The 'Shroom:Issue LXIX/Pipe Plaza

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Director's Notes ()
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Special Holiday Issue!! This is a very special time of the year, and I would like to say something.

I would like to thank everybody who worked hard this year for the paper, especially the Core Staff and the Pipe Plaza writers. I was just a normal writer in the beginning of the year, and now, after twelve months, I am a Sub-Team Director. Not everyone has this opportunity, and I thank and the rest of the Core Staff for inviting me to be the new Pipe Plaza Director, which allowed me to contribute further to the team I simply love. I would also like to thank my team for making the Pipe Plaza what it is now. You are the ones who make up this Sub-Team, and you should be proud of your work. I may be the higher authority here, but my hands would be tied without you.

Those are the guys – and girl – who worked very hard this year for the Pipe Plaza:


 * Former Pipe Plaza Director, NIWA News writer;
 * Community Report writer;
 * Tip of the Month writer;
 * Forum Update writer;
 * And myself, : Pipe Plaza Director, Upcoming Games, Mario Calendar and Monthly Report writer, guest writer in several issues.

But that team got a new member very late in the year; I got my first real application, and, along with the Core Staff, I decided to hire the applicant. Please welcome, the new Projects Seeking Contributors writer, to the team!!

Section of the Month
The Section of the Month poll for the November issue got 22 votes, three more than last month. It was also the first Pipe Plaza SOTM poll to have a tie for first place.

The winners, with 8 votes (36.36% of the total) are...

'...Forum Update, for the first time, and Mario Calendar'', for the second time!!!

Forum Update, written by, brings readers news on the Super Mario Boards, including, but not limited to, promotions and demotions, policy changes and results for the forum games, such as Mafia or Hurt & Heal. Mario Calendar, written by myself, presents users with a list of all the Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario games released during the month in which the newest issue of The 'Shroom is released. Last month, it covered the games released in a November day. Community Report, written by, got second place, with 3 votes (13.64%), while Tip of the Month, written by , was the third-placed section, with 2 votes (9.1%).

Well, that was quite a big section, so I shall no longer hold you. The Pipe Plaza writers surely put a lot of work into this issue, so please be sure to read on! I hope you all enjoy it!!

Monthly Report ()
Hello, readers, and welcome to the December Issue of Monthly Report!! Once again, there are no announcements regarding this section, so let's get to what matters quickly! These are the wiki's statistics for October, November and December:

(Credit goes to and  for the table coding. Stooben originally created it when writing this section back in Issues XXIII, XXV and XXVI, and SMB based his coding for Issues XXXIX, XL and XLI – which I am using in this issue – off of Stooben's coding.)

*All times EST.

Community Report ()
Hello, welcome to a completely non-themed Community Report. I'm here to bring a little bureaucracy into the orderless system that is December.

Policy Changes

 * Notice templates was created. This page outlines the types and uses of notice templates.

Proposals

 * 's proposal to remove sprites from image galleries failed, 11-1.
 * 's proposal to merge 10-Point star and 20-Point star to Point Star failed, 4-2.
 * 's proposal to allow support reasoning for featured article nominations failed, 6-2.
 * 's proposal to create articles for the non-Mario Nintendo Land attractions passed, 9-4.

Proposals in Progress

 * A TPP to create a navigation template to navigate between all the navigation templates. (Read More)
 * A TPP to move Bonecoaster to Spine Coaster. (Read More)
 * A TPP to merge Squirpina XIV to List of Implied Characters. (Read More)

Featured ()
Hello, 'Shroomers, and welcome to Featured!! This month's issue is a Special one, so I decided to guest-write this section once again.

Featured Articles
Two articles have been featured since October:


 * List of Paper Mario beta elements (December 1st)
 * New Super Mario Bros. (December 1st)

FA Nominations
The active Featured Article Nominations are:
 * Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (Nominated on October 14th)
 * Baby Donkey Kong (Nominated on November 5th)
 * Lakitu (Nominated on November 9th)
 * Star (Nominated on November 16th)
 * Baby Mario (Nominated on November 27th)
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nominated on November 28th)
 * Coin Rush (Nominated on December 2nd)

Failed FA Nominations
A whopping eleven FA Nominations have failed since the last issue of Featured:


 * Shy Guy (Nominated on May 12th; failed on July 11th)
 * Bob-omb (Nominated on May 17th; failed on July 16th)
 * Toad (Nominated on May 30th; failed on July 29th)
 * Super Mario Kart (Nominated on May 17th; failed on August 24th)
 * Good Egg Galaxy (Nominated on July 22nd; failed on September 4th)
 * Thwomp (Nominated on June 20th; failed on September 30th)
 * Macho Grubba (Nominated on August 19th; failed on October 18th)
 * Mario Party 9 (Nominated on August 22nd; failed on October 21st)
 * New Super Mario Bros. Mii (Nominated on July 24th; failed on October 21st)
 * Megasparkle Goomba (Nominated on November 18th; failed on November 18th)
 * Wario Land 4 (Nominated on October 4th; failed on December 1st)

Unfeatured Articles
No articles were unfeatured in the past two months.

