The 'Shroom:Issue 165/Pipe Plaza

Director’s Notes
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Hello readers and welcome to December! The nightmare year is almost over!! I'm gonna keep things short and simple here because I don't have any brainpower to think of anything creative or funny this time around.

So, usual announcements. If you like what you see in Pipe Plaza and are wanting to join in the fun, consider checking out the sign up page to look for ideas! Additionally, congratulations to Anton and Turb, who will once again be our Awards Director and Sub-Director for 2021's Awards!

Happy Holidays and enjoy the rest of the month~

Section of the Month

NIWA News
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Hello, everyone! Welcome to NIWA News, a section where I show the going ons with the wikis in our NIWA group within the last month!

Promotions
 * Ray Trace and Waluigi Time were promoted to the rank of Patroller on the Super Mario Wiki!
 * Mister Wu and KPH2293 were promoted to the rank of Administrator on the Super Mario Wiki!

Demotions
 * TheFlameChomp has stepped down from his positions on the Super Mario Wiki.

Maintenance
 * Several wikis may be updating to the new MediaWiki version 1.35, so if something looks off, hang tight! Check with an admin on their wiki for more information.

Mario Calendar
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Hey guys, GPM1000 here once again for Mario Calendar! This actually marks the three-year anniversary of the Mario Calendar section (at least my version of it), and while I know I’ve been incredibly inconsistent and had an extremely long hiatus, but this time I’m here to stay, I promise! Anyways, you all know how this works, so let’s go!

Region Abbreviations Console Abbreviations


 * December 1st
 * 1990 (NA): Dr. Mario (GB)
 * 1992 (EU): Mario Teaches Typing (MS-DOS)
 * 1995 (JP): Virtual Boy Wario Land (VB)
 * 1999 (NA): Game & Watch Gallery 3 (GBC)
 * 2005:
 * (JP): Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (GBA)
 * (AU): Mario Tennis: Power Tour (GBA)
 * 2006 (EU): Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
 * 2011 (JP):
 * Fortune Street (Wii)
 * Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * 2016 (JP): Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)


 * December 2
 * 1998 (JP): Mario no Photopi (N64)
 * 2001 (NA): Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
 * 2004 (JP):
 * Super Mario 64 DS (DS)
 * WarioWare: Touched! (DS)
 * 2006 (JP): WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii)
 * 2010:
 * (JP): Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (DS)
 * (AU):
 * Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Wii)
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
 * 2011 (EU): Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * 2016 (NA/EU): Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)


 * December 3
 * 2001 (NA): Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
 * 2009 (JP): New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
 * 2010 (EU):
 * Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Wii)
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
 * 2011 (AU): Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * 2015 (JP): Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS)
 * 2016 (AU): Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS)


 * December 4
 * 1991 (JP): Yoshi (NES)
 * 2011 (NA): Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
 * 2015 (EU): Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS)


 * December 5
 * 2003 (EU/AU): Mario Party 5 (GC)
 * 2005 (NA):
 * Mario Tennis: Power Tour (GBA)
 * Super Mario Strikers (GC)
 * 2011 (NA): Fortune Street (Wii)
 * 2013 (JP): Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Wii U)
 * 2014 (NA):
 * NES Remix Pack (Wii U)
 * Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U)
 * Ultimate NES Remix (3DS)
 * 2017 (CHN):
 * Punch-Out!! (Shield)
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Shield)


 * December 6
 * 1982 (NA): Greenhouse (G&W)
 * 1999 (EU/AU): Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
 * 2004 (NA): Mario Party 6 (GC)
 * 2007 (AU): Mario Party DS (DS)
 * 2012 (JP): Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS)
 * 2014 (JP): Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U)


 * December 7
 * 2000 (JP): Mario Party 3 (N64)
 * 2012 (EU): Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS)
 * 2018 (JP/NA/EU/AU): Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)


 * December 8
 * 2005 (JP): Mario Kart DS (DS)
 * 2011 (JP): Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)
 * 2012:
 * (JP):
 * New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U)
 * Nintendo Land (Wii U)
 * (AU): Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS)


 * December 9
 * 2004 (JP): Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (GBA)
 * 2010 (JP): Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)


 * December 10
 * 1992 (EU): Mario Paint (SNES)
 * 1994 (NA):
 * Wario's Woods (NES)
 * Wario's Woods (SNES)
 * 1999 (JP): Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
 * 2015 (AU): Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS)


 * December 11
 * 1999 (JP): Mario Artist: Paint Studio (64DD)
 * 2008 (JP): New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Wii)


 * December 12
 * 1983 (JP): Donkey Kong Jr. Math (NES)
 * 1991 (JP): Yoshi (GB)
 * 2003 (JP):
 * Donkey Konga (GC)
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
 * 2010 (NA): Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Wii)


 * December 14
 * 1996 (JP): Mario Kart 64 (N64)
 * 2001 (JP): Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)


