The 'Shroom:Issue 143/Pipe Plaza

Director’s Notes
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Well, 'Shroom readers, I made it. Despite this being the current year of 2019, I am still going to reference Steamed Hams in my notes. However, it is not just a callback to a hilarious meme from 2017. The reference also doubles as a reference to exactly February 2018, where I referenced Steamed Hams in my first ever Director's notes. Yep, that's right; I've been doing this gig for an entire year now! 365 days, 12 issues, and 1 time where I let Superchao step in for me. It's been a wild ride.

Pipe Plaza is one year older, and as a birthday present, we decided to remove the pipe background. Check Issue 142 if you want to check out the sweet visual update. You should also be referring to this page as just 'Plaza' now. You're welcome. Anyway, other than that, we've got all the facts, information and otherwise interesting words that this team is known for. It's perhaps on the lean side compared to previous issues; if you'd like to change that, feel free to check out the sign-up page! Who knows- there may be a section that strikes your fancy.

Section of the Month Congratulations to LudwigVon for his Community Report contribution! Raregold, Pitohui and Geeky all did splendid jobs with 'Shroom Recap and Poll Committee Discussion, respectively.

Monthly Report
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Hey there, and here's your Monthly Report coming from your Statistics Manager. This section is here to give you an overview of Super Mario Wiki's statistics. Without further ado, take a look at the stats for February 2019, compared to last month.

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Thanks for reading your monthly wiki stats report! Are you hungry for more stats? Well, come again next month, and meanwhile, have a good time!

Interview
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maroon Hello, 'Shroom readers! Welcome back to another of the interviews - now In Color! Yes, from now on, I'll be tagging myself with maroon and my interviewee with navy to help create distinction! ...But that's beside the point. maroon What is the point is that I've brought on current Fun Stuff director and community success story Roserade for the interview! navy Whoa, that's me! maroon Unfortunately, in order to tell the tale of your improvement... we also need to talk about what you improved from. Brace yourself, my friend. navy Oh, we're jumping straight into this? Well navy I'm braced maroon Well, we gotta start somewhere, right? navy I didn't even get the chance to thank you for interviewing me! maroon That's true. You're welcome anyway, though! navy I mean, based upon what we're just about to tackle, it's miraculous I'm here at all. maroon Okay, so: you used to be... let's put it politely and say "very clearly very young" user marioman1213. How'd you find the wiki back then, in the misty days of 2012? navy It was somewhere around second grade, and our class was tasked to write a presentation about something we're passionate about. At the time, my mom and I were playing through Super Mario World together, so she suggested I write about that. navy I looked up the game online to find more info, like character names, and made my report. But something about the Wiki was just so cool to me. Like, an entire expansive library of Mario knowledge for me to thumb through? That's sick. navy I stuck around the Wiki, learning all I could, stumbled upon the Boards, the rest is history. maroon Well,that's a surprisingly positive start! Of course, you were what... literally nine at the time, right? navy That is indeed the case, for better or (far more likely) for worse maroon Well, it wasn't... a good start. What was your reaction when you took to the boards? navy I don't recall an immediate reaction, but it was an interest click to realize that the information I was gobbling up was put together by somebody, and those somebody's had an entire community. navy I distinctly remember registering, and then discovering Mindless Junk exists, and becoming even more enraptured by the energy. navy It's always an awesome experience stumbling upon a new community with your interests maroon A nine year old and mindless junk. Good combo. navy Heh, well, I can't say that much maroon But you're right, it's always neat to see new users come along! An unfortunately rare sight these days. navy Oh, definitely. My first venture here was Not Great, but I returned for a reason maroon Surprisingly, you posted a lot back in the day! Nearly 5000 posts - just happy to be here, huh? navy Sure seems like it! Can't guarantee if more than half of those are just spam and forum games, though maroon They probably were, but reading 5000 posts isn't what I do to research. maroon So, what caused you to leave back in the day? navy It was a combination of a few things: firstly, my grandmother's computer was actually what I actively used to access the Boards when I stayed at her house, but as I got older we didn't go over as often, so my activity plummeted. navy Secondly, I got a ban warning, and my mom was certainly not happy about that one, especially after I used the word "whore" without knowing what it meant (though to be fair, the use of it makes sense in context) maroon Wait, did you tell her about the ban warning? navy And finally, I got distracted by other things, including a different online "community" that I