A Beacon Of Hope Amid Traumas

Who would have thought Nintendo launched Super Mario Bros during the turbulent times when Japan was grieving from the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history and North America was still reeling from the 1983 Video Game Crash?

Did you know that Nintendo's Super Mario Bros was released during a time when Japan was in a period of mourning? The game that gave us Goombas, Warp Pipes, Super Mushrooms and Fire Flowers was released 32 days after the Japan Airlines Flight 123 Crash that resulted from an improper tailstrike repair procedure in 1978. The launch of Super Mario Bros could not have come at a time when Japan and North America were going through periods of severe trauma...

Happy 40th Anniversary, Super Mario Bros!

Super Mario Bros © Nintendo.

Smacked By Rune Warhammers

Characters that are about to get smacked by an Old School RuneScape Rune Warhammer wielded by a Rabbid from the Rabbids series, from left to right: Toad (Super Mario Bros), Crazy Redd (Animal Crossing), Louie (Pikmin), Mugger (RuneScape), Buddy (Kick the Buddy).

It's possible that the Toads from Super Mario Bros are a far greater threat than all of the Koopa Troop's ringleaders combined because of whatever parasites they could have been harbouring since 1985. And to think that telling us that Princess Peach is in another castle was the worst thing Toad did to the Mario fans...

Animal Crossing fans have always made no secret of their disdain for Crazy Redd and his many scams. It's a pity we don't even get to give him any comeuppance whatsoever...

I'm very sure Louie was the true antagonist of the Pikmin series right from the start, if Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4 were anything...

Muggers should die over 9000 times for terrorizing millions of RuneScape players. Period.

Buddy from Kick the Buddy was always destined to get beaten up many times over, and a Rabbid smacking him with a Rune Warhammer is just one of those methods of beating up Buddy...

With all that said, I would feel sorry for Buddy from Kick the Buddy. As for all the other characters that are about to get smacked by a Rabbid wielding a Rune Warhammer, they all deserved to get destroyed by the Rabbid, and I do not feel sorry for them.

Mario And Italian Cuisine

Not only does Mario like spaghetti, he also likes lasagna and risotto as well. It's just that lasagna and risotto will never overtake Mario's love for spaghetti.

Thinking of other things other than other ladies

Author's note: This comic is a lawyer-friendly version of the highly popular "Thinking about other women" meme that is being shared throughout the World Wide Web.

I'm very sure the reason Ash Ketchum could never grow old after 25 years is because Ash Ketchum was Satoshi Tajiri's real self from the very beginning.

If Ash Ketchum's original nemesis Gary Oak was indeed named after Super Mario Bros creator Shigeru Miyamoto, then sentencing Gary Oak to death would be tantamount to a grave insult against the creator of Super Mario Bros.

I'm very sure Game Theory was right from the start regarding the Toads having a parasite so terrifying that even Bowser and every other ringleader of the Koopa Troop would have been unable to rein in this highly destructive threat.

What's bigger and badder than Fury Bowser? Demon Dragon Ganon from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It's also possible Demon Dragon Ganon is the biggest, baddest Ganon in the history of the Zelda series.

Given that Tekken had a long history in the arcade gaming scene, Tekken fans were sorely disappointed over Heihachi Mishima's absence from the Bad-Anon meeting scene in Wreck-it Ralph.

Famiclones do exist in Bulgaria, and they became more popular than Bulgaria's Pravetz computers due to Famiclones costing less than Pravetz computers.

The Consequences of Justice

If there was any reason Gary Oak was never punished for all the wrongs he did to Ash Ketchum by the time Ash's Journey ended, it's because giving Gary any comeuppance whatsoever will be a grave insult to Shigeru Miyamoto. After all, if Gary Oak dies, the entire Miyamotoverse that Shigeru Miyamoto conceived when he came up with Donkey Kong in 1981 will perish as well. Talk about the grave consequences of justice...

P.S. Satoshi Tajiri stated that if Ash finally wins, it will be over because it's possible becoming a Pokemon Master is the moment right before you die.

The Outsider Who Aspired To Surpass Miyamoto

Ever wondered why the writers who worked on the Pokemon TV series were unkind towards Ash Ketchum? That's because the Pokemon creator is even more of an outsider than Waluigi. This also explains why the writers believed Ash could not defeat Gary. They always think Satoshi Tajiri could never overtake Shigeru Miyamoto. However, many Pokemon fans were left with a Surprised Pikachu Face when Ash did beat Gary. Yet Gary still wants to torment Ash by asking a hard question about how close did Ash come to becoming a Pokemon Master when Ash's Journey was approaching its end.

At the end of the day, Satoshi Tajiri could never surpass Shigeru Miyamoto because the creator of Super Mario Bros was also known for conceiving Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and Pikmin. Not to mention Gary Oak's namesake does not hate Waluigi at all. He just thinks Waluigi does not fit in the Wario series either.

