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For ur Nintendo high olimar, do u think his voice was always that deep in HS or was it high pitched till a random Tuesday came by n it dropped to what we have in canon??
Oh man, I actually haven’t considered this at all 😭😭😭 I guess my brain automatically jumped to him having a deep voice, since the cast of Nintendo High usually keeps voices close to their canon counterparts, which makes sense!
HOWEVER, the idea of him having a stupid, lame, squeaky voice at first is absolutely adorable and I’m totally going to steal that, 100%. THANK YOU.
The moment it dips he probably gets super embarrassed about it, and swears to take a vow of silence that lasts for like…two days. And the second he utters a single word everyone is absolutely fucking baffled (rightfully), and it’s the talk of their year for an hour before they eventually move onto something else like all things in Nintendo High do
#you can tell how excited I was to talk about Nintendo High olimar because wdym I finished two comic pages at 1 am#krillerfiller#olimar#captain olimar#nintendo#nintendo fanart#nintendo fandom#pikmin olimar#olimar pikmin#pikmin#pikmin fandom#pikmin fanart#pikmin art#pikmin comic#star fox#fox mccloud#nintendo high#I think about Nintendo high so often but then I check my blog and see how I barely talk about it LOLL#I have this whole thing in my brain where Olimar falls into the trope of ‘that one dude who is nice towards everyone EXCEPT only the mc’#him and Mario have BEEF and I love it#it makes it even better because since Mario and Falcon are kinda similar it just goes to show Olimar’s crazy double standards#the things he likes in falcon are what he dislikes in Mario 😭😭😭
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red queen characters and their fav video games:
mare: grand theft auto 💀🙏 any gta game she can get her hands on but it started with the chinatown wars on ds
cal: missed out on a proper childhood so is treating his inner child to fnaf for the first time and idk… something something about the story being an overarching narrative about a brother trying to pick up the remnants of his family through his grief… he says he doesnt get the lore butbhe kinda does. also had a goat simulator phase for the same reasons but minus the angst
maven: i would like to say some really cool psychological game but this mf would probs love playing chess against a cpu the most 💀 silent hill takes second place though (he’s obsessed with the idea of a purgatory of one’s own making… hmm… i wonder why 🤔)
evangeline: mario cart (she eats anyone who even THINKS of playing as peach)
elane: some sort of dating sim methinks… maybe like those ikemen games (let her be y/n)
ptolemus: fortnite for the dances.
kilorn: also fortnite but he has one-sided beef with ptolemus on there who keeps trying to add him. he also has the toph skin and keeps wiping the floor with his ass (ptolemus has the miles morales skin)
cameron: the attack on titan vr game where the world’s best comedy is originated from
gisa: what remains of edith finch. cursed family narrative goes hard with these folk.
shade: hes a legend of zelda girlie.
diana: she genuinely doesn’t play any game besides minecraft because she gets forced it by other people. but i know she’d love red dead i just don’t think she could be convinced into playing it (tragic)
iris: virgo versus the zodiac would speak to her, i feel. she has a secret weird side that only indie games could tease out of her.
wren: star stable!!! secret horse girl lore.
thomas: resident evil 4 because depending what you headcanon him as hes either feening for leon or ada or both.
coriane: definition of stardew valley girlie. but considering what she went through maybe yume nikki would be a game she keeps close to her heart (someone check up on her).
elara: if the sims 4 existed in the red queen verse it could have saved a lot of lives. maybe even her own.
sara: she wipes everyone in super smash bros you best believe it.
julian: castlevania: symphony of the night… mm the grip it has on this nerd loser… do not even breathe the name alucard around him he will give you the entire dracula lore starting with le fanu’s carmilla.
dane: detroit become human. played markus’ storyline and bro suddenly was made to govern a democratic republic for the people by the people.
#i am just copying ideas from my hp account atp -_-#cal and maven so angsty but mare just wants to beat the shit out of people online as an outlet#sara is a kirby main btw. thats why shes so brutal and annoying to play with#red queen#war storm#glass sword#kings cage#maven calore#mare barrow#cal calore#tiberias calore vii#shade barrow#gisa barrow#cameron cole#kilorn warren#ptolemus samos#evangeline samos#elane haven#elara merandus#coriane jacos#julian jacos#sara skonos#iris cygnet#diana farley#wren skonos#dane davidson#thomas rq#thomas red queen#tyton jesper#rewriting
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since i’m actually thinking about it today, i’m gonna talk about my very not-canon-compliant fake Mario & Luigi fangame
LINK TO THE CARRD WITH MORE INFO AND ART!!!
it’s viewed better on pc but im not stopping you
yea i know what you’re thinking and i PROMISE THERE IS A REASON FOR MAGICALLY BRINGING BACK ALL OF THE VILLAINS (it’s also because i miss them but there is a legit reason)
here’s where it gets long, so if you hate reading:
TL;DR, Alien kingdom is destroyed except for the king (King Galivus), his daughter (Princess Europa) and the royal advisor (Obriel). Galivus is separated from the two and doesn’t actually know they’re alive. The king speedruns thru like 4 stages of grief but he can’t accept this so he wants to rebuild his entire kingdom DIRECTLY on top of the Mushroom Kingdom.
oh and he’s only there in the first place because to rebuild his kingdom he needs dark energy and magic which he gets from reanimating the previous m&l villains since their souls are a potent source of dark magic. he promises them a new and better world (and a second chance at fighting the Mario Bros.) but in the end he’s only going to use them for their power to get back his family and his subjects and then discard them
bowser is the only one that isnt coerced into king galivus’ bullshit so he the bros team up with the princess of voidspell to stop her dad from destroying the world yadda yadda
yeah, that was the tldr now get ready for the big guns (longer and more detailed version)
King Galivus (new guy beside Fawful in the image) was once the noble king of a distant kingdom out in space, the Voidspell Kingdom. That is, until it was destroyed by a rogue Starswallower; colossal space wyrms closely related to Blarggs that are thought of as deities across the galaxy. Galivus was thought to be the only survivor, and so he reluctantly fled through a portal before he could be caught in the falling debris. This coincidentally led him all the way across space to— you guessed it— the Mushroom Kingdom.
Before he arrived, Galivus rashly decided that he would bring back his fallen kingdom at any cost. For that, he would need a tremendous amount of dark energy. Which is why he headed directly to the Mushroom Kingdom— he had picked up on such a powerful energy signal, and a dark one at that. It was clear, this was the place to rebuild. The energy signal is actually remnants of Mario’s past foes, Cackletta, Fawful, The Shroob Princesses, and Antasma. Their very souls are brewing with dark energy, a perfect source of power. With all this magic combined, it would be enough to rebuild the entirety of Voidspell AND bring back Galivus’ loved ones.
So, he does the sensible thing, and uses his Twisted Staff to revive each villain. Some are reluctant to go along with his scheme, and others are ecstatic to be alive/in working order again and will gladly go along with Galivus’ plan. In exchange for their cooperation, he promises a nice little spot for them in his new world… and another chance at exacting their revenge on the Mario Bros.
What Galivus wasn’t aware of, was that there were two other survivors; the royal advisor and the princess of Voidspell, Galivus’ own daughter. They had escaped to the Mushroom Kingdom in a separate portal, out of Galivus’ reach. The queen and the rest of the castle’s inhabitants had been lost, but with Princess Europa alive, there was a chance at bringing Galivus back down to earth and stopping his selfish acts. She and the royal advisor, Obriel, seek out Mario and Luigi to help stop Galivus from destroying the Mushroom kingdom, its neighboring countries, and possibly the entire planet.
Also, Queen Jaydes certainly isn’t happy about Cackletta (and the rest of the villains, but mostly her cuz she’s died like two times now) being let off the hook so easily. Her and the bean witch definitely still have beef with each other.
