The 'Shroom:Issue 123/Pipe Plaza

Super Mario Odyssey
Developer	Nintendo EPD
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo Switch
Release dates	October 27, 2017; Holiday 2017; Holiday 2017; Holiday 2017;
Genres	Platformer, Action-adventure
ESRB:	- Everyone
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

Director’s Notes

Written by: Yoshi876 (talk)

Hello readers! As I'm sure you've noticed by now, we've gone all Wario themed for this issue. Now, believe it or not, but Wario plays a big part in Pipe Plaza, mainly because he's currently stuck in one of the pipes, and we've been unable to get him out. I do apologise that this is slightly later than usual, but sadly I haven't had a lot of time to work on this this month. I was either doing a work experience placement, or trapped in a place with no internet, which for a 21st century kid is a fate worse than death!

Sadly, our second favourite Yoshi has retired from The 'Shroom. Paper Yoshi (talk) has a great asset to the paper, and we must remember how he ran Pipe Plaza very well for many years. He was great contributor, boss, and most importantly friend. We had a small banter when we co-edited together, and I wish him the very best in life. He will be sorely missed from our pages.

We may not have gotten as much votes as we did last month, but we still got plenty of votes in our Polls have opened for favourite sub-team, so do remember to vote Pipe Plaza. We were within inches of second place last time, let's aim for there before we begin trying to take down Fake News, I know we can do it.

Section of the Month

Pipe Plaza SECTION OF THE MONTH
Place	Section	Votes	%	Writer
1st	Anniversary Announcements	8	36%	Lakituthequick
2nd	Poll Committee Discussion	7	32%	GSYoshi
3rd	Retro Feature	3	14%	Yoshi876

Recent news on the Featured Articles.
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A helpful tip for wiki editors.
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The month gone by in promotions and proposals.
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All of the new articles created in the past month.
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Managing to look at an E3 game, and send in on time, Alex95, I doff my cap to you.
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The news about the Poll Committee.
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A trip back in The 'Shroom's past.
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All the latest writers and all the milestones of the current ones.
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The ongoings of the Mario Awards.
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Featured

Written by: Yoshi876 (talk)

Hello 'Shroom readers and welcome back to another edition of Featured, the only place this side of the Mario Wiki where you'll get news about the Mario Wiki Featured Articles. It wasn't as hectic as it was last month, but give it time readers... give it time.

Featured Articles

One new articles has been featured in the past month.

Banzai Bill was featured on 23 May 2017.

Re-Featured Articles

No new articles have become re-featured.

FA Nominations

There are no ongoing Featured Article Nominations.

Failed FA Nominations

No new articles have failed the featuring process.

Unfeatured Articles

No new articles have been unfeatured in the past month.

Unfeaturing Nominations

There are two ongoing Unfeature nominations.

Culex was nominated on 22 May. The article was nominated because of padding. Length has been brought up, and this has devolved into a discussion about the length of Featured Articles.
Mario Party 9 was nominated on 1 June. The article was nominated due to a poor critical reception section, a poor minigame section, and other sections missing information.

Failed Unfeaturing Nominations

No new articles have failed the unfeaturing process in the past month.

Thanks for reading see you next month, for more Featured Articles news.

Tip of the Month

Written by: FunkyK38 (talk)

Something that can be confusing to new members of the Wiki is the Proposals page. Have an idea to propose and not sure where to put it? If it's a small edit, like moving a page or merging two pages together, then you can put it on the Talk page of the article you wish to alter. You can keep track of the deadlines for these type of proposals on the list of Talk page proposals on the main Proposals page. Want to suggest a major change that can alter the way the Wiki works? That's the type of thing to put on the main Proposals page, under the category that it fits best.

Community Report

Written by: LudwigVon (talk)

Welcome to Community Report! It shows our the latest goings-ons around the Super Mario Wiki – the promotions, the demotions, the recently passed and ongoing proposals.