hopped into, which was an art sharing app navy No, but I didn't have an email address at the time navy So the email went to her maroon Ohhh, that makes sense. So all of that combined just pushed you off back in 2014. navy Yep, pretty much. Still thought about this place a bit, though maroon How'd the art sharing app go, anyway? navy Oh, I didn't use it for sharing my art specifically. I drew a few things on there, but I mostly used it for chatrooms and stuff. If you'd believe it, it was my first step into any kind of "dating" navy But those are lengthy lore stories that are best for another time maroon But the interview is the BEST time for lengthy lore stories! maroon Unless you mean later in the interview. navy Well, I suppose I can discuss it now maroon Sure, go for it! navy The app is called Doodle Club, and as far as I'm aware, it's still operational today. It's not particularly well designed, so I don't exactly recommend it. Most of the people that used the app have since left, anyway, so it was almost a dead zone even when I stopped using it four or five years back. navy There was somebody on there named Selena that I was "dating" (not actually, of course, I was young and dumb), and that's really about where the story ends. maroon I told you it'd work in here. navy But there's a ton of names I recall that I haven't spoken to in years. Shannon, fussyd, Waffle, Jackie Frost, Danny, Wolfie navy Man, what a throwback maroon That feels to me like if I listed off some of theclassic names I know to you. It's always sort of the same thing, huh? navy Reminiscing on the past is always a good time, especially with communities long past. maroon Yeah, like UnMario- wait. navy Wiki Lore never fails to fascinate me. maroon Wiki Lore is just insane sometimes. maroon Speaking of wiki lore... after vanishing mid-2014, you came back at the start of 2017. maroon What summoned you here? navy Don't recall, exactly. Just kinda realized I could rejoin this place again, made a new account, badabing badaboom I was set navy I suppose I just missed the atmosphere I mentioned loving earlier maroon Can;t believe you sockpuppeted, though. Why haven't I banned you yet!? navy You should've banned me a long time ago :shades: maroon True, I guess you got away with it. navy Unlike a Killing Game murder! maroon too soon budy maroon Anyhow, I'd say it's pretty obvious that your second tour here has been better than the first, huh? navy I mean, I sure feel like this time around is better than the first, hopefully others feel the same maroon Well, I don't consider you an annoying headache who I want to ban and instead consider you a valued and trusted student. Does that count? navy Depends, am I a bad student? navy I suppose the "valued and trusted" parts ruin that joke huh maroon You're only a bad student (or to put it politely, you're learning) when it comes to killing games. navy too soon budy maroon One of the thing that's been the most interesting about your return has been your growing involvement in the 'Shroom, going so far as to join its staff, and in the Poll Committee. What brought that on? navy It all basically started with a specific irc trip, when this dude named Lord Bowser decided "Hey, let's invite this newer user who has only been known for being insufferable in the past into my server". I graciously accepted the offer, hopped into lbchat, got to know a good chunk of the community a lot more. maroon Can you believe LB would make such an incredible mistake navy From there, I built up the courage to apply when I got the chance. Specifically, Poll Committee motivation came from LB, and it's you and Meta mostly that would inspire me for The 'Shroom. navy I really don't know what he was thinking maroon In seriousness, motivating new users to join the 'Shroom and show that we don't have to lean on the same handful of people like we did in, say, 2014 was one of the things i hoped to do this time around. maroon Between LB, you, LTQ, Ludwigvon, Pitohui, TPG, and now Raregold and Geeky... yeah, it worked. navy Honestly, I feel honored to have the opportunity, despite still being both relatively young and new. I'm really hoping I get to see more users follow a similar path that I did maroon I'd love to see more new hands trying out both writing and staffing for the 'Shroom. It gives an old fogey like me hope! And someone to brandish my cane at. navy I know, let's cut the entire 'Shroom staff and establish a democracy! maroon Don't you mean a communist government? navy No no, if we cut the entire staff, that would be overthrowing the Communist Question Mark Bloc maroon Darn, you're right. I guess the shadow directorship will just have to change with the times. navy 'Tis a shame maroon What draws you to writing for the 'Shroom, anyway? You're quite a writer, after all. navy I've always been really interested in writing, ever since a young age. Hell, I have my writing thread on the Boards (which I need to update sometime). Specifically for this question, I haven't exactly written for The 'Shroom in a small while now, but I enjoy being able to share my interests or supply entertainment about something I'm passionate about, such as Smash Bros. character conception maroon Trust me, that's a cornerstone of the 'Shroom. Just look at me and F-Zero! maroon (Remember to vote in Mach Speed Mayhem, loyal readers!) navy I can't wait to be reminded about that every week for the next three years maroon Hey, not every