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Mario Chat / Re: Out of Level in Blooper Surfing Safari in Super Mario Sunshine

« on: June 20, 2010, 10:25:50 AM »

Get a TV capture device. Your camera is awful.

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Mario Chat / Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns

« on: June 20, 2010, 10:24:40 AM »

Maybe Donkey Kong actually managed to drive all the Kremlings off of his island, or maybe King K. Rool just gave up and left. K. Rool's not like Bowser, after all, he actually learns from his mistakes.

That would suck! :(

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Mario Chat / Re: Quite possibly the least known TV appearance for Mario...?

« on: October 24, 2009, 11:36:16 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEk8gxC06rU

This was something I found the other day in my old VHS tape collection. What you see here is a clip of Mario featured in a TV game show from Spain called El Gran Juego De La Oca. This program used to air on Telemundo (now called TeleFutura, I believe) back in the mid 1990's, and I used to DIG this show when I was a lot younger.

Basically there were four adult contestants, two men and two women, and what the game was about was this giant board game based on the centuries-old children's game, Juego de la oca (Game of the Goose). As they played the game, they competed in extreme stunts [at least for the time, =P] in a test of mind, physicality, and courage to win money and prizes. Stunts included activities like diving into a swimming pool to disarm some explosives underwater, or pulling ribbons from wild animals, to name a few.

What does this have to do with Mario? Well, in this segment of the show, the contestant "San Pablo" has to rescue Princess DAISY who's trapped inside an iron bar prison. To achieve this, he has to use a frame welder to burn through the metal/iron/copper/whatever, and set Daisy free! Daisy is basically a actress in a costume, just like Mario.

Apparently, the Spain division for Nintendo (Aptly named Nintendo of Spain) was a sponsor for that program, since they advertised the Mario series periodically through this show (Specifically, the Game Boy portable console I believe, hence Princess Daisy's "appearance" instead of Peach.)

Just something I'd thought I'd like to share. To make a discussion of this, let me ask if anyone has ever seen any random TV appearances of Mario anytime? Is that even a valid question at all? If not, then let's discuss about this obscure Mario TV appearance.

I REMEMBER THIS!!! I used to watch this back in my country, and I was also surprised by Mario's appearance in this show. The game I actually remember with Mario was something to do with Game Boy and Tetrominos. Thanks for the video, by the way.

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Game Blog / Re: Mario Kart Wii NA Commercials Blow Out!

« on: April 23, 2008, 08:17:22 AM »

Thank goodness for some variety. Nintendo is to the Wii Would Like to Play commercials as God is to natural disasters: Testing our faith. Whether you like those ads are not, they're still just too... uniform. Each game needs to stand on its own merits with its own individual ads (actually, I think Nintendo had the best videogame ads on TV during the GBA/GCN era).

Strongly agree. I was sick and tired of those unattractive commercials. I mean, come on! The same gimmick, the same music. HOW LAME! Escpecially with great games like Super Mario Galaxy and SSBB, This commercial was definitely a change from all this monotony. Still, have you seen the European commercials?

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Mario Chat / Re: Super Smash Bros. Character Suggestions

« on: March 02, 2008, 08:31:48 AM »

Because using a rival company's format makes sense?

Well, what other disk are they going to use for next gen? HD-DVD is already dead, and no way they are going to pull a Dreamcast.

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Mario Chat / Re: Super Smash Bros. Character Suggestions

« on: March 02, 2008, 06:15:51 AM »

Toon Sheik just doesn't make sense, Tetra would have made it instead. A Young N64 Zelda with a new Young Sheik would have made better sense if you ask me. So yeah, YOUNG ZELDA FOR THE NEXT SMASH!

Other suggestions for Smash 4:
Megaman (classic)
Cloud Strife (this would allow Nintendo to add elements from SMRPG as well)
Bomberman
Dixie Kong (they better give her a real voice instead of monkey screams)
King K. Rool (with Gangplank Galleon as his stage)
Eliwood (FE6 version, if Roy is gonna make it, too)
Ninten (from the first Mother)
Pokémon Trainer ♀ (Pokémon Fire/Leaf, with Bulbasaur, Charmeleon and Blastoise)
Brendan (Pokémon RSE, with Mudkip, Grovyle and Blaziken)
May (Pokémon RSE, with Treecko, Combusken and Swampert)
Meowth (Final Smash: Meowth's Party)
Paper Mario (Final Smash: Mega Mario)
Impa (N64, why want a standalone Sheik when you can have HER?)
Young Zelda (Young Link needs a partner, not only older Link)
Wart (Super Mario USA)

Costumes:
Peach: Sports, Strikers, Ponytail
Mario: Classic 1985, Strikers, Dr. Mario
Pokémon Trainer ♂: Game Boy, Ash Ketchum
Sonic: Classic 1991
Brendan: Emerald
May: Emerald
Young Link: Toon Link (they should have made that from the start)
Link: N64 or TP
Ganondorf: N64 or TP (it also applies to his Final Smash)

Stages:
Airship/Comet Observatory (Super Mario Galaxy)
Bowser's Castle (Super Mario RPG)
Peach Circuit (Mario Kart 64)
Rainbow Road 64 (Mario Kart 64/F-Zero X)
Famicom/NES (Similar to Wario Ware, but you play through many 8-bit classics)
Yoshi's Safari (Similar to the racing stages)
Flipside Tower (Super Paper Mario)
Bowser's Battlefield (Paper Mario)
Glitzville (Paper Mario RPG)
Mushroom Castle (Mario & Luigi RPG 2)
Yoshi Topsy Turvy (a tilting stage)
Ganon's Tower (Ocarina of Time, the tower collapses as you fight)
Gangplank Galleon (it navigates between DK Island and Crocodile Isle)
Subcon (Super Mario USA, it should also use sounds from Doki Doki Panic)

Who knows, maybe Nintendo is going to move to Bluray for the next system in a few years.