There’s probably a lot that I missed or haven’t written down yet, but that’s most of it!! If you’ve taken the time to read all that, i love you <3 HAHAHA
#bones talks#my art#mario and luigi#oc#cackletta#super mario#princess shroob#elder princess shroob#antasma#fawful#mario and luigi rpg#Villain’s Reprise#mario oc#oc: king galivus
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Next with the redesigns we get to the WarioWare cast! which oh god there's so many people here what the fuck! anyways! Here we have basically the cast of the og with two from later games. The Warioware cast designs are peak so not a lot is changed, but hey, I still changed some things, so let's get to them! (shoutout to the official WarioWare website it was so useful!)
Mona and Joe are the easiest since they keep themselves more or less the same - still the deliverywoman extraordinaire and her lovable boss. Mona here like everyone else is a bit older - a college student, majoring in archaeology, and has upgraded from a scooter to a motorcycle (quite literally upgraded, Crygor took her scooter and turned it into a bike). Joe keeps himself more or less the same, except a bit afraid of losing the best employee he ever had.
The man with the beat Jimmy T and the silly lil alien, Orbulon! With the former I just added some stars on his pants and also gave him melanin, because frankly the bright colors work better with darker skintones and the Mario cast is pale as milk, some variety is nice. for Orbulon I just put him in his human disguise's cute little minidress, because we stan a gender-non-conforming king. Fun trivia: Jimmy has beef with Waluigi over who has the better dance moves. They get along otherwise but if there's dancing happening it is ON. SIGHT.
Diamond Taxi's speed demons, Dribble and Spitz! I similarly didn't change much, just more detail on shoes, Dribble wearing his coveralls differently, and their earrings, which are actually their wedding rings, because look at me in the eyes and tell me these two aren't fucking. that's right you can't. Spitz finally got to publish his novel! It's doing better than Dribble expected.
Mad Scientist and Beleaguered Karaoke Robot Assistant Duo, Crygor and Mike! The levels at which Crygor is a cyborg vary SO OFTEN I just gave him the full helmet, a robotic left hand and a robotic foot. Mike I only changed up a smidge and changing his face to an LED display for better emoting. Still Penny's loving grandfather, he's gently trying to steer her towards a focus on the mechanics rather than chemistry, believing that she can achiever her idol dreams without having to rely on questionable homemade beverages. Mike on the other hand encourages to focus more on chemistry out of the selfish desire she can make a drink that will give HIM a perfect singing voice lol.
Nintendo Fanatics 9-Volt and 18-Volt! For fun I gave them the real names of Nikola and Edison. Now middle schoolers, they still enjoy skating and Nintendo games. I did the same with 18-Volt as what I did with Jimmy T. 9-Volt's helmet is more clearly a firefighter helmet - it's his dad's old model that he gifted to him.
And to finish it off, Kat and Ana! I wanted both of them to have more unique color palletes, and as a further distinction Kat has freckles. Like the rest they're a bit older, now elementary-school kids, and while he's not in this post they also get along a LITTLE better with Leo.
#Drops's Art#Drops's Super Mario#WarioWare#Mona#Joe#Jimmy T#Orbulon#Dribble#Spitz#Dr. Crygor#Mike (WarioWare)#9-Volt#18-Volt#Kat (WarioWare)#Ana (WarioWare)
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My Favorite Things From the Shaw Pack Smash Video
(contains small spoilers)
☆ it’s 40 minutes long???!!!
☆ Asher absolutely roasting the shit out of Milo’s height 😭😭
☆ All the mates are there AKSKSJSKSMSKS
☆ Ash saying “did I just get drive-by kink-shamed?” is funnier than it should be (especially since it was directed at Sam 😭😭)
☆ Sam’s “I’m an equal opportunist shit-stirrer”
☆ Sweetheart scaring the shit out of Milo + Darlin making fun of him
☆ Milo and Sweetheart making out and David essentially saying “not in my house”
☆ Milo and Sam getting pressed about the names 😭
☆ Sam not knowing how to turn on his controller
☆ Ash asking Sam if his enhanced senses make up for his old age 😭
☆ Sam’s “Holy shit i just killed David” (david is in fact still alive dw)
☆ David telling Angel how to play during their fight
☆ “Come on Babe! Fight in my honor!”
☆ Darlin’ and Sweetheart being ruthless against everyone, including their mates
☆ “That’s my fucking mate”
☆ Sam’s “I actually held my own… at least a little bit”
☆ Everyone making fun of Asher’s handwriting
☆ Asher calling Sam “cowboy”; Sam calling Ash “pup”
☆ Sam being wonderfully clueless about everything
☆ Everyone’s commentary during the game while they’re going head-to-head
☆ Milo saying he’d look “fucking great” in a hot pink tracksuit (i agree)
☆ David explaining video game things to Sam is so wholesome 🥹🥹
☆ Everyone getting “good job” and “consolation” kisses
☆ TEA DRINKER SAM NATION RISE
☆ Asher vs David being “the showdown they’ve all been waiting for”
☆ everyone saying “final destination” at the same time
☆ “Darlin’ what the hell is a ‘jiggly pump’?”
☆ “Come on bud i’m just a little pink puff ball left on your porch” … “there’s a no soliciting sign for a reason”
☆ Milo calling Ash “jiggles”
☆ Milo hyping up Sweetheart the whole time
☆ Sweetheart and Darlin’ being the most ruthless players and then having to fight each other
☆ Milo and Sam being supportive AF while Sweetheart and Darlin’ were going toe to toe
☆ David being pissed about everyone making out in his house
☆ Sam immediately recognizing (and apparently loving) Mario 2
☆ The different between all the characters and their playing styles >>>>
☆ Angel refusing to give David kisses after he beat them
☆ Milo (maybe 🫣) foreshadowing something (quinn?) by saying “so much for domestic bliss”
☆ Ash’s “oh, alpha’s got jokes” when David made fun of him
☆ “Oh by all means, continue to debate nutsack brains in the background of fighting maps”
☆ Milo and Sam having beef over which Redacted Couple is Thee Power Couple
☆ Milo telling David “mates come first” 😍
☆ “Hell yeah sweetheart!— oop, nevermind.”
☆ David “my performance speaks for itself” Shaw (oh we know)
☆ “You celebratin’ over there or inspecting their tonsils” SAMUEL COLLINS!!!
and finally
☆ Asher saying “daddy chill” 😭😭
#redacted asmr#redacted audio#redactedverse#redacted brainrot#redacted lore#redacted david#redacted angel#redacted asher#redacted baabe#redacted milo#redacted sweetheart#redacted sam#redacted darlin’
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I may have my beef with this new season but I'll tell you one thing I'm loving(as far as up until ep 3 goes)
Mario Calderón
He still feels 100% like the Mario we knew, and Betty's vengeance of taking him down from a powerful executive to a mere salesman is amazing, ans I'll tell you why.
Public opinion was always Mario's fear and weak point. In the og novela the only moment we ever see him crack his charismatic persona ans doesn't even try to laugh it off is right at his last scene when Armando exposes him in front of all the secretaries... you know in this scene, he's not even angry about being punched or bothered about Armando's words of accusations because he's dealt with both of them before. He's been choked, threatened, grabbed by the collar, insulted, and been told he's scum and should feel terrible for what he's done a bunch of times throughout the novela, and it never really bothered him long term. What bothered him this time is that there were witnesses who now knew how awful he is and saw how Armando manhandled him.
So public humiliation is his weakness.
And Betty hit him right in that weakness.
