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Community Awards Dossier
Written by: Waluigi Time (talk), Hooded Pitohui (talk), and The 'Shroom Staff
Hello, readers of The 'Shroom! In collaboration with the Awards Committee, we're once again proud to present the Community Awards Dossier for the Community Awards XIX. Whether you've voted for ten years in a row or this is your first year voting, we ask that you please read the following paragraphs to learn about how Community Awards voting works.
Here, you'll find detailed information on all of the nominees for this year's Community Awards XIX. The Community Awards recognize and celebrate users for their contributions across our different venues, including the wiki, the forum, The 'Shroom, and other community spaces. The Community Dossier offers summaries and links so that readers may refresh their memories of the nominees and their contributions. Please read the presented information and follow the links before placing your votes, and, when viewing images, please remember to click them to view them at a larger size.
The Community Awards polls will be open for only one week, closing at the end of the 26th of June. As you only have one week to vote, you will be able to cast up to four votes at once in any given poll. You may cast these votes in any way you please. If you only want to cast one vote on a given poll, or three votes on a given poll, for instance, you are able to do that. Just remember, once you cast your votes, you will not be able to recast them, so make sure you check all the nominees you want to cast a vote for before you submit your votes!
The winners of these polls will be announced in this year's Awards Ceremony on August 14th. We hope to see you there!
C1. Favorite Active 'Shroom Writer
This award recognizes the efforts of writers who have regularly contributed sections to The 'Shroom in the past awards cycle, from last June through to this past May. Though some writers have extensive histories with The 'Shroom, their submissions within the past year should be the primary consideration for this award.
| Writer | Description |
|---|---|
| Anton (talk) | First wrote Dear Anton in Issue LXXXVII (87). |
| Currently writes Anton's Half-Baked Reviews in Critic Corner. | |
| Has written 10 sections this cycle, winning seven SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| BBQ Turtle (talk) | First wrote Anagrams in Issue 128. |
| Currently writes Anagrams in Fun Stuff. | |
| Has written 13 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Boo1268 | First wrote The Spectral Lens in Issue 205. |
| Currently writes The Spectral Lens in Fake News. | |
| Has also written Elemental Enemies in Critic Corner in this cycle. | |
| Has also co-written or been a guest writer on Dry Dry Data, The Ghostly Dossier, Star Ratings, The Sorcery Show, and Shmaluigi, Private Investigator in this cycle. | |
| Has also written various guest sections this cycle, including News Flush in Fake News, Criminal Case Files in Fun Stuff, Community Art and various story sections in Palette Swap, Dry Bowser Data in Pipe Plaza, ANOTHER Top 13 Spooky Halloween Songs in Critic Corner, Poltergeist Playthrough in Strategy Wing, and Curse of the Lich Yard. | |
| Has written 45 sections this cycle, winning seven SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Camwoodstock (talk) | First wrote Picross in Issue 127. |
| Currently writes To-Do Tracker in Pipe Plaza. | |
| Has also written A Review of SMLWiki.com as a guest section in this cycle. | |
| Has written 13 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| ClawgripFan9001 | First wrote Sport Report in Issue 185. |
| Currently writes Cooking Guide in Fake News, and Sport Report: The Movie, Die WAH With A Vengeance!, and Diddy Kong Country in Palette Swap. | |
| Has also written various guest sections within this cycle, including Close Encounters of the Shroom Kind, News Flush, and Sport Report in Fake News, and co-wrote To Overthrow a King and Captain Clawgrip's Adventure! in Palette Swap. | |
| Has also written a series of Waluigi-themed sections celebrating Waluigi's 25th anniversary through 2025, followed by a series of Diddy Kong-themed sections in 2026. | |
| Has also joined as a guest writer or co-writer on Dry Dry Data. | |
| Has written 42 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Cloudwalker (talk) | First wrote Studying Abroad in Issue 208. |
| Currently writes Dry Dry Data in Fake News. | |
| Has also co-written Mavero the Hammer Bro's Revenge and When Sparks Fly! in Palette Swap as a guest section in this cycle. | |
| Has written 12 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| FunkyK38 (talk) | First co-wrote Brawl Tactics in Issue XXXII (32), later joining as a regular writer of Brawl Tactics, Sprite of the Month, and Tip of the Month in Issue XXXVI (36). |
| Currently writes Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego? in Fun Stuff and Graphic Novel Review/Book Review in Critic Corner. | |
| Has written 20 sections this cycle, winning one SOTM award. | |
| Sample section. | |
| GoldGal64 (talk) | First wrote The Ghostly Dossier in Issue 218. |
| Currently writes The Ghostly Dossier in Fake News. | |
| Has written 7 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Hint Toad (talk) | First wrote Mushroom Kingdom Comics! in Issue 220. |
| Currently writes Mushroom Kingdom Comics! in Palette Swap. | |
| Has written 12 sections this cycle, winning six SOTM awards. | |
| Sample image (Dark mode variant). | |
| Hooded Pitohui (talk) | First wrote Mario's Boombox in Issue 124. |
| Currently co-writes Fungal Forager's Field Guide in Fake News, and writes Four Steps for a 3D World, Pitohui's Pokémon Academy, and The Tattle Log in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has also co-written Mushroom Tribune in Fake News and written An Octet Gazette in Strategy Wing in this cycle. | |
| Has also co-written Bite-Sized Interview in Fake News and written Screenshot of the Month in Palette Swap as guest sections in this cycle. | |
| Has written 60 sections this cycle, winning five SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Legend 8 | First wrote The Sorcery Show in Issue 200. |
| Currently writes The Sorcery Show and Pyro Invents Stuff in Fake News. | |
| Has also co-written Mavero the Hammer Bro's Revenge in Palette Swap as a guest section this cycle. | |
| Has written 19 sections this cycle, winning one SOTM award. | |
| Sample section. | |
| MCD (talk) | First wrote Fake TV and co-wrote Fake Characters in Issue XLII (42). |
| Currently writes 'Shroom FM in Critic Corner. | |
| Has written 6 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Ninja Squid (talk) | First wrote Community Report in Issue 106. |
| Currently writes Musical Quiz in Fun Stuff. | |
| Has also joined as a co-writer on Shmaluigi, Private Investigator. | |
| Has written 18 sections this cycle, winning seven SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Roserade (talk) | First wrote Challenger Approaching! in Issue 122. |
| Currently writes Connections in Fun Stuff and Killing the Killing Game Roles in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has also written An Investigations Retrospective as a guest section and been a co-writer on Shmaluigi, Private Investigator in this cycle. | |
| Has written 23 sections this cycle. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Shoey (talk) | First wrote Trivia in Issue LIX (59). |
| Currently co-writes Fungal Forager's Field Guide in Fake News, and writes Digital News in Fake News, Trivia in Fun Stuff, What's in a Campaign? in Pipe Plaza, A Look at Mario Enemies Lost to Time in Critic Corner, and So You Want to Romance the Three Kingdoms? in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has also co-written Mushroom Tribune in Fake News, and written Police Blotter in Fake News and Word Search in Fun Stuff in this cycle. | |
| Has also written various guest sections in this cycle, including News Flush and Overlook Mountain Auction House Presents in Fake News, Random Image of the Month in Palette Swap, Shoey's Shoetacular Reviews in Critic Corner, and Fading Into Obscurity in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has written 60 sections this cycle, winning four SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Sparks (talk) | First wrote Movie Review in Issue 203. |
| Currently writes Pixel Personas in Fun Stuff, Random Video Analysis in Palette Swap, and Brothership Boss Battle Guide and An Overly Detailed and Funny Walkthrough of Mega Man in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has also written various guest sections in this cycle, including Shop Scout and News Flush in Fake News, The Triple A Gang Rob the Mushroom Kingdom Bank in Palette Swap, The History of Cozy Glow in Pipe Plaza, Kingdom Rush Alliance DLC Review - Wukong's Journey in Critic Corner, BE A BIG SHOT! and Respect for Tinder (the dragon) in Strategy Wing, and Sparks Tier List. | |
| Has also joined as a guest writer or co-writer on Dry Dry Data. | |
| Has written 79 sections this cycle, winning eleven SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| TheBlueCatMenace | First wrote The Sunshine Travel Guide in Issue 196. |
| Currently writes The Sunshine Travel Guide in Fake News. | |
| Has also written News Flush in Fake News and Welcome To Cosmo Kart, and been a co-writer on Mavero the Hammer Bro's Revenge and Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure! in Palette Swap as guest sections in this cycle. | |
| Has written 18 sections this cycle, winning six SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Waluigi Time (talk) | First wrote Mushroom Kingdom Smackdown in Issue 166. |
| Currently writes Hiding Koopa in Fun Stuff and Waluigi Time Comic and Shmaluigi, Private Investigator in Palette Swap. | |
| Has also written Dear Waluigi Time in Fake News and The 'Shroom Report in Pipe Plaza in this cycle. | |
| Has also written various guest sections in this cycle, including News Flush and Weather Forecast in Fake News, Criminal Case Files in Fun Stuff, Too Bad, Storytime! in Palette Swap, The Lost Winners of the Mario Awards and Bonus Bonus Stars in Pipe Plaza, Paper Mario Boss Ranking in Critic Corner, and Rising From Obscurity in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has written 84 sections this cycle, winning eight SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| winstein (talk) | First wrote Drawn and Pressed in Issue 156. |
| Currently writes The ? Panel in Palette Swap. | |
| Has written 12 sections this cycle, winning five SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. | |
| Zange (talk) | First wrote Hot Pot Reviews in Issue 142. |
| Currently writes A Section of Muppetational Origins in Pipe Plaza and Rhythm Review in Strategy Wing. | |
| Has written 14 sections this cycle, winning five SOTM awards. | |
| Sample section. |
C1. Favorite Active 'Shroom Writer
C2. Favorite 'Shroom Section Design
This award recognizes 'Shroom sections whose use of images, layouts, or incorporation of other bespoke elements elevate them above other sections visually.
