blog
Youtube: Koopa Force trailer

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Game Blog / Mario DSi Bundle for Black Friday

« on: November 25, 2009, 02:38:31 AM »

Special "Black Friday" DSi bundles are coming in just a few days, including the Metallic Blue DSi.  The bundle comes with Mario's face plastered over the box and with the following DSi titles preinstalled:

* Dr. Mario Express
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
* WarioWare: Snapped!
* Mario Clock
* Mario Calculator

The bundle should sell for the same price as a standard DSi system, and appears to be a "limited edition" release.  There's also a white DSi with a bunch of Brain/Puzzle/Whatever games being released the same day.

$20 of free DSi software almost makes a DSi worthwhile!  Almost... now, if they just brought back the GBA slot...

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Game Blog / WTMK's Countdown to New Super Mario Bros. Wii

« on: November 11, 2009, 08:41:59 AM »

<a href="http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/nsmbwii>New Super Mario Bros. Wii[/url] arrives in a little less than a week, and WTMK is here to make the wait a little easier to bear.  In anticipation of the upcoming release, WTMK is broadcasting a special selection of tunes from all of the classic 2D Super Mario Bros. adventures!  Get yourself ready for the newest member of the Mario gaming family by catching up with the music of its many predecessors.  WTMK is now broadcasting only the most classic of the Mario tunes, directly from the games or as reimagined by so many musicians over the past 20+ years.

WTMK -- All Mario, All the Time.

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Game Blog / Want a TMK Sticker? Record a WTMK Promo!

« on: November 04, 2009, 01:20:33 AM »

As you may have noticed, WTMK is "Smashing."  It's also "Big in Ecuador."  However, WTMK is currently in need of some new promos.  As a result, I'm giving away five TMK stickers (as seen at e3) to folks who send me a decent radio promo.

E-mail a WTMK promo to me (contact info on the staff page); the first five usable promos I receive will be rewarded with TMK stickers.  Additional stickers may be awarded if I feel generous.

While there is no hard and fast rule as to what constitutes "usable", here are some things which would make me more likely to send stickers in your general direction:

* Mention WTMK at least once.

* Mentioning TMK's URL ("WWW.TheMushroomKingdom.net") would be nice. It's not strictly necessary, but if you can work it in...

* Submit your audio file in a lossless format (WAV, FLAC, etc. etc. etc.).  While I'd be happy with a high quality VBR MP3 file, things COULD change in the future, and it would be nice to be able to convert your audio file into whatever the next trend in streaming radio is.

* Clever use of background music or sound effects.  Feel free to be creative here -- if you can get 13 friends to whistle the Starman theme while three altos sing out "WTMK" and a bass man gives us "All Mario, All the Time", so much the better.

* Recording your own rendition of the "Next To Final Battle Music" from the Game Boy Donkey Kong and using it for background music.

* Bribe Charles Martinet to record a special TMK promo.

I'm looking forward to your entries!

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Game Blog / The Gameboys - a game music band from São Paulo, Brazil

« on: November 03, 2009, 03:14:41 AM »

I recently received an e-mail from a game music band in Brazil names "The Gameboys."  They play music from a variety of video games, including several of the Mario titles.  I'll be adding The Gameboys' music to WTMK in the near future, but for the moment you can listen to their work on their myspace website: http://www.myspace.com/osgameboys.

They sound fairly good, and I look forward to their future recordings... and I'll remain ever hopeful that they'll consider doing a cover of the next-to-final battle music from Donkey Kong (94).

Site: http://www.myspace.com/osgameboys

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Game Blog / WTMK Halloween "Spooktacular" Now Playing

« on: October 30, 2009, 07:16:55 PM »

48 hours of Halloween appropriate Mario music is now playing on WTMK.  Cower in fear as the ghost, dragons, and more invade the spectral spectrum of TMK's radio broadcasting.

Tune in now, and have a happy Mario-een.

WTMK: All Mario, All the Time

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Game Blog / Popular Mechanics Interviews Miyamoto - He Likes the Goombas

« on: October 20, 2009, 01:25:03 AM »

Popular Mechanics interviewer Seth Porges recently had the chance to speak with Shigeru Miyamoto about the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii.  While few new details were revealed, some interesting Mario tidbits did come out of the interview:

* Mario is Miyamoto's favorite, but he's fond of Goombas.
* Miyamoto hasn't seen The King of Kong, but Bill Trinen promised to show it to him.
* Same for The Wizard.  (Poor Shigeru.)
* Blowing on NES cartridges might seem to fix them, but you should really get an official cleaning kit.

Read the entire article today!
Source: Popular Mechanics website

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Site Discussion / Re: Censoring

« on: October 10, 2009, 02:40:22 PM »

Wait a second... I've been missing out on chances to censor folks?

Thanks for telling me, people!

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Game Blog / $20 Wii Mario Power Tennis & DK Jungle Beat

« on: September 29, 2009, 04:53:58 PM »

Amazon just dropped the price on new copies of the Wii New Play Control Mario Power Tennis and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.  Originally $30, both are now on sale for a mere $20!

Amazon - New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis
Amazon - New Play Control: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

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Game Blog / New(er) Playlist on WTMK

« on: September 03, 2009, 09:29:54 AM »

Just in time for the first week of school (in a sense), a new, NEW WTMK playlist is running.  Marvel at the increase in fine music!

Go about your business, citizens.

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Game Blog / Re: WTMK Update and Broadcasting Notice

« on: August 29, 2009, 07:04:25 AM »

Thanks for keeping the playlist up to date! Unfortunately, I seem to be hearing the same songs over and over... Most of the music I'm hearing is from Mario Strikers Charged. There doesn't seem to be much balance in this playlist.

Odd... that SHOULDN'T be...

I didn't notice anything odd, but I resorted the playlist, just to be safe...