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15 Apr 2003
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Super Mario, Super Mario, Super Mario ... WORLD.
I was wondering are you guys going to upload any "Waluigi"
Sounds from Super Mario Party?
- Mike
David Dayton: Eventually, we probably will. Someone will have to record
those, and we just haven't got around to doing that yet. Which version of
Mario Party are you referring to, though?
Mario Party 3 or
Mario Party 4
?
Dear wonderful people of TMK,
This is my third letter to TMK, and I'd like to say that your site
is only getting better. Even though I am 14 and everyone constantly puts
me down because I like Mario, I still like the little guy and his
brother. Actually, I like Luigi better, due to the fact that I was
always forced to play as Luigi when I was growing up. Anyway? If you
go to
http://www.newgrounds.com/collections/mario.html you can see a
whole bunch of funny Mario movies and parodies. I especially liked
Yoshi's island 1+ 2. It's about time Yoshi did something about baby
Mario's crying!! 2. In case you haven't noticed, there hasn't been a
Mario BROTHERS game for some time. its been Mario this and Mario that
for several years. wheres luigi's share? oh sure, they give him a new
game. but all they give him is a stupid vacuum?? THAT SUCKS. This is not
a coincidence, I assure you. But it's not like I don't LIKE Mario, I
just think Luigi has been in the shadows all these years. I just felt
like I needed to get that off my chest.
sincerily,
- Luigi's (and Mario's) fan, Alex Villalta
David Dayton: Yes, Luigi's vacuum does suck, much like Kirby.
Ok, anyway... I agree that we need a new Super Mario Bros. game with both
Mario and Luigi. What Nintendo might try sometime is something along the lines
of the two character gameplay in the Donkey Kong Country series. Have Mario
and Luigi running through the game together, but allow you to switch at any
point. This would allow you to carry two different forms of powerups along as
you play, keep both characters in the spotlight, even allowing Luigi and Mario
to have different kinds of skills and abilities. Sounds like a nice idea, eh?
Thanks for calling me "Brazilian miss". So, you, Deezer, likes Paper
Mario? Cool, so do I! My favorite part of Paper Mario is the dialogues.
But what I don't understand is: Why Mario don't talk? Why Peach is
red-haired, not blonde?
Here in Brazil, every Thursday arrives a magazine called Recreio. It has
many subjects about nature, dates, comics, and even games. Some Recreios
have Mario games, by now appeared Paper Mario, Mario Tennis, Mario Party
3, Super Mario Advance [Super Mario World], Mario Kart: Super Circuit,
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island, Dr. Mario 64 and Game and Watch
Gallery 4.
The other day, I finally beat Super Mario World using
Yoshi's Island 1, the Yellow Switch Palace, and the quickest route.
Paper Mario's final fight with Bowser is cool. I started with Watt and
ended with Goombario. I recomend use lots of Life Shrooms and only one
Ultra Shroom. The Life Shrooms are used when Mario dies and the Ultra
Shroom is for in case Bowser's Hp is in 2 and you have Goombario to make
his Headbonk to finish him off.
When Mario use a P-Balloon in Super Mario World [the SNES version, all
right?] the move is called "Plumboon Baloon." Don't laugh, but, if this
is strange, it is.
Don't you think that baby Mario, who appeared
in Mario Golf and Tennis, is a crybaby?
- Annie B.
David Dayton: Greetings again, our friend from the southern hemisphere!
Mario doesn't talk because in Japanese RPGs, it is a bit of a convention for
the lead character not to talk. Not always, but often, especially in older,
text-based (as opposed to recorded voices) games. Peach is red haired in
Paper
Mario? I never noticed that. I think the developers have her hair in the "strawberry
blonde" catagory at times, somewhere between a light red and blonde.
I never heard a name for the move in
Super Mario World, although I do know that
the ballon is labeled as a P-Balloon... and Baby Mario cries because he is a
baby, of course. See ya next time!
After doing an extensive research quest, I found out quite a bit
about the "lost" Mario movie. It was directed by a man named HAKA, a
popular Japanese director. It was released July 20, 1986. It was
actually
quite a popular movie in Japan. It was about 60 minutes long, and had
Mario rescuing the princess.
While no one ever gave an official reason
as to why it did not make an American release, the guesses are because of
the sexuality and racism that is considered ok in Japan. You can
actuallyfind the movie off of EBAY, or a P2P file program. Such as Kazaa,
Grokster or Morpheus. I got mine off of Kazaa and it is pretty decent. I
burned it to DVD.
For more information on this movie go to
Pelleas.net.I have also gotten in touch with the
director of the movie section at Supe rMario Brothers Headquarters. So
you may find it their soon. Thank You for your time. Keep doing the
excellent work at TMK. Adter six years you are still the best Mario site
on the internet. Thank you for your time.
Also, do you know if Nintendo will be releasing any MArio on GAMEBOY SP?
- Phantaz
David Dayton: Well, to be quite blunt, I'd like to see a copy of this
film in my hands before I decide it really existed. I've found some proof that
it did exist, but nothing really substantial as of yet. The fact that is was
never released via video to the Japanese market is quite weird, in my opinion.
As I know nothing of the possible content, I have nothing I can really say
about it.
The GBA SP is the same as the GBA. All Game Boy Advance
games will work on it, and there will be no games made that work only on the the
SP. So... all the Mario Advance games qualify as "SP" games, eh?
Deezer: I remember talking with JJ about that movie. The question of is this real or not never came up, probably because of the type of site (director filmography) the info was found on. You say it's available via P2P programs? What's the movie's filename? :)
I am looking for software to make my own stare-eo's.
Do you know where I might get one? Thanks, Chris Davis.
- BattyNbobbins
David Dayton: I remember seeing such a program in the past, but I really
couldn't help you find it now. Try using Google
and see what you can find.
I remember one of you guys said you always wondered
what happened once you beat the final level (phase
100) in Wrecking Crew for NES. I've done it before.
(The key is to anticipate the Eggplant men's
movements.) The game just restarts at phase 1, exept
the fireballs appear more quickly increasing the
challenge abit.
- Beau Skunk
David Dayton: Interesting. It makes sense, but it is a bit disappointing.
