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Tag Archives: mario kart
Grand Unified Marioverse Theory
I’m glad to know I’m not the only one interested in mapping the Mushroom World and riveting together a sense of continuity for the Mario games. Like Oz, the games show a whimsical world where the creators weren’t all that … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Maps, Mario, Metroid, Video Games, Zelda
Tagged a link to the past, banjo-kazooie, brothers bear, crossovers, diddy kong racing, dk vine, donkey kong country 3, gulliver, hyrule, king bowser koopa, link's awakening, luigi, mario kart, mario kart 8, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, ocarina of time, paper mario, paper mario: the thousand-year door, princess peach toadstool, reddit, skyward sword, starfy, super mario bros. 3, super smash bros., wario, wart, yoshi, zelda timeline
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Canon Fodder
I didn’t have the chance to write much last week, which means I didn’t write anything about Mario on Thursday, which is semi-officially Mario Day because “Mar 10” looks like “Mario.” Of course, that only works if you write the … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Harry Potter, L. Frank Baum, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Star Trek, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged canon, chewbacca, j.k. rowling, mario kart, princess peach toadstool, sherlock holmes, shigeru miyamoto, star wars holiday special, super mario bros. movie, toad, yoshi's island
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Sprite Size Matters
It can be difficult to determine the real-life sizes of video game characters, or cartoon characters for that matter, especially when there aren’t very many points of comparison. Sprite size isn’t even always that useful, especially in earlier games. The … Continue reading
Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Mario, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda
Tagged captain lou albano, captain olimar, captain snes, doki doki panic, donkey kong, final fantasy iv, ganondorf, gorillas, king bowser koopa, king dedede, king kong, lara croft, link, luigi, mario kart, nintendo adventure books, ocarina of time, palom, penguins, pikmin, pit, porom, princess daisy, princess nadia of guardia, princess peach toadstool, rosa joanna farrell, Rosalina, samus aran, shigeru miyamoto, super mario bros. 2, super smash bros., the adventure of link, the legend of zelda, the wind waker, toad, wario
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One Game at a Time
I already reviewed Wreck-It Ralph two years ago when it was new, but I watched it again a few days ago, and have a few additional thoughts on it. First of all, I reported misinformation in the earlier post. Apparently … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Games, Mario, Monsters, Pac-Man, Revisiting Disney, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies
Tagged beholder, diablo, dungeons and dragons, ghosts n goblins, king bowser koopa, mario kart, mario kart arcade gp, meet the robinsons, q*bert, satan, satan's hollow, super mario bros., vanellope von schweetz, wreck-it ralph
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Jugem Jugem Jugem Paipo
I’ve mentioned before that the original Japanese name for the Super Mario enemy Lakitu was Jugem, but I didn’t realize the significance to it. Apparently it comes from a traditional Japanese folk tale, in which parents give their baby an … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged baburu, jugem, jugemu, king bowser koopa, lakitu, luigi mario, mario kart, mario kart 8, nintendo comics system, paipo, podoboos, princess peach toadstool, rakugo, spinies, super mario bros., the great mission to rescue princess peach, thunder lakitu, togezo, yoshi's island
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Luma Park
I haven’t actually played Super Mario Galaxy, and when I saw Tavie play a little bit of it, it looked complicated. I guess it’s just that I’m old-fashioned, and used to seeing Mario in only two dimensions. Nevertheless, I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, Zelda
Tagged grampa in oz, king fumbo, lumas, maribella, mario kart, mushroom king, mushroom kingdom, nintendo comics system, prince tatters, princess daisy, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, stars, super mario 3d world, super mario galaxy, super smash bros., waluigi
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Vehicular Mario
I’ve been thinking of writing a post about vehicles in the Mario games, but I soon came to the conclusion it was difficult to determine exactly what counted. If you wanted to, you could technically count anything from the moving … Continue reading
Posted in Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged automobiles, cars, marine pop, mario & luigi superstar saga, mario kart, princess daisy, sky pop, starship mario, super mario galaxy 2, super mario land, super mario sunshine, transportation, vehicles, wario
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