The 'Shroom:Issue 203/Fun Stuff
Director's Notes
Greetings, beautiful 'Shroom readers! Welcome into the Fun Stuff office for our February issue. Please, take a complimentary chocolate for the season. We have a surplus from our Valentine's card exchange earlier. It was such a treat, even if BBQ Turtle made us decipher all of the cards from her...
Fun Stuff is thriving moving into 2024, and this month is no exception! Plenty of excellent sections are prepared for you. And hey, don't forget, if there are any sections you're particularly fond of this month, you can let us know by filling out the Poochy's Picks form! What better way to share some love this month than letting your favorite writer know what they're doing well?
Time to go shove the rest of these sweets into my mouth! Please, cozy up and continue on, and enjoy our Fun Stuff offerings.
Section of the Month
Congraluations to FunkyK38 (talk) for claiming first again! Huge kudos to Waluigi Time (talk) for his inventive Hiding Koopa section last month, and a big thank you to everyone who voted me into third! Make sure to vote for your favorites at the bottom of the page, each and every month!
| FUN STUFF SECTION OF THE MONTH | ||||
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| Place | Section | Votes | % | Writer |
| 1st | Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego? | 16 | 44.44% | FunkyK38 (talk) |
| 2nd | Hiding Koopa | 13 | 36.11% | Waluigi Time (talk) |
| 3rd | Connections | 4 | 11.11% | Roserade (talk) |
Anagrams
Written by: BBQ Turtle (talk)
Hi everyone, welcome to this month's edition of anagrams! This month, I've decided to go with a theme of all kinds of royalty- princes, princesses, kings and queens. I'm sure you'll have a regally good time! If you fancy suggesting a theme, please let me know on my talk page or in a PM to me on the forums, I'd love to hear from you. Any Mario-related anagrams you can come up with would be more than welcome too! I hope you have a royal good time solving these!
How it works...
Basically, this puzzle consists of solving the anagrams. Each month has a specific theme, which will give you a clue about what sort of words or phrases the anagrams will be. I've also included the boxes that the anagrams will fit into, so you'll be able to tell how many words it will solve to be and how many letters will be in each word, which should give you a hand too. You'll also notice that within each set of boxes, one of the squares are yellow. As you solve each anagram, note down the letter which appears in the yellow squares, and if you can solve all of the anagrams, you'll also get a bonus anagram to solve from completing all of the others. I've included the letter configuration for this one at the bottom too, just to give you an extra helping hand. Best of luck!
1. PAPER CHICNESS
2. LOG OR KINK
3. WE QUASHED NO
4. AIL SONAR
5. THICK GRIM FANGS
6. ABBEY BROWS
7. TRAM BREED
8. LEER DAM
9. GUNK KHAN KIT
10. RIP IN FALCONER
11. ALL MOW
12. ASH ROOK
13. PRAY A FINANCIERS BAN
Bonus anagram:
- Princess Peach
- King K. Rool
- Shadow Queen
- Rosalina
- King Macfrights
- Baby Bowser
- Dreambert
- Merelda
- Prince Florian
- Mallow
- Shokora
- Banana Fairy Princess
Bonus anagram: Prince Peasley
Word Search
Hello and welcome to another exciting Word Search! The first of my new directorship! This month is in honor of the impending rerelease of the NES classic Felix the Cat on the Nintendo Switch, a great game everyone should play. We have a puzzle all about the various eras of Felix the Cat. From the original silent era, to the more well-known Joe Oriolo era of televised shorts. We even have a little representation from the disastrous film and twisted tales era. There's even a small reference to my favorite Felix the Cat thing: the Betty Boop and Felix comic strip, which is just Garfield but with Felix and Betty Boop playing Garfield and Jon respectively. This month words can be found vertically, diagonally, horizontally, backwards, and finally inside other words! As always have fun and stay safe!
Crossword
Written by: MarioMorty (talk)
Hello everyone, welcome back to Crosswords, run by me, MarioMorty. The topic this month is about... this month! Yep, the topic is February! Specifically, answers or clues about games that released in February. And that's about it, so enjoy and see y'all in March!
Hiding Koopa
Written by: Waluigi Time (talk)
Hello there, 'Shroom readers! Guess what just got released (by the time you're reading this, not when I'm writing this!)? That's right, it's Mario vs. Donkey Kong! Again! But this time it's for the Switch. From what I've heard, the Mini-oriented gameplay that began with the second game and dominated the rest of the series since then hasn't been super popular, so Nintendo decided to just pull a Paper Mario and recycle one of the games people actually liked. Anyway, my commentary on Nintendo's business practices aside, those sneaky Koopas are getting in on the fun by hiding in this piece of artwork for the game. This time around, there's six of them to find! No reason for the change, I just accidentally added an extra and decided to roll with it. Good luck!
Thanks for playing! Did you find them all?
It's aMAZEing
Written by: Ninja Squid (talk)
Hello 'Shroom readers! It's time for another maze, so welcome to It's aMAZEing! By the way, did you know that 2024 is the year of the dragon? Fittingly, I managed to find a dragon worthy of a maze. Indeed, it's none other than superboss Bonetail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This took me so long to put together! I was not aware that putting all the bones together from that beast could be a puzzle on its own. So, Wright Forde 'Shroom here suggested to me that I should ask for the assistance of Professor Toad. Thankfully, now it's all back in pieces and the Fun Stuff office was apparently big enough for Bonetail!
Have fun solving the maze, and rest assure that Bonetail will not eat you while you try doing so... Well, I think so...
Anyway, good luck!
