The 'Shroom:Issue 127/Fun Stuff

Staff Notes
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Oh, I see you've caught me not sitting on my butt and playing Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony all day (great game btw) and actually being productive. Who would've thought?

Anyway, hi there! We've got a great edition of Fun Stuff here for you, with not one, but two lovely sections returning to our team this issue! First off, we welcome to Fun Stuff and The 'Shroom in general! He'll be taking the reins of Picross from now on. We wish him the best with this exciting and fun section! Secondly,, who you may remember from Anniversary Announcements in Pipe Plaza, is joining us as well! He'll be taking over one of our favorite sections; It's aMAZEing! I strongly suggest playing these revamped classic sections along with the rest of our team!

Now, please excuse me while I bury myself deep underground in preparation for the incoming onslaught of Super Mario Odyssey spoilers. I'll see you in a month as a bag of bones with a fashionably long beard. Until then, enjoy this month's Fun Stuff and make sure to have a spooky scary Halloween!

Section of the Month Another win for FunkyK38 for Issue 126! MK's debut of KenKen also scored quite excellently! Congratulations to you both, and to the rest of the Fun Stuff team for your work!

Picross
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Heyo, everybody! This is my audition for (and, if all goes well, my first issue as the host of) the Picross slot for the 'Shroom! I was a huge fan of the slot when hosted it, and I figured I'd do my best to try to keep that picross heart a-beating! I figured I'd start out simple, but also give some neat little twists to the stuff you're used to. Also, note I don't really have difficulties, since I can't really judge which one is "easier" or "harder" compared to the puzzles ol' Pyro would make.

Anyhow, for this month, I decided to do something basic, but something that'd surely catch people's attentions. Our first puzzle is just a common item everyone knows, so let's go ahead and talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the elephant-sized Picross in the room! Around the time this will be posted if I'm approved, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions will be coming out sometime soon! I decided to theme the latter puzzle around this, but his mug was just too big for a regular 15x15 puzzle! Thusly, I decided to supersize it into a beefy 20x20 puzzle! It'll be a much bigger challenge, but I'm sure you can agree that adds variety, and makes a lot of sense when you consider who it finally is.

If you want to know how to play, simply take any program you can edit images with (MS paint is... more than an option), or even print it out if you're so inclined, and you can shade in the symbols. As for the rules...
 * Each number on a given row or column (which are referred to as "hints" in Picross) Represents a line of filled-in squares (or tiles/cells, as I prefer calling them) on that particular row or column; for instance, a row starting with "3" would have a row of three filled-in squares with no white/blank squares inbetween them.
 * There can be multiple lines in a single column, however. (For example, a row of 7, then a row of 4. In this case, there'd be 7 in a row, then a gap, then a row of 4.)
 * A gap between two "rows" is defined as one white/blank square between two rows.
 * Each square is filled with either black or white. You can fill the white squares you know of with a different color, such as gray, to keep track easier.
 * It's way, was easier to start off with rows that have few gaps, and ESPECIALLY easier to start with rows with large numbers.
 * I recommend playing Pokemon Picross on the 3DS (it's free, yo!); the tutorial will explain things a lot better than I ever could.

Alright! Here come the puzzles!

Find the Differences
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Greetings, 'Shroom readers! This is Lord Bowser here with a new edition of Find the Differences for you all! To celebrate the release of Super Mario Odyssey, I'll be using some artwork from it this month!

Here is the original picture...



...and here is the edited version.



There are 10 differences total here. Answers are located in the box below, but no cheating! Good luck, and I hope you enjoy playing Odyssey!

It's aMAZEing
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Good day people, and welcome to Anniversary Anno.. oh wait, wrong section... Hi everyone, and welcome to this month's It's aMAZEing! Which is also my first maze! I'll be continuing a legend set by.

To celebrate the release of Super Mario Odyssey in less than a week after this edition of The 'Shroom, this months's maze is Cappy!

Do you have an idea for a maze you'd like to see? Leave a message on my talkpage 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:
 * 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 though the maze from start to finish
 * Zoom in and out as needed



To view the answer, click here!

Go With the Flow
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Hey! It's me again, this time here with Go With the Flow! I hope you enjoyed last month's debut edition, and I'm hoping you'll like these new ones even more!

How to Play:
 * Copy and paste the grids below into any drawing program.
 * Connect the same-colored dots with each other with paths.
 * Paths cannot cross over one another!
 * You must also fill up the entire grid with paths.
 * Check your answers in the spoiler boxes, but no cheating!
 * Some grids may have multiple solutions, so don't worry if yours isn't the same as the provided solution!

12x12 (Hard)


Thanks for playing, and stick around next month for more!

Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego?
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"Gumshoe, we have an emergency! Mario's newest pal, Cappy, has been kidnapped! Cappy and Mario were set to take the the world by storm in their cap-shaped spaceship when the someone swiped him! We've got our eyes on one of Carmen's cronies, the Blasphemous Bullet Bill! You need to find Cappy before Mario sets out on his new adventure- he can't conquer the colorful worlds around him without his new friend! There's a lot riding on this investigation, cadet, so get to work!"

Quiz
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Howdy 'Shroom readers, welcome to the spoooooky Quiz! It's spookier than all the other Fun Stuff sections because it has more o's. As you may have figured out from the name, this is a section where I quiz your Mario knowledge.

Easy
 * 1) Who never accompanies Mario into Ghost Houses in Super Mario World?
 * 2) How do you defeat Roger the Potted Ghost in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island?
 * 3) What is the haunted house track in Mario Kart 8 called?

Medium
 * 1) How many Portrait Ghost are in Luigi's Mansion?
 * 2) What enemy is pictured right?
 * 3) True or false: Music from the Tetris series appears on the Luigi's Mansion stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

Hard
 * 1) Which Vincent van Gogh painting was the inspiration of the background in Painted Swampland?
 * 2) What are the names of the Three Sisters in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon?
 * 3) What is the first haunted house level in Super Mario 3D World?

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