#super mario bros 3 is canon

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

Super Mario Bros. 3 Happened, And Wasn't Just A Stage Play

So many people believe that the events of Super Mario Bros. 3 never happened and it is all just a stage play, I am going to argue why this is not the case.

First off the Airship from SMB3 exists in another game, aka Super Mario Bros. 4 Super Mario World. Confirmed in the manual on page 20, the Sunken Ship is the same Airship from SMB3. "This strange looking sunken ship. Haven't you seen it somewhere before? That's right, in Super Mario Bros. 3..."

Secondarily in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze the level Frosty Fruits contains a SMB3 Koopa Tank. This also means that Bowser or at least the Koopas once invaded the Kong Archipelago.

So these 2 things should be enough evidence that SMB3 is indeed a canon game. However, for argument's sake let's say SMB3 is a stage play. There is nothing saying that the stage play can't be based on actual events that happened in the Mario canon. Some more reasons SMB3 is canon is objects and characters that were introduced in it, still exist in the game canon and show up later. This includes Dry Bones, Boom Boom, Boss Bass, Fire Bros, the Clown Car, the Koopalings, and the Airship. This is actually backed up on page 35 of the SMB3 Manual where it says. "A host of new characters have joined Bowser and his turtle tribe. With this information on these new enemies, you'll be well prepared."

Speaking of manuals, in the SMB4SMW manual in story section on page 2 it says "after saving the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser and the rest of the Koopas in Super Mario 3, Mario and Luigi needed to recuperate from their adventures. Together they agreed the best place to vacation was a magical place called Dinosaur Land.." This places the events of SMB4SMW right after SMB3.

Other references that confirm SMB3 events did happen. Super Mario Sunshine Bowser's Memories The Grasslands Desert Land Figure-8 Circuit DS Shroom Ridge DS Desert Hills Piranha Plant Pipeline

[deimostes]

FUCK TWO DADS, WHAT IF SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG HAD TWO MOMS

(au of an au; penumbra lives and of all the things i could do, i make her and rosalina kiss)

[kinopeachy]

i love peaisy and i love this official selfie of them together 🧡🤍🩷 just had to redraw it!

[delightfuldevin]

Traced some official art with my redesigns,,

[multicolour-ink]

I was curious, i sorta dont get the "mario is so small" jokes in the movie? Is it because hes small in the games?

He's a very short guy yes. He always has been, no matter in what media 🤭

[galaxygermdraws]

Do you have any particular thoughts/headcanons for the Propeller Mushroom and/or Penguin Suit? <- has been playing through NSMB Wii

If i wasnt exhausted tonight I’d draw some concepts for them, but as someone who’s first Mario game WAS New Super Mario Bros Wii, I always really liked the two. The Penguin Suit especially because it feels like the closest thing we’ve ever gotten to the Frog Suit again and I really miss the Frog Suit it is silly. The fact the Penguin Suit also stops you from experiencing Ice Physics is nice. I cannot stand ice levels in the NSMB games cause I suck at them. I do headcanon that it’s probably slightly weaker than a regular Ice Flower since it’s not just for the throwing ice, it’s for swimming and walking on ice too. The ice is just a benefit in my head. I also think it helps with cold weather and doesn’t give the user frostbite lookin hands

as for Propeller Shroom? That thing is like. One of my beloveds. I think it’s neat but also it looks so hilarious and dumb and I love it. No particular headcanons except all 4 of the playable characters tease each other for how stupid the thing looks. also i can only assume these two power ups were either discovered recently (by NSMBW time not recently overall) or were made artificially because there are a ton of flying power ups already (tanooki/raccoon, bunny ears, etc) as well as the Ice Flower and Frog Suit both existing. So perhaps these are some artificial power ups made by researchers or smth?? Or maybe power ups can like. Fuse??? Propeller is most likely artificial but Penguin could easily be like. An ice world variant of the frog suit. Power Ups intruige me I need to do more with them.

[double--cross-d]

Still not over the fact there's an Episode of that old Mario cartoon where Cheatsy and Kooky INVENT RACISM.