week. There's the two weeks before each issue that you get off. navy Ah, you're right, my apologies. maroon What made you take up Challenger Approaching, anyway? navy It's yet another "I don't remember exactly" situation. But I've always been interested specifically in Smash Bros. character design, how the newcomers are crafted. The team always strikes a balance between an original moveset, loyalty to the character, loyalty to the game, and their own interpretation of the character, and I admire that navy I've been coming up with character ideas far before Challenger Approaching! ever existed, so it was a nice way to channel those ideas into a completed work maroon Can't wait for the special one about Monika navy Remind me to pick the section up again someday and she'll certainly be on the list maroon Will do! maroon Any other sections in particular you're interested in doing down the line? maroon Just remember, don't spoil TOO much! navy Well, I've had plenty of ideas, and I've set a few in action. I'm not guaranteeing anything to happen soon, but for you Danganronpa fans, there may be a treat in store. Otherwise, my main interest is writing, and I've wanted to look towards it for a section for a while now maroon You know, I'd say "I've always wondered where a pure writing section would go", but honestly that's pretty Palette Swap. maroon So my joke is ruined. navy I'll send it off to Strategy Wing instead /s maroon Strategies... TO WRITE GOOD navy We can start with *WELL maroon See? That's why we need the section. navy I'll just give you private lessons another time maroon How about the Poll Committee? What drives your interest in making the polls? navy It's mostly just an interest in participating in the community. I can't exactly say writing polls is on the same level of passion for me as writing poetry, but it's a fun time to come up with the polls themselves, and I love contributing to something more maroon That's a pretty good description of why I joined it, too. We need to get back in gear, but I believe in us!! navy That's partially my fault. My life has been everywhere and I haven't been able to motivate as I should as Vice Chairperson, but I'm working on it. maroon It's okay. The whole committe's been over the place, and honestly... we're doing better than last year's did. navy That's fair enough! I have a lot of faith in our committee members. They're all exceptionally hard working and committed maroon except for that Superchao guy maroon what a slacker navy Can't get much worse than that, oh god what's his name navy Roserade? navy That dude maroon what a guy. If we just dumped the two of them from PC it'd be perfect. navy Exactly! Everything would be remedied maroon So besides the 'Shroom and PC themselves, any other community things you like to focus on? navy Killing Game is a game that I absolutely adore. Shout-out to Fun with Despair for making a game that's easily my favorite of its kind maroon Oh? What interests you over, say, Mafia? navy I think it's the amount of freedom and creativity allowed. I still like Mafia plenty, don't get me wrong, but I would say I prefer inventing a murder than saying "I murder this person" navy The same creativity component feels into hosting, too. Sure, Mafia can have locations to build too, but nothing quite like a Killing Game mansion navy And I love coming up with role concepts, easily my favorite part. maroon I think it helps that KG, as an inherently more complex and time-consuming game, happens less often. maroon So there's not the burnout of eight Mafia games at once. navy Precisely. It also hasn't turned into the stale "I know how this Mafia player usually acts" because of that fact (at least yet), so there's no worry about an overwhelming metagame. maroon Except for the part where Certain People are certain to kill eventually. navy Well yeah, but nobody quite knows it yet, so :monokuma: maroon I'm looking forward to seeing how you act in the next KG you play.. whenever that may be. Preeetty glad it's not "right next day." navy We'll have to see what happens. If I can get Nitwit to atone for his sins against Ryan, I will maroon I can't believe Nitwit got you mislynched AND mislabeled as guilty. navy I hope the soap haunts him for as long as he lives maroon Speaking of community things, anyone in particular who's stood out on both the first and second runs? navy Heh, the names that spring to mine for my first run is a funny lot. You've got Rin and IceShadow, both of whom are, well... maroon Let's just say they're long gone for a reason. navy I'd say almost every active member of the community today is somebody I can point to, but again, it was specifically LB that got me here. There's you and Meta for all of the support, others I've collaborated with very closely like Raregold, Pitohui, and TPG, other members I've just become naturally close with like Star, Mfan, Chibiki, Shygul... I could keep going for a long time, but overall I feel like every person has impacted me navy positively in some way. maroon That's probably the best and most motivational answer I've ever gotten to that question! navy "You're meeting all of my standards!" maroon It's true! It's even scary. And I'm glad I've supported you in your return. navy It's been much appreciated in finding my position today. maroon So, I think we've finally covered your community time left to right to sideways. maroon Why not talk about Mario and other such games what