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.
Album artwork gallery
I make album artwork for video games that don't have them. Here are some of them. Feel free to use!
- Fan SMB Album Art.png
- Fan SMB2 Album Art.png
- Fan SMB3 Album Art.png
- Fan SML2 Album Art.png
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
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.
Stowaways
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 |
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| 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."
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| 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!"
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| 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…"
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| 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!"
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| 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!"
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| 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…"
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| 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!"
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| 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?"
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| 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."
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| 11 | Gold Gearmo | Complete "C'mere, Goomba". | at tea set | "I kinda dig those  guys!"
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| 12 | Silver Gearmo | Complete "C'mere, Topman". | at tea set | "I just love the way those li'l  red guys spin!"
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| 13 | Second Lumalee | Complete "The Magnificent Magma Sea". | Pipe Room in the left ear | "Care to spin 5 Chance Cubes for only 100  coins?"
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| 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!"
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| 17 | Rosalina | Complete "The Perfect Run". | big patch of white flowers on the deck | "I want to give you my thanks." |