In related news, I've heard that:
1) Mario Clash
actually has an ending, but it's based on score. Supposedly, if you
earn 1 million points, you get a victory screen. Is this true? I can't say, as
I've never gotten that far.
2) Eggplant Man is a trophy in
Super Smash Bros. Melee.
3) Foreman Spike from
Wrecking Crew appeared in an obscure Japanese GBC Golf game that was
made to be used with the cell phone adaptor. Deezer, we need a page for that
game. I think I sent you some screenshots already!
Deezer: Oh yeah, that "Mobile Golf" game or something. I'll have to look into it again, because I forgot everything I read about it. Basically, it's similar to Mario Golf.
OK, 3 things.
1. I LOVE THIS SITE!!! ....ALOT!
2. My school let us pick topics for a sort of 'symposium' where we make
a model, movie, and timeline, and my topic is Mario!
3. In the last mailbag there was a lot of reference to a sequel
too SSBM. Do you know when it's coming out?
Thanx alot!
--BillyI
- BillyI
David Dayton: 1) Thanks. 2) I see. 3) No, nothing official as of yet.
I wouldn't expect a sequel for quite a while, actually.
im guessing that you guys have already heard about this, but im
still a little confused. Its SUPER MARIO 128, at
first everybody thought it was just that demo for the gamecube system,
but that chief guy at nintendo stated that it is very well a
game, and i was wondering if u have any inside news or anything on
this whole confusing matter
thanks a bunch
- BMWZ830I
David Dayton: The "Super Mario 128" demo was originally a demo showing
128 little Marios (pulled from the polygonal model used in
Super Mario 64 running around. The common belief was that this was an
early example of code that later turned into the Pikmin game. However, Shigeru
Miyamoto recently announced that there was a new Mario game coming, which he
referred to in a rather cryptic manner as "Super Mario 128". I doubt that is
the actual name of the game (although it could be the project's code name), and
I also doubt it has anything to do with the 128 demo we saw. I am wondering if
it has anything to do with the original plans for the sequel to SM64, though.
can you email shigeru miyamoto ???? and if you can how ???
- Bopeepsam
David Dayton: If you had his e-mail address, I'm sure you could.
hello deezer and dayton this is my first e-mail to tmk,
a friend off the web gave me the e address.
so let me just ask you my questions in order:
1.i just had a dream about super mario world, do you guys
ever dream about games?
2.how old are you both?
3. do you know if there is going to be a mario
party 5,6,and 7and so on and son, b/c i just love the games so far.
4. do you have a time that i can im you?
5. and max told me about a new mario (live) movie and
i spread the word but i'm not sure,if you know tell me if it is.
- chewbacca (a total game freak)
David Dayton: 1) Not for a long time. 2) Old enough to have better things
to do that wasting our lives running a video game website... but we do it anyway!
Heh! 3) No clue as of yet. 4) Er, possibly. Are you cute and female? 5) I've
heard the rumors too, but I'm skeptical until something happens.
I just want to say? I LOVE YOUR SITE? IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES!!!,
but that?s not important. You should get something new and orignal.
Something no other site has. like? ummmm? a coin guide, yahhhh, a way
to get 100+ coins on every level of every game. or a 1up guide for
every one of the smb games. to find all the hidden lives. Yahhhh
I havent searched mush. maby you do have them. buy
- Christopher Cormier
David Dayton: We already have stuff no other site has. Like Mr. Face.
(David is dragged off and beaten to a bloody pulp by the Nintendorks)
Oof. Er, as I was saying, I think we already have many things uncommon to a site
dedicated to an individual series. As far as getting 100 coins in every level
of a game... that sounds like a lot of work to write up. Feel free to submit
a guide if you make one, although the only games I can think of where such a
guide might be useful would be in
Super Mario 64 or
Super Mario Sunshine.
Hello once more! I thought I might ask you guys a few questions!
Some just came straight outta nowhere, so have fun!!
1.Would you ever (and I mean EVER!!) consider playing or even renting
(oh, goodness, must hold it in) an X-Box(vomit)?
2.Who is your favorite super hero?(Mario doesn't count)
3. A:Do you think The Big N Should hold a contest to design a
new character/video game? (I think the company that made Sly Cooper for
PS2 held a contest similar to this, and so did Atari.
The winner helped design the game Marble Madness!)
3. B:If yes to the above, what kind of character/video game
would you create? I personally would design a game similar to
Metal Gear Solid, but have like cartoon-y like characters.
4. I am writing(and doing most of the art work) that consists of
the Popeye characters(Bluto, Popeye, Wimpy) and Santa
Claus. I posted a similar thing telling the story line to
the two completed episodes and needed help writing the third
I am at an impasse in which I would like to solicit your expert
advice. What should happen next?
5. Would you post a shameless plug?
www.geocities.com/super_mario123187/marioparadise
or if that one doesn't tickle your fancy,
www.geocities.com/germanbelchers/frontpage (It has some
real German things, but mostly is a site that has stuff my friend
and I think of in the wee hours of the night.)
6.I must ask, have you ever seen a Super Mario Bros/Legend of
Zelda toy Chest? My cousin has one, and it seems to date back to
1988. Si? No?
7.In your opinion, should Nintendo release a second Animal
Crossing? It would boast better graphics, more characters to
interact with(not that there ain't that many to begin with) more
NES games, the ability to converse with the people(humans?)
in your town, A choose your face mode(so you don't end up with the
face of the psycho killer standing behind you in a dark alley), The
ability to skip the little conversation with Rover on the train,
and (cue fanfare) INTERNET PLAY!! That would be soooooooooooo cool!!!
8.Does that whole thing with the no computer games on our site
mean that people who are designing computer games with Mario should
forget about asking you completely to post their games on your
site?(if answer is yes, Poop.)
9. I have found a typing error in Super Smash Bros for the N64.
During the end credits, when the voice actors part goes by,
they spelled Charles Martinet's name wrong. The spell it:
"Martinee". Just thought you might like to know.
Well thats all I have to say for right now. So I bid you fare well.
- David Edwards
David Dayton: 1) Sure, I'd play a game on an Xbox, if the game was any
good.
2) My favorite super hero? Well, I did like the good Green Lantern, before
those commies made him go insane and kill off all his friends.
