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Have you seen the Peach cosplay in Volume 204 of
Nintendo Power? What I want to know is if that is
Peachfan or not.
BTW, Have you ever played a fan game called "Yoshi vs.
Windows"?
-MMX
Have you patched your Windows today?
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Sorry, I don't have volume 204. I have 203 though. |
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I don't know PeachFan so I'm jsut gonna say... yes! |
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I'm the king of the world! |
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I don't know either, but if she is she's MINE! And
since when did Yoshi like Lunix? I don't think a
dinosaur's brain would be able to comprehend how to
use it. I should patch my windows; the angry mailbag
readers keep throwing angry notes attached to bricks
through them. |
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No, I missed it. |
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Well, let's see. First, my Nintendo Power subscription expired years
ago. Second, I don't even know what Peachfan looks like. Third, I have
never played a fan game called "Yoshi vs. Windows." Fourth, I don't even
use Windows, and no, I haven't patched the Windows computers I have;
they patch themselves. I use Ubuntu Linux instead. Your email is neat,
though, I didn't expect anyone that knew commands from DOS to actually
have an email like that. |
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I haven't seen the cosplay in that issue (I need to get a subscription
again), but I'm quite sure that's not me cosplaying as Peach. The
only time I managed to make a Peach costume it didn't turn out
terribly well... as you can see by the picture which I'm almost
ashamed to show. Go ahead and laugh, everyone.
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Why does Jay always completely ignore me? I've sent him some things, and even though I was stupid enough to send things for discontinued sections, he's ignoring the stuff that I send into sections that are still being continued!
-Luigi III
What do you think about the Nintendo Revolution's new name, Wii? Do you think it sounds weird, cool, creative, etc?
Caleb
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I don't mind it. |
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It's a Wii bit odd, but at least it stands out. I think they were smart to reveal it weeks before E3, to get it out of the way before the show. I also think people will just get used to it eventually, although the jokes will never be completely gone. |
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Hasta la vista, baby. |
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Anyone can make a joke with that name. Even
Newsweek had to make a bad pun. The only thing I will
say is that the name of the console is the sound I
will make after I purchase Super Smash Bros. Brawl. |
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At first I hated the name, but I've gotten used to it now and I think at this point it fits better than Revolution did. |
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I think it's a horrible name, designed to make people complain about it,
thusly giving it more press than the other names, and, ironically,
causing the Wii to have more popularity. Myself, I prefer Revolution. |
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Well... it's definetly interesting, I can say that. Totally unexpected. |
Dear SMBHQ,
Why don't you have MP3's. Your web site would be perfect if you had them (and more downloads).
Sincerely,
One of you biggest fans
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I don't know, I think it has to do with things like copyright and other stuff that people want to pretend does not exist. |
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MP3's? Great idea! Do you prefer Green Day or Blink 182? |
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Say 'hello' to my little friend! |
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I don't think the RIAA would appreciate that.
However, if you'd like I could make a wonderful a
capella version of the Underwater Theme from SMB.
Guaranteed to scare the squirrels away from the bird
feeder! |
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We may not have MP3s to download, but we do have a hideous Winamp theme you can use while you listen to MP3s from other sites.
Editor's Note: HEY! Do you know how long it look me to make that theme? |
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But we do have Mario Party 3! The only other MP3 I know of is Metroid
Prime 3, and that isn't out yet. However, I think all of us Staff
members deserve extra copies of Mario Party Three. Sean! Order us some
copies of Mario Party 3, on the double! |
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Hosting a site full of MP3s to download is rather illegal, if I
remember correctly. And downloads suck up a lot of bandwidth, and
somebody's got to pay for it. |
1. For the Revolution's next Super Smash Bros., what new characters would you like to see in it?
2. Also what features/levels/etc.?
3. What other games would you like to see on the REV that is Mario related?
Dustin Parlier
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I have no special preferences that aren't already in the game. |
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Well, at the time of this writing we know Wario will be in, which I think is great! Farting attacks seem an odd addition though... I thought Wario was known for greed, not flatulence.
Other addition like Meta Knight, Pit (!) and Snake are pretty awesome. Zero Suit Samus I could do without, but what can you do.
