User:Leirin

Bonjour, I'm Leirin, a member of the Mario Wiki! I joined in 2008 mostly because of a sudden love for Super Mario RPG (VC player here; I wish I could have played it during the SNES years!), but also because I figured I could be helpful with adding certain things to the Wiki, such as Japanese information, which I have a lot of. (Little trivia: my first edit on this wiki was adding Luvbi's Japanese name!) I'm also a writer for the Wiki's very own "The Shroom", and my section is the Non-Mario review -- give it a look if you haven't. I'm an aspiring young artist with a deep interest in game development. Some of you might know me from Kirby's Rainbow Resort or even my (currently WIP) website, Kirby Dream. I enjoy drawing, playing video games, and writing down strategies for video games as passtimes.

In any case, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance!

Favorite Games and Series
Now this takes me back, good times. If you didn't already know, I am very nostalgic and sentimental. As silly as this may sound, many of my greatest memories are surrounded around video games. Some favorites include Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star Ultra, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, MOTHER3, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I also have a place in my heart for the Pikmin and Klonoa series, and have fond memories of playing Banjo-Kazooie games on my N64 and Sonic Adventure & Sonic Adventure 2. While I don't consider myself a "fan" of either franchises anymore, I still respect said games and enjoy them.

Odd Theories and Thoughts
Mind you this is a section for fun. It contains strange, strange theories that float about in my mind, decaying and rotting, until I pick them up and slop them on my user page. So here it goes.


 * You may already be aware of the fact that the Happy Mask Salesman in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has a Mario mask on his bag, right? Well, consider this: The HMS (I'll call him that for short) killed Mario and regularly disguises himself as Mario from 2000 (the release of Majora's Mask) onward. So the Mario we see in games like Paper Mario and newer isn't the real Mario... it's the HMS!
 * Ever considered the fact that Twink from Paper Mario might be Geno, or at least related to him? I mean, just think about it. Look at all the similarities. Paper Mario's seven Star Spirits, then SMRPG's seven stars. Even just the subtle fact that Twink waves to you goodbye at the very end of the game (sort of as a reference to SMRPG) got me thinking. Hmm.

...Don't look at me that way. I told you I was strange!

Favorite Video Game Boss Battles

 * #8: Mr. Passion, of MOTHER3. A fun fight indeed. The steady tempo changes as it switches songs just makes the timing all the more tricky (and fun). Mr. Passion in himself is very strange. He even pulls an Excorcist on you and lets his head to a 180 before the battle begins! Creepy.


 * #7: Zero, of Kirby's Dream Land 3. Another Kirby final boss, geez, sue me. Zero is basically a giant, floating eyeball who squirts juicy red blood at you for a defensive move. An enemy in the Kirby series of all things to attack by bleeding all over the place? Unexpected, in the least. You even get to fight his bloody red pupil. Before you actually battle Zero, you fight Dark Matter.


 * #6: Marx and Marx Soul, of Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra (but especially Ultra). Who doesn't love Marx? I'll tell you: no one. That I know of. He's pretty much a psychotic child about Kirby's height with a jester and huge, unusual wings. He does all sorts of freaky stuff during the battle, and the music that plays with it is no doubt some of the best in all of the Kirby series. The deadly scream he emits in his Marx Soul form is pretty horrifying.


 * #5: Ganondorf, of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. While the battle seems monotonous at first, once you get the hang of things, it's really quite easy. Better yet is the fact that Ganondorf dies in the most epic and beautiful way in this game: getting stabbed in the freaking forehead! Ouch, that's gonna hurt. Especially Link's stunned facial expression after doing so.


 * #4: Smithy, of Super Mario RPG. I know, the final boss is to be expected, but Smithy is a strange foe indeed. Not only does he bang his head with a hammer to transform it into something nasty, but just the fact that he becomes somewhat retarded hits it for me right there.


 * #3: Culex, of Super Mario RPG. Wow. You can really feel the tension and heat of battle here, which is complemented by the Final Fantasy music. The setting in itself is left so unexplained and mysterious, especially just the Culex character himself. USE GENO FLASH! That is all that can be said. ;)


 * #2: Giegue, of MOTHER. Not many people got to complete this wonderful game (aka EarthBound Zero), did they? Well, too bad, 'cause they missed out on such an awesome fight! Singing. Weird strategy indeed. You must sing continually while this alien reveals its backstory to you in order to defeat it! MOTHER is full of quirky enemies.

Spoilers end here.
 * #1: Masked Man (Claus), of MOTHER3. What... what can even be said of this battle? Everything about it. Shocking. Aghast. Stunning. First off, the music; everything is going insane. Eerie random voice clips. 8-bit explosions. Chirping noises. Previous enemy music getting sped up and high-pitched. All the while, Lucas simply keeps defending and healing. But worse. The voice of "your beloved mother" who had passed on is trying to contact your misled brother Claus and tell him to stop beating up on you. This goes on for a while, until she tells him that he's Lucas's twin brother. Then everything just comes to a grinding halt. The events that take place in this battle, the subtlety of the dialogue, the mixed feelings and happenings afterwards... it's almost too much to contain.

The 'Shroom Reviews
Here they are, collectively listed for you lazy people who don't want to go and dig them up on your own.


 * Issue 26 (Kirby's Adventure, 8.7)
 * Issue 25 (MOTHER3, 9.7)
 * Issue 24 (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, 10)

Next up, I'm thinking about doing Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil for the PlayStation 2.

Au revoir.