3) Not really,
as inviting folks to create a new character creates all kinds of issues when
it comes to copyrights... and I don't think I'd want some of the stuff the
general public would make, anyway.
4) "Suddenly, they walked into the street
and were run over by a truck. The End". Or, if you live in England, "Suddenly,
they walked into the street and were run over by a lorry. The End".
5) Ok.
6) Actually, I have. It wasn't a toy chest, though -- it was one of the special
"gifts" a retailer could get for their World of Nintendo in-store displays,
if I remember correctly. I had a picture of it once, but I can't really figure
out where it went.
7) Animal Crossing 2 is being made.
8) Er, we can't put
them on the site, but we could link to them, I suppose.
9) We'll have
to get a screen capture of that. I do remember
seeing such a mistake in a few games, though.
Birdo!! Cute lil' Birdo...
The Koopa Kids! I mean, the REAL Koopa Kids!
Where did they all go off to?
I can't wait to see them in another game...
And I'm sick of MARIO'S ITALIAN ACCENT! IT TOOK ME 5 YEARS TO FINALLY
GET
USED TO IT!
Ahem.
But, anyway, this site's awesome. Sweet, ya know. Whatever ya wanna call
it.
Just letting you know- you da BOMB, Deezer!
Um...Any other random thing I should say...?
Yoshi. Yoshi really needs a girlfriend. But I guess that's what Birdo
could
be, huh?
I mean, besides their heads, they're practically the same species...
Anyway, keep trucking, TMK!
- Destiny Smasher
David Dayton: They all ran off somewhere.... and don't forget, Yoshi
refers to an entire species. I'm sure there are some nice female Yoshis out
there.
I long time ago when I was young, I was playing Super Mario Bros. 2,
just messing around. I stumbled upon a trick that I haven't, to this day,
met ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF IT!
The trick is, you get a Starman right before you enter the Sub-con door,
(the one you get when you hurl the bubbling red potion on the ground).
You wait about a "one one-thousand, two one-thousand", and enter Sub-con
(it will probably take a few times). By the time the Starman music stops
(while you're still in Sub-con), Sub-Con's music (old Mario theme)
just starts... as you leave Sub-con, (if timed right),
the music continues to be (a FULL version) the old SMB's
music as heard in Sub-con... it lasts until you enter a
situation where the music is set to change (i.e. Birdo encounters).
Try it... it can be done on the first level!!!
Tell me there are other people out there who know of this!
It's such a kickass little trick, I wish more people knew of it.
It DOESN'T WORK FOR SNES GAME, I don't think!
-
DifferentType
David Dayton:
=>Change Music: To change the background music, grab a potion and then collect
cherries until a Starman appears. Catch the Starman to become invincible.
Toss the potion to create a door to Sub-Con. Wait a little, then enter the
door. While in Sub-Con, wait until your invincibility almost wears off, then
go back through the door JUST as the music is switching from the Starman
theme to the Sub-Con (Super Mario Bros.) music, and you will return to the
normal world with the Sub-Con music playing in the background.
David
Dayton's Nintendo Code Book
David Dayton: Deezer's not here, man.
Deezer: Say what?
It's MegaKoopa again. This is a question that's been bugging me
like heck: When NOA brings Nintendo Puzzle Collection to the US, are
they going to take all that time to change Panel De Pon into
Tetris Attack again? Or will they have mercy and leave it the way
it is, so we can have another Tetris Attack clone to make fun of :)
? Please answer!
- MegaKoopa
David Dayton: When NOA brings it over (and I do hope that they do),
I have a funny feeling they may actually leave it intact as the original game.
They could change it, but that would entail a lot of work, and Nintendo no
longer has the rights to the Tetris games, so I'm not sure exactly what they
would call it.
Deezer: To tell you the truth, I'd be shocked if NPC makes it to the US.
In SML, what kind of clothing does Superball Mario wear? I'm curious
about
hat, shirt, and overalls colors.
- dix34113
David Dayton: It's supposed to be his standard clothing.
Super Mario Land boxart, Japanese version
Hi, Have any one who is in Australia seen the "Old El Paso"
tacos ad because it has a bleeding obvious cameo of Mario tennis
that have sound effects that are most likely the new version(GCN)
played with an N64 controller.If some one can taped it and send it
in it would be quite interesting to compere it later on with the
new version.By the way with the N64 rumble pak corrupted my files
of Mario tennis and now it will not save any thing stored on it.
- DWTMatthews
David Dayton: Never seen the ad, but I would hazard to guess that it
simply has sound effects tossed into it to represent "video game sounds" and
N64 controllers are being used as they are what was in the prop room. I really
doubt that the upcoming GameCube Mario Tennis game was secretly smuggled into
the ad. Also... there really shouldn't be a way for a rumble pak to corrupt
the saved data on the N64 cart, as the game stores saved information on an
EPROM. You might need to have the cart repaired if the memory save function
has failed to work, though.
Hi.
I have some Notes & Queries, most of which refer to the mailbag of 14th
March 2003.
1. How could anyone think that a game called 'Marionette' could POSSIBLY
star Mario? Unless Bowser had turned Mario into a puppet and you had to
guide him around 17 detailed 3D levels, a game about puppets could NEVER
have Mario as the star.
For Real.
2. If you want N64 emulators, go to romsfortress.com. It's in spanish,
but
it's not too hard to understand.
...and Dave, N64 emu's don't blow up your computer, they just don't work
very well. Once I tried to play SM64 on my PC, it had a very good
framerate,
and brilliant picture quality, but when it got to the press start screen
Mario's head was BLACK!!! Apperantly my video card isn't any good at
texturising or something. Hmmm...
3. I have been playing Made In Wario (Wario Ware in Japanese) and it is
BRILLIANT! It has to be one of the greatest GBA game EVER!!! OK, I admit
that my taste in games is a little... well, different (I HATE ZELDA),
but I
do think that Wario Ware could be the best underrated game ever. Yes,
even
better then Monkey Ball.
4. Square IS making another Mario RPG. Maybe.
5. About the mem card screen in the manual, in England they replaced it
with
Luigi's Mansion, but all the other blocks are filled with video-game
nonsense, like the Triforce, some mushrooms from Mario Kart and
what's-his-name from Wave Race. There's also an Animal Crossing
character
there, so could that be a sign that it will come out in England...?
