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Mario Chat / Re: Mario movie compared to games...

« on: June 12, 2000, 10:53:45 AM »

I don't remember Toad, Yoshi, Big Bertha, Iggy, or Spike in the movie.  I guess I'll have to watch it again, I haven't seen it for a couple years.  If memory serves, Koopa looked like a human (except for those scales on his head) but in the end he reverted to his true dinosaurlike form.  That movie was made on too low a budget to really be true to the games, it was madt to be more or less in our world instead of a surreal (and expensive) Mario world.  

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Mario Chat / Re: Mario Cartoons compared...

« on: June 12, 2000, 10:48:48 AM »

At least it's more like the games than the movie was.  

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Mario Chat / Re: The clown copter

« on: June 11, 2000, 04:52:46 PM »

Noh.  It looks like the masks used in Japanese Noh or Kabuki theater.

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Mario Chat / Re: Am I the only one who misses Mallow and Geno?

« on: June 10, 2000, 02:33:36 PM »

I miss Mallow.  I'm not too sure about Geno, though.  Mallow had potential.

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Mario Chat / Re: Another Mario Kart game?

« on: June 10, 2000, 02:30:39 PM »

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  I'll stick with the two that we have now.  

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Mario Chat / Re: Favorite Mario Baddie

« on: June 10, 2000, 02:04:45 PM »

In case anyone cares, for several years now I've been compiling the Koopas and enemies from all the different "Mario" games.  The "Mariopedia" at this site helped a lot, by the way. anyway, here are a few of my favorites:

Big Bertha [M3, RPG]
Black Koopa Troopa [M4]
Bloober [M1, VSSM, LL, M3, M4, RPG, MDX
Boo Block [M4]
Boom-Boom [M3]
Boomerang Brother [M3, RPG]
Buster Beetle [M3]
Buzzy Beetle [M1, VSSM, LL, M3, M4, RPG, MDX]
Chain Chomp [M3, M5, M64, RPG]
Cluster [RPG]
Fire Chomp [M3]
Goomba [M1, VSSM, LL, M2, ML1, M3, M4, ML2, MIM, YS, RPG, M&W, M64, MDX, MG]
Green Patooie [M3]
Icy Nipper Plant [M3]
Grubby [ML2]
Kuribo's Goomba [M3]
Lakitu [M1, VSSM, LL, M3, M4, M5, RPG, M64, YS, MDX]
Lava Lotus [M3, M4]
Mad Piano [M64]
Para-Goomba [M3, M4, ML2, M5]
Red Venus Firetrap [M3, M4, ML2]Rex [M4]
Rocky Wrench [M3]
Sidestepper [MB, MB, VSM, MB, MB2, M3]
Spike [M3, MC, M5, YS]
Spiny [M1, VSSM, LL, M3, M4, YS, RPG, M64, MDX]
Stretch [M3]
Thwomp [M3, M4, M64]
Tokotoko [ML1]
Triclyde [M2]

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Video Game Chat / Re: ¡ß円lè öÆ’ â€ hè gåmîñg sè×ès¡

« on: June 10, 2000, 01:34:15 PM »

I think that in the next "Mario" game Princess Toadstool should be able to fight the bad guys.  In "Mario 2" she was indespensible, with that floating thing.  I always thought there should be a game where Mario is captured and the Princess has to rescue him.  Then "Mario is Missing" came out, but (from what I can tell from the commercials) Luigi is the main character looking for Mario.

B.T.W.-My brother says that in "M64-2" Peach should be dressed like Xena.  I disagree.

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Mario Chat / Re: Favorite Mario Episode of all Time

« on: June 10, 2000, 01:19:51 PM »

I remember that episode!  It was the one with the triangle block, right?  My favorite was the "Mario 3" one where everyone gets trapped in some sort of underwater land.  I thought it was cool because it had everyone, even the Princess and Toad getting powers from blocks, showing that it's not just Mario and Luigi that can do that.  They showed it once on C.B.S. Saturday morning in like 1990 but I never saw it again.

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Mario Chat / Re: Favorite Non-Bowser Villain

« on: June 10, 2000, 12:06:17 PM »

Wart!  Wart is good, people just don't like him (and the "American" "Super Mario Bros. 2") because he's different.  He organized his minions and created his empire in a way entirely separate from the villain mainstream, and represents the greatest non-Koopa-affiliated enemy boss.  Wart needs to return.  Better yet, there could be a game about conflict between rival evil powers (i.e. Bowser, Wart, Wario, Kamek, Tatanga, etc.).

