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“All I can say is... I'm scaring myself. I'm actually doing this in January the day after I put the December 2000 issue up. I'm eating healthier than I was, which is far exceeding my new year's resolution in 1994 which was to not make any more resolutions.”
“Hey, don't complain to me about the server! Kyle did all he could!”
HITERIDLEY gives us... well... uhm...:
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Luigi's game: Luigi leaves for/on an adventure in order to find a separate identity from Mario. |
| Dave: Um... I think the grading scale the game idea guy uses would leave this for an "F" game. Point being, I need more info on your idea. |
Steve: A tad short... |
| Mewtwo: ...like a Diglett. |
Alex is having some difficulty with nearly everything:
| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3
HTML//EN"> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <DIV>Dear Dave,</DIV> <DIV>I have 2 questions for you on Super Mario World. First, in the "forest secret area" there are 3 1-up mushrooms behind the goal gate. How do I get them? Secondly, I have beaten the "special zone" and have changed the look of the map landscape and a few of the enemies. Is it possible to turn the map to the same color it was before beating the "special zone" and, if so, how do I do it because I am getting sick of the map being dull brown colored?</DIV> |
| Dave: At least once per month, I get a mail message that has HTML in it. I don't know what I'm going to do. Alex, I believe your question is answered in the game guide section. Please people, look your game questions up before you ask me! Maybe I should start an FAQ with the second question. The answer is simple: YOU CANNOT CHANGE AUTUMN INTO SUMMER WITHOUT DELETING THE GAME. |
Steve: You can either A: Use the cape to pound into the
ground, or B: Activate a P-switch at the top and hold right as you fall down
the right side to go into a pipe. Mewtwo: What does the P stand for, anyway? Steve: Power, pineapple, pinto, something like that. Mewtwo: Oh. Wait a second, Steve, those are instructions to get the three hidden mushrooms in Gnarly. Steve: Whoops. You have to fly over the end gate. |
jlfurr ponders the imponderable:
| In world 1-1 of super mario bros. 3, what's with the 3 made up of coins? Does it have any significance? Also, why doesn't Frank hardly talk? |
| Dave: #1, I don't know why the three is there. It just... is! #2, Frank's vocabulary is limited to several words. |
Steve: So is a certain person with the middle initial "dubya." |
| Mewtwo: Talk about not being vague. |
James has no respect for security:
| My name is James, I was wondering, are the Mario Cartoons
ever going to be put back on air? I'm a huge fan of Mario. A love all the
Mario Series, But really The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, so are
they coming back on air, on Family Channel, NBC, Pax-tv, please put it on.
And one Question, do you know where they sell the Super Mario 3 homevideos?
The one I want to get is Misadventures in Babysitting, and Super Koopa.
Super Koopa's my favorite episode and I've been searching for 4 years. Or,
Can you Ask the Executive Producer, Andy Heyward to ship me the video?
My address is My phone number is (916) XXX-XXXX Please send me the video, and e-mail me back proptly |
| Dave: I think I can say with a large amount of confidence they will never return at all, and good luck trying to find them in a store. eBay, people. I don't know where the executive producer is, let alone if he's still alive. Hell, I can't tell you when they were on cable! And another note: never, EVER give out your address and telephone number to a complete stranger. You never know when they might turn out to be Bowser. |
Steve: Duh. |
| Mewtwo: Fool. |
Norwegian Mehmet e-mails three questions:
| Who is Waluigi? When borned the Koopalings ? Is Wario uncle to Mario? |
| Dave: I'm not taking off any English points for our pal in another country. To answer your questions: |
Steve: That about covers it. |
| Mewtwo: Though that bit about Wario and Mario is a tad unofficial. |
I think Mario20011988 needs "SEERIUS TIPNG CLASES", if you get my drift:
| WHY NO NC COMIC ABOUT MARIO IN PEACH GATING MARRIED AT SAME TIME LUIGE GET MARRIED TO DAISY AKA PRINCES PLUM !!! |
| Dave: I can barely read whatever the heck it was
you just said. Also, Daisy is NOT "Princess Plum" and there is