OK, main statements out of the way, here come the quickies:
6. Don't buy Xbox. You'll regret it.
7. We get Doshin, you get Cubivore. It's perfectly fair that way.
8. You get Animal Crossing, we don't. That's not fair.
9. You honestly DON'T want to play Doshin. It's just that bad.
10. SMB has more than 4.8 'deaths per minute'.
11. Nintendo characters don't die, they 'faint'.
12. I found a glitch in SMB. If you press A, Mario does a little jump!
It
you hold it down, he does a larger jump! Crazy or what?
13. And finally, Sir Jeff seems to be describing not Doki Doki whatever,
rather, it sounds more like an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Eternal Phoenix
David Dayton: Boy, I hate numbered e-mails.
1) Of course. Nintendo would never try something new or different. What's
next, a Mario game where all the characters are two dimensional and flop around
like paper dolls?
2) Sure. You just want my computer to blow up. I see your game.
3) It does look neat.
4) I hope not. I want the next Mario RPG game to be fun.
5) Hmm.
6) I don't know. I do need a new heater.
7) If you say so.
8) You have Chaucer.
9) Actually, I like the game quite a bit.
10) Depends on how you play.
11) Depends on the game.
12) That's intentional.
13) Perhaps.
David Dayton: If it makes you feel better, I have received some indications
that the next Mario Advance game might be based on
Super Mario Bros. 3. Whether this is true or not, I really can't say...
although I will say that if it does come out, expect the Mario brothers to have
a few friends helping them out, this time.
Deezer: Mwahahah...
Do you have any full downloads from the Super Mario Compact Disco?
- Gimenezrgim
David Dayton: What do you think?
Wario, Warluigi, Prince Poo (Why not all the other Earthbound team? Jeff? Paula?),
Pacman, Megaman, Zero, Toad (Have Peach use a veggie instead w/B attack),
Daisy, What about Slippy and Peppy? , Diddy Kong is also a good idea (or he could work with Dixie like the ice
climbers do).
Wario's A would be like Marth and Roy he would charge up his signature
shoulder thrust. He would shoot fireballs (yellow) with B like Mario and
Luigi. Just A normally would be that punch he does. His taunt would be
his laugh. One of his 4 victory's would be "Me'sa'Wario I gotta win!"
Warluigi could be a clone of him if they insist on doing the gay clone
thing (Purple fire balls tho). There statistics are different atleast.
Megaman and Zero would be so easy I could make the complete move list no
problem! Pacman also would be easy! Diddy would have his cartwheel and
jetpack. Dixie could do her signature hair twirling! Jeff could use his
gadgets. Prince Poo would be more of a fighter and some psy moves. Paula
would be more like Ness. Possibly clone if they must do the dumb clone
thing like I said. Daisy would be a little like peach possibly the same
jump like movement. But her other moves wouldn't be hard. The Sonya like
kiss would be a good one. I also would make Dr. Mario one of Mario's
other costumes because that was a stupid choice! I wouldn't get rid of
anyone but I also thought Mr.Gameandwatch was a bad choice also. Young
Link, Gannondorf and Falco were good ideas. I never thought of them
before Smash Brothers 2's characters were released. Smash Brothers 3
wouldn't be a smart move by Nintendo from a business point of view until
the next system, but I'm all for it because I'm not a business man, just
a die hard fan!!!
- Greenyoshidlf
David Dayton: Yes, Wario should be in a new Smash Bros. game, if
one is made. For the record, Daisy is already in
Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Daisy in SSBM
Would you ever want to work at Nintendo someday( I heard you're in
college )?
- Holly Kessis
David Dayton: Sure. The question is, "How do I get them to hire me?" So,
if the TMK readers want me hired, all you have to do is convince NOA or NCL that
they really need me for something. Nintendo Power editor, website writer, guy
that names the new enemies in the Mario games... stuff like that.
Hello. My name is Christian. I am a member of the
The Super Mario Brothers Monster Compendium. We have a portion for
links. I was wondering if I could add this website to our links.
If its alright with you, we can add it. Thanks
- Christian
David Dayton: Link away!
Hey whats up? I have a problem!! I found all of the DK Coins
except for one in Donkey Kong Country 3 for SNES. Can you pLeAsE
tell me where the last one is??
Write me back soon @ ITaLiAnSh0rty6t9@aol.com
The "o" in "shorty" is a zero!
Thankx so much! :)
- ITaLiAnSh0rty6t9
David Dayton: No clue. I've never played that game for more than 5
minutes.
Hey Im a very big fan of Animal Crossing and was wondrin bout stuff.
1. Can I Pleez have the codes for the Mural wall, I'll trade for block carpet
2. Do you have a code for the Mario trophy?
3. is Zelda a playable nes game in AC?
4. you guys should do a texture contest but they should only be like
Mario Themed
5. Your Site Rocks
Thanx!
Name:Celia(cowsymbol)
town:Canada
- Jaime Carrillo
David Dayton: I have no codes for the mural wall... and there is no
general code for the Mario trophy, although it is tradeable. Perhaps someone
should start a trading board in the Fungi Forums, eh? The Legend of Zelda is
in Animal Crossing, along with Ice Climber, Punch-Out,
Super Mario Bros. and
Mario Bros.. As of now, those games are all completely locked away and
unavailable unless you happen to purchase the GameCube Action Replay. I do hope
that Nintendo will make them available, though.
I remember seeing these Internet Browsers a couple of years ago that
were in a theme of Paper Mario and Majora's Mask, and a couple of other
Video games. I tried typing it in Yahoo and Google and metasearchs, but
I can't find them. I thought they were at Mediabrowswers.com, but I
went there, and nothing was there. Do you know where I can find them?
- James H
David Dayton: Sadly, I don't. If anyone does, let us know.
I have a question. On Super Mario RPG is the cinema picture taken from
the game? What I'm trying to say is...is it a screenshot?
- Jeff Ellis
David Dayton: Cinema picture?
