Nintendo101

Casual Nintendo historian. Otherwise an artist and a field ecologist. 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 Galaxy and Super Mario Sunshine.

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, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Super Mario Odyssey. It's been really fun! 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

New enemies

Name	Description	First appearance	Last appearance
Biddybud	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Big Tail Goomba	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Big Cosmic Clone	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Blokkablok	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Coin Coffer	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Draglet	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Fake Block	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Flophopper	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Goomba Tower	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Inky Piranha Plant	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Morty Mole	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Para-Biddybud	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Peepa	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Prongo	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Sandmaargh	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Spike Eel	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Stingby	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Tail Bob-omb	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Tail Boo	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Tail Bullet Bill	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Tail Goomba	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Tail Thwomp	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Wallop	desc	TBD1	TBD2

Returning enemies

Name	Description	First appearance	Last appearance
Banzai Bill	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Big Boo	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Blooper	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Bob-omb	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Boo	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Boomerang Bro	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Bullet Bill	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Chain Chomp	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Cheep Cheep	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Cosmic Clone	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Dry Bones	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Fire Piranha Plant	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Fuzzy	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Goomba	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Grinder	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Hammer Bro	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Koopa Troopa	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Lava Bubble	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Magikoopa	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Magmaargh	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Monty Mole	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Paragoomba	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Piranha Plant	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Pokey	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Porcupuffer	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Rocky Wrench	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Spiny	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Thistle	desc	TBD1	TBD2
Thwomp	desc	TBD1	TBD2

Obstacles

Name	Description	First appearance	Last appearance

Bosses

Bosses
Tail Bowser		Boom Boom		Pom Pom
Disguised minions of Bowser who breathe fire, swing their tails, and jump around on collapsible bridges.		A big brutish Koopa that spins his fists around his arenas.		A female Boom Boom that throws boomerangs.
Levels		Levels		Levels
World 1-Castle World 5-Castle		World 2-Airship World 3-Airship World 7-Airship	Special 4-Airship Special 6-Airship Special 7-Mystery Box Special 8-Crown	World 4-Airship World 6-Airship World 7-Airship	Special 4-Airship Special 8-Crown
Bowser			Dry Bowser
At first fights like his copies, but for the final showdown becomes far more persistent and aggressive, gaining several new behaviors.			Bowser's skeletal counterpart, who fights like the Tail Bowsers.
Levels			Levels
World 8-Bowser's Castle: Part 1 World 8-Bowser's Castle: Part 2			Special 1-Castle Special 5-Castle Special 8-Bowser's Castle