C2. Favorite 'Shroom Section Design
C3. Favorite Written 'Shroom Section 2025-2026
This award recognizes 'Shroom sections that feature written text as the bulk of their piece.
C3. Favorite Written 'Shroom Section 2025-2026
C4. Favorite 'Shroom Guest Section 2025-2026
This award recognizes 'Shroom sections that were submitted as one-off guest sections in the past awards cycle.
C4. Favorite 'Shroom Guest Section 2025-2026
C5. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Section
This award recognizes the hard work and creativity poured into sections that have not appeared in The 'Shroom within the past awards cycle, as written by a particular writer. Please note that links to issues prior to issue 100 do not jump directly to the relevant section; scrolling may be required.
C5. Favorite Retired 'Shroom Section
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Special Issue
This award recognizes the special issues of The 'Shroom released within the past five years.
| Nominee | Description |
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| Special Issue 181 | Released on April 23rd, 2022. |
| Themed after fitness to celebrate Yoshi876's (talk) 100th issue as 'Shroom Spotlight Manager. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by GBA (talk). | |
| Had one special section. | |
| Special Issue 183 | Released on June 18th, 2022. |
| Themed after Super Mario Sunshine to celebrate the game's 20th anniversary, and summer generally. | |
| Featured the Blooper Race, as well as a special footer created by GBA (talk) and Lakituthequick (talk), alongside other graphical assets. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by BBQ Turtle (talk). | |
| Had three special sections | |
| Holiday Issue 189 | Released on December 17th, 2022. |
| Themed after racing games, with Mario Kart prominently featured. | |
| Featured an edition of The 'Shroom Holiday Scavenger, created by Lakituthequick (talk), in which Mario Kart-style items submitted by readers and illustrated by GBA (talk) were hidden throughout the paper. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by winstein (talk). | |
| Had two special sections. | |
| Special Issue 195 | Released on June 17th, 2023. |
| Themed after movies and cinema, in acknowledgement of the recent The Super Mario Bros. Movie. | |
| Featured a special piece of art titled Coming Soon, an action movie-style poster made by Yap (talk) and typeset by GBA (talk) meant to promote and foreshadow elements of the coming issue 200. | |
| Also featured a special footer and opening curtain made by GBA (talk) and Lakituthequick (talk). | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by GBA (talk). | |
| Had three special sections. | |
| Special Issue 200 | Released on November 18th, 2023. |
| A milestone issue focused on celebrating the longevity of The 'Shroom and its surrounding community, with an emphasis on fireworks, representing the fireworks seen after reaching the goal in Mario games. | |
| Featured two staff collaborations in the form of The 'ShrooMall and a SOTM Retrospective, with the former including a special footer and musical assets made by TPG (talk). | |
| Also featured numerous JavaScript animated fireworks styled after 'Shroom staff past and present made by GBA (talk) and Lakituthequick (talk). | |
| Introduced new, sharper SVG backgrounds for the paper, made by TPG (talk). | |
| Introduced the Poochy's Picks system for writer recognition. | |
| Overhauled the appearance of the main page. | |
| Featured a Main Page header graphic created by GBA (talk). | |
| Had twenty-eight special sections, as well as numerous guest submissions within the teams. | |
| Largest 'Shroom issue to date. | |
| Special Issue 208 | Released on July 20th, 2024. |
| Themed around Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to celebrate its recent remake and its 20th anniversary, with many TTYD-style art assets contributed by various community members. | |
| Featured Paper 'Shroom: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, a sprawling interactive special in which readers can choose various pathways to follow as they complete story arcs in Rogueport and its surrounding areas. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by Fawfulthegreat64 (talk). | |
| Had four special sections. | |
| Special Issue 211 | Released on October 19th, 2024. |
| Themed after the idea of a cozy Halloween in order to celebrate Anton's (talk) 100th issue as Critic Corner Director. | |
| Featured The 'Shroom Staff-Baked Reviews, in which the staff offered their own reviews of items previously covered in Anton's Half-Baked Reviews. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by Yap (talk). | |
| Had one special section. | |
| Special Issue 219 | Released on June 21st, 2025. |
| Themed after villains to mark the 40th anniversary of Bowser, 25th anniversary of Waluigi, and to celebrate the villains of the Mario franchise generally. | |
| Featured Classifieds, a staff-produced newspaper page full of short advertisements from various Mario villains and a few villainous community characters. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by BBQ Turtle (talk). | |
| Had three special sections. | |
| Issue 223 | Released on October 18th, 2025. |
| Featured The 'Shroom Spooky Scavenger as a Halloween treat, with a website by Lakituthequick (talk) allowing users to search the issue for ghosts modeled on community members. | |
| The many art assets used were drawn by Waluigi Time (talk), Ninja Squid (talk), and participants themselves. | |
| Holiday Issue 225 | Released on December 20th, 2025. |
| Themed after outer space, partially to celebrate the then-upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, but broadly celebrating all depictions of space in fiction. | |
| Featured a scrollable gallery of Constellations put together by the staff, with GBA (talk) and TPG (talk) creating the constellations and Lakituthequick (talk) offering technical support. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by TPG (talk). | |
| Had six special sections. | |
| Special Issue 230 | Released on May 23rd, 2026. |
| Themed after the sky and weather phenomena in order to celebrate Lakituthequick's (talk) 100th issue as Website Manager. | |
| Featured a Cloudgazing gallery, showcasing drawn-over photographs of clouds submitted by readers. | |
| Featured a Main Page banner created by Hint Toad (talk). | |
| Had one special section. |
C6. Favorite 'Shroom Special Issue
C7. Favorite Artist
This award recognizes some of the many artists in this community, each with unique talents, styles, and media. Emphasis is placed upon recently active artists, who have presented their art within the community over the past year. Please click on the sample images here for a larger view to see the images at their full size and view linked videos on YouTube to see them at their proper size. Some GIFs may not work unless they are clicked.