[frankboblin]

Epic gamer moment

[altospaceangel]

There’s been a fun side effect (for me personally) of the stupid discourse that’s circulated in stupid circles around the Super Mario Movie and it is… “I know more than you.” It’s common knowledge that these reactionaries never actually care about “ethics in games journalism” or whatever pet culture war issue they’re picking this week. But they’re also from the demographic that considers “fake geek” to be a very serious insult. This is the first one of these petty little battles where I’ve played these games since my squishy baby hands could reach the buttons.

“They turned Princess Peach into a feminist girlboss! It’s woke revisionism!”

“You say that like it’s a bad thing lol have you even played Super Mario Odyssey? Dude was expecting her to be trapped in a castle the whole movie! Look who hasn’t picked up a Mario title since SMB3 lol”

“How was she so good at the training course immediately! Mario is the hero who saves her, he shouldn’t have to learn from her! It makes him too unimportant to the plot! Mary Sue!”

“She literally says she wasn’t good at first, did you even watch the movie or just twitter clips? lol touch grass! She’s their princess and has lived there for years! She had time to practice, genius! Looks like someone’s never heard of Super Princess Peach (2005)! Also did you know there’s literally a game called Mario Is Missing lol this has been an option since the 90’s”

“Bowser’s supposed to be a villain, but they made him soft! They were too PC to have him kidnap her like in the games, so they added a goofy crush on her!”

“Listen, I know Paper Mario isn’t super canonical, but Bowser literally has a diary where he says he hope she likes him lol. And if you ever played a non-mainline game like Mario Power Tennis, Super Mario RPG, or even Mario Party, they cast this relationship much friendlier and sometimes even have him try to do nice things to impress her! Have you not played those games? Get back to me when you know the lore!”

In conclusion:

[boobachu]

Also it was all a dream snork mimimimi

my general Side Order thoughts:

I don't have much of anything groundbreaking to say. I haven't publicly said much in relation to side order in the first place, i don't want to build up crazy expectations, and I've seen much of the fanbase making solid theories anyways. also there has been a lot less information compared to ROTM which is great, I don't want to be able to predict the whole story before the game comes out. I'd rather be surprised like i was with octo expansion! here I just want to put out my thoughts real quick so people know where I stand and that yes i am aware of the Hints and Foreshadowing

Marina's quote at the end of her interview in Splatune 3 is relevant of course, gives us a sense of what this whole world of order is. But did she build it this whole digital simulation, or was it something she found? (mix of both perhaps? found it, contributed to parts of it and it went out of her control?)

Mem cakes, agent 8, cerebral theming...very interested where this all goes. love all the references to OE keep em coming

People have been talking about this already, and the foreshadowing was acknowledged back in haikara walker in 2018. the hat logos on dedf1sh and paul gotta be connected to this thing.

It'd be a huge waste for a more grown-up paul to not show up in s3, either as someone mentioned by Acht or for him to make some sort of musical return post side order.

Glen fiddler has always been interesting to me (in that i anticipated he would become plot relevant somehow) with how he was fully 3d modeled in his sunken scroll. im not 100% on if hes gonna be in side order but the copy machine connections in side order (the fish skeletons in splatoween, also the recent poster?) are sus

^has to be agent 4. of course. seeing enemy inklings instead of enemy octolings sounds awesome btw

I'm expecting the inkopolis square hub to come back as a thing you can access post-game. pearl and marina splatfest concerts

iso padre please come back to me (maybe in said inkopolis square hub world)

who the fuck are you. not a mantis shrimp, looks too soft to be a crustacean to me. closest thing i can compare this to is a black dragonfish nymph but i kind of doubt it. maybe it is some guy who was created to manage things, like CQ to the deepsea metro?

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

The Evolution Of The Poltergust

A little cool detail in the Mario series is the evolution of the Poltergust across various games.