I would love to see really obscure Mario characters like Wart, or small enemies like goombas and shy guys as items. |
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Houston, we have a problem. |
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If they don't have Waluigi in the next Smash
Bros... then I will just have to use Jigglypuff again.
Maybe Pit. Even though I never played his game, his
weapon is pretty awesome. |
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1. Toad!
2. More classic levels.
3. I'd like to see more 2D platformers, but with the Wii controller even Mario Party might actually be fun. |
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1. Well, since I run a section rather well-connected to SSB, I happen to
have a lot of characters I want to see. In no particular order: Sonic,
Shadow, Metal Sonic, Poo, Simon Belmont, Deoxys, Ridley, Knuckle Joe,
Mega Man, Zero, Dr. Robotnik, Sephiroth, Kuja, Zio, Alys, Team Rocket,
Banjo-Kazooie, and Fred.
2. An actual plot, complete with a whole adventure mode of sorts which
isn't just areas ripped off from the games. Also, the ability to have up
to eight people in one fight.
3. Ehhh, only Super Mario Galaxy catches my eye. I'm not the biggest of
Mario gamers, but I am saving up enough money to buy a ton of Revolution
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1. Peach had better be in it.
2. Anything involving Peach.
3. Wii needs more Peach-related games. |
Dear smbhq
I am doing a project on the development of the graphics for the super Mario bros for all the Nintendo consoles, I am showing how they have developed and improved over the years. Please could you take some time to awnser my questions as it would be very helpful for my project?
What do you think of the new graphics for the game cube and the Ninteno DS? And how do you think they have improved since the very first game that super Mario was featured in, Donkey Kong?
Is there any new super Mario games in production For the PS3 or any other home console?
What is used in the newer consoles to make the graphics and the speed of the game so fast and the graphics so smooth?
And is there any thing else you could tell me about the graphics of the super Mario?
Thankyou very much for your time.
Sammii
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Yeah, renders are much better looking than sprites. Also, if they make a Mario for the PS3, I will jump in front of a train. |
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Gee, it's pretty obvious how they've improved. Bigger, more colors, 3D, more animated and lifelike. There are new Mario games being developed for the GameCube, Nintendo DS and Wii, but not for the PS3. New systems tend to use microchips to make good graphics. Anything else I could tell you... um... they're good? What odd questions. |
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Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know
what you're gonna get. |
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I think they're horrible. They need to go back to
the good ol' days, where Mario was a handful of pixels
instead of a huge cluster of them new-fangled
polygons. Why when I was YOUR age... *rant* |
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1. They're good enough. I'd gladly go back to the simple graphics of past generations.
2. Of course not.
3. Magic.
4. In SMB Mario and Luigi look the same after getting a fire flower. Amazing! |
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Gamecube graphics are pretty much as good as Mario graphics need to ever
be, while Ds ones are sorta weak, probably due to the fact it's
portable. The graphics, from the first game onward, basically became
better and better sprites up until SMB 3. After that, the sprites became
increasingly weird and blurry; Super Mario World graphics being a
hideous version of the nice and sharp previous graphics. Then the
polygons came on, and they've probably hit their limit with those as
well.
Mario games are only for Nintendo consoles, silly head.
Well, in the newer consoles, they use more powerful CPUs and RAM and
motherboards, as well as better storage mechanisms and improved
technology. Basically, the hardware packs more and more into a smaller
space, making it more powerful.
Not much else to say; you seem sorta greedy, taking up so much effort to
answer compared to the other questions. |
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Well, I think better processors and better hardware, as well as new
advancements in programming is what has made video game graphics get
progressively better. And as far as I know, Super Mario Galaxies is
coming out for the Wii (Mario games don't come out for other
consoles). And as I said earlier, better hardware and better
programming capabilities are what makes the new games look better. |
Naturally many of our 80s Nintendo boxes don't work anymore, but I really miss Super Mario Bros. 3! Are there any modern machines with which I could play the exact game (no modern twists) as I did as a kid fifteen years ago? Thanks, Willow Quinn
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What are you talking about? My NES works fine. It just takes half an hour of cart tweaking to play it that's all. |
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Haven't we gotten this question before? Anyway, you can buy Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Game Boy Advance or the Gamecube's Game Boy Player. Soon you'll be able to download the game for the Wii virtual console. You can track down an old system and cart on eBay for pretty cheap. Or, if you feel like being a scofflaw, search for NES emulation and enjoy! |
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Show me the money! |
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If no one else know this, then I will BUY you a GBA
and Mario 3. (PS: Not really. But I wouldn't mind if I
didn't have bills and ransom notes to pay.) |
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The best way would be to just get your NES repaired (usually a new connector does it). Other than that the only way I know to play the game completely unmodified would be to use an emulator and rom. To get the full experience you'll also need to buy an NES controller for your computer and video output to a TV. |
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The Nintendo Wii will be able to do that exactly, if you buy that.