(credit to Shokora (talk) for previously developing this coded table system and to Crocodile Dippy (talk) for the alterations made)

PROMOTIONS AND DEMOTIONS
AFFECTED USER	PREVIOUS RANK	CURRENT RANK	PROMOTER/DEMOTER	DATE
None

RECENT PROPOSALS
PROPOSER	SUMMARY	OUTCOME	DEADLINE
Toadette the Achiever (talk)	Either merge {{Yoshi forms}} into {{Yoshis}}, or remove the transformation section from {{Yoshis}}. A proposal to merge {{Yoshi forms}} into {{Yoshis}}, or to remove the transformation section from {{Yoshis}}. The proposer argues that these two navigation templates are confusing and it seems that {{Yoshis}} is mainly focused on providing navigation between different-colored Yoshis, not necessarily different Yoshi transformations.	0-15-0 (read more)	June 3, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)

RECENT TALK PAGE PROPOSALS
PROPOSER	SUMMARY	OUTCOME	DEADLINE
Alex95 (talk)	Split the Super Mario Galaxy Mecha-Bowser section from the rest of the Mecha-Bowser information. A proposal to split the Super Mario Galaxy Mecha-Bowser section. The proposer argues that the two Mecha-Bowsers (Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy) are similar in name only.	2-2-11 (read more)	May 15, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)
Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	Split Archive page by year. A proposal to split the Proposal's Archive page by year. The proposer argues that MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive is getting long and going to the page with a cleared browser cache, it takes a few seconds to process the page.	3-4 (read more)	May 27, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)
Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	Override Previous Proposal Outcome for List of references in video games Split A proposal to override the previous Proposal Outcome for List of references in video games with ABC Order Split. The proposer argues that he think this will be a better way to approach splitting a list like this	4-7 (read more)	May 29, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)
Byllant (talk)	Rename Minecraft: Wii U Edition to Minecraft. A proposal to rename Minecraft: Wii U Edition to Minecraft. The proposer argues that with the release of the Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition, it seems very unsettling that the page title still only acknowledges the Wii U Edition and that we should treat both versions equally.	19-1 (read more)	May 31, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)
Digibutter (talk)	Rename Luigi Mansion Arcade to Luigi's Mansion Arcade A proposal to rename Luigi Mansion Arcade to Luigi's Mansion Arcade. The proposer argues that this would make it consistent with most articles describing games on this wiki. The proposer argues that it has also been released outside Japan.	VETOED BY THE ADMINISTRATORS (read more)	June 9, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)

ONGOING PROPOSALS
PROPOSER	SUMMARY	LINK	DEADLINE
Time Turner (talk)	Remove the eleventh featured article/list standard A proposal to remove the eleventh featured article/list standard: "[An article must] be of reasonable length and not marked as a stub.". The proposer argues that it is too vague to be of any practical use, and it would be difficult to use our current featured articles for comparison since they have wildly different sizes.	7-8 (read more)	June 18, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)

ONGOING TALK PAGE PROPOSALS
PROPOSER	SUMMARY	LINK	DEADLINE
Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	Repurpose {{more media}} Template. A proposal to repurpose the {{more media}} template. The proposer argues that there is some potential for this to be reused once again and that a lot of games are lacking media catalogs. The proposer also argues that we should revitalize this unused template, but mainly use it for main game pages missing such files.	8-1 (read more)	June 24, 2017, 23:59 (UTC)

NOTE:All stats and figures included in this section were correct as of June 11th.

That's all for this issue of Community Report. See you again next month.

New Articles

Written by: LudwigVon (talk)

Hello! Welcome to New Articles. I’m here with an up to date about all the new articles created within the past month. So, we got plenty of new articles this month and that’s great. Be sure to keep in mind Super Mario Wiki’s Manual of Style when you create an article.