- Copy the image into an art program (such as Paint, Photoshop, Krita, etc.).
- Click the pencil, brush or line tool and adjust the size as needed.
- Use the pencil, brush or line tool to get from arrow to arrow.
- If needed, zoom in and out as you progress.
- Print the image.
- Use a pencil and trace the path to the exit.
Regardless of how you did, thank you so much for playing! See you again next time! ;-)
Connections
Greetings, beautiful 'Shroom readers! Welcome to this February edition of Connections! Seems like I've mixed up those pesky sixteen terms again... Can you help me put them back together again?
How it works:
Below is a table of sixteen different words, all of them with some sort of connection to the Mario series. These words correlate in sets of four, and it's up to you to figure out which words belong to a set! Work through the grid and decide which words are connected. Once you think you have the answer, check against the provided answers. If you get stuck along the way, feel free to utilize the clues. There's only one correct answer, so be on the lookout for words that feel like they might fit in more than one category. Good luck!
| Lakeside | Turnip | Lightning | Baby |
| Sparky | Bandit | Squeek | Moon |
| Music | Toady | Zap | Pinna |
| Magic | Cherry | Pixl | Bob-omb |
Start with "Pixl"
I wonder if this block has any free ___...
Perhaps I should ponder my ___.
- Sparky, Bob-omb, Squeek, Pixl: Paper Mario partner species
- Lakeside, Baby, Music, Pinna: ___ Park
- Bandit, Toady, Zap, Magic: Mario Party orbs
- Turnip, Lightning, Moon, Cherry: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe cups
How did you do? Did you figure out the connections? Thanks for playing!
Where in the Marioverse is Carmen Sandiego?
Each issue, you will be given a case to solve and clues to use to help you find the solution! Use your Mario knowledge to crack the case!
You will begin each case at the scene of the crime, and you will be given three clues from passerby as to where the next hot spot is and what game it’s from. Using your knowledge of Mario games and the Super Mario Wiki, figure out where the crook is and go track them down! There are four locations each round: the crime scene (1) at the start, two locations (2 and 3) with clues, and the hideout for the crook of the month (4). Answers for locations will be given with the corresponding round, for example, the clues from the crime scene will lead you to location 2, and once you open the spoiler bubbles for location 2, you will be given the correct answer. You can open the clues for each location in any order you’d like, but be careful! You may encounter an incorrect clue that could throw you off the case!
Clues offered will give you a hint either about the next location or the game it’s in. Unlike a regular Carmen Sandiego game, you do not have to collect information about the crook you are tracking down.
Challenge round (optional):
-Find all locations and games correctly in two minutes or less
-Find all locations and games correctly without using the rest of the Wiki for help
“Gumshoe, we’ve got a new case for you once again, this time straight from the castle in the Mushroom Kingdom! Princess Peach has reported that someone has stolen her theater tickets! Upcoming is Princess Peach Showtime!, a game that sees our fair princess traveling around to different theaters that have been victims of the dastardly Sour Bunch! But, there will be no game if Princess Peach isn’t able to get into the theater in the first place! Peach suspects that Carmen is behind this, as those tickets were kept under lock and key and an amateur wouldn’t be able to snatch them. Whether it’s Carmen directly or one of her more trusted cronies, ACME will track them down! We need you to get to work, gumshoe, and find those tickets in a flash before the game crashes before it can even launch!”
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The Crime
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CLUE 1
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CLUE 2
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CLUE 3
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Location 2 |
CORRECT ANSWER
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CLUE 1
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CLUE 2
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CLUE 3
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Location 3 |
CORRECT ANSWER
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CLUE 1
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CLUE 2
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CLUE 3
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CASE CLOSED
HIDEOUT ANSWER:
Slime Climb from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 
“You’ve cracked the case, gumshoe! We followed your trail, and had some agents move in from both sides. Carmen’s agent was at the top, taking a break to catch her breath and clean off all the slime, when we got her, and the ACME crew cuffed her and brought her in for questioning. This one seems to be a newer recruit, as she seems to be talking in custody. We’re taking notes, so you might have a new case sooner than you think. But, we have returned the stolen tickets to their rightful owner, and Princess Peach is thrilled to have them returned. She’s sent ahead a generous reward for you, and we’ve deposited it into your account. Time to return to the station, gumshoe, and file your report for this case. Good work this time, gumshoe, and be ready for your next job!”
Trivia
Hello and once again welcome to another late night trivia session! Hosted by late night trivia master me Shoey! It's so late we don't have much time until Shroom release so Did you know?
- That the last Game & Watch release was Mario the Juggler
- That Tetris Attack is actually a Yoshi themed reskin of the puzzle game Panel De Pon?
- That Wario's Woods is the only NES game with an official ESRB rating?
- That Koopa Beach 1, Ghost Valley 3, Mario Circuit 4, and Bowser Castle 2 are the only courses from Super Mario Kart that haven't been remade outside of in Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- That Panic Attack and Typhoon 2 are the only Robot Wars UK Champions to never make another Grand Final?
- That Klubba was originally planned to be the boss of the Lost World in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest?
- That Yoshi's Safari is the first game where Princess Toadstool is called Princess Peach in North America?
| The 'Shroom: Issue 203 | |
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| Staff sections | Staff Notes • The 'Shroom Spotlight • Poochy's Picks • Poll Committee Chairperson Election • Credits |
| Features | Fake News • Fun Stuff • Palette Swap • Pipe Plaza • Critic Corner • Strategy Wing |
| Specials | The 'Shroom's Special Saga |