Mario is a prideful man. He's always seeked power and been desperate enough to risk the skin to keep it, so to now be downgraded from executive to salesman is a punch in the face. And not only that, he's been reduced to Freddy's status. Freddy, Ecomoda's jester. Freddy, the delivery man. Freddy, the guy who probably didn't even go to college, let alone to a prestigious one... him and Mario, put in the same place. Betty is telling him that he's as useful and poweful as the delivery guy who couldn't progress in 20 years and that everyone used for amusement.
To a classist man like Mario, being on Freddy's level is a direct attack, threat, and humiliation. He didn't even bother in dissimulating his dark persona, he straight up said that if Betty did this to him, she'd be getting an enemy. No joking around, no charisma, no pretty words. Direct to the point.
And this is so Betty, too. We know she's very good at vengeance. She knows how to sting when she wants to and knows how to get people's weaknesses when needed. This is really in line with both of them.
Mario also says that Betty wouldn't want a man like him as an enemy, and I believe that. We know Mario is a man with practically no morals. We know he knows some shady people. We know he's very, very cruel and willing to do anything to cling to power.
finally, I'm actually seeing something that might be interesting about this new season. Hopefully, they know how to play him as an antagonist because that Daniel-wannabe, Ignacio, is so not it. Mario, on the other hand, has so much potential.
What do y'all think?? Spoilers welcomed if anyone has theories or info!
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Simon “Ghost” Riley Headcanons
Warnings: adult language
Sfw
He definitely loves watching sunrises even if he doesn’t want to admit it
Loves Rom-Coms, especially Love Actually (I’ll die on that hill)
Has to sleep with a fan on even in winter time. If the electricity for whatever reason goes off and the fan stops he immediately wakes up and is PiSsEd
Is a huge dog person and would love to have one but his job prevents him from getting one because he’s gone from home so much
Loves ramen and could eat it until he could burst, especially the beef flavor.
Super self conscious about his appearance and will only show you his face if he truly trusts you.
Loves to play with your hair until you fall asleep and even then he doesn’t stop. Will brush his fingers through your soft hair, just feeling the realness of you, watching you peacefully sleep in his arms.
Will melt if you massage his lower back. That spot stays so tense and if you dig your fingers just ever so gently, he just turns into putty in your grasp.
Is an actual god at Mario cart. Rainbow road? Yeah, Childs play. 1st place every time. His character? King Boo, who else?
Not a huge fan of PDA but when the two of you are alone expect to be in a dog pile of cuddles and blankets with him. That man will rut into your neck and just breath in your smell for as long as you let him. It’s heaven for him.
Loves a warm towel to wrap up in after a shower. Especially if he’s just gotten home after a long deployment.
Prefers Autumn over any other season only because it’s the most bearable season and it’s not blistering hot or freezing cold.
When he does manage to get some sleep, he snores. Loud enough to shake the walls off a house.
Falls asleep on the couch and when questioned will blatantly deny ever falling asleep. The dad nap, if you will.
Physically has to restrain himself from holding you in bed with him all day, that man will hold you hostage just to get you all to himself for a crumb of a cuddle. Work be damned. Call in sick if you have too, you’re not going in today.
Scary dog privileges when out in public because he’s a 6”4 giant with a glare that can cut through 10 inch titanium. No one dares to try you because they’d make it 4 feet and die.
If you’ve had a hard day at work and you come home looking drained and exhausted, he’ll wordlessly undress you, carry you to the bathroom, draw you a hot bath and wash you. Head to toe. Then leave you to soak away the day. Once out, he’ll wrap you in a fresh towel and carry you to bed and give your feet and thorough rub.
If you have a tummy, that man loves it. If you doubt yourself and stare too long in the mirror, he’s behind you, wrapping his arms around you gently caressing your stomach, rubbing it lovingly. “You’re so beautiful, I just love every inch of you. Don’t you see it. Especially this.” He hugs your middle a little tighter and gives your neck a sweet and tender kiss meeting your watery eyed gaze in the reflection.
If he’s having a particularly bad day and needs to be alone with his thoughts, he’ll leave little notes on your fridge letting you know where he’s went and that he’ll be back eventually.
If you ever get into an argument and Ghost raises his voice, he’ll automatically shut down, for days. He’ll beat himself up until he can’t even forgive himself even after you’ve voiced your forgiveness a million times over. Especially if he made you cry. That’ll be the straw that broke the camel’s back for him.
He’ll probably book a motel room and stay for a few days just so he can try and clear his head and try to figure out how to make things right by you.
He’ll eventually return with your favorite ice cream, your favorite chocolate, and some obnoxious horror movie he’d never catch himself watching, but he would for you. Anything for you.
NSFW
The first time you had done anything with him, it wasn’t anything like you had dreamt it would be. It was loving, affectionate.
He’s definitely a power bottom.
Absolutely goes feral to see you on top while he pounds into from below while you try to hold yourself from falling onto him, hands clutching his broad muscular shoulders.
He’s not very vocal aside from grunts and groans but when he starts to talk, oh man, it’s like the flood gates have opened. “So good for me, pretty.” “Taking me so deep, s’like you were made for me.” “You’re ruining me love, fuck!”
Loses his mind when you randomly give him head. When he comes home after a long deployment, he’ll be tense and worked up. He’ll come home to the lights off, thinking you’ll be asleep but finds you in the most revealing set of lace lingerie.
Ghost.exe has stopped working.
You’ll saunter over to him, and just take him to the bed, and he’ll just willingly let you man handle him as you strip him of his clothes and give him the most heated bedroom eyes.
That man will have a hard on for DAYS
He’ll cup your face, and hold back your hair as you go down on him, while you tell him you want to take care of him for a change and in that moment he knows that he would do anything for you.
This man is obsessed with your breasts. When you’re riding him, he’s always got his face buried between them, sucking horrendous amounts of hickeys on every inch of exposed skin.
Even outside the bedroom, you’re constantly fighting him off you because he just wants to play with your breasts. #simonrileyisaboobman
You accidentally called him “sir” once and he has since developed a kink for it. He now has you call him that in bed when he’s feeling “extra” dominant, which is always.
You tried bondage once and you were super into it, but he was so concerned about giving you rope burn that it was all he could think about and he couldn’t focus. So you tied him up.
That man ate. it. up.
He had never been dominated so it was awkward at first but after he got into it, that man’s view’s on things has been changed.
You had tied his hands behind his back, put him on his knees, and made him vulnerable to you (with consent of course, we’re not animals)  and this had made him so unbelievably horny.
Shower sex. Can and will pin you to the shower wall like it’s nothing and rearrange your insides.
He loves to use toys on you, especially as foreplay. He can drag it out for ages by stopping you right before you’re about to come and then start again a few minutes later only to repeat until you’re begging him, legs shaking, to let you finish.
He takes the toys away, grabs your face and says “the only time you finish is going to be on my cock, now get up ‘ere sweetheart if you want to come so bad and take it.”
#simon ghost riley#simon ghost riley x reader#simon ghost riley cod#call of duty mwii#cod mw2#cod mwii#cod#simon riley x you#simon riley headcanons#ghost headcanons#simon ghost riley x you#ghost cod#ghost cod mwii
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I hope I'm not bothering you. Please feel free to ignore this!
But imagine a reader who loves to play video games. They're just paying attention to the game and not giving their full attention to Homelander - and that just pisses him off so much. Like our fave dilf is jealous and has absolute beef with Animal Crossing lmfaooo 💀 He fucking despises those cute little animals on the screen and does not understand why you'd rather play this when you can give all your attention to someone as amazing as him. Idk I love the thought of Homelander being clueless on why you're so damn obsessed with a game.
it definitely is bewildering to him. why are you playing in a simulation! why are you doing pretend manual labor! is the crushing grip of capitalism so strong you have to devote your free time to the fantasy of it???
the sadder perspective here is that Homelander just doesn't really understand play very well. he's like one of those lab animals that, even long after they're rescued, don't know what to do with a toy.
i think he'd like Mario Party, though. it would just turn him into a monster.