Kick The Magikoopa

People kicking Kamek, from left to right: Waluigi (Super Mario Bros), Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog), Link (Ocarina of Time) (The Legend of Zelda), High Elf Archer (Goblin Slayer).

A comic starring one of the lieutenants of the titular Goblin Slayer? Looks like Neo Retro Union has no place for goblins now...

There are some Super Mario fans who claim that Kamek is the true villain of the Super Mario series. That's why Kamek is getting kicked by other people in this comic.

Waluigi dislikes all Koopa Troop ringleaders, and Kamek is no exception.

If Sonic wants revenge against Nintendo for Sega's hardware production exit, he can always vent his anger and frustration on Nintendo's villains.

This comic is also a subtle nod to RuneScape's Combat Triangle, where ranged users defeat magic users. That's why ranged users such as Link and High Elf Archer are shown here kicking magic users like Kamek.

Kamek getting kicked could also be a dark nod to Kamek getting omitted from the Mario Kart World playable character roster.

Swimming Pool Matriarch Visual Gag Variations 7

Author's Note: Can you believe that it has been several months since the last time I posted a Matriarch of the Swimming Pool Visual Gag Variations comic? Maybe time constraints do have a very serious effect on comic production after all...

I'm very sure Sofia the First from Disney's Sofia the First is secretly a Blaster Master fangirl because the vehicle driven by Jason in the Sunsoft NES game Blaster Master was named Sophia the Third.

Remember Sakura Kinomoto's Water Jester costume from Episode 3 of Cardcaptor Sakura? This battle costume is iconic because it appeared in both the anime and the manga. Given that the main part of Sakura's Water Jester costume had to be a water-resistant dress, it's possible that the core part of the battle costume is a swimsuit.

The default female Mii and Guest F are twin sisters because their faces are totally identical. The only difference is that the default female Mii wears a red shirt while Guest F wears a pink shirt.

Given that Mario likes Italian food, this mushroom eater would definitely love lasagna, meaning Garfield is not alone.

Starting from the London 2012 edition of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, female characters get to wear gymnastics leotards that double as swimming costumes. Rosalina is playable in the gymnastics events of the Rio 2016 edition of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. However, Rosalina does not appear in the swimming events, meaning the leotard that she wears in the gymnastics events did not go for a swim at all.

Swimming in a leotard sounds like an absurd idea since leotards are not designed to go swimming. However, all of that changed when Destira designed leotards that can double as swimsuits. Therefore, Sakura Kinomoto's Water Jester leotard possibly being a swimsuit, as well as the leotards worn by the female characters doubling as swimsuits in the swimming events of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series, makes sense now.

Mithril Warhammers United

Characters wielding Old School RuneScape Mithril Warhammers featured from left to right starting with the top row:

Row 1: Amy Rose (Sonic), Lip (Panel de Pon), Yoshi (Super Mario), Red Yoshi (Super Mario), Blue Yoshi (Super Mario), Yellow Yoshi (Super Mario).

Row 2: Hat Kid (A Hat in Time), Suchie-Pai (Suchie-Pai), Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Klonoa (Klonoa), Toon Link (The Legend of Zelda), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters XV Attire) (The King of Fighters).

Row 3: Garfield (Garfield), Edd (Ed Edd N Eddy), Gilius Thunderhead (Golden Axe), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe), Ax Battler (Golden Axe), Simon Belmont (As he appeared in Captain N: The Game Master) (Castlevania).

Row 4: RED Soldier (Team Fortress 2), BLU Soldier (Team Fortress 2), Dirk the Daring (Dragon's Lair), Spelunker (Spelunker), Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis), Lemming (Lemmings).

Yet another comic where characters wielding Old School RuneScape weapons are rising up in united arms against the injustices plaguing the Earth? Looks like justice know no boundaries...

Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Colours

The outer shell of the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons are available only in dark grey? Boring. We need new colours for the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con outer shells, like a Mario Edition pair or a Wario Edition pair or a pair of gold Joy-Cons.

Extremely Fatal Mistake

If Nintendo had any reason not to kill off Gary Oak for the sake of giving Ash Ketchum any justice whatsoever, it's because Ash is not only even more of an outsider than Waluigi, but also a mentally ill leftist who hates the truth, even if it's not truth at all. However, the real reason Gary Oak does not get killed off in order to give Ash any justice at all is because Gary's death would result in the deaths of everyone in the Miyamotoverse that Shigeru Miyamoto conceived back in 1981 with the launch of the arcade version of Donkey Kong. This would include Waluigi, an ijiwaru who has always been considered an outsider by both the Mario series and the Wario series.

The Weird Side of the Web

The Internet can sometimes be a weird place, and here are just twelve images that define Internet weirdness.

There were occasions where belly dancers' skirts fell down, resulting in their panties getting exposed. It's a good thing the panties prevented further indecent exposure, because it could have been worse for the belly dancer whose skirt fell down if she did not wear any panties.

