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Mario Chat / Were the Goombas Toads before they joined Bowser?

« on: August 09, 2022, 06:31:41 PM »

The manual for Super Mario Bros. 1 describes them as “a mushroom who betrayed the Mushroom Kingdom”. Does this mean they were once Toads?

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Mario Chat / The influence of the NES version of Mario Bros. (1983) on subsequent Mario games

« on: July 01, 2020, 10:45:13 AM »

The coin collection sound we all know originates here, Mario dresses in the same colors as today, and the pipes are true green for the first time (they were yelloe-green in the arcade version).

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Mario Chat / On Tiny-Huge Island, does the island change sizes or does Mario?

« on: November 19, 2019, 10:28:27 PM »

Is the variation in whether the island is tiny or huge, or is the variation in whether Mario is tiny or huge? Or perhaps both Mario and the island change sizes?

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Mario Chat / Why were there two English-language versions of Super Mario Bros. 3?

« on: January 04, 2019, 07:28:42 PM »

They differed when it came to some of the text. "Miss twice and your out" waw changed to "You can only miss twice" and the world names were changed to "X Land". If the reason for the second version was that "your" should have been "you're", it doesn't explain why the world names were changed or why Super Mario All-Stars went back to the old text. I think the first version's world names are much cooler.

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Mario Chat / Was there going to be a yellow switch during Super Mario 64's development?

« on: September 15, 2018, 06:17:02 PM »

The other colors have switches. Was yellow going to have a switch during development?

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Mario Chat / Why does Bubbles have the Chuckola Reserve attack Mario and Luigi?

« on: August 19, 2018, 12:15:07 AM »

Why does he want it to attack them?

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Mario Chat / Who were the English-language translators and writers for the SMB1 manual?

« on: April 15, 2018, 02:52:56 PM »

I ask because this is where the name, "Bowser" was created.

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Mario Chat / Is lava the natural habitat of the Koopa species?

« on: February 07, 2018, 10:21:09 AM »

Bowser always seems to be surrounded by lava. Is this the natural habitat of the Koopa species, Bowser's personal preference, or a security system?

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Mario Chat / Were the paintings in Peach's Castle present before Bowser took the Power Stars?

« on: December 26, 2017, 10:12:36 AM »

In Super Mario 64, there's paintings that you jump into to go to various locations. Were these paintings always there, or did Bowser use the Power Stars to create them?

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Mario Chat / Who were Bowser's parents?

« on: September 05, 2017, 01:14:01 AM »

Who were they? Were they King and Queen of the Koopa Empire? Were they hell-bent on annexing the Mushroom Kingdom and kidnapping Mushroom royalty like Bowser is?

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Mario Chat / What are the Koopas/the Koopa called in Japan?

« on: September 02, 2017, 04:16:48 PM »

In America, "Bowser" is the King of a group of intelligent turtles called "the Koopas" or "the Koopa". However, I know that in Japan, "Koopa" is the name of the character called "Bowser" in America. What are "the Koopas/Koopa" called in Japan?

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Mario Chat / Why did Birdo serve Wart?

« on: August 04, 2017, 02:04:56 PM »

Why would Yoshi's girlfriend serve an evil frog? What's in it for Birdo?