The 'Shroom:Issue 171/Pipe Plaza
Director’s Notes
Hello to all the wonderful readers out there, and welcome to this month's edition of Pipe Plaza! I've just gotten back from my vacation in Minnesota! I don't know if any of you have ever been to the Mall of America before, but I swear that place keeps getting bigger and bigger every time I go... Also, don't try and walk the whole mall all in one go. It gets exhausting very quickly.
Onto important stuff! You'll notice that we've switched up the layout of our sections a bit, this is mainly an organizational thing! We put the sections that mainly have to do with the wiki together, and the ones of a more general info focus are all together as well. Don't worry, these are still the sections you know and love, they just might be in a different spot than you're used to. That being said, if you want to write your own Pipe Plaza section and see it among the ones we have now, it's never too late to send an application in! Just head over to the the sign up page for the info you need!
Oh, and Happy Pride Month!! Now go enjoy what we here in Pipe Plaza have in store for you this time around ^^
Section of the Month
| Pipe Plaza SECTION OF THE MONTH | ||||
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| Place | Section | Votes | % | Writer |
| 1st | What's in a Campaign? | 8 | 36.36% | Chester Alan Arthur |
| 2nd | Anniversary Announcements | 6 | 27.27% | Lakituthequick |
| 3rd | Forum Update | 2 | 9.09% | Hooded Pitohui |
| 3rd | Poll Committee Discussion | 2 | 9.09% | Luigi 64DD |
| 3rd | Mario Calendar | 2 | 9.09% | GPM1000 |
| 3rd | NIWA News | 2 | 9.09% | Alex95 |
NIWA News
Hello, everyone! Welcome to NIWA News, a section where I show the going ons with the wikis in our NIWA group within the last month!
Promotions
- WoomyMcBoomy, Squid400, and Dedf1sh07 were all promoted to the rank of Patroller on Inkipedia!
Other
- Ukikipedia has joined NIWA!
- Nookipedia has a new look! Zelda Wiki also has a new look, but that's a FANDOM thing.
Poll Committee Discussion
Written by: Power Flotzo (talk)
Hello everyone! It’s me, PF, here to bring you the Poll Committee Discussion for the month of June. Let’s sink our teeth into another analysis of the greatest polls to grace the MarioWiki’s front page!
Archives
Mario has only used F.L.U.D.D. in one Super Mario game. Would you like to see more games featuring Mario using F.L.U.D.D.? (winstein (talk) and Hooded Pitohui (talk), May 9th, 2021)
| Mario has only used F.L.U.D.D. in one Super Mario game. Would you like to see more games featuring Mario using F.L.U.D.D.?
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| I would like a new platformer with F.L.U.D.D. as the main mechanic, either as a follow-up to Super Mario Sunshine or another platformer. 50.23% (868 votes) |
| I would prefer a spin-off game that repurposes F.L.U.D.D. in a different way from Super Mario Sunshine. 17.94% (310 votes) |
| I would prefer Mario continue to receive companions or use inventions similar to but distinct from F.L.U.D.D. (e.g., Cappy) 14.47% (250 votes) |
| =I would settle for F.L.U.D.D. having a minor focus (e.g., Super Smash Bros. series) or for a reference (e.g., Super Mario Odyssey's Gushen). 11.86% (205 votes) |
| I prefer it if Mario stopped using F.L.U.D.D. in any capacity. 4.28% (74 votes) |
| I would like to see Mario and F.L.U.D.D paired together again, but only in non-game media. 1.22% (21 votes) |
| Total votes: 1,728 |
Should Nintendo use Donkey Kong (1981) as the basis of the anniversary celebrations for the Super Mario franchise over Super Mario Bros. (1985)? (winstein (talk) and Hooded Pitohui (talk), May 23rd, 2021)
| Should Nintendo use Donkey Kong (1981) as the basis of the anniversary celebrations for the Super Mario franchise over Super Mario Bros. (1985)?
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| It is fine to use Super Mario Bros. as a reference for the Super Mario franchise's anniversary, but there should also be official anniversary acknowledgements of the Super Mario franchise's origins in Donkey Kong. 40.25% (605 votes) |
| Super Mario Bros. should strictly be considered the start of the Super Mario franchise for anniversary purposes, but Donkey Kong should strictly be considered the anniversary of Mario as a character 26.68% (401 votes) |
| Nintendo should recognize Mario's Donkey Kong origins, and use the date of Donkey Kong's release as the only anniversary date for the Super Mario franchise. 14.44% (217 votes) |
| There is no need for official acknowledgement of Donkey Kong for anniversary purposes, but continued references to Donkey Kong in the Super Mario series are appreciated. 9.65% (145 votes) |
| Super Mario Bros. should be the only basis for anniversaries of Mario and the Super Mario franchise, and Donkey Kong should be considered separate from the Super Mario franchise. 8.98% (135 votes) |
| Total votes: 1,503 |
Analyses
Mario has only used F.L.U.D.D. in one Super Mario game. Would you like to see more games featuring Mario using F.L.U.D.D.?