Deezer: No. It's just concept art, I guess.
phew, richard again. i finally go rid of the caps lock disease.
unfortunatley, it had some sife effects. i can't use capitals at
all now! anyhow, i'd like to say, when i got super mario sunshine
(the best mario game in the world ever) i beat it in 1 week flat with
79 shines. it was so extremely fun but so easy. the second time,
i ejected the memory card and started from scratch, i only took me
6 hours with 50 shines! see if you can beat that. well, time is money
so, sinerra!
- Richard
David Dayton: Sadly, I haven't been motivated to replay
Super Mario Sunshine
yet. Once I defeated Bowser, I had little motivation to return. I haven't even
collected all the Shines in the game yet. I am a bit curious as to what the
minimum completion time for the game is, though.
Deezer: "Sinerra?"
I was just wondering if you knew of any plans for either a remake or a
sequel to either Maniac Mansion and Splatter House will be developed for
the
NIntendo Gamecube? or Game boy advance? Please give me good news!!
- Jesse W. Weber
David Dayton: At this point.. no. However, I don't think we'd be the
place that would know first, anyway. I'd love a new Maniac Mansion
game, though.
Deezer: That's funny, I must've mistaken this for a Mario website.
Hi, eh, I don't recall seeing this on your site, don't know if ya ever
saw it before:
It's Yoshi and DK jr keychains from Super Mario Kart =D Pretty cool...
- Name withheld
David Dayton: I have a Mario and Luigi keychain from that set. Never
saw the DK Jr. one before, though.
Looong time listener (literally been frequently dropping in for around 4
years now!) first time caller. Unless you count my tireless attempts to
make to link to my site, which is now defunct :'( !
Anyway, I'm actually writing in to notify those of you in nintendo
fanland who really should be included in SSB3.
Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)
Captain Olimar (Pikmin) - Nes clone
Donbe & Hikari (New Demon's Island) - Ice Climbers clone
Darunia (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time)
Jody Summer (F-Zero X) - Samus clone
Metal Mario (Super Mario 64) - Mario clone
Mew (Pokemon Red/Blue) - Mewtwo clone
Samurai Goroh (F-Zero)
Wario (Mario Land 2: 6 Golden coins)
- Jimmy Davies
David Dayton: Olimar and Wario are the only ones I'd really want in
a new SSB game... although Olimar would be too tiny to play as, really. He's
supposed to be about the size of a quarter, you know.
is teir any flutes in suber mario bros. 3 in the super mario all starts
game?? i looked but i dont see one is their any and if so where can i
find
them???
- Jks192
David Dayton: Yes, there are. They are in the same places that they
are in the NES version of the game. See the
Super Mario Bros. 3 guide here on TMK.
hi my name is joe
and I Wanna know how i can get the "Mario Bros/No Mercy" cd
Can U Help me ?
- Joe
David Dayton: Try eBay.
Hey tmk!
I have problems and I need advice.
1. I caught 2 STRINGFISH and 2 Koi !
2. On March 10th is Mario Day!
3.I heard a "mario gets a coin" sound on The Weekenders.
Actully these are comments but (I think) Stringfish are the biggest fish
on Animal Crossing and I tried to get 2 more big fish but I was too
fast..... Oh yeah ,another comment!
5. David , Deezer should tell you about the secret page .All I know is
there this some dumb page on the site and you can't get to it...........
- KATHLEEN GRAHAM
David Dayton: 1) Okay. 2) You know, you're the second person to tell
me that, but I'm still not sure whether you are talking about some obscure
thing in real life or in Animal Crossing. As far as the secret page
goes... Deezer still hasn't told me.
Hi im Lario I love this site! I have little thing ( or big ) for you.
1. In Ghostbusters 2 a man says "Wanna play Super Mario Bros.?"
2. In Inspector Gadit a man says "Nintendo." somewhere.
3. My life long dream is to have www.lario.us (my site) be
linked from your site.
Thanks, AAAAA! I GOT THE CAPS LOCK DESISE!
- Lario
David Dayton: These e-mails are getting weird.
i think you have to have a how to draw mario(or do you know a link)
and do you think i should buy super mario world 2 yoshs's
island thanx buy
- Lex Luthor
David Dayton: Interesting idea, and yes you should buy a copy of
Yoshi's Island
at some point. The Game Boy
Advance version has six extra levels, in case you're interested.
Deezer: Yoshi's Island is only THE BEST SNES GAME EVER. Just my opinion.
Are they going to make Paper Mario for GameCube?
- LGreenleaf98
David Dayton: This is an interesting question. The game was such a late
release on the N64 that it might not be that well known. If they do make a
GameCube Mario RPG game, I'm starting to think they might do the same thing
they did with Zelda and include the entire N64
Paper Mario on the disk as a free game promotion.
I've been frequenting a video game site for over two years now called
GameFAQs, the majority of my time at the message boards. Over the course
of the past two months, I've been hosting a special tournament to determine
the greatest video game of all-time.
One hundred twenty-eight games were hand-picked by the users of the
message boards themselves, the likes of which included "Grand Theft Auto," "Dead
or Alive," "Sonic the Hedgehog," "Pong" and, of course, the Mario Bros.
series. The 128 games were separated into four Division, one for each compass
direction. Division Champions were determined, and a six-day Final round
would determine the winner.
Many Mario highlights included:
-The original "Super Mario Bros." defeating none other than "Grand Theft
Auto: Vice City" 9-8 in Round 2 of the North Division.
-Then, in the North Quarterfinals, "Super Mario Bros." went up against
"Super Mario 64," a match some would consider a tough contest. Indeed,
it was. They tied 8-8. In the tiebreaker round, "Super Mario Bros."
triumphed
7-4. Unfortunately, "SMB" would face demise to "The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time" in the next round by a single vote, 8-7.
-"Super Mario Bros. 3" slammed through all its competition throughout
the tournament, even defeating "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" in the East Division
Semifinals 9-6.
-In Round 2 of the West Division, "Super Mario World" went against its
own sequel, "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island." "Super Mario World
decimated its successor 11-4.
-In the Finals of the tournament, two Mario games shone: "Super Mario
Bros. 3" (the East Division Champion) and "Super Mario World" (the West
Division
Champion). Over the course of the next week, these two games would face
each other and two other games ("Final Fantasy VII" and "Metal Gear Solid")
in three separate phases. The first phase was 72 hours long, the second
phase 48 hours, and the Grand Finale would be a piddling 24 hours for voting.