#ask and you shall receive#darling anon#homelander x reader#homelander headcanons#theme of the day is video games
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🎄✨𝓐𝓭𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓝𝓻. 𝓝𝓲𝓷𝓮✨🎄
𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓽: Snowed In
𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮: All
𝓣𝔂𝓹𝓮: Headcanons
𝓞𝓹𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂'𝓼 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻!
You got snowed in with the different alternates! Here's what they want to do for the day!
OG
He just wants to paint and create art with you. It's a day full of creative progress. You ever teach each other new techniques!
Opposite
Not fond of the situation and avoids you at first. Gets bored quickly though and seeks your company anyway. You end up chatting about literature and read together.
RF
Oh boi! You can't leave? Time for overtime baby! :D He's catching up with you on all the experiments you two didn't have time for previously. And the paperwork of course.
Gray
He's super anxious about the whole situation. He doesn't want to bother you too much and is very quiet. You ask him if he's okay and he admits he's worried about being snowed in. Will it go away soon? How long will you be stuck? Do you have enough food to last? You reassure him everything was going to be fine. You two spend the day with cuddles and naps to pass the time.
Actor
Charms you into helping him rehearse for the next day of filming, pick outfits for photoshoots and create content for his social media. He somehow manages to keep you busy the entire day.
Reboot
Video games all day! Prepare for hourlong tournaments in Mario Kart or Wii Sports! He'll definitely make you play a horror game once it gets dark.
Hunter
Decides to teach you some self defense. He's a pretty good trainer. Also teaches you about the multiverse so you can help him in case of an emergency.
Priest
Somehow ropes you into participating in his religious practices. Nothing too shady, just a couple readings, prayers and a "cleansing" of his home. Makes it up to you in the afternoon by making you cookies and tea.
Mob
Keeps trying to convince (read: force) you to join his family. Goes on and on about how he could provide you with a much better and luxurious life. Since you're in his HQ you end up fleeing to the bar on the ground floor and mingle with the other family members instead. Mob luckily mistakes that as a positive development in his favor and leaves you alone.
Royal
Practices some magic with you. He performs a spell that temporarily transfers a fraction of his powers to you, so you get to play around with magic for the day. In the evening you were capale of performing basic spells like "Fireball".
(Yes, Fireball is a refrence. XD)
Butcher
Is surprisingly nice to you. Offers to cook you a nice meal. With pork, poultry or beef! He swears on the love of his dead mother it's normal meat! He's just glad he has some company and a potential friend for once. He'd do almost anything you ask of him in order to make you like him.
Lovesick
Practically glued to your side. Follows you around like a puppy, adoring you shamelessly. He keeps rambling on and on about various topics, while you move around the house, trying to clean up a bit. It's a yapper & listener kind of deal. Eventually you're done with chores and it's time for mandatory cuddles. He tries to sneak a few kisses from you like usual. His yapping turns to complimenting you.
Jazzy
Time for your much needed exercise, baby! Or should I say... Jazzercise? >:3 Heh, bro tries his best to coax you into exercising with him offering the occasional break with healthy snacks and drinks.
Swan
It's winter and his wings are still molting. He asks if you could help him preen them, since they're sooo itchy and he can't see the ones on his head properly. You agree to help, which takes the majority of the day.
Killer
You seize the opportunity to trap him on a chair, so you can fix some new tears in his felt. After that you reward him for his compliance with an apple and a careful hug.
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Mario Kart headcanons (modern au ig)
The Curtis Kart tournaments are legendary. They all get together once a month for a full-on competition with brackets and eliminations, but they will also just play for fun whenever they want.
Darry would be stupidly competitive, but really bad. My guy would be sweating over this children's game, but don't mention it to him. Two-Bit made fun of him once and instantly regretted it. He'd probably main King Boo because "he looks cool". From there he'd probably just try to optimize his build with rollers wheels, the biddy buggy, and paper glider. (i literally just googled peak build for king boo). He has memorized every shortcut in every map and all of the optimal routes. But even though he tries very hard, he still loses. He doesn't have a track preference, but he hates Baby Park with a passion.
Soda. Soda is THE MOST annoying person you could ever play with. He doesn't care about winning. He doesn't care about anything but making everyone else suffer. He constantly shit talks everyone, especially Darry. He doesn't really care about his character or kart, he just goes with whatever he thinks is funniest. He likes to play as any of the babies because he "is baby". He likes the prancer kart, wild wiggler, or streetle, because he finds them funny. Same thing with wheels (cushion, button, or sponge) and gliders (waddle wing or flower glider). It's just whatever Soda finds funny in the moment. He likes to pick the Baby Park track purely because everyone else hates it. (thank you to my cousins N and V for giving me inspiration, please stop picking baby park)
Pony has fun. He definitely doesn't take it as seriously as Darry, but he does try. He's a really big fan of the Zelda games, so he bases his whole build around it. Link, with the master cycle zero, ancient tires, and the paraglider. He's not a tryhard, but he wins maybe every 1 out of 5 games. He doesn't have a track preference.
Johnny is insanely good at Mario Kart. He goes completely silent while playing, with his eyes locked onto the screen. Sometimes the people who aren't playing will try to make him crack up, or stack things on top of him. He's kinda like those royal soldiers. Nothing breaks his concentration. With his build, he's similar to Pony. Johnny really likes the animal crossing games, so he goes full theme. Isabelle, with the isabelle scooter, leaf tires, and the paper glider. He'll win maybe 3 out of 5 games and is pretty much the best player.
Sometimes Soda, Pony, and Johnny make a deal to go full troll. They play as Iggy, Lemmy, and Larry respectively, with the koopa clown car, hot monster tires, and wario wing glider. Darry absolutely despises whenever they do this and refers to them as "the three fucksketeers".
Those four are the ones who mainly play, but sometimes the others join.
Two-Bit has the same strategy as Soda, meaning there is no strategy. If he's playing, Soda and Pony will rush to pick shyguy because it pisses off Two-Bit. He will then refuse to play because "shyguy is my guy. Shyguy is MY GUY." and eventually they give up and let him pick shyguy.
Cherry is actually pretty good, probably as good as Pony. She doesn't have any preferences in regard to anything, and just picks whatever she thinks is cool that day.
Dally refuses to play because "it's a game for children. Why would I play a game for children?" The one time he did play, he lost so bad that he stormed out of the house and was missing for two hours.
Steve will not play if Pony is playing. Pony will not play is Steve is playing. Their beef runs so deep that they don't need to say anything. They just hate each other that much. Because of this, Steve doesn't really play.
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These were amazing and canon!! I love how detailed everything wasss <3 (and Steve and Pony being such haters of each other they can't play Mario Kart together??? And Dally being a sore loser??? CANON CANON CANON)
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THINGS LEFT UNSAID (I'D RATHER TALK TO YOU)
!- sick fic, self insert, mutual pining, profanity (as usual), tics
AO3
How in the hell did I get this sick? He coughed, shivering feverishly under the blankets. A pale shaky hand snaked toward the nightstand, gripping his water bottle.
Empty.
I should get up and refill it.
But he hurt, and he was exhausted, and it was so cold.
Maybe in a few minutes...
A knock startled him awake. He didn't have time to answer before it opened. He struggled to lift his head to greet the intruder.
"You dying on me, Rogers?"
Toby smiled weakly as Sydney spoke. "Hey, Mossgroes," he murmured as he struggled to sit up. "N-no, not yet-yet. Kinda feels like-like I am." You're as close to heaven as I'll ever see.
