The 'Shroom:Issue 168/Fun Stuff





Staff Notes
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Greetings, beautiful 'Shroom readers! Welcome into the March edition of Fun Stuff, where we're celebrating the nearing of spring! That's right, with the changing weather comes the blooming of flowers, so I've gotten as many seeds planted as I could manage. Hopefully soon, the Fun Stuff office will look just like its own Rose Garden!

I do genuinely love the transition into March. It is the month where everything ramps up for school, so I can't exactly call that fortunate, but the longer sunlight more than makes up for this. My productivity and creativity goes through the roof the moment the days become longer, so here's hoping this spring is one of inspiration and artistry for you as well as me.

I've got some exciting news to share this month! Once again, our pal Shoey is employed by yours truly! Glad to have you back on the team, Sergeant Shoe. Make sure to check out his Word Search, as well as all the other sections we have prepared for you! Our team puts in tons of effort, and with six regular sections now under our belt, Fun Stuff is looking stronger than ever.

I don't have too much time, so we'll cap these Staff Notes off here. Settle in, grab a nice, brisk cold beverage, and enjoy the sections we have in store!

Section of the Month

Congratulations to for once again claiming first place on the SOTM podium! Congratulations also go to and  for second and third place respectively, and a massive thank you goes to all of our readers, contributors, and voters.

Anagrams
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Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing OK this month. I haven't really got all that much to say this month, but I have got plenty of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle anagrams for you to solve, so I hope you can enjoy those. I think I've managed to stick to the main game, but just watch out in case I've accidentally managed to slip something from the Donkey Kong Adventure in there too. Of course, if you have any ideas for a future section's theme or perhaps a funny Mario-related anagram that you've found that I could make use of in one, please let me know on my talk page or by sending me a PM on the forums, I'd love to hear from you. And now I guess it's time to let you take a crack at those anagrams!

How it works... Basically, this puzzle consists of solving the anagrams. Each month has a specific theme, which will give you a clue about what sort of words or phrases the anagrams will be. I've also included the boxes that the anagrams will fit into, so you'll be able to tell how many words it will solve to be and how many letters will be in each word, which should give you a hand too. You'll also notice that within each set of boxes, one of the squares are yellow. As you solve each anagram, note down the letter which appears in the yellow squares, and if you can solve all of the anagrams, you'll also get a bonus anagram to solve from completing all of the others. I've included the letter configuration for this one at the bottom too, just to give you an extra helping hand. Best of luck!

1. MANGER BULB

2. SCREENING TAN AD

3. WOOD GREEN ARM BAGS

4. KEY RIVAL

5. BOYISH BRAID

6. DRUNK CAGE

7. APT VIAL

8. BLIND BLIP APART

9. MOTH BOOS

10. COMIC LIE GEL

11. LAVA CARE

10. BETTER RES SHED

Bonus anagram:

Word Search
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Hello Fun Stuff, it is I, Shoey, returning after so long! Since my usual baby, Trivia, is currently being taken by somebody better than me, I thought I'd try my hand at Word Search. This month's section is themed around bosses and enemies from Super Mario 64, a good game no matter what a certain 'Shroom staff member who may or may not be the Sub-Director thinks. Anyways good luck have fun! Answers can be found vertically and horizontally, forwards and backwards.



Answers

Hiding Koopa
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Hey there, 'Shroom readers! Welcome again to Hiding Koopa.

If I learned something last month, it's to trust nobody, not even yourself. Yeah, I can't trust people to vote in a reasonable way. Also, if you have seen a certain someone contradict some allegations of bribery in Strategy Wing, I'll have you know that there was nothing legal about the things he did, and what this month's News Flush was saying was 100% true. Even Waluigi says that the Fake News team contains 100% real news in our sign up page, and Waluigi is definitely a trustworthy individual. I gotta thank that Anonymous Avian for investigating this, by the way.

Now regarding Hiding Koopa, I heard that the gods are hot in Hades, so I sent my five Koopas to investigate this in my stead. Make sure to find them all in the artwork below. Good luck!



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Did you find them all? Regardless, thank you very much for your support, and I hope you will come back next month!

Picross
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Welcome to another edition of Picross! You've undoubtedly heard that the Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary is concluding this month, but that's not what the theme is. Instead, the picrosses are focused on Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, since it's turning 25 this month. In my opinion, it's quite a unique game, which is why I decided to make it the theme of this month's section. I hope you enjoy!

For new readers:

Level 1 Level 2

Solutions:

Level 1 Level 2

Hopefully, you enjoyed the picrosses that this month has to offer, and as always, join back next month for more!

Trivia
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'' Trivia Time! ''

Hello, it’s me Kirbyo, and it’s time for the 3rd edition of Trivia Time! I ask the questions, and you answer with the help of the wiki and your Mario knowledge! Each Trivia Time has a different theme, and since Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury just came out, I thought I might as well do one on that game! Also, I’d quickly like to say thank you for voting this section as Section of the Month for January. I didn’t believe it myself at first! Also, the five main questions will be 3D World based, with their being a bonus 6th question for Bowser’s Fury. So, without further ado, let’s-a go! (Bonus: get all six questions right without the help of the wiki.)

Question 1: In Super Mario 3D World, once you get to the final world, World Crown, there’s three stages you can beat. One of them is the last Captain Toad stage. What is that stage called in Italian?

Question 2: In Super Mario 3D World, you can gain access to the secret train level, the Coin Express, once you get to World 5. Once you play it once, though, you can’t play it again until you do what?

Question 3: In World 3-3, Shifty Boo Mansion, how do you get the first Green Star?

Question 4: In Super Mario 3D World, there is an enemy called Coin Coffer. In what stage does this enemy first appear?

Question 5: In World Crown-Mystery Box, Mystery Box Marathon, there are 30 Green Stars to collect. Most of the Green Stars come from older mystery boxes. Which mystery box does Green Star 24’s challenge come from?

Bonus Question: In Bowser’s Fury, how do you get a Lucky Bell, excluding swimming under the Ruins Giga Bell and getting one randomly after collecting 100 coins? Well, that’s it for this claw-ver edition of Trivia Time! Purr-haps I’ll be back next month if I’m not too focused on school. Thanks once again for voting this section as January’s SOTM, and on that note, thank you so much for playing, and I’ll see you…NEXT TIME! (Now if you excuse me, I have to prepare for those end-of-the-year tests. See ya!)

Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego?
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“Gumshoe, we’ve got an interesting case for you this time. It seems that your services are being requested again by Madame Broode- she asked for you specifically, even though the ACME department is focused on apprehending Carmen. Either way, we’re allowing her request to come through since we don’t have any leads on Carmen at the moment. So, your case- Madame Broode has reported that several pieces of her jewelry featuring custom Power Moon gem settings have been stolen. She does not suspect Mario and co., as the entire piece of jewelry is missing rather then just the Power Moons inside. She has some grainy footage of a masked robbers that we have looked at, and it appears to be a Toad crew that is working on this heist. Your job is to track down these bandits and the stolen jewelry. Get cracking on this case, gumshoe!”