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C7. Favorite Artist
C8. Favorite Scribble Round
This award recognizes the prompts and resulting submissions from rounds across the Scribble series of games, through overall originality, humor, and/or quality.
| Nominee | Description | Links |
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| Let's-a-go! - Items/obstacles (Deathmatch '21, round 1) | First-ever Scribble round - scribblers drew items and obstacles from across the Mario franchise. | Opening and Submissions |
| A Perfect Pair – Character duos (Deathmatch '21, round 5) | The names of two closely affiliated Mario franchise characters were used as prompts in this round, with participants encouraged to draw both listed subjects. | Opening and Submissions |
| Kaizo MarioWiki - Wacky articles (Deathmatch '21 - round 6 | Prompts in this round were strangely-titled articles on the Mario Wiki. | Opening and Submissions |
| Abstraction – Raw emotion (Showdown '22, round 5) | Closing round for 2022's event - prompts were based on simple but strong emotional concepts unrelated to Mario. | Opening and Submissions |
| Business (Scrabble '23, round 3) | Prompts were based on concepts, activities, and people related to business. | Opening and Submissions |
| Reflection (Scrabble '23, round 5) | Closing round for 2023's event - scribblers were asked to answer "What does (your) art mean to you?". | Opening and Submissions |
| Locations (Smorgasbord '24, round 3) | Prompts consisted of interesting and unusual places one might find themself. | Opening and Submissions |
| Workplace Phrases (Smorgasbord '24, round 5) | Closing round for 2023's event - scribblers were asked to come up with scenarios for common phrases and concepts associated with places of business. | Opening and Submissions |
| Triple Color Mania – Scribble titles 2021-2024 (Labs 1, round 4) | Choosing any three colors except black or white, scribblers responded to prompts consisting of titles given to past scribbles. | Opening and Submissions |
| Palette Swap – Revenge of the Kingsbournes (Labs 1, round 5) | Optional bonus round - using the chosen color of their opponent rather than their own, scribblers responded to prompts created by the Kingsbournes. | Opening and Submissions |
| Stack Battle – Home, Sweet Home (Labs 2, round 1) | With scribblers in teams of two, each team member could use their partner's chosen color in addition to black, white, and their own chosen color. Prompts in this round were locations and situations that one might encounter in or around their home. | Gimmick, Opening, and Submissions |
| Relay Battle – Out about town (Labs 2, round 2) | With scribblers in teams of two, each team member had one hour to begin responding to a prompt drawn from urban locations. The following week, each scribbler had an hour and fifteen minutes to complete their teammate's drawing. | Gimmick, Opening (2), and Submissions |
| Sabotage Battle – Vibes (Labs 2, round 3) | With scribblers in teams of two, each scribbler was given special conditions that their drawing had to follow, with these conditions being made by their teammate and their teammate's opponent. Prompts in this round were abstract moods, with each pair in a team receiving prompts which were opposites. | Gimmick, Opening, and Submissions |
| Olympus Battle – Echoes (Labs 2, round 5) | Closing round of the event - with scribblers in teams of two, the usual time limit was removed so that scribblers could use the entire length of the round to work on their drawings. Additionally, all restrictions on communication between teammates were lifted, so teammates could coordinate their drawings and offer one another feedback as they responded to prompts drawn from previous tournaments. | Gimmick, Opening, and Submissions |
| Power On! (Circuit '25, round 1) | In this opening round, prompts consisted of concepts and phrases related to video games and gaming in general. An optional challenge required that scribblers draw a completely original character striking a victory pose. | Opening, Submissions, and Challenge |
| Collectathon (Circuit '25, round 2) | Prompts in this round were based on locations where one might find treasures and secrets. An optional challenge required that scribblers draw a landscape on an expanded canvas constructed to be wider than it was tall. | Opening, Submissions, and Challenge |
| Half and Halfway Station (Circuit '25, round 3) | This round, described as a spiritual successor to "A Perfect Pair" from 2021, used prompts consisting of two commonly paired words. An optional challenge required scribblers to create a comic with an instance of onomatopoeia and a minimum of three panels while using only black-and-white. | Opening, Submissions, and Challenge |
| Kaizo Mariowiki Corruption (Circuit '25, round 4) | Prompts in this round were constructed by mashing unusual Mariowiki titles, forum thread titles, scribble titles from previous Kaizo rounds, and user submissions into sentences. An optional challenge required that scribblers draw two images, with each complying with a large list of restrictions sourced from participant submissions. | Opening, Submissions, and Challenge |
| Goal Completion (Circuit '25, round 5) | In this closing round, prompts were based on aspirations and ideals symbolizing goals one might reach for. An optional challenge required that scribblers revisit a scribble they produced in their very first tournament, either redrawing it or reinterpreting its original prompt. | Opening, Submissions, and Challenge |
C8. Favorite Scribble Round
C9. Favorite 2025 Awards Presentation
This award recognizes the creativity, humor, and work put into the presentations revealed at the 2025 Awards ceremony.
C9. Favorite 2025 Awards Presentation
C10. Favorite BJAODN Entry
The funniest, most nonsensical, or otherwise memorable entry in our repository of bad jokes and other deleted nonsense.
The BJAODN archive, which can be viewed in full here, is a repository which preserves humorous edits made to the Super Mario Wiki, as curated by the wiki's editors. Shorter selections are compiled into articles grouped by category, while some larger selections have their own pages.
In the table below, you will find links to the nominees for these categories, as well as a brief description of what is behind the link. Please click the links and read the entries in full before casting your vote. Unless appearing in quotes, the descriptions are not excerpts from the archive.
| Entry | Description |
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| Baby Toad | "He always sleeping and he love Mario" |
| Baby Waluigi | How strange can Baby Waluigi possibly look? |
| Blue Grass Galaxy | When a misinterpretation becomes a quest to identify a non-existent scrapped galaxy... |
| Bombarded by Bob-ombs | Welcome who? Welcome him how? |
| Boohemoth | "Boohemoth is an abomination." |
| Davide Soliani | You were hoping to learn anything about Davide Soliani? Too bad, buster. |
| Eely-Mouth | The risk with this boss fight is drowning... in a sea of trivia. |
| Kong for a Day | "Klump evily throws a banana on the floor." |
| List of implied characters | My favorite Mario character is Meatball. What's yours? |
| Mario (DK Wiki) | The now-defunct DK Wiki had a rather barebones article on Mario... |
| Mario (species) | Some information about behavior to be expected in your Marios. |
| MarioWiki:Canonicity | In the days of yore, the wiki tried to define the boundaries of canon in the Mario franchise, to strange results. |
| Old Clockworks | I guess we'll just never know what the clockworks might have produced. |
| Phantom | The Phantom of the Bwahpera has a what inside of him? |
| Pirate Goomba | Pirate Goomba is a pirate Goomba. |
| Princess Peach's voice | Princess Peach's voice, clearly so complex it takes an account of a game's entire plot to describe. |
| Snufit Ball | What do you mean that this highly important projectile is too minor to have its own page? |
| Survivor | Applying for a reality television show on the Super Mario Wiki. |
| Tabuu | Some very dramatic writing about the Super Smash Bros. Brawl villain. |
| Talk: Girls Frapple Snowland | It's snowing there, so bring a jacket, girls! If you can find it... |
C10. Favorite BJAODN Entry
C11. Favorite Wiki April Fool's Event
This award recognizes the Super Mario Wiki's annual April Fool's jokes.
