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Drainpipes and Dragons

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Nathan

Dragons are a mainstay of fantasy fiction, and of course have appeared in a number of video games. Even Metroid has them, and that series is more science fiction than fantasy. Dragons in the Super Mario universe in particular are … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Biology, Cartoons, Chinese, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Language, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Science, Semitic, Television, Video Games | Tagged baba yaga, bahamutt, blarggs, bowser koopa jr., captain toad treasure tracker, czar dragon, dinosaurs, draggadon, dragohoho, dragon driftway, dragons, dragonzamasu, earth dragon, final fantasy vi, gaburyu, gobblegut, gold dragon, humbaba, king bowser koopa, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario kart 8, paper mario, paper mario color splash, paper mario: the thousand-year door, ruined dragon, sauropods, sea horses, super mario galaxy 2, super mario land, super mario odyssey, super mario rpg, super mario world, tarasque, toad, turtles, tyrannosaurus rex, unbaba, wario's woods, yoshi, yurarin | 3 Comments

Guests from Another Game

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Nathan

You might well know by now about my mixed feelings on crossovers, how I love the idea but think they bring their own headaches, particularly when it comes to continuity. What’s kind of strange is that crossovers in the Mario franchise … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Toys, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged basketball, behemoth, bomberman, cactuars, captain olimar, crossovers, culex, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, fortune street, fox mccloud, golbez, inklings, king bowser koopa, link, malboros, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario and sonic at the olympic games, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario kart, mario kart 8, mario kart arcade gp, mario kart tour, mario sports mix, mobile golf, moogles, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, namco, nes open tournament golf, nintendo, ochus, otyughs, pac-man, punch-out, samus aran, slimes, splatoon, super mario bros. 3, super mario rpg, super smash bros., wario, wario blast featuring bomberman, warp zones | 1 Comment

Sticker Fun

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Nathan

I finished Paper Mario: Sticker Star last weekend, and I’m only just writing about it now. It’s fairly slight, especially for a role-playing game, but still pretty fun. I wrote earlier about how you can only make moves by using … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Magic, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Poetry, Video Games | Tagged aliens, bloopers, boos, bowser koopa jr., dinosaurs, dry dry desert, enigmansion, fuzzies, game shows, ghosts, goombas, gooper blooper, gritzy desert, hollijolli village, kamek, kersti, king bowser koopa, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario mario, megasparkle goomba, mizzter blizzard, mushroom kingdom, paper mario, paper mario: sticker star, paperization, paragoombas, petey piranha, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, professor elvin gadd, royal stickers, shroobs, shy guys, snifit or whiffit, snifits, spear guys, sticker comet, stickers, time travel, toadbert, toads, toadsworth, toadwood forest, tower power pokey, wigglers, yoob, yoshi's island, yoshis | 3 Comments

Consider Yourself Debrotherized

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Nathan

Since I looked into possible meanings of the story of Cain and Abel not long ago, that led me to the TV Tropes page of characters named Cain, or variants thereof. There are a lot of them across various media, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Comics, Families, Final Fantasy, Games, Humor, Judaism, Mario, Mayan, Mega Man, Mythology, Names, Native American, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged batman, bible, bob kane, brobot, cain and abel, cecil harvey, count bleck, dr. cain, dr. light, dr. toadley, dragoons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy the after years, genesis, golbez, juggernaut, kain highwind, kane, kukulkan, legacy of kane, luigi mario, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mavericks, mega man x, mr. l, nastasia, princess peach toadstool, professor charles xavier, psycho kamek, replicants, robots, rosa joanna farrell, serpent-seed doctrine, super paper mario, vampire the masquerade, vampires, white wolf, x-men, zemus | 2 Comments

Koopas Behind the Curtain

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Nathan

This article I read this week discusses the idea of Mario and company being essentially actors in different scenarios, as per a comment from Shigeru Miyamoto comparing them to the cast of Popeye cartoons. It obviously addresses Super Mario Bros. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Mario, Muppets, Plays, Popeye, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged baby herman, doki doki panic, kermit the frog, king bowser koopa, lakitu, looney tunes, mario and luigi paper jam, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mickey mouse, new donk city, paper mario, roger rabbit, shigeru miyamoto, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, who framed roger rabbit, wreck-it ralph | Leave a comment

Pi’illo Talk

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Nathan

It’s that time again. No, not Waluigi Time, although that’s close. It’s time to give my early impressions on a video game, and this time it’s Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. There’s a lot to like about these Mario role-playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged antasma, brocks, broque monsieur, dreamy luigi, king bowser koopa, luigi mario, luiginary attacks, mario and luigi: bowser's inside story, mario and luigi: dream team, mario and luigi: superstar saga, pi'illo island, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, super mario rpg, toadsworth | 1 Comment

Birdo Is the Wordo

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Nathan

Birdo, one of the Super Mario Bros. 2 mini-bosses, comes up online every once in a while. Drew Mackie, for instance, has addressed the character a few times. The fascination with the monster is largely due to his/her being transsexual. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Gender, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged anatomy, birdetta, birdo, birds, bs super mario usa, captain rainbow, catherine, dinosaurs, doki doki panic, eggs, mario and luigi: superstar saga, popple, satellaview, super mario bros. 2, super mario rpg, toad, toads, wario's woods, yoshi | 9 Comments

If I Had a Hammer

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Nathan

We all know about Thor‘s magic hammer, but it’s not the only one to appear in mythology. It was actually while reading through a page on the translation of Final Fantasy IV that I came across a mention of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Magic, Magic Items, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged daikoku-ten, elves, final fantasy iv, hammers, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, issun-boshi, lucky mallet, luigi mario, mario and luigi: superstar saga, midge mallet, ogres, okami, oni, secret of mana, seven lucky gods, silver hammer, tom thumb, uchide-no-kozuchi | 8 Comments

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