The 'Shroom:Issue 179/Fun Stuff





Staff Notes
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Greetings, beautiful 'Shroom readers! Welcome to this February edition of Fun Stuff! For the first time in two years, I'm just speaking to you from my Fun Stuff headquarters. Certainly odd to stay the least, but hey, I'm no longer the chump who has to stay up late and get everything prepped for the morning of release, so who's really winning here?

I hope your February has been pleasant so far! Love is in the air, of course, but so is the motion of life after the first month of the year. College is really kicking back into full swing on my end, and I imagine my fellow students out there are feeling similarly. Make sure to take some time for yourself when you can! I've just recently been getting into figure drawing, and I've started reacquainting myself with writing poetry, so this period is feeling fruitful both academically and personally for me. It's incredible what a little bit of February sun can do for you.

In terms of Fun Stuff announcements, I don't have any! Our writers are hard at work - especially with the Valentine's I forced them to make this year! That's right, we're really in the spirit folks! Go ahead and settle in, kick back, relax those legs of yours, and enjoy Issue 179's Fun Stuff samplings!

Section of the Month

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Anagrams
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Hi everyone, welcome to the February edition of anagrams! To kick things off, I'd like to introduce the theme for this month- Super Mario Strikers! With the recent announcement of the new game in the series, it seemed like a fitting topic for this month. If you have any ideas for themes for upcoming sections, please let me know on my talk page or in a PM to me on the forums, I'd love to be able to use them. All that leaves now is the goal of solving these 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. TREK OR ORBIT

2. CURL OF PEW

3. I UNLOCK OMEGAS

4. AM HERB ROM

5. PESKIER RUTS

6. PLAIN PERCENTILE

7. SCOUR HUM MOP

8. MUTE PEARS

9. OH PINCH MAC

10. HELMETED TO BAT

Bonus anagram:

Word Search
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Hello readers, and welcome to another thrilling Word Search. In honor of Ninja Squid’s first month as Director, I decided to theme this month's Word Search after the various 'Shroom Directors. Words can be found forwards, backwards, diagonally, and in other words.



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Crossword
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Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of Crosswords, with MarioMorty. This month's edition will be based on the recent Nintendo Direct of this month, So enjoy!



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Hiding Koopa
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Hello, 'Shroom readers! It's time for another Hiding Koopa!

It's Olympic time! Yeah, this month featured the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, and due to this occasion, my usual Koopa Troopas who love to play hide and seek decided to do so in an artwork from Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Well, yeah, this isn't the one from Beijing, but it still has the Olympic vibes, right? Right. Speaking of Olympic Games, I wonder which sport each of us in the 'Shroom Staff would be better at or at least be the best fit for? I'd like to see myself being better at snowboarding, but I may be biased since I think snowboarding is such a cool sport. I'd like to see your answer on this!

Anyway, as usual, there are five Koopas for you to find. Have fun!



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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! In the meantime, look at our sign up page, and apply to the 'Shroom!

Picross
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Welcome back to another issue of Picross! If you've seen the newest Nintendo Direct, then you'll know that the Booster Course Pass is coming out for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. So, to celebrate, I have three picrosses in store, themed after Mario Kart 64. Try and see how fast you can solve them!

For new readers:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Solutions:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

As usual, I hope you enjoyed this edition of Picross! More picrosses will await in the following issue, so I'll see you then.

Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego?
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“Gumshoe, we’ve got another case for you- it’s Carmen this time, and it’s a big one. Bowser has reported to us that his main Airship is missing! There’s no thief brave enough to take on this job, and such a brazen act of grand theft aviation can only be attributed to her. Seems she still wants to be able to get around, and while you’ve foiled her plans for stealing karts in the past, she’s gone a step further to secure some transportation of all of her stolen goods. That airship is massive, big enough to contain arenas for boss battles in games like Super Mario Bros. 3, where Mario was pitted up against each of the Koopalings. Needless to say, Bowser is furious at the loss of it, and he is asking for our help in getting it back. Your reputation has traveled far, gumshoe, although I have a hunch that Madame Broode has been dropping hints to him as well to advertise your services. We need to find that ship and fast, gumshoe, before Carmen can hide it- or worse, steal something with it! Let’s get a move on!”

Musical Quiz
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Hi, I'm WildWario, and this is Musical Quizzes. This game is simple, just listen to the music and guess where it comes from. The answers can be found at the bottom of the list. This time, the quiz is themed around a certain princess and her best friend, so try your best to get the questions correct.



That's it for this issue's Musical Quiz. See you next issue for another quiz.

Trivia
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* Please note the writer of this section owes you one witty intro.


 * 1) That Super Mario Land was originally going to be the pack-in title for the Game Boy?
 * 2) That Banjo-Pilot was originally a Diddy Kong Racing sequel called Diddy Kong Pilot?
 * 3) That Tiptup is the only character who appears in both Banjo Kazooie and Diddy Kong Racing?
 * 4) That Clawgrip was misspelled Clawglip in the credits of Super Mario Bros. 2?
 * 5) That Clawgrip is unique to Super Mario Bros. 2, replacing an Albino Mouser that was the boss of World 5 in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic?
 * 6) That Timber was originally supposed to be the star of Dinosaur Plane (which eventually became Star Fox Adventure)?
 * 7) That everyone should read GBA's Horrorscopes?