Otherwise, you'd be reduced to breaking the law or trying to find an
elusive top-loading NES. |
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Hm. I know they released the original Super Mario Brothers as part of
the Classic NES Series on the GBA, but I think that's all they
rereleased. Although if I remember correctly, you may be able to
download older games onto the Wii, and I bet that may be one of the
games available for download, since all the Mario games are rather
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Hi! My name Is Alec. I'm 10 years old and I enjoy watching "The Super Mario Bros. Super show" online at www.yahooligans.com. But there is just one problem. Every time I try to watch it, I only watch 1 or 2 parts of a episode ( or sometimes, no parts at all) and it freezes on me. If enough people sign the petition, there will be another Super Mario Bros. TO.I. show, Right? I keeping my fingers crossed, and I hope enough people keep signing the petition, so there will be a new Super Mario Bros. TO.I. show on the air more than 4 months of the same year. - Alec
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Why don't you just buy the cartoons on DVD? The SMBHQ store has many selections including the box set. |
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TO.I show? Anyway, I think the time for a Mario cartoon has passed. The focus now seems to be on the frentic action of anime rather than the corny fantasy of Mario cartoons. He had his day in the sun... enjoy the repeats.
As for yahooligans, you'll have to contact them. |
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May the Force be with you. |
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Well, maybe if you ask real nice, you can get your
parents to buy you the DVD set they just released.
Then you don't have to mess with glitchy media
players. |
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You can buy the DVDs or, I suppose, beg your parents to buy them for you. |
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We are not Yahooligan's tech support division. However, it sounds like
you either have a slow connection or some bad video codecs. That means
you need a better connection or to reinstall stuff like realplayer and
Windows Media Player. As for the petition, even if it is signed by
billions of people, there may never be a new Super Mario Brothers show.
It might be for the best, seeing how Sonic X butchered the Sonic series. |
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Uh, I don't think there's going to be any more Super Mario Bros.
cartoons, since they're not quite as popular as they were when I was
your age, Alec. I'm sorry to have to break that to you. I'm hoping
they do what they did to the Super Mario Brothers Super Show and
release the other shows on DVD, too. (There were lots of Super Mario
cartoons when I was younger- the SMB Super Show, the SMB3 cartoon, and
the Super Mario World cartoons, too.) I'm sure if you ask your
parents, they might be able to get the Super Mario Brothers Super Show
DVDs, if you ask nicely, so that way you can at least watch the
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In Super Mario Bros 3, what do you do to make the coin ship appear? It has appeared 3 or 4 times but I do not know how it happens.
Pam H
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If I am correct, the number of coins you have at the end of a level has to be 11 times the last digit on the counter. |
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I believe this is in our guide. |
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All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up. |
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You have to ask it really nicely through the DS's
microphone. Try offering it some tiramasu. No treasure
ship can resist. |
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You need to have your number of coins as a multiple of 11, then get your score's ten digit to equal the ten digit in your number of coins, and finally end the level with the timer on an even number. This works in worlds one, three, five, and six. |
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Well, I'm not sure either, despite seeing it once or twice. The more
experienced Mario people here could tell you, or you could go to GameFaqs to find out yourself. |
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I think it has something to do with the amount of coins you have at
the end of a level, or how much time you end with, or something... I
can't remember. Curse my old brain! All I know is that I only
managed to get that coin ship once. |
Before reading this, read the letter from Kaptain Koopa in the April 29, 2006 mailbag.