"Well, I'm here to end your misery," Sydney says with a flourish of his cane.
"What penis! Guh, I me-mean in what way?"
"Who knows, drink this." A bottle of cough syrup is thrust into Toby's vision. "Maybe it's medicine, maybe it's poison!"
Toby let out a weak laugh that turned into a coughing fit. He gratefully accepted the medicine as Sydney swapped out his water bottle. You really are an angel. "How long is your cock until I die from poisoning?"
"Who knows. Rest up, I can't have you keeling over on me. Nobody else in this shithole to talk to anymore." I love you.
"What, you and Sorrow beefing ag-a gun! again?" Toby's neck jerked hard to the left.
Sydney's jerked in turn, though less violently. "Nah, they're just gone again." Another neck twitch, this one harder. "Something about unfinished business? No idea when they get back."
"I bet you're b-bored, huh? Noth-nothing for you to do-do but twiddle your penis thumbs and twirl your cane-cane?" I hope I don't get you sicker, you don't use the cane unless it really hurts. He coughed again, neck twitching hard to the left. "Eugh.. I feel like shit-shit-shit-shit-fuck-pussy-cunt-ass," he repeats several more swears as the sudden attack goes on.
Sydney ignores it, despite the tics triggering his own. He leaned harder on the cane as a particularly hard jerk caused him to slightly lose balance. "I gotta stop hanging out with you, man," Sydney grumbled. I can't stand to be away for too long.
"Cuz you lo-loooove me. That's why your tics flare around me, we're soul-soulmates or something." Toby's face contorted in a grimace.
"Just lay down, Rogers. You need rest," Sydney dropped the grandiose persona for just a moment before it returned. "Plus if I'm gonna kick your ass at Mario Kart later you have to be alive, you know? I'm sick of talking to the ghosts, it's exhausting." I'd rather talk to you.
Toby took a sip from the water bottle as Sydney complained about the ghosts. "Your dad b-bothering you ag- a gun! again?"
Sydney groaned, flopping back across the foot of Toby's bed dramatically. "Always. I can't even walk into my room without him bothering me, and I have no idea what he wants! No matter how many times I ask it's unclear. But such is the life of a necromancer," he sighed dramatically yet again.
Toby couldn't help but giggle at his friend as he spoke. Sydney knows Toby sleeps easier when he feels like he isn't alone, so he bitched about ghosts and deities and the other unfortunate servants of the Operator until he was certain Toby was asleep.
"Sleep well, Rogers," he whispered as Toby snored, the familiar clack of Sydney's cane receding down the hall. I love you.
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As is well documented by now, I really love Mario Party, even beyond the realm of Mario it’s one of my favorite series ever. It’s also been said plenty by now that my relationship with the Switch games has been rocky.
I know, me being so nice to ND Cube’s output, only to have problems with the Switch games is for many an off-beat opinion, it’s just how I feel.
When Jamboree was announced it seemed to be the MP I had been waiting for right out of the gate and I can happily say it delivered. While we are still in the honeymoon phase with the game, I feel confident even calling it one of the best Mario Party games, a sentiment I never agreed on when brought up with Superstars, which I only find solid.
I’ll go by the same structure I went with for my essay on the Switch games, since that is what I am most comfortable with, so we’ll start with the roster.
While the selection was very not for me, I do give a lot of credit to Super for really beefing up the character numbers and after a really sad showing in Superstars, Jamboree returns to that, with a 22 characters large selection, one I am a much bigger fan of.
The character/mook ratio is closer to what I prefer, the Toads are back, Pauline and Ninji are wonderful newcomers and my issues with playable Bowser have been addressed with the introduction of Imposter Bowser. At least in terms of what can be expected, the roster is just one Diddy short of being perfect for me.
The game in general prides itself on the sheer amount of content it packs and that shows with the boards too.
7 boards, 5 new and 2 returning. I got some nitpicks, particularly how we are still sticking to only N64 boards coming back, but on the whole I do like the idea of Mario Party going Mario Kart by bringing back old boards. They genuinely are really well remade.
Mario’s Rainbow Castle was always going to be more strategic and involved thanks to the inclusion of items, but Western Land was the big surprise. I always loved the board, but the greater control you have over Steamer, the train here, being able to drive two stations ahead or even get him to come to whatever station you’re at, thanks to the new Steamer Ticket item, really alters the game. It’s a far bigger part of the game plan to knock opponents back to start, but the wealth of movement based items also means you have the means to rush where you need to, it’s well balanced that way.
The 5 new boards are an extremely good selection. Superstars is the basis for the board play, so in many regards it’s a bit hard to go into heavy detail without stating the obvious. It’s classic Mario Party and still clearly based on 1-4, with things like Boo being on every board, but it’s in the details and a couple key aspects where the game leaves its own mark of quality.
Despite the Super moniker, the boards are thankfully nothing like in that game. They are all a good size and full of mechanics of their own and obstacles. In fact, what impresses me most is how distinct they all feel.
Whether you rack up an insane amount of coins and visit specific shops for items or collect stamps in Rainbow Galleria, brave the delightfully evil Bowser Byway in King Bowser’s Keep or make a mad dash across the track in Roll ‘em Raceway, every board feels distinct and has a very strong identity. I do miss the more varied star collecting methods from 6-8 and DS, with only Roll ‘em Raceway feeling similar to that, but they are still the most distinct bunch of boards to not go for that formula and that is a genuinely huge compliment.
Of course, good boards are one thing, but the finer mechanics need to check out too and luckily Jamboree doesn’t disappoint and that’s where three major points about the board play I love come into play.
First are the Lucky Spaces. I am on and off with how I feel about them, but thanks to the much greater amount of hazards threatening your coin count and ways to spend them, their bonuses end up feeling like a more natural part of the game’s economy.
They can still feel a little overtuned at times, but unlike Superstars the game is designed in ways to make their instant perks a bit more justified. There even is an Unlucky Space counterpart, even if the penalties there are milder than the benefits of its good counterpart, but it does contribute to keeping things in check.
Secondly there are the items. While there is still a heavy emphasis on movement based items, I think the variety has seen a good upgrade. I’m particularly fond of the returning Bowser Phone, as well as the traps, which are just hexes from MPDS and can turn portions of a board into a hilarious coin and star steal minefield.
What really pushes it to another level though is an idea 6 toyed with in Snowflake Lake and what 7 made a much bigger deal of: board specific items. Superstars did have that in the sense it makes no sense to have a Skeleton Key available on the MP1 boards, but Jamboree is different.
These board specific items are all made to interact with the gimmick of the board. Use the Tide Shell on Goomba Lagoon to control the tide, put a hole into everyone’s deep pockets with the Markup Sticker in Rainbow Galleria and I already mentioned the Steamer Ticket on Western Land and how that alters how you play the game.
Items have always been meant to be the more strategic part of MP, something to give the player agency in a kind of game ruled by the dice and items like this really allow you to make power plays and plan ahead in a way the orbs in 6 and 7, still the best item system to me, excelled at.
The way they are distributed is also good. Multiple shop types like in 3, item minigames are still here as a potential outcome on an Item Space and while Lucky Spaces can still give out items, it feels a bit more restrained or at least the game is better designed around it. Horror Land in Superstars when I play it often devolves into a long series of Chomp Calls, since it’s so easy for everyone to get an arsenal of those. Nothing like that ever really happened for me here.
The third big aspect for me is the Jamboree Buddies.
For all its flaws, being basically just lifted from Star Rush, I did find the allies to be one of the genuinely interesting parts of Super, but it needed a lot of retooling and Jamboree did just that in a variety of ways.
Jamboree Buddies will eventually appear on the board, but only one is around at a time and you need to reach them first. If you aren’t fast enough they just leave and you need to wait a couple turns for the next one to show up.