Unfeaturing Nominations
Only one FA Unfeaturing Nomination remains active; Goomba was nominated to be unfeatured on April 20th.

Failed Unfeaturing Nominations
The other FA Unfeaturing Nomination, however, failed; King K. Rool, nominated to become unfeatured on August 28th, failed unfeaturing requirements on September 9th.

And that concludes this issue of Featured!!

Forum Update ()
You guys know what the best thing about Christmas is? The Super Special Fire-Breathing November Forum Update, of course! For there is no better gift. So let's see if anything important happened this month (or otherwise just try to make unimportant stuff sound slightly important, like I do every month!)...

Top Stories Mason Vorhees (Mason) resigned from his position as a Global Moderator this month, due to real life stuff. Marioguy1 also resigned from being a Global Moderator, but still remains a Local Moderator of the Mafia board.

The moderators have got into the festive mood, and will allow anyone, for the month of December, to change their name and be able to change it back on Christmas day. Yes, everyone. Even those who hadn't had their name changed for a month.

Zackcota was permanently banned on November 19th. He was banned for continuous spamming, despite being warned multiple times.

New Super Yoshi, MKGirlism (YamiHoshi) and IceShadow1199's bans expired.

"Damn" is now censored to "dang".

Statistics In November, 632 topics were made. 36386 posts were made, which seems to be the highest so far this year. To contrast that, 21 users joined, which overtakes last month as the lowest so far this year. 199 was the most users online.

Green signifies the user is at a higher position than last month. Blue signifies the user is at the same position as last month. Red signifies the user is at a lower position than last month. Bold signifies the user is a new entry to the top 10. Italics signify the user is banned.

Mafia and Forum Games Currently ongoing Mafia games are Beauty Queen Etna's (Rocker64) Post-Apocalypse Mafia, Marioguy1's Heroscape Mafia, Phantom L's (Lily) Kid Icarus: Uprising Mafia and New Super Yoshi's Paper Mario Mafia. Among the currently ongoing Vote to Wins are Vanillite's (Pyro) V2W: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Yoshi Claus' (Yoshi K) V2W: Nintendo All-Stars.


 * a!lpha!bet ma!fia!, hosted by SMB, was won by the Mafia, Gamefreak75 being the only member of it to die (the other members were Rocker64, Palkia47, Smasher and Toad85).
 * The Rebel Alliance (Innocents) won Northern Verve's (SonicMario) Star Wars Mafia.
 * Dangan Ronpa Mafia, hosted by Enobarbus (Bop1996) and Kamome Tsurubami (Superchao), was won by the Innocents (8 of which survived, at the end)...and Nabber.
 * The Oakland A's won Toad85's Major League Baseball Hurt and Heal/Vote to Win combination, after 8 months.
 * Monobear won Smasher's Vote to Win: Forum's Choice IV.
 * After 5 months, Kiyotaka Ishimaru won Pyro's Forum Triathlon.

That's all for this considerably unfestive edition of Forum Update for this festive time. Despite that, have a great Christmas, and make sure the world doesn't end or something like that.

Projects Seeking Contributors ()
Hey and what's up? Welcome to Projects Seeking Contributors! This section will bring attention to any new and active projects on the wiki where input and general discussion are needed. Let's start with the most active and recent projects seen on the Wiki Collaborations forum board.


 * Request: NSMB2 World Maps, started by LTIan – A request for the world maps found in the New Super Mario Bros. 2 official Prima game guide.
 * Request: Bigger Pictures of the following things, started by LTIan – A request to obtain larger images of those seen in the topic, which are to be uploaded onto the wiki.
 * Request: New Super Mario Bros. 2 Stage Icons, started by LTIan – A request for several different stage icon sprites from the game New Super Mario Bros. 2, which are to be uploaded onto the wiki.
 * Collab: Good writing, started by Enobarbus – A collaboration to suggest and rewrite poorly written articles which go against the policy Good writing.
 * Colab/Request - PMSS List of Stickers, Kersti's Tattles, Level Info, started by StiGir Star – The article Paper Mario: Sticker Star is currently missing much needed info and images about the Stickers, Tattle info and levels seen in the game. Help us out!
 * Bad Walkthrough-style Writing, started by Enobarbus – A collaboration to improve articles which are currently poorly written in a walkthrough-style matter., such as  for example.
 * Collaboration: Unstubify, started by Knife – A collaboration to help clear the stub list, which is currently at around 160 articles.