you like? navy Absolutely! What little factoids are you looking for? maroon Well, what was your first video game? The one that started it all? navy Don't recall which one it was specifically, but I can confirm that the first console I ever owned was a Leap Frog! I had educational games based around Sonic, Ratatouille, Star Wars: The Clone Wars... Good times. navy For my first "real" console though, I played this NES/SNES hybrid we have called an FC Twin. maroon I have never heard of that, ever. Neat! maroon Is it official or bootleg? navy A quick Google search tells me that it is likely not official, since it was published by a company called Qishenglong and is classified as a "Famiclone" maroon That sounds Pretty Unofficial to me. maroon Still, if you had fun with it, that's what counts! navy Exactly! The first video games I really ever played were from this era. My mother had a rule that we had to start with the games she started with, then we could move up. So we played NES and SNES games, then PlayStation 2 for some reason, then we got the Wii maroon Good thing my mom didn't do that, considering there weren't even console games when she was growing up. navy Playing those sweet TurboGrafx 16 games, I see? maroon Ha, no, she was before that. Or arcades, even. Back in the days where people didn't have video games... navy That sounds completely unreasonable, I, as a member of Gen Z, refuse to believe life existed before technology maroon You got me, the world before 40 years ago was an elaborate ruse. maroon Lots and lots of paid actors. navy And fabricated historical documents. maroon So, since you now know The Truth, let's set it aside. What'd you think of the NES/SNES games? Any in particular stand out? navy I love those two era of games! Of course, I'm naturally inclined to like SNES games more, because of their higher quality, but the NES introduced me to Kirby through Kirby's Adventure, so that game's importance to me should go without saying. navy The SNES, meanwhile, has Super Mario World, one of my favorite games of all time, as well as A Link to the Past, Kirby's Dream Course, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse, Final Fantasy II (or whatever it actually is), Kirby's Dream Land 3... navy I'm probably missing a few but they're almost entirely spectacular. maroon I can't blame you for liking the SNES quality! It's part of why the good old Gamecube beats the N64 for me... that and I never played the N64 until much, much later. Such is life. navy Oh! Donkey Kong Country too, all of the games maroon Magical Quest was unexpected, though! One of those rare licensed games that was a quality game? navy Yes, actually! What's funny is that my cartridge has a very rare glitch where the second boss is entirely invisible, so it's far trickier than it's supposed to be, but otherwise the game is a blast maroon Just think of it as EXTRA CHALLENGE navy It certainly was an extra challenge trying to find any info on it online. maroon There's games I have like that. The licensed games from the depths of obscurity almost no one cares about... navy Anything like Garfield's Lasagna World Tour? maroon Not quite THAT weirdly obscure, navy What a wild, horrifying game that was maroon I take it that when I ask what your favorite games are, that's not one of them. navy You would be correct in that assumption maroon Any other games from post-SNES that really jumped out at you? navy I've got too many to count. The DS was my first portable system, so games like Pokemon SoulSilver, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, The Legendary Starfy, Scribblenauts, Animal Crossing: Wild World all stand out navy PS2 you've got classics like Ape Escape 2, Kingdom Hearts, Dance Dance Revolution, Simpsons Road Rage, LEGO Star Wars navy Wii brought us Super Mario Galaxy 2, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Mario Kart Wii, Smash Bros. Brawl, the Just Dance series, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Rayman Origins navy And then there's the more recent games, like Towerfall, Celeste, Shovel Knight, Kirby Planet Robobot, and Smash Ultimate navy That's not even accounting for scattered consoles like the GameCube maroon You're a guy with an eclectic taste, huh? navy I completely forgot Sonic Mania, Splatoon 2, and Undertale! Throw those in too navy I'll play just about anything, admittedly maroon And like it, it seems navy Oh, trust me, I've had some bad experiences too, but those primarily chalk up to bad licensed games maroon Tell me more. I always like hearing someone's bad stories! maroon Which probably sounds negative but a good bad story is worth the trip. navy Ever heard of M&M Beach Party? maroon No, and the name itself sounds terrifying. navy It was made somewhat famous by the Game Grumps. Easily the clunkiest game I've ever played. Skeeball is the only real functional, entertaining game out of six, and it's a glitchy mess navy Don't even get me started on volleyball maroon Hopefully all the good games you have played have blotted out the horrors. navy They don't exactly, but I have too many good memories regardless. maroon Like of, say, Doki Doki? navy Why, yes, how funny that you would mention it! maroon Yep! I'll have more to ask about it later, but I'm curious. maroon If you could pick only five games to talk about why you like them, what would they be? navy There are many that I can think of; a lot of them chalk down to just nostalgia