User:CyonOfGaia/Sandbox

Sandbox Pages

• Merry Mini-Land Plus
• Time Attack (Mario vs. Donkey Kong for Nintendo Switch)
• Mario Toy Company split

General Sandbox

This image is still unused. When are we gonna reach a consensus on to document doors from the game?

Icon references

Various icons in the game feature many references to the Super Mario series. Click "Show" on the right to see the full list of references.

• The cube unlocked for the "Thief! Thief!" achievement resembles a Shy Guy.
• The cube unlocked for the "Nice shot!" achievement resembles a Rotating Block from Super Mario World.
• The cube unlocked for the "Ultimate ToE2" achievement resembles a Boo.
• The cube unlocked for the "The journey begins..." achievement resembles a sprite of a Super Mushroom from Super Mario Bros. 3.
• The cube unlocked for collecting 15 Lava Shards resembles a Thwomp.
• The cube unlocked for the "One Hop This Time!" achievement is based on the Goomba's Shoe.
• The cube unlocked for the "Diamond Legend" achievement is based on the sprite of a ? Block from Super Mario Bros..
• The ship unlocked for collecting 35 of each type of shard resembles a Chain Chomp.
• The UFO unlocked for the "I R Unstoppable!" achievement resembles a Koopa Clown Car.
• The UFO unlocked for collecting 65 Metal Shards is somewhat a nod to the cannons, even featuring a skull emblem similar to that of the ones on the Bill Blasters.
• One of the achievements is named "Jumpman", and fittingly requires the player to jump 400,000 times total. The reward is a new wave resembling that of a Bullet Bill.
• The robot unlocked for the "Fly me to the moon" achievement is based on a Mechakoopa.
• The robot unlocked for reaching Rank 9 in the Path of Fire is based on Bowser.
• The swing unlocked for collecting 35 Blood Shards is a reference to King Boo's design from the Luigi's Mansion series, albeit without his crown.
• One of the balls unlocked in the Secret Shop is based on Fuzzy.
• One of the robots unlocked in the Mechanic Shop is based on Bob-omb.
• One of the spiders unlocked in the Diamond Shop is based on the Spiny Shell.
• Added in Update 2.2 is a Secret Chest cube resembling a Propeller Box. It is confirmed by the icon's artist, Play Dash, to be a reference to such.
• An unlockable Secret Chest wave resembles a Blooper.
• An unlockable secret ship resembles a Torpedo Ted.
• Two upcoming cubes in Update 2.21 are based on the Phanto and a sprite of a Skull Raft from Super Mario World.

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Icon references

Various icons in the game feature many references to the Super Mario series.

• Various cubes in the game feature the likenesses of Shy Guy, Boo, and Thwomp, as well as an upcoming Phanto cube.
  • Some cubes also feature the likenesses of items and objects seen throughout the Super Mario series, including a Rotating Block, Goomba's Shoe, a Propeller Box, and even sprites like a Super Mushroom (Super Mario Bros. 3 sprite) and a Skull Raft (Super Mario World sprite).
  • The Propeller Box cube was confirmed by the icon's artist, Play Dash, to be a reference to the item itself.
• Two ships in the game resemble a Chain Chomp and a Torpedo Ted respectively, with the latter coming in Update 2.21.
• An unlockable ball is based on the Fuzzy.
• Two UFOs feature the likenesses of a Koopa Clown Car and Mario-styled cannons, with the latter having a skull emblem resembling that of ones on the Bill Blasters.
• One of the achievements is named "Jumpman", and fittingly requires the player to jump 400,000 times total. The reward is a new wave resembling that of a Bullet Bill.
• Another unlockable wave resembles that of a Blooper.
• Three robots in the game have designs based on Bob-omb, Mechakoopa, and Bowser.
• An unlockable spider is based on the Spiny Shell.

Fix up the powerup and Yoshi color mechanics in SMW

• Green Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet), and Caped Mario (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet).
• Yellow Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet), and Caped Mario (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet).
• Red Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario, and Caped Mario (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet).
• Blue Yoshi for Small Mario, Super Mario, Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet) and Caped Mario.
• NOTE: Asterisks are random, double asterisks means if the other Yoshi was not fed and unlocked yet, and asterisk is guaranteed

Egg color spawning mechanics in Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Powerup	Green	Yellow	Red	Blue
Small	*	*	*	*
Super	*	*	*	*
Fire	*	*	#	**
Caped	*	*	**	#

NOTES

A Yoshi color is counted as found in the Star World when the particular Baby Yoshi is fed and grown up for the first time, where it'd display a special message. When a new colored Yoshi is found, any eggs spawned from blocks will have a chance to spawn with one of the found colors, however players will always get a Green Yoshi if they haven't found any of the other Yoshis yet, regardless of powerup. If the red Yoshi is found, its egg is guaranteed to spawn if the player is in fire form, and is also the same case for the blue Yoshi and the player's caped form.