Article	Creator	Date	Description
Feel Fuzzy, Get Clingy	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 15	The sixth level of World 6 in Yoshi's Woolly World.
Archy (fire)	Super Radio (talk)	May 16	An enemy from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Pentabros	TheFlameChomp (talk)	May 16	A group consisting of three Juggler Bros. and two Circus Bros. that appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash.
1-Up DX	Niiue (talk)	May 18	A type of 1-Up Mushroom found in the Mario & Luigi series.
Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 18	The seventh level of World 6 in Yoshi's Woolly World.
Blue Switch (disambiguation)	Alex95 (talk)	May 19	A disambiguation page for subjects named Blue Switch.
Boohind Lock and Key	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 19	The third level of World 5 in Super Mario Run.
Scoria	The Bottomless Vacuum (talk)	May 21	A character who appeared in Super Paper Mario.
Kimberlite	The Bottomless Vacuum (talk)	May 21	A character who appeared in Super Paper Mario.
Electrified Anemone	Super Radio (talk)	May 21	An underwater creature in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Giant Spiked Nut	Super Radio (talk)	May 21	A fruit that can damage the Kongs in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
King Bowser's Castle (Yoshi's Woolly World)	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 22	A level that involves a battle against Baby Bowser in Yoshi's Woolly World.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle	Paper Jorge (talk)	May 23	An upcoming game for the Nintendo Switch.
Skeleton Goonies' Lava Lair	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 23	The special level of World 6 in Yoshi's Woolly World.
Rabbid	Paper Jorge (talk)	May 23	A species of rabbits, originating from Ubisoft's Rayman franchise.
Gleam Glacier 6-7	Yoshi876 (talk)	May 24	The seventh level of Gleam Glacier, a world in Super Princess Peach.
Gleam Glacier 6-8	Yoshi876 (talk)	May 24	The eighth level of Gleam Glacier, a world in Super Princess Peach.
World 6 (Yoshi's Woolly World)	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 24	The sixth world of Yoshi's Woolly World.
Gleam Glacier 6-9	Yoshi876 (talk)	May 24	The ninth level of Gleam Glacier, a world in Super Princess Peach.
Rings of Fire!	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 25	The fourth and final level of World 5 in Super Mario Run.
Wonderful World of Wool	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 25	The only level of Craft Island in Yoshi's Woolly World.
Cat Mario's Course	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 27	An Event Course in Super Mario Maker.
Cat Peach's Course	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 27	An Event Course in Super Mario Maker.
Ship Love	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	May 28	An Event Course in Super Mario Maker.
World 7-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 29	The Tower level of World 7 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 7-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 29	The Castle level of World 7 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-2 (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 29	The second level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-Tower (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 30	The third level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-3 (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 30	The fourth level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 30	The fifth level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 30	The sixth level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-6 (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 31	The eighth level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-7 (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	May 31	The ninth level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 8-Tower 2 (New Super Mario Bros.)	Lord Bowser (talk)	June 1	The second tower level of World 8 in New Super Mario Bros..
World 7-Tower	Mario jc (talk)	June 1	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Tower level of the seventh world in a game.
World 7-7	Mario jc (talk)	June 1	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the seventh level of the seventh world in a game.
World 8-Tower	Mario jc (talk)	June 1	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Tower level of the eighth world in a game.
World 6-Castle	Mario jc (talk)	June 1	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Castle level of the sixth world in a game.
World 7-Castle	Mario jc (talk)	June 1	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Castle level of the seventh world in a game.
World 5-Ghost House	Mario jc (talk)	June 2	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Ghost House level of the fifth world in a game.
World 6-Ghost House	Mario jc (talk)	June 2	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Ghost House level of the sixth world in a game.
World 7-Ghost House	Mario jc (talk)	June 2	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Ghost House level of the seventh world in a game.
World 4-Airship	Mario jc (talk)	June 2	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Airship level of the fourth world in a game.