stories, while the others are from a legitimate game standpoint. But if I had to pick five, I'd say Secret of Mana, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Celeste, Sonic Mania, and Doki Doki (what a shocker!) navy There are many other contenders though maroon Ha, trust me, I understand nostalgia stories. maroon If you don't mind sharing, I'd like to hear a short bit about why you like each one! navy If I could pick a sixth, it would probably be Ape Escape 2. navy Secret of Mana specifically isn't the best RPG I've ever played, but it really did pave a path for action RPG's like even Kingdom Hearts to follow. I have really fond memories of it, because my sister, my mom, and I all played three player coop and beat it together on the Wii Virtual Console. navy Kirby Super Star Ultra is a game I've poured hours into, everything from defeating the Arena to playing that one reflex minigame with the cards. It's the game that really got me hooked on Kirby, even after Kirby's Adventure, so I have to give it that. maroon But did you make sure to get every single video and true 100%? navy Heh, well, I can neither confirm or deny that. navy Celeste breaks the boundaries quite a bit from what I heard about it. I heard it was a hard platformer with heart, which is true, but it was far more than I was expecting. The gameplay and design was phenomenal, the soundtrack is gorgeous, and the story it tells is one I can relate to, and appreciate beyond words. I would say more, but spoilers! Definitely the best game of 2018 (that I played) navy Sonic Mania was my dive back into Sonic, as the only other classic Sonic game I had played at the time was 3 & Knuckles, and I was blown away. The creativity in both the new and old stages is awesome, and the visual presentation is spot on. And best of all, those sweet, sexy Tee Lopes tracks. Probably up there for my favorite video game soundtrack navy And finally, Doki Doki is a game that really changes expectations, even with the warning at the beginning. I can really appreciate the things it does and the boundaries it breaks, to create a fulfilling and terrifying experience. maroon Those are all pretty good reasons! And a good taste, considering I had a ton of fun with KSSU and enjoyed Doki Doki. maroon I really should play Celeste and Sonic Mania. navy Please do, both are fantastic. maroon Will do! maroon Speaking of video games, I do have a tangential question. maroon There's a few characters I've always associated with you (or recently always, like an entire year). I have the feeling you can guess a few, huh? navy Oh, I'm sure I can identify them. maroon So... what's your attachment to Roserade? It's a good Pokemon, and you clearly like it enough to name yourself a less-generic name for it. maroon Marioman1213 is... forgettable. navy I honestly don't remember why I picked Roserade way-back-when. But nowadays, at least, it's definitely my favorite Grass type Pokemon. Its design is this perfect balance of masculinity and feminity, and it's quite beautiful because of it. Roses are also my favorite flower, and physical theatre has found me with an attachment to masks, so it all really fell into place as it should. navy Otherwise, I think Roserade is a fairly distinctive name, but Rose is a very strong nickname that I prefer to go by with most of the community. maroon I always forget the mask association Roserade has, but I can see it pretty easily! maroon And yeah, I think of you as Rose usually and Roserade when it's a professional context. Says a lot. navy It's gotten to a strong enough point that even "irl" friends that I'm in servers with on Discord will call me by it navy So it's a pretty important name to me maroon Oh, nice! Kinda reminds me of how sometimes I'll think of myself as Perch interchangeably with my real name and a couple other handles. maroon It's a very solid identifier. navy I don't know if I've ever thought of myself as Rose outside of any online communities, but I'm sure it'll happen one day maroon It'll probably happen once you've gone by it for years and years. navy Already two years in, aren't I? maroon Yep! Just gotta do another ten. I hope you're ready to make that mistake in 2030! navy I mean, technically, I've been around seven years maroon Yeah, but we don't talk about the first few unless we're extorting the info out of you in the interview. navy Of course, my mistake maroon So, the other big character I really associate you with is... maroon I can't even think of a good meme joke, it's Monika navy Who else would it be but the Best Girl herself? maroon What gives her that shining, important status in your eyes? navy I think a whole lot of my admiration for her honestly came after duping her for Killing Game. But she's a really fascinating character. I don't know how much I can discuss without going full spoiler, because even if it's been a long-ass time since Doki Doki came out, I still want people to approach with fresh eyes if they haven't played it before. navy But let's just say that I find the position that she's in very interesting, and her actions are more endearing to me personally than anything else navy Even if they get a little... Crazy sometimes maroon Killing Game gave me my appreciation for Angie Yonaga, so I understand. maroon Well, one part I think you can talk about is her interest in poetry and writing, no? navy Oh, absolutely! I adore poetry, it's easily my favorite thing to write. I could gush