| Event | Description |
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| Mario FPS game (2013) | Focused on the development of a grittier reboot of the mainline Super Mario series, with the creation of an article for a first-person shooter game simply titled Mario. It featured a new spin on classic characters and elements of the franchise. |
| Began the tradition of annual April Fool's jokes, as well as the inclusion of bizarre (yet real) facts about the Mario franchise on the main page's Did You Know section, which would be used in most subsequent years. | |
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| Year of Waluigi (2014) | Focused on the Year of Waluigi, celebrating "the most important Nintendo character", accompanied by various Waluigi-themed announcements. Articles were created for Waluigi to Fitness, a personal trainer application for the Wii U, and Waluigi's Warehouse, a Luigi's Mansion-esque game with more horror elements. |
| Archive | |
| Great Ape War (2015) | An article was created for the upcoming release of a collectors book known as The Book of Kongs, featuring unused material created by Rare during development of the Donkey Kong Country games. This material notably included content on the "Great Ape War", which also received its own article. |
| Archive | |
| Nintendo Cinematic Universe (2016) | An article was created for the development of the Nintendo Cinematic Universe in cooperation with Sony Pictures, a spoof of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with films based on Mario, Pikmin, Super Smash Bros., and Pokémon in the works. |
| The Mario film received an article as well, featuring a reimagining of the events of Super Mario Bros. with Luigi as the main villain, along with promises of other dark and horror elements. | |
| The first year to feature an April Fool's poll on the main page, with an unrelated poll about Poochy worship. | |
| Archive | |
| Crash Bandicoot Wiki (2017) | The wiki was changed to the Crash Bandicoot Wiki, complete with changes to its logo and background. An article covering the Crash Bandicoot franchise was also created. |
| The April Fool's poll now coincided with the greater theme, with a poll about which version of Crash should be added to the franchise, poking fun at variants of Mario characters. | |
| The 'Shroom was rebranded as "The Wumpa Fruit", with new graphics and renamed teams on Issue 120's main page. | |
| Archive | |
| New Funky Mode (2018) | A "New Funky Mode" graphic was added on the main page, which would take readers to the Funky Main Page, themed after Funky Kong. An article was also created for a script for a film loosely based on the Mario Kart series, known as Fit and Funky. |
| This year's poll asked readers about their favorite feature of Funky Kong. | |
| Archive | |
| We Are Pink Donkey Kong Jr. (2019) | The wiki was changed to "We Are Pink Donkey Kong Jr.", complete with a new logo, referencing the wiki's long-running in-jokes around the pink palette swap of Donkey Kong Jr. from Donkey Kong Jr. Math. The main page implied that this was due to a takeover from Reggie Fils-Aimé himself. |
| The main page poll focused on which upcoming educational Mario games readers were most excited about, inspired by Pink Donkey Kong Jr.'s origins in a math game. | |
| The 'Shroom was rebranded as "The Simian Sum", featuring new art assets on the main page. | |
| Archive | |
| Free to Peruse (2020) | The wiki announced that it would be restructuring to a "free to peruse" business model in 2021, asking readers to pay real money to view content. Badges were added for purchase, with varying humorous effects, including being able to bypass blocks, temporarily take over another user's account, and enabling the fabled Pie Button. |
| Additionally, an article was created for a datamine that uncovered several Mario Kart Tour costumes from the history of the franchise, including drunk Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong Planet, and Luigi and Wario cosplaying as Sailor Moon characters from the KC Mario manga. | |
| The main page poll asked readers what their favorite cosmetic item for Mario was. | |
| Archive | |
| Super Wiki (2021) | Based on the jokes of Mario dying on March 31st surrounding the end of sale for Super Mario 3D All-Stars, all mentions of Mario were removed from the entire wiki with JavaScript, and the wiki was rebranded simply to the "Super Wiki". |
| Without Mario, a new article was created for the Luigi franchise, with the introduction of "Blue Luigi" as the second player. An article was also created for the upcoming Super Luigi Galaxy 3 game, complete with a custom-made render of Luigi. | |
| The main page poll asked readers who should become the new "Super Mario" in the wake of Mario's death. | |
| Archive | |
| Mario film leaks (2022) | The wiki claimed to have received a full plot synopsis of Illumination's Mario film from an attendee of a test screening. A new article was created for the leaked plot, based on tropes from similar movies, which was linked on both the wiki's main page and the page for the film. |
| The main page poll asked readers which rumored villain they would like to see in the sequel, with various villains from the Mario series, along with Miyamoto, as options. | |
| Archive | |
| The super Mario Wiki (2023) | The wiki temporarily rebranded itself from being a wiki about the Super Mario franchise to being a super Mario Wiki, a superlative collection of information on everyone and everything bearing the name "Mario". |
| An April Fool's article was created for Mario Segale, the real-estate developer who inspired the name of Mario, the videogame character. At the bottom of this article, a navigation template listed many people (and even some objects) named "Mario". | |
| The main page poll asked readers to select their favorite quality about Super Mario, but referred to the accomplishments and traits of many named "Mario" other than the videogame character. | |
| Archive | |
| Mushroom Kingdom Hearts (2024) | An article was created for a fake crossover game between the Kingdom Hearts series and the Super Mario franchise known as Mushroom Kingdom Hearts. The article was extremely detailed in its explanation of the story and gameplay mechanics, and featured original artwork and fake screenshots of the game. |
| The main page poll asked readers about their favorite Keyblade from the game, taken from the list of Keyblades created for the Mushroom Kingdom Hearts page. | |
| Archive | |
| Mario Kart 11 (2025) | The wiki claimed to have gotten a sneak peek at Mario Kart 11 through a collaboration with Nintendo announced on the Nintendo Today! app. An article was created for the sneak peek featuring various faked screenshots and info on the karts, courses, modes, and characters set to be in the game. |
| The main page poll asked readers for their opinions on a new refueling mechanic included in the game. | |
| Archive | |
| Toad (2026) | An article was created for Toad, a fake hybrid live-action/animated streaming show spinning off from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The article included celebrity castings for a range of obscure Mario characters and episode synopses. |
| The main page poll asked readers about their favorite character from Super Mario Galaxy, with all of the options being new characters from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie that weren't in the game. | |
| Archive |
C11. Favorite Wiki April Fool's Event
C12. Wiki Contributor Award 2025-2026
This award recognizes various editors and contributors for their work on the Super Mario Wiki in 2025/2026.
The accomplishments listed here are not comprehensive and do not reflect all of an editor's contributions. Rather, they are a selection of the larger, more notable efforts they have contributed to the wiki over the course of this cycle.
| Editor | Description |
|---|---|
| B700465189a9 (talk) | Has put significant effort into creating and improving music-related articles, including musical themes, in-game sound tests, and Nintendo Music soundtracks |
| Camwoodstock (talk) | Systematically updated and overhauled design and coding of wikitables on pages for every game year-by-year |
| Frequently active in performing the duties of wiki staff | |
| eviemaybe (talk) | Spearheaded a re-examination of passed proposals for more robust documentation of the wiki's current guidelines in its policy pages |
| LadySophie17 (talk) | Took initiative to implement several proposals that had been left unfinished for an extended period of time |
| Greatly expanded and improved coverage of Mario Artist: Paint Studio | |
| Mariuigi Khed (talk) | Continued putting in significant effort to fill in the gaps in the wiki's coverage of Super Mario-kun and Kazuki Motoyama's Super Mario manga |
| Mid188 (talk) | Contributed a large number of images for Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi articles, illustrating the locations of items, collectibles, and other points of interest |
| Nelsonic (talk) | Expanded and improved coverage of overlooked topics, including promotional websites, merchandise, and internal test programs |
| Nintendo101 (talk) | Continued spearheading efforts to track down and document citations for names in other languages of subjects appearing in the mainline platformers, resulting in the project's completion |
| Built a basis for MarioWiki:Lists of citations by providing official source material and pre-made citations for editors to use | |
| Piotrek1113 (talk) | Has been one of the wiki's major driving forces behind documentation and citation of Polish names as a native speaker |
| Piximator (talk) | Added a lot of information on articles around Super Nintendo World, such as extra details on ride queues, background tracks and live park events |
| Reese Rivers (talk) | Strong effort in adding and citing names in other languages for WarioWare: D.I.Y. microgames |
| Has also offered regular assistance to users looking for in-game names in other languages |
C12. Wiki Contributor Award 2025-2026
C13. Favorite Community Character
This award recognizes characters that have been brought to life by members of the community, such as by appearing in forum games, roleplays, 'Shroom sections, and other projects. It celebrates both original characters and pre-existing characters from other media that have had effort put into their writing and portrayals.