World 6-Airship	Mario jc (talk)	June 2	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Airship level of the sixth world in a game.
World 5-Airship	Mario jc (talk)	June 2	A disambiguation page for subjects that refer to the Airship level of the fifth world in a game.
World 1-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)	Lord Bowser (talk)	June 2	The fourth level of Grass Land in Super Mario Bros. 3.
World 1-Fortress (Super Mario Bros. 3)	Lord Bowser (talk)	June 2	The fortress level of Grass Land in Super Mario Bros. 3.
World 1-6 (Super Mario Bros. 3)	Lord Bowser (talk)	June 2	The seventh level of Grass Land in Super Mario Bros. 3.
World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)	Lord Bowser (talk)	June 3	The first level of Desert Land in Super Mario Bros. 3.
Bulb Berry's Purple Coin Glow	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 3	the second mission of the Sweet Mystery Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Giddy Sky 7-7	Yoshi876 (talk)	June 4	The seventh level of Giddy Sky, a world in Super Princess Peach.
Giddy Sky 7-8	Yoshi876 (talk)	June 4	The eighth level of Giddy Sky, a world in Super Princess Peach.
Giddy Sky 7-9	Yoshi876 (talk)	June 4	The ninth level of Giddy Sky, a world in Super Princess Peach.
List of Super Mario World media	Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	June 4	A list of media files for the game Super Mario World.
Land of Spikes	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 5	The first level of World 6 and the twenty-first level overall in Super Mario Run.
List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island media	Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	June 5	A list of media files for the game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Delfino Airstrip Dilemma	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 5	The first episode of Delfino Airstrip in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coins of the Airstrip	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 5	The second episode of Delfino Airstrip in Super Mario Sunshine.
Father and Son Shine!	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 5	The only episode of Corona Mountain in Super Mario Sunshine.
Switch Ghost House	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 6	The second level of World 6 in Super Mario Run.
World 6 (Super Mario Run)	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 6	The sixth world of Super Mario Run.
GO! Ketsu Wario	Toad Titan (talk)	June 7	A manga gag strip created by Akira Yamanaka and published in Dengeki Nintendo DS magazine from September 2008 to August 2011.
Owl (disambiguation)	Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	June 8	A disambiguation page for subjects that may refer to Owl.
Super Mario Challenge Coins	Time Turner (talk)	June 8	A series of challenge coins produced by the merchandise company Enterplay.
Skate	Alex95 (talk)	June 9	A move used by various characters in the Mario franchise.
Throwing It All Overboard	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 9	The third level of World 6 in Super Mario Run.
Mercedes-Benz Jump'n'Drive	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 9	An Event Course in Super Mario Maker.
List of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars media	Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	June 9	A list of media files for the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
Red Coins in the Sand Castle	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 9	The bonus ninth episode of Gelato Beach in Super Mario Sunshine.
Sandy Shine Sprite	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 9	The bonus tenth episode of Gelato Beach in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coins in the Cannon	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 9	The bonus ninth episode of Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coins in the Yoshi-Go-Round	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 9	The bonus tenth episode of Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coins in Boo's Big Mouth	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 10	The bonus ninth episode of Sirena Beach in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coin Winnings in the Casino	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 10	The bonus tenth episode of Sirena Beach in Super Mario Sunshine.
A Golden Bird	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 10	The bonus ninth episode of Noki Bay in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coins on the Half Shell	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 10	The bonus tenth episode of Noki Bay in Super Mario Sunshine.
Red Coin Chucksters	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 10	The bonus ninth episode of Pianta Village in Super Mario Sunshine.
Soak the Sun	Toadette the Achiever (talk)	June 10	The bonus tenth episode of Pianta Village in Super Mario Sunshine.
List of Mario Party media	Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	June 11	A list of media files for the game Mario Party.
List of Super Mario Sunshine media	Wildgoosespeeder (talk)	June 11	A list of media files for the game Super Mario Sunshine.