NO "Princess Plum." Plum is a character in Mario Golf which was
original to Camelot. Jay, I advise you to not take this guy seriously. Jay Resop: I see. Thats...almost...a question...I guess...anyway... I would have to say that a comix of that topic has never been brought to my attention before. Or if it was, I didn't put enough thought into developing it. Plus if Mario and Peach get married in any NC comix, you can be sure that Mario's head explodes or something. Dave: AKA the Resop Twist, right? Jay: (laughs) And the fact that I have an NC Law in which Mario must always be made fun of. Dave: LUIGI RULES! |
Steve: Yeah... |
| Mewtwo: Why us? Dave: I betcha Steve was thinking the same thing. Mewtwo: How can he? He's not psychic! Dave: There are just some things which cannot be explained, like that thing on your back. Mewtwo: That's classified information. |
Frustrated mom Claudia needs this answer now:
| Where can I purchase Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong figures? I
saw them in Venezuela, and thought they would have them here in the USA,
but I have not been able to find them! My son is very upset because he really wants them... Can you help me please? Thanks in advance for the info. |
| Dave: Nintendo has a separate division in Brazil which, therefore, will have different companies making different things. Nintendo of America, for example, has ToySite make most of their stuff. Nintendo of Brazil, however, will have a different, more local company make their stuff. The best I can suggest is look through the Power Supplies catalog quarterly in Nintendo Power magazine or check through 1-800-255-3700 to see what the catalog's number is, as I don't have it with me or on the top of my brain. |
Steve: You mean video games are merchandised? |
| Mewtwo: You hadn't noticed? |
Sweetnbed2001 is looking commenting at the wrong person today:
| Not to sound like a know it all but I was going through your Trivia thing and you said there were 88 levels in smb3.Its actly 88 stages and 8 levels.I just wanted to let you know just incase anyone got confused thanx bye. |
| No, it is 88 levels. There are 8 worlds and 88
levels. The word "level" is more for Kirby games than Mario
games, with the exception of Mario RPG. But I am not Kyle Orland... I AM THE ANSWER MAN, HEAR ME ROAR! |
Steve: Allow me to level with you... |
| Mewtwo: What is it with humans and bad puns? |
Jeremy is in for a rude awakening now:
| Hey do you know when any of the Super Mario Bros. cartoons are on T.V? If they are on can you please tell me? |
| Dave: (as Bob Barker) Jeremy... poooooooooorrrr Jeremy ... no way, no how. Unless you see a videotape, it's not going to be on the telly. |
Steve: You know, if that episode where Koopa kidnaps the
President happened today... Mewtwo: Half the viewing audience would root for Mario, and the other half for Koopa. Steve: Pending a recount of the Koopa Troopas. Mewtwo: Isn't democracy great? |
Cat's having a problem. I gave her an answer which was clear as mud:
| I am having a problem on Super Mario Bros. 3. I am in the pipe world and I am at the first fortress. I discovered the unlimited lives thing, but I can't beat the fortress! I went through every pipe and shadow doorway I could find and nothing led to a mini koopa to kill and get the question mark ball. Where is he? I can't go any further until I beat this fortress. Please help!? |
| Dave: You're not looking high enough. You need to get off the ground and soar high in the sky to see into the tunnel of which I am speaking in a place where no enemy is a candle nor a rock. I know I'm being vague, but please check the guides to questions that can be answered before you ask me something that is already answered. |
Steve: In other words, fly up in the big open room after the
back room from roughly the middle to find a pipe that leads to Boom-Boom Mewtwo: Oh, sure, ruin it for those who haven't played it! Steve: Who hasn't played this game? Mewtwo: Me, for one. Steve: Get your priorities straight! Mewtwo: This from the guy who makes fake Pokémon cards and an Internet radio station. Steve: So? George W. Bush*: Now why can't we just get along? Steve and Mewtwo: Get out of here, loser! (They clobber Dubya) Dave: Well, to Bush's credit, he did unite, not divide them. |
*All representations, likenesses, and coincidences of George W. Bush are merely coincidental and are for entertainment purposes only. POTUS was not harmed in the making of this mailbag.