-"Super Mario World" got the least votes in Part I, thus it was
eliminated (fourth place out of 128 is not that bad).
-In the end, it all came down to "Final Fantasy VII" and "Super Mario
Bros. 3" in Part III. We all thought "FFVII" would cream "SMB3," but the
little game that could shocked us all. "Super Mario Bros. 3" doubled the votes
that "Final Fantasy VII" got, 16-8.
Just yesterday (April 4, 2003), "Super Mario Bros. 3" was declared to be
the greatest video game of all-time.
Whether this surprises you or not, I don't know. One thing is for
certain:
Long Live the Mario.
- The Eggman
David Dayton: Of course. Everyone knows that
Super Mario Bros. 3 is the greatest game of all time. It's good for it to
be confirmed as such every once in a while, though. I am surprised Tetris
didn't do better, though.
How come Kammy Koopa an't in the Mariopedia? I'm just wondering
why she an't.
- Pdzilla
David Dayton: Umm... something about her agent.
Deezer: The Paper Mario characters will be added soon.
Hi, TMK staffers! It's Melissa Mario Sister (and her lovely assistant
Wanda, in the background). We were just visiting Nintendo Japan's Wario
Ware website (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/azwj/index.html) and we
noticed that Wario and his friends have their own mini-websites. We used
Babelfish to translate them, but they make absolutely no sense, and we
can't understand a word of Japanese so we can't translate it ourselves.
I don't remember which one of you knows Japanese, but we would really
appreciate it if you could tell us (and anyone else who saw the website)
what they're saying? If you can do that, thanks!
- Melissa Marenfeld
David Dayton: Sounds like a job for Deezer.
Deezer: Sorry, that would take me way too long. Besides, I already skimmed for important stuff, and didn't notice anything.
3.Hey! I have been visiting this site for about four years, and this is
my first mail to your site. I have a couple comments on several games
on the site. First, you say that, UNlike super mario world for SNES does
not save the yoshi coins you collect. That is true, but you fail to
mention that it does keep track of which levels you have collected at
least five on until you power off the console.
2.Also, I was wondering- on SMW isn't there a glitch that causes yoshi
to look glitchy on the map screen? Becuase I saw it on this site.(I
think it was the mailbag) but I can't remember if the reply endorsed the
glitch, or what.
3.On the topic of Super Mario World, what is your favourite course?
Mine is Donut plains 4. Because it has lots of different enemies to
knock heads.
4.On the topic of knocked heads, why do you get dizzy when you spin
really fast, and then hit your head into a game console?
5. Why is Nintendo just remaking the games they made previously? I can
see people saying it's portable, but, that alone can't make the majority
of sales- I think they could have used the same engines on those games,
and made the levels different and everything.( kind of like the way
they made SMB1 and SMB2 Japan.)
6. What exactly causes complicated glitches like the "minus world", and
why don't the programmers catch it?
- Michael Burgwin
David Dayton: I don't know about the Yoshi glitch, although there could
well be such a glitch. I don't think I have a particular favorite level in
SMW, but I shall think about it. Nintendo is remaking games, particularly in
the case of the Mario Advance games, because they can... and because there
are a decent number of young folks who have never played the classic Super
Mario games. Glitches are caused by small errors in the code, generally ones
that require bizarre gameplay to pull off. If the programmers and testers never
think of the particular weird trick that is required to create the glitch,
they won't find it. The Minus World trick is probably the result of the warp
pipes sending you to alternate worlds by changing the world number data stored
in the NES memory. If you slide into the warp zone area through the bricks,
the game doesn't trigger the "display WELCOME TO WARP ZONE" command... and I'm
betting that the program sets the world values of the warp pipes when that
text is displayed. Until then, it is set on on odd value, like 0. Entering the
pipes "early" tells the program to change the level number to "0"... and it
just so happens that the level you end up in is the result of whatever data
the game pulls up for level 0 world maps.
Do you guys think there will be any Waluigi Connection in Wario World?
Or let alone a game that actually has a plot with Waluigi in it.
It is really bugging me that there is no background on him
yet he has the potential of being a major character.
- DaBest
David Dayton: I really doubt Waluigi will be there, or I think we would
have seen something about that by now. However, Waluigi keeps popping up in
recent games on the Game Cube and GBA in some fashion, so he might appear.
Why is the mario show dvd worth so much all of a sudden that
I would have to pay 75.00 for it on Half.com?
- MyArmismissin
David Dayton: It is? Must be some really gullible people on Half.com.
David Dayton: Interesting.
Deezer: Homestarrunner.com is da bomb.
A while back, I e-mailed you about some orchestra version of the Mario song.
This is what I meant, Newgrounds presents: Super Mario Orchestral .
Tell me where the music to this Newgrounds film originally came
from and I'll buy you one of those Mario candies that are shaped like
a bobomb.
P.S. here's a little something for your troubles Newgrounds
presents: Super Mario Blitz
- Robert Poole
David Dayton: Those links you gave me generated error messages. I think
you need to link to the Newgrounds page, as opposed to the files.
To the person who wrote in about the Arlo thing, I think Arlo was the
early name for Totakeke. At this point I guess they hadn't decided whether or
not to keep Totakeke's japanese name, or they were planning to change it to
Arlo. In another in the long line of 'official' nintendo guide mistakes,
Arlo made it into the guide, while Totakeke is used as the trophies'
actual name. As we know, Arlo is nowhere in Animal Crossing, and Totakeke's
only alias is K.K. Slider.
-Cube moved into my town, but immediately moved away. I never even got
to meet him, much less steal his shirt. *cry*
-What do you guys think of the Hori GameCube controllers that look like
SNES controllers with Cube button layouts? I'd really like one, myself, if
just for Capcom Vs. SNK 2.
-In your opinion, what's the best Mario Party game out there? I found 4
to be disappointing...MP 3 is still my favorite.
Oh, and here's the universal code for the Brick flooring, which is
pretty sweet looking. My Mario room is only lacking a Mario themed wallpaper.
666abcdn66efgH
DyGabcd6B6efgH
Um, if you feel like giving me something, I'd groove on Punch-Out! or
Pinball. Travis in Kittyton is the name.