Even if you do reach them, you need to win a Showdown Minigame first, each centered around that character and only through winning it, will you get them.
While their perks such as their own abilities or doubling the effects of positive spaces OR being able to use Boo twice in one turn or buy two stars at once, are very powerful, they also double negative effects. If you land on say, a Bowser Space, you take double the punishment and on King Bowser’s Keep, that even makes for situations where there are so many Bowser Spaces that passing up on a Buddy may even be the smarter move,
While their perks are potentially game changing, you only get them for a few turns and someone passing by you can steal your Buddy from you, so making the most of their perks in the limited time you have can be a genuine challenge.
All that combined makes the Jamboree Buddies a significantly more balanced take on allies. Very exciting when around, but the game doesn’t centralize around them and it is possible to even suffer more bad effects than good ones, if you get one in a bad spot.
Those are some of the big factors that help Jamboree really push the board play up further in quality for me beyond ‘’boards good’’. In the end it’s Mario Party as you know it, but it has some really good refinements and new ideas.
Another such good idea is a voting system for minigames now being an option, along with the Bonus Star options returning from Superstars. It’s just neat to see Mario Party inch towards a more customizable experience.
In fact to add to this, Jamboree introduces an entirely new ruleset called Pro Mode. This mode offers a bunch of changes, including, but not limited to:
The turn count is a set 12 turns.
Chance Time and Hidden Blocks are not a thing.
Everyone can choose one item to start the game with.
Items in item shops are limited in supply.
The voting system for minigames is the default and only option, no roulette.
There is only one bonus star and you know which one it is from the start, so you can play specifically for it.
Lucky Spaces let you choose between 10 Coins or a Double Dice item.
Bowser on a Bowser Space will automatically steal a star if you have one.
Boo always steals 15 coins, no mashing mechanic to be found.
Among other things.
Overall it’s a really fun alternative way to play the game that changes your approach to many situations. I wouldn’t call it a definitive competitive minded experience, since it is at the end of the day, still a board game, but as a different way to play the boards, it’s a lot of fun.
Of course the board is just half of the MP experience, so how are the minigames?
In my opinion, really good!
I touched on this in my write-up on revisiting the previous Switch entries, but something about how many minigames in Superstars controlled always felt off to me. It’s hard to explain and really weird since I didn’t feel that way about Top 100 or any other MP, but it is a contributor to why I was never fully on Team Superstars.
Luckily Jamboree feels just fine to me and the overall selection of minigames is solid, packing a lot of action based games, mixed with more puzzly or reaction and mashing based ones. The variety is here and there isn’t much in the way of stinkers.
I was a bit iffy seeing returning minigames initially, since two of the three last games were all returning minigames, but Jamboree handles it gracefully and in a way that, like returning boards, would even be totally cool as a new norm for me. There are only a couple, the selection is good and several are even heavily recontextualized, like Leaf Leap, Bumper Balls and Shy Guy Says now being a three-part marathon challenge in Mario’s Showdown game or Platform Peril now being a coin minigame.
I am happy to say the game cools it with Coin minigames. They are still there and that’s fine, but the game isn’t blatantly rigged for them to pop up often like Superstars was and I appreciate that.
Duel minigames are once again oddly snubbed, only five once more, but at least the selection is really good. Slappy-Go-Round in particular is easily one of the most brilliant concepts for a duel minigame in the whole series.
Showdown Minigames for Jamboree Buddies are totally new. They revolve around the character you play for and are far longer than the average mini-game. This is gonna be more subjective but I think they mostly pull it off, with Waluigi, Wario, Mario, Daisy, Jr, Rosalina and Yoshi all having really good ones. Luigi’s is pretty good, but can be an autowin for players who reach him and get an advantage. Peach and DK are the only duds for me. Peach’s has an awkward first part and a luck based second part, while DK’s doesn’t do a great job filling its length and ends up being the one game of the bunch to really feel long for me.
Jamboree also brings back boss minigames from 9, 10 and Star Rush. Once unlocked in Party Planner Trek they can appear as options on the VS Space, making them effectively a return of dedicated Battle Minigames, if mixed with regular minigames in the rotation.
The minigames themselves are decent, Imposter Bowser’s is a bit lame to me and none are quite as good as the ones in previous games, but they aren’t bad by any means and I am happy to see them experiment with bringing that idea over into the classic formula.
Lastly for Party Mode minigames there are the motion control ones and that is a bit of an awkward one. Like in Super, I actually think the controls for them work really well and I like the minigames themselves, but being required to play with the one Joycon method to play them isn’t my favorite thing in the world and it’s a shame that they didn’t find a more graceful solution than to just lock those minigames away when playing with a more comfortable controller.
Also a bit of a shame there are no Bowser Minigames this time, though at least they have a good substitute in another mode.
Despite a slightly more mixed tone by the end, I consider Party Mode a big success, so let’s discuss the other modes.
First there is Party Planner Trek, our first dedicated singleplayer, somewhat story mode, in a long time.
In a lot of ways it’s basically a mix of Advance and the Minigame Island-type modes. You can walk freely across the board and do tasks for NPCs, along with playing all the minigames to collect Mini-Stars. Collect enough and you face the boss of the board, defeat them and you can move on to the next one.
It’s a simple concept, but nicely executed. The best way to describe it is cozy. It’s a nice laidback excuse to run around the boards and play through all the minigames that I can see myself revisiting when in the mood for it. The framing of this being how all the boards are made ready for the big event is also just really charming.
The only bad thing about the mode was getting first place in Gate Key-pers due to its luck based nature. I’d even call it the worst part of the game, but it is just one tedious minigame, hardly something that ruins anything and it can be skipped if you don’t care for 100%.
Then we got the Minigame Bay, with its modes and it’s….okay. The Boss Rush and Showdown Minigames based modes are welcome inclusions and the presentation is great across the board. Still, I miss the minigame modes of days past, especially Decathlon and would love to see some of them again.
We got two more flavors of extra modes and to me the stronger one is easily the two Bowser modes.
First up is Koopathlon, which is very much just Coinathlon from Star Rush, but now with 20 players and online functionality. You still collect coins in minigames specific to this mode, to move across a linear board and race to clear a certain amount of laps first. Even the items are taken straight from Star Rush, apart from Lava Bubble being replaced by Imposter Bowser and even that amounts to the same effect, all that changes is what burns your butt.
None of this is a negative though, since Coinathlon was easily one of the best side modes in the series and Jamboree is a very positive case of more of the same. I’d even say I like it a bit more thanks to the Survivathon Bowser minigames.
These were already a thing in Coinathlon, you try to survive a Bowser minigame and if you don’t you get moved back a certain amount of spaces as punishment. Jamboree edges out as better for me for not only having more and really good Bowser minigames, but also being far more challenging to survive, making them much more intense.
Koopathlon’s just great, taking an already amazing side-mode and making it just a tad better, easily my most played mode aside from Party Mode.
The other Bowser Mode is Bowser Kaboom Squad, one that caused a lot of intrigue pre-release for how little was known about it.
An 8 player team goes up against Imposter Bowser in a city and attempts to dodge him and other obstacles to collect bombs to attack him, as well as balance that with collecting coins for a Bonus Round where all bombs do more damage.
The team needs to defeat Imposter Bowser in 5 rounds and at the end of every round is a team minigame, where you will net items to help you in various ways, with what items you get being determined by what Rank you archived in the minigame.
In some ways this mode feels like an extension of your typical Bowser final boss minigame from the Hudson days and I really like it for that. It’s frantic, offers fun opportunities for teamwork and Imposter Bowser, especially on Hard, is genuinely imposing to go up against.