In Luigi's Mansion we first see the Poltergust 3000, and later in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga we see the Poltergust 3001 which E. Gadd rides upon. Next in Mario Kart DS the Poltergust 4000 is introduced which is in the form of a car. After this in Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon we skip model onto the Poltergust 5000, and in Luigi's Mansion 3 we get the Poltergust G-00.

I like this attention to detail across games showing the evolution of the Poltergust, it also helps us further confirm these games are canon to each other.

[janmisali]

Super Mario Bracket: ROSALINA vs THE OLD PSYCHIC LADY WITH THE EVIL EYE WHO READS FORTUNES AND KNOWS EVERYTHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS

"Your friends are waiting for you in the Garage."

Rosalina

SEED: 3 (101 nominations)

PREVIOUS OPPONENT: Bowser

SPECIES: Human

DEBUT: Super Mario Galaxy

NOMINATION EXAMPLE: one of very few mario characters who clearly show character progression, from her portrayal in the storybook to her characterization as an adult as much calmer and wiser from the years she's lived! also it's imo VERY cool to canonically have some kind of "cosmic power" / "magic" but only portray a couple characters as using it; it adds a mystique to her character and makes room for the viewer's own imagination about what it can DO

[Super Mario Wiki article]

"I'm The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens."

The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens

SEED: 38 (17 nominations)

PREVIOUS OPPONENT: Elvira

SPECIES: Human

DEBUT: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

NOMINATION EXAMPLE: I think the skit shes in is just really funny, and also the fact that her actual name as a character is The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens is fucking hilarious.

[Super Mario Wiki article]

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[crocuta1]

ITS C4LL13 DAY!!!!!

I chose 12 Splatfest themes from each game that I liked the most and drew callie in them! I chose 6 fests from Splatoon 1 (because that was callie's debut game), 4 fests from Splatoon 2, and 2 fests from Splatoon 3.

Order + Explanation:

Cats vs. Dogs: I drew Callie as Izutsumi from Dungeon Meshi because I like the show, and I didn't really know what to draw other than Judd, and I thought that was boring.

Burger vs. Pizza: I based the drawing off of that one image of the guy telepathically lifting the pizza in Photoshop. I THOUGHT IT'D BE FUNNY IM SORRY!!!

Past vs. Future: This drawing was entirely self-indulgent because I just projected my childhood love of the Mesozoic Era onto the funny squid girl from that one nintendo game.

Pokémon Red vs. Pokémon Blue: Self-explanatory. I just really like Pokémon.

Perfect body vs. perfect mind: I was obviously going to make a Jojo ref, I love Jojo. JJBA refs aside, I'm shocked callie doesn't canonically have at least a little noticeable muscling?? She mains rollers???

Love vs. Money: Truly the question of all time. Anyways, I like Calf1sh.

Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy: This is me paying homage to my favorite movie ever, Alien. The funny little guy looking at Callie is a Xenomorph, and ain't it just the cutest little guy ever?

Squid vs. Octopus: She was definitely on team Octopus, don't lie.

Super Mushroom vs. Super Star: I chose this theme in particular because I like Super Mario bros an UNHEALTHY degree

Chaos vs. Order: This one is based on the Splatocalypse fest art. She was already shown to be on team Chaos, so I just had to figure out how to draw pearls dumbass Princess Cannon. I HATE IT!!!

Zombie vs. Skeleton vs. Ghost: Okay, im going to be really honest. I didn't really know what to do for this one. So, I just drew Callie in her Splatoween costume.

Friends vs. Family vs. Solo: I felt it would have made the most sense for her to be on team family, just because we know she speaks highly of them throughout the games.

Anyway, now that this is over, I'm never picking up a pencil again!! My wrist burns with the intensity of a trillion stars.

