The 'Shroom:Issue 145/Fun Stuff





Staff Notes
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Greetings, 'Shroom readers! Welcome to the April edition of Fun Stuff. Unfortunately, we are without Fools this month (unless you count ), but thankfully, what we lack in-jokes, we more than make up for it in fun sections! So if you're rolling in those after-Spring Break lulls like I am currently, go again and stimulate that noggin of yours by getting to playing!

As always, we are looking for new writers, so you know the drill: Check out the sign-up page here for details and ideas, and we hope to see your submission soon!

Section of the Month

Congratulations to on claiming first place with his wonderful resurrection of Guess Who!. Congrats to for claiming second place, and thank you to  for the wonderful maze and tribute, which landed him in third. Thank you to the rest of our wonderful writers, and make sure to vote, dear reader!

Anagrams
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Hi there everyone, welcome to April's edition of Anagrams! It's the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Land this month, so I thought I'd put together a set of anagrams based on this game to mark it. And of course, if you have any ideas for future themes, or have found any funny anagrams that I could potentially work into a future issue, feel free to let me know either by leaving a message on my talk page or by sending me a PM on the forums- I'd love to hear your suggestions! Now, onto the anagrams!

How it works...

Basically, this puzzle consists of solving the anagrams. Each month has a specific theme, which will give you a clue about what sort of words or phrases the anagrams will be. I've also included the boxes that the anagrams will fit into, so you'll be able to tell how many words it will solve to be and how many letters will be in each word, which should give you a hand too. You'll also notice that within each set of boxes, one of the squares are yellow. As you solve each anagram, note down the letter which appears in the yellow squares, and if you can solve all of the anagrams, you'll also get a bonus anagram to solve from completing all of the others. I've included the letter configuration for this one at the bottom too, just to give you an extra helping hand. Best of luck!

1. CAN HANG

2. POLKA BLOB HOMES

3. PIPE MANOR

4. GO INTO MUSKET

5. AT SMOKING NODE

6. ALPHA INN TRAP

7. MAKING MUD DO

8. AMAZON GUARDS

9. SELL POWERFUL BAR

10. BOOK IN TIN

11. DARN A SALSA

Bonus Anagram:

It's aMAZEing
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Hi there, welcome to It's aMAZEing!

Today's maze is a Snow Bunny, an item in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, background element in Mario Party 6, and a bit of a Japanese tradition if it has snowed. Why snow in spring you ask? Because as I started this, it snowed outside, despite it being over 20°C out three days before. Weather is weird.

Do you have an idea for a maze you'd like to see? Leave a message on my talk page or find me on the forums and send me a personal message, and your idea and name may be featured in a future episode!

How to play: Alternatively, print it out and use a pencil!
 * Copy the image into your favourite art program (like Paint, Photoshop, GIMP, etc.)
 * Click the line, pencil or brush tool and adjust the size as needed
 * Draw your line through the maze from start to finish
 * Zoom in and out as needed



To view the answer, click here!

Hiding Koopas
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A new month, a new Issue, a new Hiding Koopas!

Hello, 'Shroom readers, and welcome to a new edition of Hiding Koopas! Like previous editions, the goal is the same. Five Koopa Troopas are hidden in the artwork below. Do you think you can find them all? Well, good luck!

Nintendo recently announced with the arrival of the Nintendo Labo VR Kit, a new VR experience for Super Mario Odyssey. So, to celebrate the occasion, I chose an artwork from that game!



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Did you manage to find them? In any case, thanks for playing, and come back next month!

Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego?
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"Carmen is back to her sneaky tricks, gumshoe! She's managed to bag every bunny in Super Mario Odyssey! Now the bunnies wouldn't be missed normally since they can be a tricky and annoying challenge for Mario, but in stealing all the bunnies, she's also stolen all of the moons that those bunnies were hiding! Now if Mario wants to collect them all, he needs you to go track the thief down! We've narrowed it down to Nasty Nabbit, one of Carmen's goons. Go get him, and bring those bunnies back!"

Trivia
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We’re gonna do things a little differently this month: everything is going to be about sports. So did you know?


 * 1) That the Arizona Cardinals have never lost a home NFL playoff game?
 * 2) That the Buffalo Bills once lost 4 consecutive Super Bowls?
 * 3) That the Columbus Blue Jackets were the last team in the NHL to win a playoff series?
 * 4) That Virginia was the first 1 seed in the history of the NCAA tournament to lose to 16 seed?
 * 5) That the St Louis Blues are 0-12 in Stanley Cup Games?