💫 So long, gay Bowser!! 💫

A 2004 issue of the Japanese Nintendo Dream magazine featured concept art for various Power Shots seen in Mario Power Tennis (please zoom in to view details).

Of particular note is the artwork for Waluigi's Swimming Return (top), which features a unique swimsuit that does not appear in the finished game, where Waluigi simply swims through the air without changing his outfit.

Officially licensed 2025 Donkey Kong banana stand from Japan.

Sorry I don't speak italian. so I ask chatgpt translate the brothers dialogue into italian. Here is the english translation.

Mario: She's really beautiful...

Luigi: uh-huh.

Mario: Oh my God, I can't believe I just danced with her! But I stepped on her foot... What if she hates me now?

Luigi: Nah, you're overthinking it.

Mario: Oh no, she definitely hates me now! I'm such an idiot...

In Mario Kart 8/Deluxe, the motion of each character is governed by four independent systems: -animation (which action the character is currently performing, e.g. sitting in the seat, throwing an item, posing after a stunt, etc. In older Mario Kart games, this was the only factor) -head tracking (the character's head turns to look at other drivers and items as they pass by) -facial expressions (the character's face changes to show their current mood, e.g. happy after winning or in pain after being hit) -vehicle motion counterbalance (the character subtly shifts in the seat in accordance with the vehicle's movement by bending limbs or changing posture. Hair and other freely moving character parts also fall under this system)

To demonstrate that these systems are actually completely independent of each other, it is possible to turn one of them off and see that the other ones are still being applied to the character. In the footage, Daisy's animations are turned off, leaving her stuck in a T-pose. However, she still looks around, changes expressions, and even bends her arms and legs to balance the bike's movement.

"Battle Unit Yoshi", an extremely bizarre unique unused enemy found in the files of the GameCube version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

While it has the appearance of the Yoshi Kid partner when he is fighting against Mario during the Doopliss battle, it is coded as an enemy and a partner simultaneously. As such, it is an enemy for the purposes of damaging Mario and his other partner, but is actually controlled by the player. The player can even make this Yoshi access Mario's own inventory and use it against him, as seen in the footage.

It is unknown if the outlandish scenario of being able to control an enemy was ever intended to appear in the finished game, or whether it was merely used for internal testing.

And I succeeded! I got Charles Martinet's autograph 🌟. We saw he was going to be there, so months ago I decided to do a watercolor of an older sketch that had all the boys for him to sign. He even wrote the catchphrases for all the characters while doing their voices ✍️ Mario goes "WooHoo!!!" Luigi goes "HoHo!!!" Baby Bros go "Weee!!!" Waluigi goes "WA!" Wario goes "YA Ho!!" Ptttttttt -fart noises* It was magical, he was very nice to me.

Oh boy, the con adventure was so much fun. I had a list of cards I wanted and we spent hours hunting them down. (Then I get home and see I STILL have gaps in my collection, of course 🤣) Most we were able to find! Others we could not... and it wasn't that they weren't there, just that they were waaaaaaaaaaaayyy out of my budget. Like the fabled Mario Pika and Luigi Pika cards. Oh man, they are expensive. But at least I got to see them in real life.