[struwberrii]

semi headcanons ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪

here are some random general headcanons for semi eita my underrated king :3 (also pls it’s actually so hard to read this guys personality BEAR WITH ME!!)

look at this man and tell me he doesn’t play guitar

his notes app is literally filled with random lyrics and guitar riffs

also i can imagine him having a mac book and his photo booth app is just vids of him covering songs and playing guitar

it’s canon that tendou thinks his style kinda sucks so i imagine him just owning some of the most horrendous graphic t-shirts

likes taking walks in wooded areas and just listening to music and getting lost in thought

i feel like he would be the type of guy to make every conversation with someone he doesn’t rlly know too well super awkward

like the type of guy to say “you too!” when a server say enjoy your food

he gives me middle child vibes and i feel like he’d have an older brother who introduced him to cool bands and guitar

probably the type of guy to randomly get super philosophical

i feel like he’d be super gullible on certain topics too, like he probably believed a lot of those dumb internet shams for an absurd amount of time

would def judge your music taste silently then try to put you onto his favs

always in a bad mood/irritated but the second someone compliments him or is nice to him he’s wagging his tail

movie fanatic, he has seen every movie on the planet

i also feel like he’s 2011 older brother core, ykwim?

failing in school and knows he’s gonna have a hard time if he doesn’t get it together but has no motivation

beat up doc marten boots wearer

i honestly feel like he’d be kinda rude unintentionally and then be confused as to why people are calling him mean

also it’s canon that he’s in the lowest class at shiratorizawa so you already KNOW he’s a scholarship boy because no way he got in for those grades 😭😭😭

probably goes to the gym like twice a week because he forgets

spends literally 3 hours to do the simplest homework because every little thing distracts him

always smells like musky apples or rotten fruit for some reason

genuinely a chill person to be around if you understand his humor

pretends to play drums with his pencils on his desk

will stop talking mid conversation if he thinks of a good song lyric to write down

i feel like he would think he’s really deep and wise but he’s actually just kind of clueless 😭

mario kart champ

definitely the type of guy to get easily talked into doing stupid things like ufo hunting at 2 am on a school day

i actually imagine him to have a really deep and smooth singing voice (i could actually write a whole drabble abt band au semi)

probably has the worst diet ever, bro is eating leftover pizza for breakfast lunch dinner AND snacks

always thinking about his future but never doing anything to better his situation

has the comfiest sweaters but you’ll have to ignore the holes and questionable stains in weird places

type of guy to ruin your concert videos because his singing is so bad and off key

i also feel like his room would be really weirdly decorated, like he’d have a stolen stop sign up as decoration and then like holes punched in his walls and missing light bulbs

always has a lighter on him for some reason

also always has a headache

i feel like he’d also have a lot of instagram followers for some reason, like a couple thousand and he doesn’t even really post anything

the type of guy to constantly be thinking about how he could be doing better/more when his friends share good news and accomplishments with him

i feel like he’d have a pet lizard or frog yk :]

[pianokantzart]

Bowser's IQ is probably below average honestly, so I wouldn't even give him an IQ of 130. He's a fairly simple minded brute and I don't think he's particularly clever or witty whatsoever. Sure he has an entire army but I'm pretty sure his advisors like Kamek or other technicians in his ranks are the ones actually doing stuff the requires more conventional smarts into Bowser's plans, like constructing all those airships or figuring out a lot of the logistics behind Bowser's conquest.

Someone could theoretically be very intelligent and also very stupid. Even when Bowser isn't acting like an idiot and makes plans that make sense, they're still very simple and consist mainly of "grab Princess Peach" or "break into my enemy's domain and demand submission" or "yell at my minions until they get back to work and do what they're told"

Not necessarily. Like I said, it depends on the canon.

In my opinion, the smartest iteration of Bowser is Movie Bowser. He's shown to have a keen understanding of tactics and warfare. Everyone, from his foot soldiers to his generals to Kamek, holds his opinion in high regard, and acts entirely under his command to great effect.

The nearest comparison I can think of in terms of intelligence is Bowser from the Mario and Luigi RPGs. He's a little goofy and needs a bit more advice compared to his movie counterpart, but still has tight control of his army and is capable of pulling off some decently complex tactics.