 * December 15
 * 1983 (NA): Donkey Kong (Commodore)
 * 2008:
 * (JP): Game & Watch Collection 2 (DS)
 * (NA): Game & Watch Collection (DS)
 * 2016 (ALL): Super Mario Run (iOS)


 * December 16
 * 1993 (EU/AU): Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
 * 2004 (JP): Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (GC)


 * December 17
 * 1992 (EU): Yoshi (NES)
 * 1999:
 * (JP): Mario Party 2 (N64)
 * (AU): Super Smash Bros. (N64)
 * 2004 (JP): Nintendo Badge Arcade (3DS)
 * 2015:
 * (JP/NA/EU): Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U)


 * December 18
 * 1998 (JP): Mario Party (N64)
 * 2013 (NA/EU/AU) - NES Remix (Wii U eShop)
 * 2015 (AU): Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U)


 * December 19
 * 2013 (JP): NES Remix (Wii U eShop)


 * December 21
 * 1997 (JP): Yoshi's Story (N64)
 * 2019 (ALL): Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. (Switch eShop)


 * December 22
 * 2017:
 * (JP/NA/EU): Arcade Archives: VS. Super Mario Bros. (Switch eShop)
 * (EU/AU): Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS)


 * December 23
 * 2011 (EU): Fortune Street (Wii)
 * 2017 (AU): Arcade Archives: VS. Super Mario Bros. (Switch eShop)


 * December 24
 * 2008 (JP):
 * Bird & Beans (DSiWare)
 * Dr. Mario Express (DSiWare)
 * Paper Airplane Chase (DSiWare)
 * WarioWare: Snapped! (DSiWare)


 * December 25
 * 2003 (CHN): Mario Kart 64 (IQ)


 * December 27
 * 2018 (JP): Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (3DS)


 * December 28
 * 1997 (JP): BS Super Mario Collection (Satellaview)
 * 2017 (JP): Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS)


 * December 29
 * 2005 (JP): Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS)


 * December 30
 * 1992 (EU): Yoshi (NES)


 * December 31
 * 1982 (NA): Donkey Kong (Coleco)
 * 1983 (NA): Mario Bros. (Atari 5200)
 * 1995 (NA): Mario's Game Gallery (MS-DOS)
 * 2000 (JP): Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC)
 * 2013 (NA): Dr. Luigi (Wii U eShop)

And that’s it for 2020! I sincerely want to thank you guys for consistently rating my section really highly, it’s always a ton of fun to make and I’m glad that I’m able to do this. If you had any enjoyment reading through my section this year, I’m so happy that I was able to do that for you. 2020 has been a crazy, heartbreaking year, and I want to thank all the readers and all the writers at The ‘Shroom for providing an awesome, monthly distraction. With that being said, I hope that if you celebrate a winter holiday that it’s awesome, and if you don’t celebrate any, I wish you a very happy December and an awesome new year! See you in January!

Poll Committee Discussion


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Hello, 'Shroom readers! It's ya boy Superchao here, somehow doing too much work with too little time yet again. Please stop me from signing up for everything. Please

The News
We don't have much news this time around! The main thing is that, , and have all done their two-week terms, showing the success of the concept so far. As we go along, the Poll Committee's gonna be collaborating with other groups and projects to try and see how we can help. Look forward to that!

Analyses
When developing remakes, where do you feel Nintendo should mostly focus? Unsurprisingly, the kind of game people most want to see is "flawed but salvageable" games. That's one of the purposes of a remake, after all! The chance to go in and correct what was bad about the original... though not always, considering how many remakes are of perfectly well-received games. What surprised me was the second place being "just remake anything!" - I wouldn't have expected that personally, considering that some of the negatively-received remakes were ones that just took something recent and added more. Look at the general reaction to the Bowser's Inside Story remake! Perhaps people just want easier access to games and new stuff to justify it? Just... yeah. Don't make it limited time. Artificial scarcity is bad and I'm glad to see how many people agree.

Are you satisfied with Nintendo's announced releases for Super Mario's 35th anniversary? A whopping 40% of our voters were for a new game! Which... yeah, I can't blame them. To be fair, there were only a handful of Nintendo games this year in general considering Everything Going On, but even then, Mario's their flagship series, and besides Paper Mario and Mario Kart Live, all we got were slightly polished remasters that get discontinued to encourage artificial scarcity. Good ol' corporate mechanics. What surprised me more, though, was the nearly 30% who were all "that's good stuff". Admittedly, the merch does help, as does the upcoming theme park - if it ever opens - but I was expecting a lot more negative reactions. Mario being Mario tends to make things work out, I guess!

Conclusion
Two polls in a row about the anniversary, huh? Well, considering what wiki we're on, you shouldn't be surprised. There's a lot of potential to talk about there! Perhaps we'll get more... you'll find out soon, when you see the next polls!