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Mario Chat / Re: Who Is Your Favorite Koopa Kid??

« on: June 10, 2000, 12:00:46 PM »

Are you kidding?  Ludwig is like the toughest Koopa.

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Mario Chat / Re: Women of the Mushroom Kingdom

« on: June 10, 2000, 11:59:01 AM »

The Mushroom Retainers were presumably female, since some sources call them "Mushroom Girls."  I always thought Birdo was a species (or 3, green, purple, and red; or maybe it's 3 sup-species or 3 races, I don't know the "Mario" taxonomy) not an individual.  The Birdo character is named Catherine.  Cheep-Cheeps are male and female, they're fish!  Lakitu is a woman, right?  

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Mario Chat / Re: Speaking of Mario All-Stars

« on: June 09, 2000, 09:06:42 PM »

I haven't gotten to play "Mario is Missing" or any of the other games you mentioned, besides "Wario Woods."  I didn't even get a Super Nintendo until about 2 years ago, and got an N64 only a couple months ago, and I haven't gotten a chance to buy or rent many of the games, since so many of the older ones are no longer available.  "Mario is Missing" looked pretty neat to me, but I haven't played it or even seen a demo.  "Return of the Mario Bros." was an arcade and Atari release that was a sequel to the original arcade "Mario Bros." with more levels, more enemies, better graphics and better game play.  Sadly, I have never been able to play it and it seems to have been available for only a short time.  I love "Mario Bros" even if it is a little unsophisticated compared to newer games, and I would very much like to find a copy or download or something of the sequel.

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Mario Chat / Re: Mario and Japanese Mythology

« on: June 09, 2000, 08:45:42 PM »

Really?  Because I know one of the names for Heaven or supernatural paradise in Japanese mythology is "Ninfotendou," and that seemed to me where the word "Nintendo" came from.

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Mario Chat / Re: Speaking of Mario All-Stars

« on: June 09, 2000, 08:40:54 PM »

Or they could make a "Super Mario All-Stars" that had previous "Mario" games for regular Nintendo and Super Nintendo and other "extinct" systems so they could be played on a Nintendo 64.

-ARCADE-
Mario Bros.
Return of the Mario Bros.
-NINTENDO-
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2: The Dream Machine
Super Mario Bros. 3
-SUPER NINTENDO-
Super Mario Bros 4: Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 5: Yoshi's Island
Mario is Missing
Yoshi's Safari
Wario's Woods
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars -VIRTUAL BOY-
Mario Clash

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Mario Chat / Re: Mario and Japanese Mythology

« on: June 09, 2000, 06:45:20 PM »

-Nintendou is the Japanese name for "Nintendo," Ninfotendou is the Japanese Heaven
-Koopa is the name for the turtle-like "Mario" enemies, kupaanoko is Japanese for "snapping turtle."
-Katsuni is a Koopa fox, Kitsuni is a magical fox spirit in Japanese myth.
-Tanooki is a racoon suit power that can turn Mario to stone, Tanuki is a fox spirit that can turn itself to stone and be invulnerable.
-Obake is a Koopa spook in "Mario Land 2" Pumpkin Zone, Obake is a Japanese Goblin.
-Kasa-No-Obake is an umbrella-shaped Koopa in the same game, Kasa no Obake is an umbrella-shaped Goblin.
-Hotitsumo Kozoo is a one-eyed Koopa in the Pumpkin Zone, Hotitsumo Kozoo is a one-eyed Elf.
-Kappa Mountain is a location on the map in "Super Mario World" that is a hill with water in an indentation at top, Kappa is a Japanese turtle spirit that's magic comes from water in an indentation in its head.
-Kamek is a magical Koopa in the "Mario World" games, kamenoko is Japanese for "young tortoise."
-Noko Noko is the Japanese name for turtle-like Koopa Troopas, noko is Japanese for "turtle" or "tortoise," and nokonoko is Japanese for "unconcerned" or "not caring."
-Nokobon is a Koopa in "Mario Land," nokobon is Japanese for "oblivious."
-Kumo is a spider-like Koopa in the same game, kumo is Japanese for "spider."
-Mekabon is a mechanical Koopa in "ML1," meka bon is a Japanese phrase meaning "contraption" or "haphazard construction."
-Batadon is a similar mechanical Koopa, batandon is Japanese for "clatter."
-Podoboo is a ball of fire or lava that comes up at Mario in Bowser levels of several "Mario" games, podo doubou is a Japanese phrase meaning "too close."