Then there is Paper Bowser and Mainline Bowser, who... though more of a dictating figurehead than a meticulous leader... still has more steps to his plans beyond "demand submission" or "capture Princess Peach." Often he precedes an invasion and/or capture by gathering power or conquering a different territory, like in Super Mario Bros 3 when he conquered the seven kingdoms, or in Mario 64/Super Mario Galaxy when he stole the power stars.

He, I suspect, has roughly average intelligence, but with plenty of capable minions (the Koopalings in particular) and charisma to make up for it.

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Clawdia Koopa

Debut: Super Mario Bros.

If you’ve ever tried to take a closer look at the Mario series lore, you’ll realize one thing… it is not very consistent! Mario games are filled with little discrepancies, and of course, plenty of obscure and forgotten characters were practically retconned by the series! And of these, who has suffered a worse fate than Clawdia Koopa?

If you were a gaming fan during the 80s and 90s, you will surely remember Clawdia Koopa, the beloved and female wife of the fearsome King Koopa! She may not have shown up much, but her impact on the Mario world was felt everywhere!

Who could forget making it all the way to the end of the NES game, squaring off against the frightening Bowser himself… only to find out, he was even more scared of his wife than you were of him! As the king of the Koopas cowers before his nagging old ball & chain, Mario, who is in no committed relationship, is able to jump over their heads and grab the ax, sending them both plummeting into lava!

Though their relationship may have had a rocky start, it seems the two were still able to settle down and start a family. Just take a look at this letter Bowser sends you in Super Mario Bros. 3!

Yup, this game introduced the Koopalings, and as Nintendo made very clear, Clawdia was their mother! Not only did the game manual reiterate this fact, it also included some pretty detailed pictures of Clawdia in labor, giving birth to each of the seven! They’re a bit too graphic to reproduce here, but it’s awesome they went that far to flesh out the worldbuilding!

So, if Bowser was married, why did he keep kidnapping Princess Peach? Maybe their marriage wasn’t actually going that great? You see, if you were to 100% Super Mario World twice over, you would actually get to see a secret message written by Bowser:

It’s pretty heavy stuff, and Nintendo hid this message for only the most dedicated of Mario fans! And sure enough, things would only go downhill from here… In Hotel Mario, Bowser would build seven Koopa Hotels just to stay away from his wife, and Clawdia hasn’t been seen in any games since… All the fans who never got this message were pretty confused, wondering where Clawdia Koopa had gone… and they were even more confused with the release of Super Mario Sunshine!

This game introduced Bowser Jr., and he was supposed to be Bowser’s new child! Not only were the Koopalings not mentioned at all, but Clawdia was nowhere to be found, either! Instead, Bowser Jr. kept referring to Peach as his ‘mama’, but she turns out to not be his mother either! What’s going on? If Clawdia and Bowser really did get divorced, then where did Bowser Jr. come from?

Things got even worse when Shigeru Miyamoto was interviewed in 2012, saying “Our current story is that the seven Koopalings are not Bowser's children. Bowser's only child is Bowser Jr., and we do not know who the mother is.” When asked about Clawdia Koopa, Miyamoto ended the interview abruptly. So what’s going on here? Is there some sort of conspiracy to cover up Clawdia Koopa? Who would benefit from this, and why?

Well, it turns out the real culprit may have been right in front of us all along! Bowser actually DID remarry, and the mother of Bowser Jr. is none other than Miyamoto himself! After becoming Bowser’s wife, Miyamoto became jealous of Bowser’s ex-wife, suspecting he still had feelings for her. So Miyamoto went and changed the official story, acting like the Koopalings were never Bowser’s kids to begin with! It was quite a petty move on his part, but since Mario canon is in his hands, there was nothing we could do to stop him…

Clawdia may be gone, but I won’t let this revisionist view of history take place! Most Mario fans today have never even heard of Clawdia Koopa, and that’s sad… But I’m not afraid to say her name! This International Women’s Day, I will be changing my full legal name to Clawdia Koopa in her memory, and I hope anyone who stands with me will do the same! After all, if we let Miyamoto get away with this, who knows what he will do next? He might even try to sully the name of Morton Koopa Sr.!