I really want to know about all the new Mario collectibles coming out, but without you guys updating your merchandise page, I have to learn about it all by myself. I believe that on the main page, you guys should have a "Newest Mario Collectible" Section that tells about the newest Mario stuff out there. Here's my response to all of your responses from the letter I sent you all earlier.
>Sean Kelly - Get working on that to-do-list!
>Kyle Orland - There's more than just plush dolls and shirts!
>Jay Resop - I'm trying to make you guys update it!
>PenguinMan - I never said that there isn't a lot of Mario collectibles for sale, there's plenty out, you people just won't record any of it on you merchandise page. And even if Jay, Kyle, and Sean have it for their shrines, then why aren't they putting it on the merchandise page?
>EAM - I'm a collector, not Santa Claus. I'm not sending you Mario stuff!
>MetalMan - If I write about the collectibles, then I gain no new information about the Mario Stuff out there!
>PeachFan - I can't go on Ebay, because of the (stupid) Parental Controls.
Here, at the SMBHQ, you all treat the mailbag as if it were a joke. Many people reach out to you all as a source of intelligence. People wait weeks for your replies, hoping that you will have the answer they seek. But in the end, you'll reply with answers like, "Make us, punk! That's right, you heard me! Bring it!". When I first discovered this website, I thought that there were people like me out there, but I was wrong! You people don't care what your fans have to say.
-(a disappointed) Kaptain Koopa
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The mailbag is definitely not a joke. While people like PenguinMan and Jay give jokey answers, other people like me (usually) and Kyle try to give serious answers. Would you prefer six people giving identical answers. Also, give me a break, I have a busy life and when I do have time to work on the website there are more important sections than the products. |
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Personally, while I try to have fun with these mailbags, I always try to keep it respectful, and I'm sorry if you feel we don't care about ours fans or the issues they raise. As for the products page, please understand that we are all very busy with work, school, and other thingsi n our life, and SMBHQ sometimes has to take a back seat to that.
Now, here's a question for you: If you have many of these new pieces of merchandise, why don't you take some pictures, write up some descriptions, and send them in to share with the site's other readers? Y'know, actually contribute to the community instead of just bellyaching. |
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Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. |
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Seeing as how the quote at the end is mine, I will
explain. I see that with five other people, more than
likely someone will know. Therefore, I feel more at
liberty to make silly comments. I don't mean anything
that doesn't directly answer the question, and it's
all in good fun. So yes, sometimes I DO treat it as a
joke, but I'm not seriously mean. It's supposed to be
educational and entertaining, but there are just some
questions that there are no real answer to. Since we
can't be educational, we try to be entertaining.
However, the issue with the mailbag coming out so slow
is Sean's fault. Feel free to throw a few bricks
through HIS window. How DARE he try to have a life! |
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Exactly who is reaching out to a mailbag as a source of intelligence? We must find help for this misguided soul. The mailbag, in my mind, should be more about entertaining the reader than giving a serious answer, especially if I'm replying to suggestions about the site when I only have control over the game ideas section. |
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Not exactly. It's just that we aren't the personal servants of the
fandom, and most of us have lives. For, truthfully, I have no time to go
searching for new Mario collectibles all the time, and, heck, even my
section happens to experience the occasional inactivity due to the fact
that I go to College and have a job.
If you have the time to send us emails like this and be so persistent, I
repeat my original answer: Go do it yourself. This site is meant for
other people to read, and if there's such demand for it, not only you
but other people who read the site can enjoy your hard work. I'd do it,
but I'm too busy; the others are at least somewhat busy. Jay's section
has really been hit hard, too.
If Jay cannot update even NC often, then the chances of him updating the
collectibles section is even worse. So please, rather than try to attack
us, focus that energy on finding your own stuff. |
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Kaptain Koopa,
I do care what the fans have to say. Usually I just answer with the
eBay comment, because most people are able to get on eBay and take a
peek at things. I do have another suggestion, though, but it may not
yield many results. Try searching Google Images for "Super Mario
Brothers Collectibles" or something similar, and who knows how many
pictures of interesting Mario goodies might come up.
And if I wasn't so horrid at keeping my own section updated, I'd ask
to try and update the Mario Collectibles section, although I think I'd
need help from others finding random Super Mario goodies. |
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