The 'Shroom:Issue LXXVII





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{{ShroomSection|background=shroomsummer|title=Pipe Plaza|issue=LXXVII|content=Hello, everyone, and welcome to the August Issue of Pipe Plaza!! Unlike previous months, I actually have some news for you, so let's get to that now. As many of you may have noticed, the NIWA News section hasn't been featured in the paper since the April 2012 Issue, and it hasn't had a writer since last October. Thus, following a suggestion made by fellow staff member {{User|Superchao}}, I have decided to remove NIWA News from the Pipe Plaza. That, however, doesn't mean the paper will not cover news from NIWA anymore; a special section may be written in the future for that purpose, should it prove necessary.

Section of the Month
The SotM poll from last issue got a total of 22 votes, eight more than the previous poll.

The July Section of the Month, with a whopping 15 votes (68.18% of the total) is...

...Upcoming Games, for the seventh time overall!!!

Following a tradition from the last two years, the July Issue of Upcoming Games covered all sorts of news from Nintendo's E3 conference, be it about new games or simply new details from previously announced games. This year, the Japanese company decided to hold a Nintendo Direct broadcast instead of the usual press conference, which, despite causing some controversy, allowed them to focus more on showcasing software. The second-placed sections were my Director's Notes, Featured, also written by me, and Projects Seeking Contributors, written by, each one with 2 votes (9.09%), while YoshiKong also got third place with the single vote earned by his Community Report.

Well, I guess that's it for this month!! Now go on and read the other sections! I hope you like them! }} {{ShroomSection|background=shroomsummer|title=Critic Corner|issue=LXXVII|content=Victory, I have been so busy I only just barely managed to get this shit done on time! Why is this my life. Anyway, our long-time writer {{User|New Super Mario}} decided he wasn't busy enough so he's begun a new opinion piece titled Smash Time, which will focus on his thoughts on new updates and features for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. 4, so let's all give him a warm welcome even tho he's been here for a while now! Also, {{User|Cirdec}} was kind enough to contribute another one-time submission in the form of a Non-Marioverse Review, so big thanks to him as well!
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Now, our last feedback survey revealed some people are none too happy with the low emphasis on Mario reviews in the Critic Corner, which seemed to be ignoring that I've been trying to get writers for that for a fair while now. So more than ever, if you're at all interested in writing any Mario reviews – whether as a permanent section or as a one-time submission – please contact me immediately because I'm getting desperate here. Although not desperate enough that I'll just take anything; please put some effort into your submissions, that's really all I ask. Contact me here.

July Section of the Month
Thirteen votes was all we got last month. I am severely disappointed in that, I reckoned we were fancy enough to get more attention than that, but I guess I was wrong. Fine! I'll just have to make things even more flashy to draw in readers, won't I? But the results we did have were a victory for for Should Have Been which covered beta elements across the entire Pokemon series, winning with a grand total of 8 votes.

I came second for Crocodile Style Reviews which reviewed Remember Me, and third place was a tie between for Entertainment Section covering a video about failed Mario game ideas, and  for Hottest Reviews Around which reviewed DLC Quest.

Please vote this month, my self-esteem depends on it. You wouldn't like me when my self-esteem plummets. After all, I have a rifle. And it's not loaded with bullets. It's much worse.}} {{ShroomSection|background=shroomsummer|title=Interview|issue=LXXVII|content=Greetings, 'Shroom readers! I'm still Superchao, haven't magically transformed into a squid or something overnight. This month, I'm interviewing wiki patroller, and noted relatively-serious guy (but not in a bad way), Mario4Ever! He's been around for a couple years, and despite a little... controversy a long time ago, he seems to be generally chill with everyone. He's also the 'Shroom stats manager, which makes him my coworker nowadays I suppose. Now I should probably stop saying my little piece and let the man himself explain things.

The Interview
Superchao: Hello, Shroom readers! I'm your friendly neighborhood Interview-Man! Superchao: And today, I'm interviewing Mario4Ever! Mario4Ever: Hello there. Superchao: So, how about the traditional first question. How did you find the wiki? Mario4Ever: It was around the time Super Mario Galaxy 2 came out. Either I had just received it or was about to, and I looked for information on it. As is tradition with people who haven't been on the wiki since the beginning, I saw mistakes that needed fixing and took it upon myself to fix them. Everything just went from there. }}

{{ShroomSection|background=shroomsummer|title=Closing Statement|issue=LXXVII|content===Sub-Director's Notes== {{User|Twentytwofiftyseven}} Gabumon has been resurrected. Everyone who gave their lives to make this day possible has my unending gratitude. I might have to keep this job for a while while he gets used to being alive again, though.

Closing Statement
Welcome to the August 2013 edition of The 'Shroom! SMB here, with the closing statement.

I would sit here and talk about this past month, but we do not really have much to cover on that front. We just finished celebrating the Super Mario Wiki's anniversary, and so I feel it would be a little more fitting to talk about next month's issue that is being worked on. September 2013 will be a big commemoration to the Awards Committee, the anniversary festivities, and the people that make it happen! We have plenty of ideas that we plan to implement into the next edition, and we hope to make it a fun event that nobody will forget.

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