Another HTML-littered letter by K.A.:
| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0
Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <DIV>In course #11, Wet-Dry World on Super Mario 64, can you tell me how to activate the cannon on the tower with the yellow arrows. Also, in course #6, the Hazy Maze Cave, could you tell me how to navigate the toxic maze? I've been through it many time but can't seem to figure out how to get the star. I don't even know if there is another maze in this course that I just haven't found? Thanks for any help you can give.</DIV> <DIV>K.A.</DIV> |
| Dave: There's one thing that will do you any real good: Look at the guides on SMBHQ.com. |
Steve: A maze in Hazy Maze Cave... nah. |
| Mewtwo: That could never happen. |
Tea122499 believes the impossible until I set him straight:
| You guy are teasin us, I just want to know what the point is of running a site that rakes in game ideas if you are not gonna use them AT ALL whatsoever. I almost fell for it too. I think you should use them but sparingly like the next time one of those producers thinks of putting a puzzle( I swearit just ONE more of those wastes of Bytes) game on shelves, use one ( and then burn him )No hostility intended but I almost gave away one of our games. By the way Did you guys actually buy sega corporation? I heard it on the news that you did? if so does this mean that you will start making games with characters from their games? If so do we have some beginners for you. That's right, we came up with about five games to comemrate the historic merging . Let us know if you are interested in them |
| Dave: I'm not usually hostile, but in your case I'll make an exception. (big gasp of air) WE ARE NOT EVEN ASSOCIATED WITH NINTENDO! If we were, why would we use so many different e-mail addresses instead of all of us using @nintendo.com addresses (i.e. kyleorl@aol.com instead of korland@nintendo.com)? About the Sega merger ... even if I did know about it, I'm sure I wouldn't be allowed to discuss it. Kinda makes me ready for a ch[bleep]... ooh, boy. Nintendo's not gonna be happy about that one. (BTW, he was set straight afterwards) |
Steve: How dare you say that 8-letter C word! |
| Mewtwo: I've just noticed that there's an inverse proportion between Dave's comments and your comments, and shame on you for using foul language! |
Lei leaves in the HTML, Steve takes it out, let's call it even:
| my friend and i had a recent nostalgia trip looking over old tv shows and of course one (or rather three) of them had to be the Super Mario shows (and Zelda). There are a few places on the net for downloading anime but nobody i've found so far has any Mario episodes. I don't wanna buy tapes of the episodes, just watch them one more time before i try to move on with my life (god forbid). Do you have any idea where i can download any of the episodes in any video format (RM, MPEG, AVI, etc)? Nobody seems to care enough about US and UK shows to put them up on the net even if it's something like SMB. Could you please try to help my friends and myself out, along with the rest of the plumber-loving community? I'm still looking but I've had no luck. |
| Dave: I'm done with editing the HTML out of messages. #1, I don't think you'd find them, especially with Nintendo patrolling the Internet the way they do. #2, I wouldn't even bother with it. There. If you think I'm in a sour mood, I'm not. That's my "Reality Check" mood. |
Steve: I edited the HTML out. (You're welcome) |
| Mewtwo: Who would ever think HTML would become the bane of
the web? Dave: Obviously someone didn't. Mewtwo: <growls> |
Now for Sharkpoohs seeking help in SMBDX:
| How do you beat 8-2 in Super Mario Bros DX? |
| Dave: Same way you beat it in SMB1. Look in the guides section. |
Steve: Oh, THAT level... Mewtwo: Tough? Steve: Oh yeah. Dave: Not if you just... [Luigi dies] ...maybe not. |
Brian gives me a chance to lecture easily:
| Dear Answer Man Why did SMB 2 differ so greatly from SMB 1 & 3 |
| Dave: The reason 2 was different from 1 and 3 is because there was a game made in Japan called "Doki Doki Panic", or in English, "Dream Machine Panic". The story of the original is something like some kids were reading a book when a green hand reached out from the book and pulled them in. The monkey (remember, this is set in the Mideast) runs off to tell the parents and siblings what happened, then they all jump into the book to get their kids back from Wart. Anyway, the only thing Nintendo did was replace the sprites of the family with Luigi, Mario, Peach, and Toad. It was then released in the US as SMB2 since Nintendo thought SMB2j was thought too hard for North America. An adaptation of SMBUSA (SMB2 in the US) will be launched with the Game Boy Advance, but with the latest screens coming in, anyone can tell it won't be an exact duplication... Anyone out there still awake? |
Steve: What is it with sequels not being as good as
originals? Mewtwo: How would I know? Except.... W: Are you going to make fun of me again? Steve: Wait, I have an idea (puts headphones on Dubya) W (singing badly): Team Rocket's rockin', talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you... Mewtwo: Can't wait to see that on the evening news... Dave: Better than Wario singing, I'll give him that. Steve: Now, I had a written statement on SMB2 while you lectured... it was around... (shuffles through papers) here we go. |
| Steve: Mario was dancing at the Discotek in New York when he became woozy and passed out. He was taken to New Je... erm, Sub-Con and wondered what was stinking up the place. It was Milli Vanilli. <some women shriek> It was actually a clone of Milli Vanilli. <many shriek, some faint> A whole army of mask-bearing Milli Vanilli lookalikes! <many faint, others too frightened> Mario used his first instinct and called the A-Team. Unfortunately, they were too busy. After much pleading, begging, and bribery, Luigi, Toad, and Peach all came to help exterminate them... I'm not even close, am I? <audience boos... or what's left of them> |
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