- Travis
David Dayton: I actually ordered two of the Hori pads. I like them
pretty well, although for some reason the A and B buttons seem a little bit "loose"
to me. I also noticed that the SELECT button on the Hori pad is exactly the same
as Y, so I assume that Y in the Game Boy Player will function as SELECT. This
is a little annoying when you play the NES games in
Animal Crossing, as that game uses Y for START and X for select... which
means that SELECT and START on the Hori pad serve exactly the same function. The
original NES Metroid in Metroid Prime uses a really strange
configuration for the NES buttons, too.
Hori Controller for the GameCube
If you want to order your own Hori pads, I'd suggest
Tronix as a source. They sell them for $19.99 plus shipping (choose USPS
Priority Mail for cheap $3.85 shipping), and they also have the Game Boy Player
in stock for only $65 ... which is only $15 more than the official USA version
might end up being. I'm tempted to order one just so I can get a Platinum model
to match my GameCube, but I'm not really sure what I'd do with the Japanese disc.
Hey David n' Deezer, I have some Mario cameos for you:
1-In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, a cartoon featured on the
cartoon Grim and Evil, there is an episode where Billy and his friend
Irwin are playing a video game (The system they're playing isn't
from Nintendo) about barbarians and magicians and if you listen
carefully you can hear sounds from Wario Land 2.
2-In Invader Zim, the kid who wants to prove that Zim is actually
an alien goes to a place that kinda looks like Chuck E. Chese with
his family. At one part it shows a few arcade games and one kid is
playing a game that makes the Mario coin sound every few seconds.
3-After the credits in Master of Disguise, there is a short scene
where Pistachio is sweeping the floor at his fathers restaurant and
the slapping dummy is right behind him. He opens it up and a
midget that looks almost like Mario (except the midget is bald
and has no hat on) comes out.
I also have stuff to say.
1-y'know, I saw that picture of Peach "without" a skirt (she had a skirt,
it was just short), and she reminds me of that female cop in the
Pokemon cartoon (yes, I used to like pokemon when I was a young boy).
If you saw the show, you know what I mean.
2-It really seems like there are only female fans writing to the mailbags
today. I think you should encourage male fans to write by giving
them an Animal Crossing code or something.
I really hate the thought of being the only male fan to write to you.
That all for now. Your website is still awsome. See Ya!
- Celebi413
David Dayton: Oh, we have plenty of male fans writing in. Don't worry
about that.
Subject: r there any gameshark codes for SSBM
- SAPPJOEBLOW2
David Dayton: I'm sure there are.
You have best the site I want to ask to ask how you get mario dolls.
Also when will they realease 128 marios also will they make a diffrent fighting
Mario game and when will they`ll realease Mario golf
- Austin
David Dayton: Check eBay for most
Mario merchandise these days. As far as the new Mario games... I thought I read
somewhere that the GameCube Mario Golf was coming this summer.
Do any of you know Pteryx's (writer of "Lakitu's Defection")
e-mail address? I'm trying to track down his home page.
- Shaye88@aol.com
David Dayton: If anyone knows, please let him know.
Do you guys have any information on the three different version of Super
Smash Bros. Melee (US)? I just found SSBM, SSBMv1.1 and SSBMv1.2 listed
on
the Action Replay homepage, and I really wonder what that's gotta mean,
i.e.
if there are any differences in the versions you are aware of.
(http://www.codejunkies.com/codes.asp?c=GB&cr=GBP&cs=£&r=0&l=1&p=7&AZ=S)
- Markus
David Dayton: Nintendo tends to make minor revisions to game code
sometimes, generally to fix up glitches or change other things that might
come to light (such as the red blood changing to green in The Ocarina of Time).
I don't really know what was changed in the revisions to
Super Smash Bros. Melee... so if anyone could figure that out, it would be
great. Perhaps Daisy's third eye was removed?
1: Do you have any catchprase for AC like mario ones?
2: Did this ever happen to you: I hit a money rock like seven times and
on
the last hit I got 10000 Bells!
3: If you know the UC (universal code) for the mario wallpaper I wont
tell
anybody cross my heart hope to die stick a needle in my eye!
4: Can you give me the code for Donkey kong Jr and Punchout?
5: My name is Lee mind you! and I'm not a girl
6: I love mario!
7:on AC my town is Jersey and my name on it is Lee
8: Can you give me the UC for the candy code?
9:Do I ask alot of questions?
10:on SMS I got 68 shines!
11: The End!
- SupeMario128
David Dayton: 1) Not yet. 2) Sometimes. 3) Nope. 4) They can't be
traded. 5) Ah. 6) Yep. 7) Okay. 8) Nope. 9) Perhaps. 10) Okay. 11) Whew.
In Super Mario Sunshine I have already gotten all 120 Shine Sprites,
beaten
the game, but nothing else happens; the headlines keep saying "The Shine
Gate has also opened...". What do I do here? Thanks!
- Thomas
David Dayton: Pat yourself on the back. As far as we know, nothing
else happens... wait, let me correct that. I do believe that the final
picture in the ending credits changes if you collect all the shines, but I
haven't done that myself so I can't really say if it does or doesn't.
To Deezer/David Dayton/ETC:
How come in the Mario cartoons, the charcters' color scheme always stays
the
same despite that their colors change throughout games? For exmaple, in
all
cartoons, the normal colors of Mario and Luigi's shirt and pants are
always
opposite of each other, Princess' hair is always red, despite it turns
blonde in SMW, and Bowser's body is always green and bald. Plus, why did
all
the Koopalings' names change? For example, Lemmy and Iggy had their
names
changed to "Hip" and "Hop". Thanks.
- Thomas
David Dayton: Didn't I just answer a question from you? Anyway, I'd assume
the color scheme doesn't change because the DIC animation team didn't bother
changing their model schemes. The Koopa kids have odd names for unknown reasons,
although one idea that seems popular is that the DIC team scripted and started
work on the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoons before Nintendo of America
decided on names for the Koopa Kids.
Dear David, Deezer, or any other dude who might happen to do the mailbag
this time,
Greetings from Belgium, the only country in Europe where
the leading source of natural gas is the local dairy farm. Long-time
visitor, second-time writer.
