User:Nintendo101

Casual Nintendo historian. Otherwise an artist and a professional zoologist. Bio degree. I've had an account here since 2012.

I wrote the character sections for Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Super Mario Odyssey. I contributed much of the article for Super Mario Sunshine and am currently working on Super Mario Galaxy.

I have been a fan of Nintendo since a very young age. My first Mario games (and three of the first video games I ever owned) were Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Super Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS. These games were good company for a young kid who moved around a lot and had difficulty keeping long-lasting friends.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I sequentially played some of my favorite games in the Super Mario series to 100% completion. This includes, in order, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. I will complete this marathon with Super Mario Odyssey. It's been really fun so far! These are great games, and I always wanted to marathon a series like this before but never had the time. It has been interesting to see where the series began and where it has ended up. The design philosophies, the characters, the art directions, world building, level design, narrative, etc. All good stuff. It might be fun to write something about it some day.

My favorite video game character is Yoshi.

Sandbox for current project

Comet Medals and Prankster Comets

No galaxy has more than one non-green Prankster Comet

Starship Mario

Main article: Starship Mario

Screenshot of the Starship Mario's Engine Room. Interior is one of the ways that progress is tracked.

Hub terraformed to look like Mario's head by Lubba

Rouge group of Lumas live on it, inc. Lubba and Baby Luma

As Mario progresses, power-ups are added to the engine room. Cloud Flower and Yoshi Egg become usable. Visual mark of progress.

Passengers

Another mark of progress - NPCs permently board the ship once specific criteria are met (what are they? Just finishing certain missions or are they tied to Power Stars?)

The NPCs share tricks on level progression and actions: some allude to late-game secrets, or are marks of progress for the player

As the Starship becomes more lively, the music becomes more flourished and complex

(include mini list for NPCs, unlock criteria, and their quotes - no pictures. The pictures for characters are in the following section)

No Piantas :<

No.	Name	Unlock criterion	Placement	Dialogue
01	Yoshi	Complete "Saddle Up with Yoshi".	tip of nose	none
02	Yellow Toad	Complete "Digga-Leg's Planet".	below right ear	"Hey--everyone's waiting for you on the Starshroom! We found a , so we're keeping it there for you."
03	Banktoad	Accumulate 7 Power Stars.	small patch of white flowers on the deck	"Hello from your friendly Banktoad! I can help share your stash of Star Bits with other adventurers!"
04	Mailtoad	Accumulate 13 Power Stars.	patch of red flowers on the deck	"Hello! I've held on to every I've recieved! Here--look…"
05	Star Bunny	Complete "Think Before You Shake".	under right ear lobe	"Shake when you're in midjump! Spinning will give you just a little more OOMPH! How do you think I jump so high, boiyoing? Try it with me!"
06	Honeybee	Complete "The Secret Wall Jump".	left of the middle engine	"Bet you'd like to know our secret… When we get coins in the air, we can fly farther!"
07	Penguin	Complete "Exploring the Cosmic Cavern".	back of the head, near the tea set	"Shake when you're in the water for a burst of speed! A lot of penguins don't know that…"
08	Jibberjay	Complete "Jungle Fluzzard Race".	near the path above the left sideburn	"Listen up! Listen up! There's a trick to going fast with Fluzzard! Point down to dive! Keep diving to go fast! Dive! Dive whenever you can! Fast! Fast!"
09	First Lumalee	Collect one Power Star in World 3.	Pipe Room in the left ear	"Lumalee! ♪ Lumalop! ♪ Welcome to the Luma Shop! Care to spin a Chance Cube for only 30 Star Bits?"
10	Whittle	Complete "Tall Trunk's Big Slide".	behind the left ear	"Collect many ? Comet arrive! First time in galaxy… Always one somewhere! Look hard."
11	Gold Gearmo	Complete "C'mere, Goomba".	at tea set	"I kinda dig those guys!"
12	Silver Gearmo	Complete "C'mere, Topman".	at tea set	"I just love the way those li'l red guys spin!"
13	Second Lumalee	Complete "The Magnificent Magma Sea".	Pipe Room in the left ear	"Care to spin 5 Chance Cubes for only 100 coins?"
14	Bob-omb Buddy	Complete "Return of the Whomp King".	near bridge, north of tea set	"Have you heard of this mythical, legendary world? It sounds like an amazing place, but I wonder how you get there…"
15	First Green Luma	Complete "Throwback Throwdown".	left of the stern, by the tree	"Seeking the cosmic jewels…it's been our lifelong pursuit… There is a saying that 'they can be found when all the stars have been collected…'"
16	Second Green Luma	Accumulate 120 Power Stars.	left of the stern, by the tree	"The universe is so full of joy… Have you ever seen a cosmic jewel? They have such a happy shine! And if you listen closely, you can hear the wonderful tinkling sound when one is nearby! Seriously!"
17	Rosalina	Complete "The Perfect Run".	big patch of white flowers on the deck	"I want to give you my thanks."

Items

Name	Description	Name	Description
Power Stars	description	Notes	description
Green Power Stars	description	+ Clocks	description
Bronze Stars	description	Green Shells	description
Silver Stars	description	1-Up Mushrooms	description
Grand Stars	description	Life Mushrooms	description
Comet Medals	description	Chance Cubes	description
Star Bits	description	Star Chips	description
Star Piece Clusters	description	Keys	description
Small Rocks / Shell Circles	Note to self: the names for both circles come from the internal naming of the textures associated with them, as viewable on noclip.website. These are likely the only official English names for these things, as they are 0 mentioning of them in the SMG2 Prima Guide or instruction booklet. They _are_ listed in the Shogakukan and English-localized Mario Encyclopedia, and are listed together as one object. While the English localizing was done poorly, the way the book itself is organized was not changed from its Japanese counterpart, which was a close collaboration between Shogakukan and Nintendo. They have a long-standing relationship, seemingly closer than that between Nintendo of America and Prima Games, as Shogakukan has been granted access to a significant amount of in-game assets and details not allocated to the Prima Games writers. The organization of enemies, as well as the very screenshots for them in the encyclopedia, would be repurposed on the Japanese character indexes for Mario released to correspond with the 25th Anniversary, so I'm inclined to think the Encyclopedia - while not a reliable source for names for characters, items, and enemies - is at least useable with regards to what the things themselves are.	Berries	description
Balloons	description	Big Yoshi Fruits	Note to self: the FileName directory refers to this as the "Big Yoshi Fruit" and the normal berry as the "Yoshi Fruit". I think due to policy the name we use would be "Big Yoshi Fruit", but that would be odd for readers, I think. The Prima Guide calls it a "giant fruit", but this seems to be in a general sense. Perhaps the Shogakukan Mario encyclopedia offers a unique name.
Rocks	description	Coconuts	description
Coins	description	Watermelons	description
Purple Coins	description	Spin Drills	description
? Coins	description	Yoshi's Eggs	description

Power-ups

Power-up	Effect	Description
Cloud Flower		Description
Rock Mushroom		Description
Fire Flower		Description
Bee Mushroom		Description
Rainbow Star		Description
Boo Mushroom		Description
Spring Mushroom		Description

Yoshi's fruit

Power-up	Effect	Description
Dash Pepper		Description
Blimp Fruit		Description
Bulb Berry		Description