Upcoming Game

Written by: Alex95 (talk)

Greetings, everyone, and holy dang that E3! So many awesome games revealed and shown off this past week, from another Warriors game, AM2R Returns, Go, Go, Stretchy Arms, more of the anime Pokémon fights, and, of course, the main event staring the big man himself, Super Mario Galaxy 3! Please note that I love all these games and I'm poking fun at them because I love them.

We got little tidbits of Super Mario Odyssey after its initial reveal with the Nintendo Switch back in October, but E3 hit us hard with a bunch of new information! Firstly, if you didn't already know, Odyssey aims to bring back the platforming days of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. What that means is that the worlds are large and have several different things in it with multiple areas to explore, unlike Super Mario Galaxy's broken up planets with linear progress. Whether that's your cup of tea or not is entirely up to you. However, while the game may be based on the one that helped shape the 3D platforming industry, it also looks like something entirely new.

You can be a freaking T-Rex!

Let's take a look at Mario's newest ability in Odyssey: possessing creatures and objects! Want Mario to become a Goomba? You can! Want Mario to become a taxi? You can! Want Mario to become a tyrannosaurus rex? You absolutely can! Mario's newest ally, called Cappy, allows Mario to possess a majority of the living creatures or inanimate objects in the worlds to help solve puzzles or to simply get to where he needs to go. Not sure how far to an extent this newfound ability can go (I'm guessing you can't possess Bowser, for example), but it certainly opens up new horizons.

Also, there are evil rabbits.

Cappy can be used for more than just taking control of unwilling subjects, he can be helpful in platforming and battles, too! Throwing him will cause him to act like a boomerang, reaching a set distance then returning to Mario, damaging any enemies in his path. He can also be held in mid-air and act as a supporting platform, or to use to collect Coins. That's one cool cap! He can also be thrown using the motion controls, which effects how he performs! One more feature of Cappy's, that also extends to Mario himself, are various costumes. Purchasing them with the currency found in each respective world and going back to your giant cap spaceship to change will give our heroes a different look, without affecting their abilities at all. ...As far as we know, anyway. That may change between now and the time the game is released. The game is also compatible with amiibo, which will unlock other outfits, possibly at random. There will also be three more amiibo based on the formal attire of Mario, Peach, and Bowser (add that to the new Metroid and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions amiibo and, well, there goes my nonexistent paycheck).

From damsel in distress to toy aficionado to lead singer and mayor of the city named after her captor, Pauline's come a long way.

Let's-a go!

Speaking of the giant cap spaceship, that appears to be Mario's main method of getting around. Sometime after Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach and forces her to marry him (again), Mario meets up with Cappy, who I assume provides Mario with the ship he needs. But the ship appears to missing some fuel and is currently resting in New Donk City. Can you guess what power source that is? Well, if you guessed Power Stars, you'd be wrong. Instead, the primary collectables appear to be called Power Moons. They act in mostly the same way, except it appears that instead of getting forced out of the level, there's a certain number to collect in each world you can collect all in one go! That'll make things go by faster. There's a certain number of Power Moons that are needed to be collected before you can go on to another world, as only by collecting enough of them can you actually power the ship and cause it to go anywhere. The worlds, by the way, are large. Very large. The apparent hub world of New Donk City (which is apparently run by none other than Mario's original love interest, Pauline) is full of buildings, the desert is frozen over, and the forest is full of construction drones.

Thoughts

A lot of new info was dropped during E3, and it just makes me want to play this game more! While it was developed based on Super Mario 64 rather than Super Mario Galaxy, it appears to be more of a mixture of both (kinda like how Super Mario 3D Land was a mixture of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Bros. 3). Assuming I can get a Nintendo Switch by then, I'll definitely pick up this game when it releases in October, or I can get the inevitable Switch bundle that could release then or during Christmas. Until next time! I'll leave you with this disturbing image.

Poll Committee Discussion

by Lord Bowser (talk)

Greetings, 'Shroom readers! This is Lord Bowser here with a new edition of Poll Committee Discussion! ~~I was so close to being able to dodge writing this section entirely, but Andymii forced me to at gunpoint. Note to self: never mess with a Mii...~~

Poll Committee News

This month is June, which means it's time to elect the new Poll Committee Chairperson! The election details may be found here. Good luck to everyone running! This time of year additionally means the term of the seventh Poll Committee will soon be coming to a close. While my time in the Poll Committee this year was short, it was definitely a fun experience and I would be much more than willing to be a part of it again. I wish the best of luck to all of the committee members for the next term!