Please click on the images to view them at a larger size.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
AC Hubbub and Pillar Panache  |
AC Hubbub and Pillar Panache returned as the presenters of the Awards 2025 Bonus Stars. They are based on MC Ballyhoo and Big Top from Mario Party 8 in appearance and mannerisms, and describe the various Bonus Stars with matching enthusiasm and quips. |
| Created by: Lakituthequick (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Awards Ceremony 2025 | |
| Notes: Pillar Panache is specifically a pillbox hat. Their names contain multiple references (e.g., "AC" referencing the Awards Committee or Hubbub corresponding to Ballyhoo) | |
| AC Hubbub and Pillar Panache present three Bonus Stars at the end of the Mario Awards in 2025. | |
Agent F  |
A hotheaded agent, part of the investigative group known as FLOWER. She arrived in Rogueport on the side of the Investigators, but got eliminated by Traitor forces before she could sniff out the culprits. |
| Created by: Roserade (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Rogues in Rogueport 2: The Uprising | |
| Notes: Design is based on the Fire Flower from Super Mario World | |
| Agent F first makes her appearance on the scene. | |
Buggy D. Veloper  |
The self-proclaimed "greatest game developer", he has an endless supply of ideas for new and remastered versions of various video games, which he is always eager to share with anyone listening. Unfortunately, all of his ideas are absolutely awful. Like, seriously, incredibly bad. |
| Created by: Reverse Input (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Awards Ceremony 2025 | |
| Buggy pitches ideas for fixing some unremarkable Mario games. | |
| Inspired by: Buggy the Clown from One Piece | |
Commander Nebula  |
A no-nonsense, space-faring Koopatrol working among the ranks of the Galaxy Corps. Her specialized armor and laser blaster, coupled with years of experience, make her a formidable force as she works to ensure peace and stability throughout the cosmos. |
| Created by: Waluigi Time (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Too Bad, Storytime! | |
| Commander Nebula ventures on to her latest assignment alongside Captain Stardust in "Termite Be A Problem" | |
Cosmo Neko  |
Cosmo Neko is an oblivious, but snarky and quick-thinking cat. He is known for writing The Sunshine Travel Guide, a relatively professional brochure detailing many aspects of travel locations. He also wields magical and psychic powers with a degree of competence and plot armor, which often bails him out of the comedic and unlikely situations he constantly finds himself in. |
| Created by: TheBlueCatMenace | |
| Notable Appearances: The Sunshine Travel Guide, Welcome To Cosmo Kart | |
| Cosmo competes in the Mario Kart World tournament against his rivals, Bar D. Jokue and Guy the Shy Guy. | |
Glea  |
A young sea witch who practices divination. She was invited to the Admiral's Halo and became trapped in another sea witch's Killing Game. She became close friends with Jacquelyn and Lily, before being found out for a murder on Day 3 and executed. Her mother, Cnida, and sister, Auri, are still around and honor her memory. |
| Created by: Roserade (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| Notes: Ran a divination shop and offered readings with a completely new card system invented for the game. | |
| Glea gives a tearful farewell to Jacquelyn. | |
Headrest and Inquis  |
Headrest is a Bonneter who is generally rather soft and approachable, but with a harsher, impatient side. She is the main host of Investigative Research and as so takes the lead over Inquis. Like many other Bonneters she speaks rather 'proper' and with received pronunciation. |
| Inquis is a Koopa Troopa who is pretty much the opposite of Headrest, he is rash and straight to the point, intending to give off 'tough' or 'rascal' vibes. That being said he too has a flip side, he may have a tough outer shell but on the inside he's just a big ol' softie, he cares a lot for his investigative partner even if he doesn't always show it. He also isn't as fearless as he lets on, having displayed a fear of ghosts. Despite his close connection to Headrest, he still holds a lot of secrets. | |
| Created by: Koopa (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Investigative Research | |
| The duo investigate Bowser's army, and discover secrets about Inquis' past | |
| Hellen Gravely |
After escaping E. Gadd's ghost containment, Hellen Gravely attended an event held at the Admiral's Halo- and promptly died. In an attempt to revive her, she was resurrected as a human, and went on to assist the others trapped there who escaped death to leave the lighthouse and defeat those who trapped them there. She's now working to reclaim her hotel from E. Gadd and free her employees, with the help of her new friend Cloudwalker and her two pet tigers. |
| Portrayed by: BBQ Turtle (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| Hellen plans future business after escaping the Admiral's Halo | |
| Adapted from: Luigi's Mansion 3 | |
Jacquelyn  |
A mysterious pumpkin woman who attended the Admiral Halo's Killing Game for her own entertainment. She would later have a change of heart after striking up unlikely friendships with Glea and Lily. Although she ultimately perished at the hands of The Fish while helping the other survivors escape, her spirit lingers with unfinished business. |
| Portrayed by: Waluigi Time (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| Notes: She is frequently accompanied by her faithful mannequin butler, Melvin, and her ghost friend, Shea. | |
| Jacquelyn shares a final heart-to-heart with Glea | |
Krilliam  |
A towering krill butler pledged to the service of sea witch Candida Scoccia. He served as the host of the Admiral Halo's Killing Game, enforcing the rules of the game and executing those who were voted out. Ultimately, he died in a confrontation with Jacquelyn, Hulk Hogan, Cloudwalker, Hellen Gravely, and their allies as he attempted to prevent them from reaching his master during endgame. |
| Portrayed by: Hooded Pitohui (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| Krilliam begrudgingly spares Lily before starting the Killing Game | |
Lily  |
A self-proclaimed apprentice of the Great Thief Yatagarasu. She infiltrated the Admiral's Halo lighthouse and attempted to sabotage the suspicious efforts of Krilliam and his master by damaging the elevator. After getting caught in the Killing Game, she befriended Glea, Jacquelyn, and "Admiral Waters", unaware of the latter's identity as The Fish. Thanks to a magical contract and a complex gambit pile-up, she was smashed by an elevator carriage and killed on the game's last normal night. |
| Portrayed by: Hooded Pitohui (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| Lily testifies as to her activities on night one | |
| Design takes inspirations from Mario shamans and the Pokémon Lileep. | |
Linq  |
A diminutive lizardy thing who was once employed as an obedient office drone after the universe was reshaped to be more work-themed. Following a fateful conversation with his then employer and a subsequent mental breakdown in the company supply closet, he decided to cast off the yoke of his cruel imprisonment (his suit and tie) and was reborn as Linq, the embodiment of freedom, anarchy, and delinquency. He claims to be a descendant of the Serpent of Cold Iron and wields the power of the High-Flying Flame. |
| Portrayed by: Yap (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: THE Scribble Smorgasbord and The Scribble Circuit 2025 | |
| Notes: Full name is Danielle "Linq" Widdershins. | |
| Linq plans out The Mildew Caper | |
Pyrokles and Kroop  |
Pyrokles, Eighth Legend of Koopa Kingdom (better known as Pyro), is a Magikoopa with enormous antilogical powers and a slightly... unusual personality. Always accompanied by his flaming skull companion Kroop and the semi-physical entity known as the Explainer, he hosts The Sorcery Show, going on crazy adventures all throughout the multiverse while entertaining his audience with mighty spells that definitely never backfire at all. |
| Created by: Legend 8 | |
| Notable Appearances: The Sorcery Show, Pyro Invents Stuff, Mavero the Hammer Bro's Revenge, Mario Boards Mega Brawl 2 | |
| Likes: antilogic, messing with people, having fun in strange ways, dimensional travel, his antilogical colleagues, Boo1268, Specture Striker and Cosmo / Dislikes: cheese, people calling his powers magic, the Agents of Absolute and Uncreative Logic and all the other bad guys from his adventures, and people stealing his hat | |
| The debut of Pyrokles and Kroop and the debut of the Explainer | |
Rock Paper Wizard  |
A mysterious Toad in charge of the Roshambo Temple near Rogueport. Participated in a Rock Paper Scissors competition in Rogueport, but for some reason everyone else confused it for a killing game. |