And that's it for the forum's wiki collaborations. Once again, see the collaboration board for the complete list. Next up, we have the discussions which are currently taking place on the wiki. These can be seen at Category:Unresolved talk pages. The list is as follows.


 * Bloober/Blooper, started by – Discuss whether the early name of the enemy Blooper should be acknowledged in the relevant game sections of the article.
 * Sick status effect?, started by – A source is requested for a piece of info regarding a "sick status effect" seen on the beta elements page of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
 * Release date, started by – Help us find the correct release date for the game Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters.
 * Super Mario Bros. movie, started by – As the characters seen in the Super Mario Bros. (film) aren't considered the "same" as the character appearances seen in other media, it has been suggested that the Mushroom King article should be split and the relevant appearance given its own article.
 * Name, started by – Discuss whether the article Planet Bomber should be moved to, as that is the title seen in Mario media such as the game Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!.
 * Podoboo (Old Name) < Lava Bubble (New Name), started by – Discuss whether Lava Bubble should be the new title of the article Podoboo, rather than having it as a redirect.
 * Flip-Swap/Reversible, started by – Rename the article Reversible Platform (which came from a French translation) to the more suitable translation Flip-Swap Platform.
 * Split article Roof, started by – Discuss possible ways to split Roof into more appearance-specific articles.
 * Selecting a picture, started by – There are two versions of a picture which shows the first floor of Princess Peach's Castle. Decide which one to keep and which one to delete.
 * "Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS" section, started by – Decide whether this section of Super Mario 64 DS should be organized with bullet points, rather than how it is being organized at present.

And that's all for this months Projects Seeking Contributors! If you think you could help out with any of the issues above, please take part in the said discussion taking place. We'll be updating this section next issue with any new discussions that need attention.

Tip of the Month ()
Unlike other wikis around the internet, the MarioWiki is not here to provide a subjective view of the items we write about. Objective writing on non-userspace pages, please. Save your opinions for your own page, and please edit the wiki in an objective light.

Mario Calendar ()
Hello, everyone, and welcome to this month's Mario Calendar!! The Holiday Season is under way, which means there are plenty of games in December's Calendar. Without further ado, here are all the Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario games released in the last month of the year:


 * December 1st
 * 1999 (NA): Game & Watch Gallery 3 (GBC)
 * 2005:
 * (AU): Mario Power Tennis (GBA)
 * (JP): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (GBA)
 * 2006 (EU): Yoshi's Island DS (NDS)
 * 2011 (JP):
 * Itadaki Street Wii (Wii)
 * Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * December 2nd
 * 1998 (JP): Mario no Photopi (N64)
 * 2004 (JP):
 * Super Mario 64 DS (NDS)
 * Sawaru Made in Wario (NDS)
 * 2006 (JP):
 * Odoru Made in Wario (Wii)
 * Donkey Kong (NES-VC)
 * Donkey Kong Jr. (NES-VC)
 * Super Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World (SNES-VC)
 * Super Mario 64 (N64-VC)
 * 2010:
 * (AU):
 * Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition (Wii)
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
 * (JP): Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Assault! Mini-Land (NDS)
 * 2011 (EU): Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * December 3rd
 * 2001 (NA): Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
 * 2009 (JP): New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
 * 2010 (EU):
 * Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition (Wii)
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
 * 2011 (AU): Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * December 4th
 * 1991 (JP): Yoshi no Tamago (NES)
 * 2006 (NA): Donkey Kong Jr. (NES-VC)
 * 2011 (NA): Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * December 5th
 * 2003 (EU): Mario Party 5 (GCN)
 * 2005 (NA):
 * Super Mario Strikers (GCN)
 * Mario Tennis: Power Tour (GBA)
 * 2011 (NA): Fortune Street (Wii)
 * December 6th
 * 2004 (NA): Mario Party 6 (GCN)
 * 2007 (AU): Mario Party DS (NDS)
 * December 7th
 * 2000 (JP): Mario Party 3 (N64)
 * 2006 (AU):
 * Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * Wario's Woods (NES-VC)
 * Super Mario 64 (N64-VC)
 * December 8th
 * 2005 (JP): Mario Kart DS (NDS)
 * 2006 (EU):
 * Donkey Kong (NES-VC)
 * Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * Donkey Kong Country (SNES-VC)
 * Wario's Woods (NES-VC)
 * Super Mario 64 (N64-VC)
 * 2011 (JP): Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)
 * December 9th (JP)
 * 2004: Yoshi's Universal Gravitation (GBA)
 * 2010: Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
 * December 10th
 * 1992 (EU): Mario Paint (SNES)
 * 1994 (NA): Wario's Woods (NES/SNES)
 * 1999 (JP): Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
 * December 11th
 * 1999 (JP): Mario Artist: Paint Studio (N64DD)
 * 2008 (JP): Wii de Asobu Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii)
 * 2010 (KO): Super Mario 25th Anniversary Special Edition (Wii)
 * December 12th
 * 1983 (JP): Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES)
 * 1991 (JP): Yoshi no Tamago (GB)
 * 2003 (JP):
 * Donkey Konga (GCN)
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
 * 2006 (JP):
 * Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * Donkey Kong Country (SNES-VC)
 * Wario no Mori (NES-VC)
 * 2010 (NA): Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Wii)
 * December 14th
 * 1995 (EU): Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
 * 1996 (JP): Mario Kart 64 (N64)
 * 2001 (JP): Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)
 * 2011 (JP): Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB-3DSVC)
 * December 15th
 * 2008:
 * (NA): Game & Watch Collection (NDS)
 * (JP): Game & Watch Collection 2 (NDS)
 * 2009 (CN):
 * Paper Plane Challenge (DSiWare)
 * Bird and Beans (DSiWare)
 * December 16th, 2004 (JP): Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GCN)
 * December 17th
 * 1992 (EU): Mario & Yoshi (GB)
 * 1999 (JP): Mario Party 2 (N64)
 * December 18th, 1998 (JP): Mario Party (N64)
 * December 19th, 2006 (JP): Mario no Super Picross (SNES-VC)
 * December 20th, 2010 (NA): Mario Party 2 (N64-VC)
 * December 21st, 1997 (JP): Yoshi's Story (N64)
 * December 22nd, 2006 (EU): Donkey Kong Jr. (NES-VC)
 * December 24th
 * 2007 (NA): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES-VC)
 * 2008 (JP):
 * Chotto Dr. Mario (DSiWare)
 * Kami Hikōki (Paper Plane) (DSiWare)
 * Tori to Mame (Bird and Beans) (DSiWare)
 * Utsusu Made in Wario (DSiWare)
 * 2010 (EU): Mario Party 2 (N64-VC)
 * December 25th
 * 2003 (CN): Mario Kart 64 (iQue Player)
 * 2006 (NA): Super Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * 2007 (EU): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES-VC)
 * December 29th, 2005 (JP): Mario & Luigi RPG 2x2 (NDS)
 * December 30th
 * 1992 (EU): Mario & Yoshi (NES)
 * 2008 (KO): Mario Bros. (NES-VC)
 * December 1990 (NA): Dr. Mario (GB)
 * December 1993 (NA): Mario's Time Machine (SNES)
 * December 1994 (NA):
 * Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (SNES)
 * Tetris & Dr. Mario (SNES)

And that concludes the 2012 Mario Calendar!! We shall meet again in Upcoming Games, so see you there!

Upcoming Games ()
Welcome, everyone, to the last Pipe Plaza section of the year! This issue of Upcoming Games is all about news, so let's not waste time!

Mario News
As most of you have probably seen, Nintendo released its newest home console, the Wii U, last month. The Japanese company also released the first Mario title for the console, New Super Mario Bros. U. NSMBU was the first Mario platformer to be released as a launch title since Super Mario 64, for the Nintendo 64. Another Mario-related game, Nintendo Land, was a launch title for the Wii U as well.

In the portable realm, the fourth Paper Mario installment, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, was released in all regions within the last 30 days. Players may also download additional DLC packs for New Super Mario Bros. 2: two packs were made available for download on October 25th, one on November 27th – which is free until January 1st, 2013 – and two more on December 5th.

There are also new additions to Nintendo's digital library of games: Super Mario Bros. 2 and Wario Land 3 have been released for the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan and Europe, respectively, while Wario Land II and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels are set to be released in North America later this month.

Release Dates

 * Wii U
 * North America: November 18th
 * Europe: November 30th
 * Australia: November 30th
 * Japan: December 8th
 * New Super Mario Bros. U & Nintendo Land: Wii U launch titles
 * Paper Mario: Sticker Star
 * North America: November 11th
 * Japan: December 6th
 * Europe: December 7th
 * Australia: December 8th
 * Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) – 3DS Virtual Console
 * Japan: November 28th
 * Wario Land 3 (GBC) – 3DS Virtual Console
 * Europe: December 6th
 * Wario Land II (GBC) – 3DS Virtual Console
 * North America: December 20th
 * Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (NES) – 3DS Virtual Console
 * North America: December 27th

And that concludes 2012 for the Pipe Plaza! I wish you all the best in the upcoming holidays!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

"Stay tuned to Upcoming Games for news on the games you'll be playing soon!"


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