Redoing the Expert world article table for standardization purposes

Expert levels in Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Game Boy Advance/Nintendo Switch)
Image		Name		Stars required		Description
Original	Remake	Original	Remake	Original	Remake
		Level x-1	Level EX-1	8	9	A level featuring conveyor belts, Color Blocks, and a Garbage Can.
		Level x-2	Level EX-2	16	18	A level featuring several crumbling platforms made of sand blocks.
		Level x-3	Level EX-3	24	27	A level featuring moving platforms and Lava Bubbles
N/A		N/A	Level EX-4	N/A	32	A remake-exclusive level featuring Flower Fans and Bob-omb Blocks.
		Level x-4	Level EX-5	40	36	A level featuring Thwomps and Thwimps.
N/A		N/A	Level EX-6	N/A	48	A remake-exclusive level featuring icy terrain, focusing on taking advantage of its slippery traction.
		Level x-5	Level EX-7	45	56	A level focused on excavating Bob-omb Blocks with Bob-ombs.
		Level x-6	Level EX-8	54	64	A level with moving platforms, Direction Switches and Color Blocks.
		Level x-7	Level EX-9	63	72	A level focused on riding a Shy Guy across several spikes.
		Level x-8	Level EX-10	72	80	A level featuring several dispersed Donut Blocks.
		Level x-9	Level EX-11	81	88	A level featuring chains, Fire Shy Guys and fire birds.
N/A		N/A	Level EX-12	N/A	96	A remake-exclusive level focusing on using Flower Fans to carry objects.
		Level x-10	Level EX-13	90	104	A level featuring several Polterguys of different colors.
N/A		N/A	Level EX-14	N/A	112	A remake-exclusive level featuring several icy terrain and conveyor belts, as well as a carryable spring.
		Level x-11	Level EX-15	90	120	A level featuring Spear Guys and Hammers.
		Level x-12	Level EX-16	90	128	A level featuring lasers and several Bob-ombs and Bob-omb Blocks.

Mario Party DS anti-piracy measures

The fake screen

On October 13, 2020, YouTube user Joey Perleoni uploaded a video titled "Mario Party DS Anti Piracy Screen", showcasing what appears to be piracy detection features in Mario Party DS. In the video, the minigame Cherry-Go-Round is played normally until an error message appears stating that a pirated copy of the game is being played. The game then cuts to the eponymous anti-piracy screen. On the bottom screen, an image taken from a story cutscene where Bowser shrinks Mario and friends and traps them in a cage is used, meant to evoke a prison cell in the video. The phrase "PIRACY IS NO PARTY!" and a message about video game piracy are displayed on the top screen. During this portion of the video, ominous music plays in the background; an extended version of this track was uploaded by the same user on December 17, 2020. While both videos became very popular, with both accruing at least 500,000 views on YouTube, there were no prior accounts of the scene during the large time span of over a decade between Mario Party DS's original release (2007) and the upload of the video (2020), despite the popularity of emulation and piracy and ease of uploading gameplay footage to YouTube. Furthermore, there is no internal evidence whatsoever of any anti-piracy measures existing in this or any other Mario Party game, or in any game that Hudson Soft produced for Nintendo or a Nintendo system.

After the success of the first video, Joey Perleoni would continue to post several other videos showing additional supposed anti-piracy measures in Mario Party DS. On December 20, 2020, a second video titled "Mario Party DS Anti Piracy | Item Shop Dialogue/Secret Boss HD" was uploaded, in which Luigi enters the Item Shop, only for the Monty Mole to state "Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I don't serve criminals". The player is then taken to a boss minigame version of Mole Thrill with the name "RUN"; the rules state "There is nothing you can do", and the controls are "None". When the minigame starts, the Monty Mole burrows through the ground until it comes into contact with Luigi and, as in the previous video, an error message appears, followed by the game cutting to the anti-piracy message screen. Other videos include one showing a version of the Final 5 Frenzy event where the player is unceremoniously squashed by a Thwomp, ending the game prematurely; a self-reporting protocol that appears should the player wait on the anti-piracy screen for too long without turning the console off; and a boss minigame called "Host Hoedown" which involves apologizing to a host named "DJ Hallyboo", inspired by MC Ballyhoo from Mario Party 8. Eventually, a "finale" to the video series was uploaded, dropping any pretense of legitimacy in favor of a live-action black comedy short in which Hallyboo escapes into the real world and hunts Perleoni himself down for pirating the game.

In December 2020, the unused content wiki The Cutting Room Floor's Mario Party DS page was briefly protected due to vandalism related to Perleoni's hoax. Within eight months following the original upload of the hoax, several other YouTube creators uploaded similar videos showing fabricated anti-piracy measures in dozens of other video games.

On November 9, 2024, Perleoni began a continuation of the original series which showcased more supposed anti-piracy measures, starting with the uploaded video "Mario Party DS Anti-Piracy - ????????".

Personal notes:

• Spin the Luigi is an unused/unfinished minigame
• Take note of the emphasis on Luigi being missing from various videos in the continuation - including the anti-piracy screen (since Story Mode Anomaly) and on the title screen (Debug Mode) - this is likely because he is tied to Joey himself (may have been trapped inside the ROM because of "Finale")
• I dunno how to describe Misery because it looks like Shigeru Miyamoto if he was turned into Giygas from Earthbound (what)
• There's a "postgame comic" that connects both the finale and the continuation of the series. Find it.

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