According to the results of this poll, the majority of the voters (about half) would like F.L.U.D.D. to return as the main mechanic in a new platformer. Seeing as it has been almost two decades since Super Mario Sunshine (the game which established Mario wielding F.L.U.D.D.), I can see how many people want to relive the nostalgia of that game. Continuing from there, 18 percent want F.L.U.D.D. to return in a spin-off title, and 14 percent would rather have Mario team up with other companions similar to F.L.U.D.D., such as Cappy.
Should Nintendo use Donkey Kong (1981) as the basis of the anniversary celebrations for the Super Mario franchise over Super Mario Bros. (1985)?
Super Mario Bros., released in 1985, marks the debut of the Mario series, but Mario as a character debuted in 1981’s Donkey Kong. 40 percent of this poll’s voters are fine with using SMB as a reference point for the Mario series’ anniversary, while also wanting official acknowledgements of its origins in Donkey Kong. In second place, with nearly 27 percent of the votes, are those who want Super Mario Bros. to be considered the start of the franchise but use Donkey Kong as the anniversary of Mario as a character. 14 percent of people would rather have Nintendo recognize Mario’s origins in Donkey Kong and using it as the only anniversary date, paying no attention to SMB.
That’s all of the polls for this edition, so enjoy the rest of Pride Month, and make sure to tune in next month, when Hooded Pitohui (talk) is going to take over the Eleventh Poll Committee’s final Discussion!
Anniversary Announcements
Written by: Lakituthequick (talk)
- “I just reminded myself that Crowdsignal exists. My night is ruined.”
- —Lakituthequick (Talk Page · Forum Profile)
Hello and welcome to Anniversary Announcements! I have no fancy intro joke this time. I've been sick the past few days plus it was like 30 °C so, I guess that happened? I hope you're doing well though!
The Pentabros
Of course, the most important thing of all things! The polls have opened! Vote now! And don't forget to check out the community awards dossier as well!
You can vote once a week, so remember to return to the polls every seven days!
Tournaments
We're in the tournament season now! Let's have a look at currently scheduled tournaments.
Mario Awards Scribble Deathmatch
- Forum thread
- GBAToad
- 21 June
A scribbling contest inspired by games such as Pictionary, skribbl.io, and the drawing games from the The Jackbox Party Pack series, in which the players get eight hours to scribble to a given prompt. The catch being that a drawing can only contain black, white, and one colour of choice, and has to fit in a small square.
The game got as many as 32 sign-ups in under 12 hours, which overwhelmed just about everyone, including GBAToad.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Time Trials
- Forum thread
- Alex95
- 21 June through August
A continuation in a time trials series, this tournament has you race on a specified track in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and send in the time. As a single elimination game, the slowest time each round will be dropped, with as many rounds as it takes to only have one winning player remaining. Rounds last one week each.
Minecraft
- Forum thread
- Uniju
- 27 through 30 August
After being absent for a few years, Minecraft games are back again. Games are hosted on the MarioWiki server in a dedicated world, and includes classics such as Spleef and Capture the Flag, but also recreations of games such as Shine Runners and Apples to Apples, and originals such as Murderer and Payload.
Panel de Pon
Panel de Pon is an action puzzle game, where coloured blocks, that rise up from below the field, need to be aligned to make them disappear and earn points. It shares similarities with Tetris, but is a whole different game regardless.
The tournament takes shape in the form of a Round Robin format, where every player faces everyone else over the course of several rounds.
Super Mario Hint Hunt
- Forum thread
- The Pyro Guy
- 12 to 24 June
The sequel to a game previously hosted in 2018, cryptic hints are given for locations in Paper Mario: The Origami King and Super Mario Odyssey, of which participants have to take a screenshot in-game when solved and found and submitted privately to TPG.
Other games that are being planned are a Killing Game (Lakituthequick and Lord Bowser), and ideas for retro games (fantanoice) and a regular Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament are circling around as well.
Awards
In this part of Anniversary Announcements, I will list all awards that have been discussed, and changes made to them. This includes existing awards, completely new ones and removals, and the additions, removals and changes within each award.
This batch includes the second half of all awards, as well as some corrections made during the full review.
I also need to make note of an oversight I made last month regarding M5-7, involving its coverage and name. The table below reflects the changes to those as well.
Refer to this document for a full list of nominees.
