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, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and 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

Traps and obstacles

The Super Mario Encyclopedia includes Meteors, Bankiti, and maybe Mines (which are enemies on Mario Portal). Consider moving Spike Traps to proper "returning enemies".

Name	Description	Locations
Banzai Bill Cannon	Giant cannons that shoot Banzai Bills. Identical-looking cannons occur in Good Egg Galaxy that release Chomps.	Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Bill Blaster	The cannons that shoot Bullet Bills. Stand alone blasters are covered in military camouflage. A blaster will not shoot more than one Bill at a time. Bill Blasters are mounted onto the surface of planets, integrated into the walls of terrain, and attached to the sides of Bowser's airships. Many Bill Blasters are built into the body of Megaleg. There are identical-looking blasters found underwater that shoot Torpedo Teds.	Good Egg Galaxy Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor Battlerock Galaxy Buoy Base Galaxy Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor Dreadnought Galaxy Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor Bubble Blast Galaxy
Black hole	Extremely dense voids with their own gravity. Mario will be pulled into black holes if he gets too close and will lose a life. They exist in the center of several planets and function similarly to bottomless pits.	All galaxies except: Loopdeeloop Galaxy Rolling Green Galaxy Bubble Breeze Galaxy Buoy Base Galaxy Dusty Dune Galaxy Bonefin Galaxy Matter Splatter Galaxy Rolling Gizmo Galaxy Loopdeeswoop Galaxy Grand Finale Galaxy Drip Drop Galaxy Bigmouth Galaxy Snow Cap Galaxy
Bramble	Thick vines covered in thorns. Making contact damages Mario.	Gusty Garden Galaxy
Burner	Rare Bill Blaster-like cannons. They charge up for a few seconds before creating a small explosion.	Good Egg Galaxy
Cannon	Mounted enemy artillery that shoot cannonballs. They are built into the sides of terrain. They fire continuously in set intervals that can be timed.	Battlerock Galaxy Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada Gusty Garden Galaxy Sling Pod Galaxy Dreadnought Galaxy
Crystal wall	Obstacles that obstruct Boo Mario's path. He can phase through them by shaking .	Boo's Boneyard Galaxy
Dark matter	A dangerous substance with a swirling pattern on it. Mario's body visually disintegrates when he makes contact with dark matter and he loses a life.	Bowser's Dark Matter Plant
Dry Ice Planet	An ice planet. The surface is so cold that direct contact causes Mario to leap as if he was burned and reduces his life meter.	Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Electric Ball	Metal orbs that move in a circle, causing Mario electrical damage if touched.	Battlerock Galaxy Dreadnought Galaxy
Electric rail	Electrical barriers which shock Mario on contact. They emit either green or red electricity and move horizontally in some galaxies. Spiky Topmen can be damaged by spinning them into an electric rail.	Good Egg Galaxy Flipswitch Galaxy Battlerock Galaxy Toy Time Galaxy Dreadnought Galaxy Sweet Sweet Galaxy Bubble Blast Galaxy
Fire Bar	Rotating bars of fireballs that burn Mario on contact.	Battlerock Galaxy Bowser's Star Reactor Toy Time Galaxy Deep Dark Galaxy Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor Sling Pod Galaxy
Fireball	Trailing clumps of molten rock that are shot out of lava. They move very slowly and burn Mario on contact.	Freezeflame Galaxy Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Freezing water	Ice water. It is too frigid to swim in: staying in the water for too long depletes Mario's life meter. Freezing water is readily differentiated from normal bodies of water because the screen is briefly disrupted by a static-like visual effect when Mario enters it.	Freezeflame Galaxy
Gravity spotlight	Blue beams of light that have their own gravity. When Mario walks into one, he is pushed towards the direction of the the light is being beamed. It enables him to walk on walls and ceilings, but only where the light is being directly struck.	Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Honey	A sweet substance collected by Honeybees. Honey reduces Mario's movement the same way mud does.	Honeyhive Galaxy
Lava	Molten rock. Direct contact burns Mario and makes him bonce into the air with his hands on his rear. It is emitted by volcanos and makes up the surface of some celestial bodies, such as suns.	Bowser's Star Reactor Freezeflame Galaxy Bowser's Dark Matter Plant Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Lava Geyser	Columns of molten rock that rise from pools of lava. Direct contact burns Mario. Lava Geysers rise and fall in set intervals that can be timed. A rise is always proceeded by rapid bubbling on the lava's surface.	Freezeflame Galaxy Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Lava Mini Sun Planet	Small red dwarves. Some suns can be found suspensed in space, while others can be found on the surface of planetoids. Making direct contact burns Mario.	Bowser's Star Reactor Freezeflame Galaxy Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Lava Steam	Heated water vapor forced out of the ground. Making contact burns Mario.	Space Junk Galaxy Freezeflame Galaxy Melty Molten Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Mud	Dirt mixed with water. Mario's movement speed and jump height is greatly reduced when he is in mud. This puts him at potential risk if dangerous enemies are nearby.	Good Egg Galaxy
Poison swamp	Bubbly, sludge-like poison mixed with water. Mario becomes trapped in the poison when he makes contact and will rapidly start to sink and lose a life. There is no way for the player to escape.	Bubble Breeze Galaxy Toy Time Galaxy
Quicksand	Shifting sands. It functions identically to poison in that it will rapidly cause Mario to sink and he cannot escape its pull. Quicksand is usually denoted by signage that have skull-and-crossbones on them.	Dusty Dune Galaxy Sand Spiral Galaxy Bowser's Galaxy Reactor
Speedy sand	Rapidly flowing sand. Mario can stand on it, but it will push him in the direction of its trajectory and potentially into hazards.	Dusty Dune Galaxy
Spotlight	Beams of light. They can be used to defeat enemy Boos, but they will also force Boo Mario back into his normal form.	Ghostly Galaxy Deep Dark Galaxy
Whirlpool	A swirling vortex of water. Contact pushes Mario and temporarily stuns him, but it does not cause damage.	Sea Slide Galaxy Deep Dark Galaxy Bigmouth Galaxy