It’s a simple mode, but I really enjoy it. Not quite on the same level as Coinathlon, but a really welcome addition. I have played quite a bit already.
Lastly is the Motion based modes. Those were always going to be more novelty driven, but I do think the end result is a positive one.
The best is easily Rhythm Kitchen, a sequel to its equivalent in Super, my favorite part of that game. Unlike in that game the minigames are cooperative, making it more of a ‘’go with the vibe’’ experience and luckily it succeeds there.
The games are simple, but easy to understand, the music catchy and you even get to play a Rhythm Heaven-style Remix mode, set to the SMB1 overworld theme.
It’s a fun, cozy mode. Doesn’t take long until you have seen everything it has, but as basically a glorified minigame mode, it does it’s job well and is a nice every once in a while option.
I feel similarly about Toad’s Item Factory. The goal is to get orbs to a goal, using motion gimmicks to guide them. The controls are intuitive, the gimmicks varied, that’s really all there can be said. Fun mode, but very simple and not something to go back to regularly, but a good time when you play it.
The last mode is Paratroopa’s Flight School and yeah, that is the lowlight of the game, not bad though.
I do love the idea and the free flight mode in particular is actually pretty cool for what it is, with two extra modes as an extra on top. It works well, never had a problem with the controls and it is a cute idea, it’s just also very much a gimmick and not one that lends itself to going back to it a lot. The idea of it just wears thin and also requires more set-up to properly play.
It’s also weird how the mode locks you into playing as Mario or Luigi as the second player. Not a huge deal, modes where not everyone is playable isn’t new to the series, but being stuck with just one set character feels alien for Mario Party.
That’s all the modes and there is one constant across most of them: online. Jamboree emphasizes that aspect more than any other part of the series and I am happy to say that at least from my experience, it’s very good. It plays as well as the game does offline and I didn’t experience more than one small lag spike and no connection errors, which sometimes plagued Superstars for me.
Another big area where the game shines is presentation. The NDCube games have always been very good at this, but Jamboree takes this to another level. There are so many things to say that I may as well do it in a list format, because there is a lot there, in many different places too.
First off, a lot of old animations got small touch-ups, tiny details in how say, Mario, Luigi and Wario’s hats now obey gravity when they go back down after hitting a dice. Similarly, the characters during high rolls will not only speed up, but even transition into a new sprinting animation once fast enough.
There are several new situation specific animations, such as the panic run animations in the Granite Getaway remake, which you don’t see anywhere else.
The camera on the boards is way more dynamic and loves showing very appealing shots, such as Imposter Bowser looming over the characters in King Bowser’s Keep.
Mario’s Rainbow Castle turns dark and threatening if Imposter Bowser is in front of the castle, you can even see Bullet Bills pass by in the background.
They went through the work to tweak some animations for certain boards. Chance Time always catapults the characters in the air for instance, but in Rainbow Galleria this comes with a crashing sound and a visual effect showing the characters crashed through the ceiling.
Roll ‘em Raceway in general bothered with a unique, if simple, animation set of everyone in cars, to make the board concept possible.
Really, long story short, the game looks great and is full of life and personality. It also retains the zany, cartoony vibe that I love the series for, Super mostly lacked and Superstars didn’t always retain either.
Goomba Lagoon is in part my favorite board for representing this so well. It’s the perfect showcase for the dynamic camera and things like Lava Bubble spaces making everyone bounce across spaces with their butts on fire or the characters being forced on zipline rides they visibly don’t want to get on and even lose their grip by the end, are that toony fun energy that always gave the series a distinct personality for me.
The game also strikes a good balance of modern Mario visuals and original stuff. There is plenty of NSMBU and 3D World inspired content in there, but then you get say, the cities from the Bowser’s Kaboom Squad mode, which feel like cities you could see in Hudson era minigames. It’s nicely diverse.
While Mario Party has always been good with cool references to other Mario things, I’d argue Jamboree may be the best one yet.
The Showdown minigames are an obvious example, with say, Wario’s taking from both Ware and Land, Waluigi’s being a Waluigi Pinball reference or Donkey Kong basically making you play Donkey Konga being some big examples.
Even beyond that though you got things like Imposter Bowser being a shout-out to the SMB1 Fake Bowsers or Plessie making his first appearance in a spin-off. There is a lot to discover and it always made me smile. Mario spin-offs aren’t really like say, Dissidia or Theatrhythm are for Final Fantasy, where they feel like a true crossover and celebration of the whole series history, so any time one does include a lot of nods and elements from other games, it’s a treat.
The music ended up being a surprising highlight too, being full of catchy and varied tunes, not to mention just a lot of music in general. This is a hopelessly subjective topic, but there are several tracks I have already listened to a bunch outside the game. Imposter Bowser’s rocking themes and the bouncy, motivating Level 2 theme for Koopathlon being my highlights.
There is a lot of good detail work in here too, such as Imposter Bowser getting his own version of the Mario’s Rainbow Castle theme when he is out or all 22 characters getting their own little turn start jingles, because this game loves effort and I in turn love it for it.
We also got a fresher set of voice clips for a bunch of the cast, some new and some from Wonder and I won’t lie, Superstars with how much it makes the characters shout their canned old clips really tested my patience with the same clips they have used game after game, not just in this one sub-series, for over a decade and being rid of them feels like sweet release.
It helps that I genuinely think Kevin does a good job with his roles and while Deanna Mustard was really good, I utterly adore Giselle Fernandez as Daisy.
Been doing a ton of gushing and well, that’s because this game’s damn good and a showcase they learned all the right lessons. It’s not perfect, I have laid out things I thought could be better or are missing, but none of it comes even close to souring the experience for me.
I’d still put 6 and 7 at the very top for me, but Jamboree is really competitive with 3 as a solid third place for me and I don’t think that’s just the honeymoon phase speaking. Jamboree is a true return to form that makes me extremely optimistic for the future of the series.
That and I am curious if we will see DLC this time. The game is already more than packed enough to not need it, but if a MP ever were to see that kind post-launch support, I’d want it to be one as robust as Jamboree.
Because Jamboree really is just that good and I am so happy I can say that.
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what in the mother FAWK was bad blood 😭😭
Ok #rant ahead sorru guysies..
(Assuming kayfabe here guys ok ? Ok!)
Wtaf. Wtf. Wtaf. Wtf. Wtaf. Wtf. Wtaf.
1. even if i dont like liv, it's like theyr purposely trying to make her look weak. her whole reign has been about running away and cheating; idgaf if shes a heel. She still needs to PROVE she deserves the title.
2. i hate how this entire feud is all about dominik. Like doesnt rhea have a new man ?? Gtfo.. and the announcers constantly pushing this narrative that rhea still loves him the ENTIRE match was genuinely so annoying like stfu stfd and do ur job ho 😭😭
3. as a huuuuggee rhea fan, i wouldn't of even cared if liv won the match. Because there was nobody to get involved and cost rhea to lose, she was guaranteed to win in a way that would show everyone she can hold her own against anyone and deserves to have that title. She managed perfectly fine without TJD on her side before, so why can't she now?
4. o ya, raquel def fucked the match up. She came in to early, caused the DQ, and still tried to save it. Also, it was so anticlimactic how she came in. She should of had her theme song playing and she should of came out AFTER rhea was hitting dom.
5. this match was so obviously scripted it hurt like wtafff. I know i said 'assuming kayfabe' up there but cmon now. I will NEVER understand why rhea didnt just pin liv right then and there and maybe beat up dominik after. Even if raquel came out after she had pinned liv and beat her up, Rhea would still have the title and at the end of the day that's all that matters.