for a really long time about it, but the simplest I can put it is that I adore how every single, minute detail you make, like how a single line is spaced, a word isolated, a comma used, is important. navy I also really like to be a leader, in terms of committees and such at my school and online, so I relate to that aspect of her as well. navy Also, I can say that you in Killing Game gave me appreciation for Angie maroon Basically, Monika is the perfect waifu and we need to make her real? navy I see no downside to this plan maroon What could possibly go wrong? maroon Anyhow, you liking to be a leader = laying the groundwork for next year am i right navy Well, I guess I have somebody else I'm romantically interested in, so I can't imagine that that would go Too Well navy Perhaps so :thinking: maroon I'm sure Monika would be willing to share and there is no way this plan could backfire navy She's pretty open like that, yeah maroon Besides Roserade and Monika, are there any other characters you feel REALLY attached to? navy There aren't many I connect to personally, but from a community standpoint, I feel pretty strongly associated with Rantarou Amami and Specter Knight. Both were a theme of mine at one point or another on the Boards, and Specter Knight especially has been solidified through TPG's Knights of No Quarter community artwork maroon Oh man, I remember Rantaro! DRV3 was the first one we ever fully completed. A good success. maroon I... am ashamed to admit I need to re-see TPG's art. navy I think if I were to have picked a v3 character now, Kokichi Oma would be my top pick. He's my Discord avatar, after all. But I understand that Turb has claim to him maroon Can't wait for V3 Theme Two, where everyone now does a different character maroon The days of Homestuck return. navy There's somebody else on the forums with Kokichi Oma right now, I think navy I'll duel them at dusk maroon Oh yeah, that person! I don't know them personally, which means they are not real navy Is that not how that works in all situations maroon Exactly. Good work becoming real by getting to know me, I'm sure it's better than the alternative navy I think that's a subjective statement, but I'll agree maroon Monika does give me a good springboard to ask - what interests do you have outside of things like the boards and video games? navy As I've mentioned before, writing is something I adore. I'm actually in the highest level writing class in my school. I'll mostly write poetry, but short stories aren't out of the realm of possibility maroon Feel free to gush about poetry and writing! maroon Just... not for TOO long. navy Nah, I think I've said all I need to about it for now. I can just cap it off by saying, in a very cliche manner, that I find it to be the most basic and elegant form of human communication. You can transport somebody to any time, moment, feeling experience, mind, all with a couple of lines. I try to make every piece of a poem I write mean something, and hopefully that reads well to others. navy (Or it doesn't, because I play with formatting so much it becomes a nightmare sometimes) navy Otherwise, I've been incredibly fortunate to get the opportunity to go to an arts middle-high school, and that is where I've found my other main interest: theatre. maroon Oh? That one feels newer, but I can see it. navy There's not a specific form of theatre I like. I've done everything from operetta musicals, to clown, to improv, to contemporary and Shakespeare and Commedia Dell'arte, and I've loved all of it navy There's something special about being onstage, and connecting and sharing with an audience, making them feel something navy That's something I want to do with all of the art I create: impact people maroon That's easy, just punch them in the face! maroon Now that's an impact! navy There are only three rules in physical theatre: Don't hurt yourself, don't hurt each other, don't hurt the audience navy I see you're intending on breaking at least one maroon Why not all three? navy That's what we, in the showbiz world, call a "liability" maroon Darn, that's a trouble. maroon Any chance we'll see a live performance of Mariowiki: The Play? navy If we can get the talent, the script, the space, and the budget, I'll get it all taken care of maroon I can provide exactly zero of those things. maroon Let's get it going! navy By sheer willpower and determination, it'll happen navy We can just raid a local theater maroon "Put your hands up! We only want the building! And an audience!" navy They'll just be the audience, it'll be great maroon I do gotta know, though: maroon Is this the last question? navy Shouldn't you know, if you're interviewing me? maroon Yeah, but that's why I gotta ask. maroon See if you know! navy Well, I figure I've got a 50/50 chance here, unless some real odd probability is at play, so I'm going to wager... Yes? maroon You got it! Good work. maroon Someday the answer will be Edge maroon but not today. navy Thank you for having me! It's been a really good time, and I'm happy I've been able to be here

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Poll Committee Discussion
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Hello, 'Shroom readers! Superchao here with that classic section you all know and love me for - Poll Committee Discussion! I really don't have any witty remarks to toss in here this time, but who cares, that's not why you read this. You read it for the polls!