| Portrayed by: Hint Toad (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Rogues in Rogueport 2: The Uprising | |
| Rock Paper Wizard accepts a challenge from Herlock Sholmès. | |
| Adapted from: Paper Mario: Color Splash | |
Specture Striker  |
Specture Striker is a Dark Bones who is eternally bound to chains attached to a metal coffin. He wears a blue hood with lots of holes in it and wields a scythe called The Spirit Striker, which he likes to call Lucille. He was once the owner of the Lich Yard before transferring ownership to Boo1268. Now he is the guardian of the Lich Yard, hunting down wayward spirits and mortals who disturb it. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his devotion to those he calls his friends is unwavering, even if he has a hard time trusting individuals who he doesn't know. However, he has learned to be a BIT more friendly thanks in part to Boo1268. |
| Created by: Boo1268 | |
| Notable Appearances: Curse of the Lich Yard; Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor; The Sorcery Show: Multiversal Madness Part 2 | |
| Notes: His name is derived from Specture Knight and Phantom Striker from the Shovel Knight series. He also has a crush on Polly Geist. | |
| Specture Striker teams up with Pyrokles and Kroop to fight off Mind Master | |
The False Dragonets of Destiny  |
A group of ever-bored, dysfunctional dragon delinquents in search of purpose, entertainment, and a place to fit in. They had once been raised as pawns in a political game between nations, believing themselves to be a prophesied group of saviors called the Dragonets of Destiny, meant to end a 20 years long war. It turns out that was a lie, a different group of dragons claimed their glory, and that was that. |
| Years later, the dimmest among them--a pompous Seawing named Squid with a tenuous grasp on any words longer than two syllables--accidentally wound up at the wrong lighthouse and got embroiled in a killing game. It was time to ask big questions. How does one survive a death game with no survival skill whatsoever? And would the other contestants embrace death if it meant reprieve from the never-ending river of tripe spewing from Squid's mouth? | |
| Portrayed by: Yap (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| Notes: From left to right: Fatespeaker, Flame, Squid, Viper, Ochre | |
| Squid, upon being told to look at a dictionary | |
| Adapted from: Wings of Fire | |
The Fish  |
An international criminal fleeing the authorities, The Fish arrived at the Admiral's Halo under the alias of the gruff-but-well-meaning Admiral Waters. Utilizing a robotic suit to mimic human(-ish) form and a variety of pilfered magical items on his selfish quest for riches and power, this fiendish fish quickly found himself in a web of betrayal, murder, devious schemes, and an unlikely (and entirely unwilling) alliance with the dragon known as Squid. |
| Created by: Fun With Despair (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | |
| The Fish reveals his true identity | |
The King of Sunrise Silver  |
The King of Sunrise Silver is a divorced and struggling father letting time slip through his hands. In The Scribble Circuit 2025, he was the focus of a 5-part story showing a snapshot of his life. Despite working late shifts and spending his evenings alone watching TV, he resolves to keep on trying, trying harder. After his first morning run in a long time, he reflects on his future while halfway up a hill trail. Finally taking a moment to sit down and rest, he resolves to stop looking back and start truly focusing on his own wellbeing. |
| Created by: TPG (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: The Scribble Circuit 2025 | |
| The King of Sunrise Silver's appearances throughout Scribble | |
The Sticky Warrior  |
A mysterious masked vigilante with the bad habit of launching reckless crusades against criminals who ruin the lives of innocent people. Though his targets are often deserving, his motives are not entirely selfless as he relishes putting himself in danger. Shaped by a tragic past, he has become a frightening figure whose unpredictable methods leave both criminals and allies uneasy. |
| Created by: Ninja Squid (talk) | |
| Notable Appearances: "Triple Trouble" arc of Shmaluigi, Private Investigator; Rogues in Rogueport 2: The Uprising | |
| The Sticky Warrior confronts his father and his past | |
| Design based on Inklings from the Splatoon series. | |
Wallace Ulysses  |
The Mushroom World's self-proclaimed #1 fan of Waluigi since the day the character debuted in Mario Tennis 64, Wallace Ulysses lives his day-to-day life dedicating himself to worshiping the purple-garbed troublemaker however he can. His efforts range from founding the Waluigi Fan Club and acting as its President, to hosting the Year of Waluigi during The 'Shroom's 2025 run upon realizing that Nintendo wasn't going to do anything during 2025 to honor Waluigi's twenty-fifth anniversary themselves. |
| Created by: ClawgripFan9001 | |
| Notable Appearances: "The Year of Waluigi" series of 'Shroom sections in 2025 | |
| Wallace Ulysses closes out the Year of Waluigi by interviewing Waluigi himself |
C13. Favorite Community Character
C14. Favorite Community Event 2025-2026
This award aims to acknowledge the best group events held by the community and for the community in the past awards cycle.
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| April Fool's Day 2026 | Themed around movies and television to coincide with the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. |
| The centerpiece of the event was an article describing the fictitious television series Toad, starring Keegan-Michael Key as Toad. | |
| The Wiki staff-written article included a summary of the show, episode details, a cast listing, and information on streaming availability. | |
| In addition, the "Did you know?" box contained unusually wiki trivia related in some ways to movies, and the Main Page poll asked readers to select their favorite character from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie while only listing characters not appearing in the game titled Super Mario Galaxy. | |
| Organized by the Wiki staff | |
| Link to the preserved Main Page from the day | |
| Awards Ceremony 2025 | The ceremony where users presented the results of votes in the nineteenth Mario Awards celebration. |
| Consisted of user-made presentations covering the results of the Mario Awards XIX (20 awards), the Fail Awards XVII (10 awards), and the Community Awards XVIII (15 awards). | |
| Additionally continued to feature "Bonus Stars", special bonus presentations recognizing unusual moments from the year or interesting results. | |
| Included ongoing chat party where users could discuss the award presentations and results. | |
| Managed by Roserade (talk) (Awards Director, Mario Awards host), Hooded Pitohui (talk) (Awards Sub-Director, Community Awards host), Waluigi Time (talk) (Directing Staff, Fail Awards Host), and Lakituthequick (talk) (Directing Staff, Technical Manager). | |
| Mario Awards XIX, Fail Awards XVII, and Community Awards XVIII. | |
| Bowser's Big Blast | A low-commitment forum game based on the Mario Party minigame of the same name, featuring four players selecting various colored levers. |
| One lever in each set would cause an explosion, eliminating the player who selected it. | |
| Characters involved included Spooks (Fun With Despair), Honey (Waluigi Time), and Kronk & Yzma (MightyMario) | |
| Hosted by Reverse Input (talk) | |
| Game thread | |
| Ducks vs. Rabbits 'Shroomfest | Over the course of three weeks, 'Shroom readers and others showed their support for either ducks or rabbits by voting in a weekly poll, making endorsements, and creating effortful art and write-ups. |
| The animal which won in at least two out of three categories was declared victorious at the end of the event. | |
| Featured a banner created by Ninja Squid (talk) and opening and concluding stories written by Waluigi Time (talk) | |
| Hosted by Waluigi Time (talk) (Team Rabbits leader), Sparks (talk) (Team Ducks leader), and Ninja Squid (talk) (judge) | |
| Event opening, event thread, and 'Shroomfest Highlights | |
| Everyone is Mafia (with a Side of Roles) | An intentionally silly, low-stakes forum mafia game in which all players had the power to kill another during the night, as well as a single-use Bullet Proof Vest to block a kill attempt. |
| In addition, all players had a specialized role offering an ability unique to them. | |
| Rather than choosing targets directly, participants had to choose a target from a list of aliases, with each player in the game submitting their alias in secret at the start. | |
| Characters involved included DryBonesBandit (Cloudwalker), Bar D. Jokue (TheBlueCatMenace), and Sparky (Boo1268). | |
| Hosted by Zange (talk) | |
| Game thread | |