Coupla quick questions:
1. What's with your search function? Every time I use it,
I get sent to some "Konfiscated Technologies" website. It's not the
secret page, is it?
2. Just so you know, I still have an old SNES. A few months back,
after breaking it out and blowing the dust off of it, I started
playing Super Mario Bros. (All-Star version). I had forgotten that in
SMB, it was impossible to jump out of the water in a water level.
Well, after trying to jump out onto the green blocks for a few minutes,
I finally succeeded. However, I noticed that I couldn't jump, and
I couldn't fall back IN to the water. So, do you think
I forced a glitch? Try as a might, I never could do it again.
3. Would you support another attempt at a Super Mario Bros. movie?
Just curious.
Alrighty, thank you for taking time out to read my email! Take care!
- The Chadster
David Dayton: It appears the Kontek search engine is failing to work.
Maybe Deezer and MB can take a look at that. The glitch in SMB is just an odd
glitch that I can't think of having heard of before, but I'm sure it is just
and odd glitch. As for as movie... well, it depends. If it makes lots of money and keeps
Nintendo rich and producing games for us, sure.
Deezer: 1) I'm pretty sure I've told MEGAߥTE already. He's a busy guy.
Here's some cameos that you guys haven't listed yet.
Gremlins: After Billy tells his father about the Mogwai, it shows Stripe
and
the other offspring crowded around a miniture Donkey Kong arcade game.
Roseanne: In one episode, D.J. is playing the SNES. At the end of that
episode, Roseanne's playing it. You can hear the Super Mario World title
screen music playing.
The Wizard: During the game sequence where it shows Jimmy playing all
the
games in the arcade, you hear the familiar coin sound from Super Mario
Bros,
and you see Super Mario 2 as well. In the NOA HQ, one of the TVs also
has
Mario 2 playing on it.
- Tuxedo Ken
David Dayton: Ah, cameos... and The Wizard.
I saw that they made to types of Nes consoles what was the other one, I
mean i know what the original was but what was the second one. Who made
it? Thanks
- tviola453
David Dayton: The late model NES is generally referred to as the "top
loading NES". It was made by Nintendo during the last year or so of the NES's
life span, and sold for $50 new, I do believe. It is really hard to find these
days. It did have one major design flaw, though -- the USA version only has
an RF video out port, not a RCA style A/V output. This means you can get a better
quality picture out of the old style one. The Japanese version of the updated
Famicom featured the SNES/N64/GC "media out" cable jack. The interesting thing
about the updated NES is that it is identical in internals to the Japanese one,
meaning that there is no lockout chip design in it. Interesting, eh?
I am jealous of Japanese People. For many reasons. But check this out...
Now, it's hard to see, due to the c----- quality of this picture, but
if look down at the bottom corner of the screen, you can see Mario
and Luigi. :( :( :( :( (major unhappiness)
- Evil Midget Clown (mwee hee hee!!!)
David Dayton: I did a little searching, and I managed to find some even
better pictures of the Mario Limited Edition GBA on
EAGB. Check out their information
page for it here.
  
The Mario Limited Edition GBA, available from Jusco in Japan. Images from
EAGB
Alright,as with many Zelda games,the Zelda community has found some
refrences to the Mario Universe in the Wind Waker.
1.First
of,the guy with the broken glasses who you've mentioned before is more
likley than not a nod to Egad. Everything from the wacky glasses to the
gray hair under his hat,it is likley they thought about the good Prof
when making this guy.
2.When you eventually meet the Queen of
the Faries,the standard fairy music plays,but you might realize that
this is a mixture of the familar Zelda fairy cave theme,and the sorta
familar SMB 3's Third World ( the sea)main map Music(particulary the
vocals repeating Ahh Ahh ahh ahhh sounding like the Sea Sides's Doo Dooo
do dooo...). Play one of the tunes after the other and you'll see the
connection.
3.Gillian(the owner of the Cafe Bar) will say after
an event that pirates stayed in her bar all night drinking coffee and
singing songs of "Love and Loss"...wait,that's just an Animal Crossing
refrence,but is still a refrence that only hard core players of that
game will get. Just thought that would be a little neat bonus.
I'm sure there are more...but that's all I can think of right
now....
-gnidaplat
David Dayton: As much as I'd love to say that there are Mario cameos
in Wind Waker, I can't find any. I don't detect any connection between the two
pieces of music you mentioned, and I really don't think the pirate and Gadd
are supposed to look the same.
 
Pirate from Wind Waker, and the ever popular Elvin Gadd.
Okay, they do look a bit similar. The thing is... I don't see why such an obscure
connection would be made. On the other hand, Gadd was brought into
Super Mario Sunshine
in a pretty indirect manner, so I suppose there could be a connection here. However,
the whole "swirly glasses" thing isn't uncommon in Japanese animation.
I have found your great homepage with www.google.co.uk . I was searching
a special sound from the Game Boy Advance game Wario Land 4. I am sure,
you
know, that in one of the first level you can hear a funny sound and a
woman
sings a song in the Japanese language. Do you have this sound? If yes,
could
you send it to me? It would be very nice!
- Ilja from Switzerland
David Dayton: I'm not sure exactly which funny sound you are
talking about here. I do remember the singing, though. We do need to capture
more audio from that game, I will agree.
Yeah um I have a question and I dont know if you know but um
where can I find pictures or Posters of Super Mario Box arts?
Without the Logos and stuff on it just the Picture like See
image of GB Donkey Kong I included but with out all those logos
and stuff...... ^.^? Um.. Yeah ^o^ Please if you knoe...
Thanks ^__^V
- Kuribogoomba
David Dayton: Well, I'm not really sure what to say. You could try
scouring the NCL site... they have a lot of nifty stuff over there. We tend
to put up most of what we find here on TMK on the
Images page when we find it.
I don't think you know but if you go to hotopic or there website you'll
find mario items. Like pins,shirts,wristbands,and a sticker and all of its very cool.
Im just telling this to you because I think you would should know this.
 
- Rosa M Izaguirre
David Dayton: Actually, I got a few Mario shirts from Hot Topics for
Christmas this year.
Deezer: I just bought a couple T-shirts from Gadzooks.
Here ya go,,,the wario ware boxart
- Seffy
David Dayton: Gracias.
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