Archives In recent Smash entries, third-party characters such as Sonic, Ryu, Simon, and Joker have become regular additions. How do you feel about this? ( and, January 13th, 2019)

Which of these Nintendo series with no games currently announced for the Switch would you like to see on the Switch? ( and, January 20th, 2019)

Metroid Prime 4 Delay ( and, January 27th, 2019)

Do you plan on buying Yoshi's Crafted World? (Da Red Toad and, February 3rd, 2019)

Analysis Unsurprisingly, people, well... like third-parties! They enjoy getting the chance to play as characters from other companies besides just Nintendo. There's an even split between people who are just "hey add more" and people who are "please add some more Nintendo characters too", though, which doesn't surprise me - if your favorite franchise was under-represented in Ultimate, and the DLC really is all third-parties, you don't have any choice but to hope for a Smash 6 to happen. What really interested me was how much of a support for non-game characters there was! I don't know if that's meme support for Goku And Friends, or real support for characters that people think should be, but either way, that's a solid fifth of our voters. You'll probably never get your wish thanks to Sakurai, but... who knows? ...Well, I didn't expect the winning poll entry to be F-Zero, but I'm very happy to see I'm not alone! That game could really use a nice revival, considering how long it's been. Second place being Pikmin is also unsurprising, considering that Miyamoto keeps saying "yep, Pikmin 4 is a thing" but then not saying anything more. Where is the info game-man? Mother in third is interesting, considering Itoi is on record as saying he won't make Mother 4, but I imagine the majority of the votes are from people who just FINALLY want Mother 3 legitimately. The other thing that surprises me is how few votes Star Fox got. Do we just have a lack of people who care for Star Fox over other franchises, or are people still stinging from Star Fox Zero? An interesting thought. An overwhelming amount of voters (an impressive 43.76%) feel that Nintendo's transparency and clarity on the reason for the delay is a good thing that helps make it easy to swallow. And I can't blame them - being upfront with "well, the game wasn't doing well, so we restarted" is far, FAR better than giving us pure radio silence as they've done sometimes. Now we know for a fact to not expect Metroid Prime 4 news for a while. Even with the people who are upset with the delay itself, most of them think that Nintendo went about it in the right way. There are a few outliers who think it's bad for one reason or another (and a large bloc who just aren't invested at all), but overall, the message I'm getting is that Nintendo being this clear about things in the future would be a very well-appreciated business decision. A surprisingly split opinion on this! While the plurality of voters plans to wait for the game and then get it, we've got a large chunk of people who are either getting it on release day or trying to. All told, we've got 46.67% of people who are already committed to buying the game one way or another, whether or not they have to wait. I was actually expecting more people to wait and see how the reviews turn out, as opposed to just the 14.05% doing so, but it seems Yoshi has sold enough people on his game from the previews. Even with the people not getting it, it's a relatively even split between those who are unsure and those who are sure they won't. Overall, this poll was a lot less of a clear answer than I thought it would be when we put it up to run.
 * In recent Smash entries, third-party characters such as Sonic, Ryu, Simon, and Joker have become regular additions. How do you feel about this?
 * Which of these Nintendo series with no games currently announced for the Switch would you like to see on the Switch?
 * This week, Nintendo announced the restarting of Metroid Prime 4 development with Retro Studios due to concerns over quality. How do you feel about this?
 * Do you plan on buying Yoshi's Crafted World?