| Everyone is Mafia: December 2025 Edition | An intentionally short forum mafia game in which all players had the power to kill another during the night, as well as a single-use Bullet Proof Vest to block a kill attempt. |
| Rather than choosing targets directly, participants had to choose a target from a list of aliases, with each player in the game submitting their alias in secret at the start. | |
| Participants included MightyMario, Zange, Koopa, and woglril, among many others. | |
| Hosted by Sparks (talk) | |
| Game thread | |
| Hint Toad's Scavenger Hunt: The Mystery of Forgotten Isle | A puzzle-solving game in which players were split into two near-even teams, with each team racing to figure out what locations in Super Mario Odyssey were indicated by custom-made Hint Art. |
| Hint Art was distributed to each team one piece at a time. Teams could not move on to the next piece until they completed the current puzzle. Puzzles were completed by sending in a screenshot taken at the correct location. | |
| Team members could collaborate with one another as they attempted to solve each Hint Art, both by discussing thoughts amongst each other and by independently submitting screenshot. | |
| Each team could request up to three hints over the course of the game. | |
| Hosted by Hint Toad (talk) | |
| Lounge thread and game thread | |
| Minecraft Games 2025 | Various games hosted in Minecraft, including Spleef, Murderer, Escalation, Tableturf, Pit Fight, Hexagon Heat, Hunger Games, and more. Three new games debuted this year. |
| Pillar of Fortune was a new game developed by TPG (talk) in which players stand on thin pillars over lava and use randomly-granted loot and blocks to knock other players off or to gain an advantage. | |
| Hexagon Heat was a new game originally developed by 2257 (talk) and rewritten by TPG (talk). Based on the Mario Party minigame, it's an elimination game in which players jostle to avoid being left on sinking platforms. | |
| Ghastchop was a new game developed by TPG (talk). Inspired by Porkchop, this game has players riding over a void on friendly Ghasts while trying to gun each other down. | |
| These games were connected by a specially-built hub called Nicoshima, an extensive and varied island dedicated to the character Nico Yazawa and built by TFP (talk). | |
| Nicoshima itself included a variety of features and activities. Players could seek out various ribbons and microphones hidden throughout the land in a collect-a-thon style, and fill out a stampbook with a stamp from each region of Nicoshima. | |
| A handful of DREAMB spaces built by various community members were also unveiled and accessible during the event, including Skylines by Uniju (talk), a scenic arieal tramway wide through various small city skylines, and The Floor is Ice by Toadbert101 (talk), a lore-filled, surreal Red Light, Green Light game in which the floor would disappear. | |
| Hosted by TFP (talk), with technical support from TPG (talk) | |
| Initial schedule announcement post | |
| Mr. (Ant) Tenna's CrAzY Questionnaire | A four-round quiz show in which players answered questions relating to the Mario Awards, Fail Awards, and Community Awards of years past. |
| Each main round featured ten multiple-choice questions. | |
| Participants included Paradox, Waluigi Time, Sparks, MightyMario, and TB Mayhem. | |
| Hosted by Boo1268, portraying the character Tenna | |
| Game thread | |
| Mushroom City Car Wash | The largest and longest-lasting freeform roleplay on the Super Mario Boards, originally created by Cosmic Cowboy |
| Began with the basic premise of Luigi working at the Mushroom City Car Wash, but has since expanded and now encompasses a huge variety of stories and locations | |
| Notable characters include Vidro (portrayed by Meowkie), Toadette (Toadettefan), Mr. Y (Yoshi the Space Station Manager), Akito (Power Flotzo), and Siy Shilen (MightyMario) | |
| Roleplay thread | |
| Randomizer Killing Game 2: Unsafe Harbor | An RP-heavy, relatively freeform murder-mystery game taking place at the Admiral's Halo, a strange lighthouse isolated at sea. |
| Role powers, map locations, and night conditions were submitted anonymously and chosen at random from a pool of submissions to this game and the previous Awards Randomizer Killing Game. | |
| The game had a light narrative in which participants opposed the plans of Candida Scoccia and her butler Krilliam, and had a committed playerbase that put a great deal of effort into their characters and their interactions with one another. | |
| Notable characters included Jacquelyn (Waluigi Time), The Fish (Fun With Despair), The False Dragonets of Destiny (Yap), Glea (Roserade), and Hellen Gravely (BBQ Turtle). | |
| Hosted by Hooded Pitohui (talk) | |
| Lounge thread and game thread | |
| Rogues in Rogueport 2: The Uprising | A role-madness forum mafia game with hidden roles, and a sequel to 2021's Rogues in Rogueport game. |
| The game also featured locations to which players could be assigned. Locations granted an additional power to their assigned player, though this power and location assignments were publicly known. | |
| The game featured a curse mechanic, in which a randomly-chosen player would select one of three special conditions for the upcoming day phase. | |
| Notable characters included: Agent F (Roserade), Mr. N (Ninelevendo), Glitz Yoshi (Yoshi the Space Station Manager), Herlock Sholmès (Reverse Input), and Curse Guy (Ninja Squid). | |
| Hosted by Ninja Squid (talk) | |
| Lounge thread and game thread | |
| The Scribble Circuit 2025 | The fifth iteration of the Scribble Awards tournament format, which continued to maintain a focus on letting artists of all skill levels compete over a period of five weeks (seven including two optional rounds) |
| Artwork made for this tournament took the form of "scribbles," which were limited to a 600px or 10cm canvas, three colors (black, white, and a color unique to each participant), and a three-hour time limit | |
| Users were given an overall theme for each round, and had to organize a time where they could receive their specific prompt (which would begin the three-hour time limit), with both users in a given matchup receiving the same prompt. Players and spectators would then vote to choose their favorite of the two pieces put forward by each matchup. | |
| This tournament added a string of optional weekly challenges, with each challenge requiring that scribblers comply with a variety of special conditions. | |
| Hosted by GBA (talk), who drew banners for each round, an introduction story recapitulating the history of Scribble tournaments, and player potraits themed after videogame icons. | |
| Incorporated Discord prompts (with assistance from LTQ) so that users could receive their prompts from a bot at any time | |
| Tournament thread | |
| The 'Shroom Spooky Scavenger | Participants searched for ghostly representations of community members hidden throughout issue 223 of The 'Shroom. |
| Each user who signed up to appear received art of themselves as a Boo, Peepa, Eerie, Greenie, or Mummy-Me drawn by Waluigi Time (talk), Ninja Squid (talk), or themself. Each user provided a quote to accompany the artwork. | |
| Throughout the pages of the issue, participants could find small, generic spirits. Clicking on a spirit would reveal the art and quote of a user, filling in that user's information on a specially-designed hub webpage. | |
| The designs, quotes, and locations of all ghosts were revealed in issue 224, for those who were unable or unwilling to find them all. | |
| Hosted by Waluigi Time (talk) (art & introductory story), Ninja Squid (talk) (art), and Lakituthequick (talk) (webpage design and technical assistance), with storywriting contributions by Boo1268 | |
| Game page and overview | |
| Video Game Advent Calendar 2: Electric Boogaloo | A forum thread in which users posted twenty-five different winter/holiday-related music tracks from videogames in a countdown from December 1st to Christmas Day (December 25th). |
| This year featured organized sign-ups for days, allowing users to claim days in advance to mitigate the issues caused by differing timezones and availability. | |
| In the event of someone failing to post a track, the host posted a track as a backup. | |
| Hosted by Boo1268 | |
| Forum thread |
C14. Favorite Community Event 2025-2026
C15. Outstanding Community Achievement Award
This award acknowledges the hard work and dedication of various members of the community. They all are unique in their experiences and what they’ve done, having volunteered their time in the community in a number of ways. It should be noted that many nominees have expansive lists forged over the years, and while this may be impressive, please consider recent achievements and their greater relative impact today. This is not an exhaustive list of every position and achievement, just the most notable and relevant.