6. can we pls talk abt jhea? the writers started this like a year ago and are just now adding onto it bcz of the betrayal , but they've already ruined it before it even started. zero interactions two shows in a row (which i do understand the first one,, i wouldnt want my son to watch me wrestling + flirting with another woman that isnt his mother), but BFFR. Not even a behind the scenes of them talking? All we've gotten is them posting stories of one another. Come AWN neow HHH !☠️
7. okay so now were breaking up the terror twins. 💀 idk if triple H is trying to make Liv look weak or just ruin rhea's entire career. these bookings and plot line is ass and they did this w sasha banks tew. Look where she at now 🤷🏽♀️ anywayyy,, i dont get WHY they would break them up either. It also sort of ruins damians character and their bond w eachother that wwe has built up for years + the irl bond they have. Damian has sacrificed his own body to protect her, and now he got one win and all of a sudden he needs to go solo and leave a broken up rhea behind? NAW. He would not dew that. If u told last week Damian abt ts he'd slap u silly and knock the mario coins outta u.
8. i lowk stopped watching after that roman and cody match bcz i didnt care to see the rest so idk what all happened after that, so spare me guyss...
9. honestly,, jimmy coming back made me happy as a mf. Holdon let me show yall
10. Do i gaf thats not they names.. nooo not rlly lol haha anwyays
11. am i happy that my baby daddy roman won? Hell ya!
12. am i even happier that he came back for cody? HELLLLL YEEEEAHHHHHHH
13. am i confused at the rock comin back and not saying shit? ..yes
14. but anyways thats js my take on the situation. Maybe it's tew much yapping and not alot of sense behind these words, maybe it's just me seeing the drew vs punk first and expecting SO much more. I was expecting like rhea 2 go dummy crazy on Liv likkke. I wanted to see Rhea 'the bloody eradicator' ripley beatin ho's ass! But anyways i guess not 😭😭
15. i guess this isnt the end of the feud? Idk.. adding raquel into beef that should of just been rhea vs liv was a dumb ass move idc !
16. bye yall 😛
#rhea ripley#bad blood#wwe raw#dominik mysterio#liv morgan#raquel rodriguez#jey uso#damian priest#the judgement day#💗niiyah post#Spotify
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LOVEDDD THE LAST CHAPTER. For a moments I really thought reader was gonna die!! Sukuna and Gojo beefing it in the room had me laughing lol. I imagine reader was fully awake when they were arguing and just kept quiet to hear it all LMAO. Anyway I was looking at your asks about this universe and the video game asks were cute. I imagine reader and Yuji play video games often together! Especially horror games and I bet Sukuna waits at any moment to make fun of Yuji when he gets scared!! I was playing mario party with my sister earlier today and I bet Sukuna would be great at it. (mario party grinds on my nerves im so unlucky when playing it.)
thank you nonnie<3<3<3
oh my god yesssss! yuuji is v brave and it takes a lot to rattle him— his time in the occult club served him well— but a good jump scare will get him occasionally.
when his body jerks backwards in surprise, sukuna is alllllll over it, telling him how pathetic and laughable it is to be frightened by a video game.
only when sukuna's gaze falls on you does he falter, because you're sitting there with your hands over your eyes, watching the screen through a crack between your fingers.
yuuji notices and immediately gives sukuna shit like "oh yeah?? tell me more about how despicable you find it! please!"
so of course sukuna's all "well i only meant you. you're a sorcerer, you exorcise curses on a daily basis. it makes sense she'd be scared."
i feel like sukuna would be good at most competitive video games, but you'd have to beg him to play mario party with you. and when you first start the game, he's mumbling about how stupid and pointless it is.
but when you steal a star from him????? omfg sooo dramatic. he acts like it's the worst betrayal one could experience. "now the cpu is in the lead. is that what you wanted? for the cpu to beat us both instead of me winning? you're such a child."
and ur just sitting there giggling, having the time of your life irritating the shit out of him. he's still pouting like an hour later so you start peppering his face with kisses and while he acts annoyed, he obviously secretly loves it
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Throwing this out here bc i LOVE Blaster to a crazy extent, him and Soundwave have petty ex lover beef, except afyer the war they started taking their cassettes to see eachother, because their cassettes probably get tired of eachother, and they dont know any other tapedecks-
Also,
I raise you Blaster with scene kid style.
I unfortunately don’t know much about Blaster at all which SUCKS. SO BAD. I need blaster content
Anyways I love Soundwave and Blaster rivalry bc it’s just two losers who hate eachother for absolutely no viable reason. They just decided it was ON SIGHT and thus became the horrible slightly homoerotic rivalry that lasted 16 million years and is still going.
I think the cassettes would also have a rivalry but not really a serious one, definitely more like pushing eachother down the stairs and going lmfao loser how’d the ground taste. Okay get up i wanna play Mario kart
#tehe#I hate how little I know about blaster it bothers me#like I just. I don’t have any kind of connection to him#and that sucks#sigh#one day blaster.. I will get to know you better….#mars blurbs
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O'chunks
His past: He was a general in the army of a country. He was a respected warrior who crossed the lines of the enemy with a thousand men. But he was betrayed by one of his advisers. All his men were taken prisoner and he fell into the plush hands of the count. He recruited him when she was in the grip of despair and disgrace and brainwashed her with the help of Natasia. Carson claimed that Bleck made O'Chunks feel gradually worse until he finally pledged allegiance to Count Bleck, though he legitimately appreciates his loyalty.
In the events of Spm: He is fought a total of four times in the game, making him the most encountered boss in the game. He speaks with an exaggerated Scottish accent and his bushy ginger beard and eagerness to brawl are both Scottish stereotypes. However, the fact that his name begins with "O'" is an Irish tradition. Other translations use the Scottish patronym "Mc" instead. In the Italian version, he has a stereotypical Roman accent, and in the Spanish version, he speaks with a strong Andalusian accent.
O'Chunks is rather dimwitted and also has an eagerness to fight. He is very loyal to Count Bleck and will do anything to prove himself. He is shown to love Nastasia, but while she does not spurn his affection, she is in love with her boss instead. He is also shown to have a sense of honor, shown when he holds up the falling ceiling in Castle Bleck to save the heroes. O'Chunks is sometimes slow to comprehend things, such as when it took him a bit to realize that the Hero of Light was Count Bleck's enemy. When brainwashed by Dimentio, he becomes very zombie-like and can only shout out the names of vegetables. Whenever Mario is thrown by O'Chunks, he makes one of several boasting gestures towards him, surrounded by a red and black burst, suggesting that he is a show-off.
If the player decides to face O'Chunks as Peach during his second fight, then he will not treat her as roughly, suggesting that he has a more chivalrous side.
Additional information:
Catch Card: 190
HP Max: 100
Attack: 4
Defense:
Score: 8000
Card description It's O'Chunks, the count's hulking, wide-eyed henchman! Word is, the count saved his life. Now he owes him big.
Tattle: That's O'Chunks. He's even bigger and stronger now... How is that even possible? Max HP is 100 and Attack is 4. He can now perform aerial attacks... When you see him in the air, take evasive action... Just keep moving to avoid him. Well, Bowser, now is your chance to settle it with O'Chunks...
Quotes:
'So yer the lad stickin' his 'stachy in me boss's business!"
"Maria, 'ey? 'Tis an odd name, yeh, but yeh can bet yer bebby I'll remember that!"
"CHUNKS AWAY!"
"JUNIOR?! C'mere un' I'll introduce yeh to Fist Jr. an' his wee pal, Slappie!"
"Whut?! That makes as much sense as a beef an' broccoli sandwich!"
"Warrior rule # 1: 'Never fight on an empty stomach! 'Tis Madness!'"
"This world be pretty nice, what with all the peace an' whatnot... I like it!"
(A/N): And I have nothing more to say about it :)
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