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Evil Koopa and His Troopas

Posted on June 6, 2013 by

A significant part of Bowser’s army in the Super Mario games is made up of Koopa Troopas and the flying Koopa Paratroopas. As I’m sure you all know, they’re turtles. Well, tortoises, technically, since they live on land. Have there … Continue reading →

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Koopariffic Comics

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

I don’t own any issues of the old Nintendo Comics System, but I used to read them at the store. In retrospect, maybe I should have bought some, because now they’re hard to find. Some of the stories have been … Continue reading →

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Comically Yours

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

While researching the Chozo for my last post, I came across a scan of the Super Metroid comic from Nintendo Power. I wasn’t subscribing to the magazine when it was originally published, so this was the first time I’d read … Continue reading →

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I Am Bad, and That’s Good

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Wreck-It Ralph – As someone who’s interested in video games and particularly their characters (hey, I have the complete series of Captain N on DVD), I guess it was pretty much a given that I’d enjoy this. The movie did … Continue reading →

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Princess Peach Plays Politics

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

When looking for information on Mushroom World geography, I came across this post on the extent of the Princess’ power. We see quite a few rulers throughout the games: Princess Daisy, Queen Bean, King Fret of Jewelry Land (the setting … Continue reading →

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The Name’s Mario. MARIO Mario.

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

In the earlier days of my Mario fandom, I’d occasionally hear someone suggest that the references to “Mario Bros.” mean “Mario” is their last name. I never bought into that at the time; there’s really no reason they couldn’t have … Continue reading →

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Strong to the Finish ‘Cause He Eats His Mushrooms

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Image Source: Threadless An interesting bit of trivia in the history of video games is that, when developing what would become Donkey Kong, Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted to make a Popeye game. They couldn’t secure the rights, so instead we … Continue reading →

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Weapons vs. Wishes

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Role-playing games featuring Mario have a tendency of using someone other than the old standby Bowser as the main villain. In fact, King Koopa occasionally joins the good guys temporarily in order to fight off an even greater threat, or … Continue reading →

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Karting with Enemies

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

When you stop to think about it, the Mario Kart games, and by extension the other Mario sports titles, don’t make a whole lot of sense. Why would Mario and his friends go out for a go-kart race or baseball … Continue reading →

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Unreasonable Answers to Reasonable Questions

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

This post from Drew offers an interesting series of questions that a rational person should have upon playing Super Mario Bros. While I’m sure the questions are rhetorical, I’m going to take a stab at them anyway. Wait, why do … Continue reading →

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