| Nominee | Description |
|---|---|
| GBA (talk) | Extensive artistic contributor and event organizer across the community, offering many high-quality art pieces to The 'Shroom as a staff consultant and contributing to a variety of community events and undertakings |
| Host of The Scribble Circuit 2025, another installment of the annual Scribble tournament. | |
| Organized five normal rounds, an optional sixth bonus round, and seven optional challenge rounds over the course of seven weeks, managing and formatting the prompts and submissions of twenty-eight players and multiple Inktoplasm contributors. | |
| Drew portraits for all players in the tournament, as well as banners for each round and various pieces of supplemental art. | |
| A key contributor to issue 225's Constellations gallery and the artist behind the constellation-based staff portraits for the issue. | |
| Active Forum Moderator | |
| GoldGal64 (talk) | Current Poll Committee Vice-Chairperson (16th Poll Committee), having assumed the role in March of 2026. |
| In running for PC Vice-Chair, stepped into a community leadership position for the first time. | |
| Has effectively assisted Sparks in managing the 16th Poll Committee while maintaining an ongoing Fake News section. | |
| Responsible for drawing the banner of the 16th Poll Committee. | |
| Lakituthequick (talk) | Serves extensively across the community in multiple roles, including as a member of the Awards Directing Staff and the Website Manager and Programming Manager of The 'Shroom. This year marked his 100th issue as Website Manager. |
| Has contributed an immense amount of technical work to multiple areas of the community. Continues to handle coding and CSS for The 'Shroom as needed. Continues to maintain and add to the Uncle Awards bot used for Awards meetings and Scribble tournaments, continues to maintain the 'Shroom staff wiki, continues to maintain 'ShroomBot to ease uploads, created the webpage used for The 'Shroom Spooky Holiday Scavenger, and created a special scrollable gallery with fade-in text and shimmering star effects for issue 225's Constellations feature, among other technical work. | |
| Has led Awards meetings in both 2025 and 2026, managing the workflow of the Awards Committee, setting agendas, and managing AC documents. | |
| Creator of all Bonus Star presentations at the 2025 Awards Ceremonies, for which he created designs inspired by Delftware tiles. | |
| Ninja Squid (talk) | Design Manager for The 'Shroom, a member of the Awards Directing Staff, and an extensive contributor of graphical assets. |
| Responsible for the updating of various 'Shroom assets over the course of this cycle, such as the seasonal banners appearing on the side of the paper. Also responsible for the creation of many of the assets used in the paper throughout the year, including special issue backgrounds and a 'Shroomfest banner. | |
| Manages outreach to various community artists to match their styles and specialties to the needs of The 'Shroom, getting, for instance, issue 230's main page banner from Hint Toad. | |
| Served as the judge for the Ducks vs. Rabbits 'Shroomfest, and created the banner used for the event. | |
| Hosted the Rogues in Rogueports 2: The Uprising mafia game to completion. | |
| Paper Plumm (talk) | Led the 15th Poll Committee for the majority of this awards cycle, bringing it all the way through the end of a successful term. |
| Kept activity up among PC members through a group DM until the end of the term. | |
| Reliably communicated absences to Poll Committee members and kept up with a system to ensure polls are put up as scheduled in these cases. | |
| Porplemontage (talk) | The Proprietor/Owner of the Super Mario Wiki, along with several others—Halopedia, Kingdom Hearts Wiki, Pikipedia, SmashWiki, and Destinypedia. |
| Owns and manages several community outlets, including the Super Mario Wiki, the Super Mario Boards, and the Super Mario Wiki Discord server. | |
| He pays the bills that keep the site online, pays for other needs like the community Crowdsignal account, and updates the sites regularly. | |
| Very attentive when it comes to implementing improvements suggested by community members and dealing with site issues, keeping an eye on the community's needs and responding quickly and thoughtfully. Offers wide latitude and considerable trust to the community. | |
| Runs a bot to manage large-scale text replacements and similar operations on the wiki. | |
| Roserade (talk) | An extensive contributor across many areas of the community, serving as Awards Director, Fun Stuff Director, a Forum Moderator, and, as of of May 2026, a Chat Operator. |
| Provides extensive background support to a wide variety of community projects, reliably pitching in or offering advice to others working on The 'Shroom, Poll Committee, Awards, and various informal projects. | |
| Informally engages users across all areas of the community, including offering encouragement and assistance to new users, feedback and engaged play to game hosts, and words of caution and advice to users in the Mario Wiki Discord server. | |
| Sparks (talk) | An extensive contributor to many community spaces, serving as an Administrator on the wiki, a member of the 15th Poll Committee, Chairperson of the 16th Poll Committee, and current Sub-Director of The 'Shroom. |
| As Sub-Director, has helped to coordinate and manage special issues 225 and 230. Also served as the leader of Team Ducks in the Ducks vs. Rabbits 'Shroomfest. | |
| Contributes extensively to assisting new and prospective 'Shroom writers and other community members by offering encouragement, advice, and ideas. | |
| An intensive contributor to the paper, he has written 79 sections in this cycle. | |
| Has created a group DM to encourage consistent activity among the 16th PC, and runs a motivational images thread which has been well-received among 16th PC members. | |
| TFP (talk) | Host of Minecraft Games 2025 |
| Planned out and built Nicoshima (with technical contributions by TPG (talk), a massive hub world connecting the various games and DREAMBs featured at Minecraft Games 2025. Nicoshima featured a diverse variety of environments and sub-areas, ranging from towering mountains to dazzling cities to a strange pyramid. | |
| Created various activities in Nicoshima itself. Hid various ribbon fragments and microphones across the world for players to find in collectathon style. Created a way to transform ribbon fragments into wearable ribbons. Offer stampbooks that players could fill out to show they had visited each of Nicoshima's various regions. | |
| Coordinated with DREAMB creators and games creators to ensure Minecraft Games 2025 could run smoothly and on a schedule suitable for all involved. | |
| TPG (talk) | An extensive artistic and technical contributor across all areas of the community, offering specialized artwork to The 'Shroom staff and taking on the bulk of the maintenance and management of the community Minecraft server. |
| Created the generator used by GBA (talk) to craft issue 225's constellations for its special feature. | |
| Worked closely with TFP (talk) to prepare Minecraft Games 2025 and the Nicoshima hub. Designed an extensive technical backend to assist with Nicoshima, and prepared the server for the event by finding and eliminating errors, assisting DREAMB creators and games creators, updating the resource pack and monitoring updates to Minecraft and PaperMC. | |
| As part of his general maintenance work, he has rewritten much of the coding used in Minecraft games to take advantage of more efficient functions and regularly checks for and corrects errors caused by updates. | |
| Also monitors updates to Minecraft and PaperMC to decide when the server can be updated with minimal disruption, manages the archival and upkeep of DREAMBs, maintains and expands the resource and assets packs, offers assistance to games creators, and helps users interested in joining the server. | |
| Created Pillar of Fortune and Ghastchop games on the community Minecraft server, and rewrote Hexagon Heat. | |
| Waluigi Time (talk) | Extensive community contributor and collaborator currently serving as 'Shroom Director, Fake News Director, and a member of the Awards Directing Staff. Served as a member of the 15th Poll Committee for the majority of this cycle. |
| As 'Shroom Director, has overseen the planning and coordination of special issues 225 and 230, managed the paper's operations, led Team Rabbits in the Ducks vs. Rabbits 'Shroomfest, encouraged and assisted new and prospective writers, and created art for The 'Shroom. | |
| Contributed artwork to The 'Shroom Spooky Scavenger. | |
| An intensive contributor to the paper, he has written 84 sections in this cycle. | |
| Makes numerous informal contributions across the community, encouraging and assisting users taking on new roles or trying their hand at new tasks. Offers extensive feedback to event hosts. Likewise takes on various background projects and roles, assisting with projects such as link replacements in the Awards board. Often has stepped up to fill in gaps. |
C15. Outstanding Community Achievement Award
Hey! You made it to the bottom! Congratulations! Thank you for taking the time to read about the accomplishments of our community members and for voting for the Community Awards. Please join us for the ceremonies on August 14th!
If you haven't already, consider voting in the Mario and Fail Awards this week! If you voted last week, you can vote again this week!
We'll see you soon to gawk at the results!
| The 'Shroom: Issue 231 | |
|---|---|
| Staff sections | Staff Notes • The 'Shroom Spotlight • Poochy's Picks • Credits |
| Features | Fake News • Fun Stuff • Palette Swap • Pipe Plaza • Critic Corner • Strategy Wing |
| Specials | Community Awards Dossier |