Wearing shorts that are skin-tight may not be a good idea, because the back of the shorts could rip, resulting in underwear getting exposed. One must wonder how would Peach respond to other people's reactions to her ripped shorts.

Pantsing images are quite common, and many of these images are considered inappropriate, even if the panties that got exposed were bikini bottoms.

In the Splatoon series, Inklings dissolve in water, which explains the orange ink puddle and the floating Squid Girl swimsuit in the swimming pool.

Since 2021, Smurf accounts have been the targets of the banhammer because Smurf accounts ruin gaming experiences for many people.

Toad deserves to get stabbed by Link, Cloud, Yuko and Schezo for being a potentially destructive parasite in the guise of a helpless but irritating nuisance.

Animal Crossing Villagers do not like being stuck in pitfalls, and the male Villager is shocked after getting stuck in a pitfall.

Many Fall Guys players keep falling off the edge in stages that are suspended in the sky.

Forehead coin to funnel is weird because in involves pouring water through a funnel into somebody's pants. Panties were not meant to get wet, unless they were bikini bottoms.

When I went on a cruise ship in 2013, I went to watch an ice skating performance. A female ice skater took her removable skirt off her leotard near the end of the show.

The armors from Mario Strikers Charged are bulletproof and do not crack, in contrast to the brittle armors from Ghosts'n Goblins.

Boyshorts panties that look like the shorts worn by Pyra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 actually exist. They may be tiny, but they are more modest than conventional panties. Even wearing a tiny pair of shorts as tiny as the one worn by Pyra under skirts or dresses helps to prevent panty shots.

Mario VS Pokemon Mental Gymnastics

Maybe the real reason those who wronged Ash Ketchum were never punished was because Nintendo knows that Ash Ketchum's namesake Satoshi Tajiri was the reason Game Freak almost went bankrupt back in the mid-1990s. Another reason is that Satoshi Tajiri wanted to surpass Shigeru Miyamoto, but that has not come to fruition due to Little Town Hero being a disappointment, and the fact that the Mario series also includes the Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario series as well. Therefore, the decision was made to have Ash's journey end with the intellectually disabled illiterate go on one last journey of friendship and co-existence.

Then again, Gary Oak's namesake Shigeru Miyamoto does not hate Waluigi, contrary to popular belief. Miyamoto also allows other Nintendo franchises that's not Pokemon to have crossovers with the Mario series outside of Super Smash Bros. Even Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series was allowed to enter Mario territory. Perhaps this is why Satoshi Tajiri will never be able to surpass Shigeru Miyamoto, because Pokemon licensing is harder to obtain than third-party character licensing, which is why the Mario series can have crossovers with Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin and even Sonic, but not Pokemon, if you do not count Mario Pikachu, that is.

More Rare Gems from the Bargain Bin

The Commodore VIC-20 was not as fondly remembered as the Commodore C64, but it definitely deserves some respect for being the precursor to the iconic C64.

Poor Luigi. He just cannot get enough of the injustices Nintendo is doing to him. Just because he is merely a similarity, does not mean you have the right to make him suffer. Then again, it was his fault that the Year of Luigi made Nintendo lose $456 million, which justifies Nintendo's vindictive disdain towards Luigi. And if anybody wants to find a special Wiimote in a bargain bin, you will most likely find Luigi Wiimotes in the bargain bin.

Was it necessary for Nintendo to come up with a Wii Mini? That version of the Wii was disappointing compared to other versions of the Wii. Therefore, finding the Wii Mini inside a bargain bin would be justifiable.

As if Luigi wasn't the only person Nintendo likes to mistreat, his purple arch-rival Waluigi is being mistreated by Nintendo even more than the green guy. If you are looking for Super Mario series T-shirts in the bargain bin, expect to find mostly Luigi or Waluigi T-shirts.

Normally, Data East games wouldn't end up in the bargain bin, but unlike SNK Arcade Classics, Data East Arcade Classics isn't as fondly remembered, but we should delve deeper into the history of Data East. It will help G-Mode, and perhaps Paon DP, reawaken nostalgia for Data East franchises, many of which have been dormant since Data East's demise.

Apparently, the 3rd edition of the Sega Genesis should have more respect since it was a Sega console that was on the market during the time period between the discontinuation of the Sega Saturn in North America and the North American release of the Sega Dreamcast. Basically the 3rd edition Sega Genesis was the stop-gap solution Sega's North American operations desperately needed but it was one that was sidelined by the Sega executives amid the Sega Saturn's shortcomings and the imminent launch of the Sega Dreamcast.

Kick The Ijiwaru 3

Characters kicking Waluigi's rear, from left to right: Wynn (Mystery of Atlantis), Spelunker (Spelunker), Fei Long (Super Street Fighter 2), Ryo Sakazaki (The King of Fighters), Ax Battler (Golden Axe).

Yet another comic about people kicking Waluigi's rear? Looks like Waluigi must have been so unlikeable that people had to kick him hard. Especially when "weak" characters such as Wynn and Spelunker are giving Waluigi the boot.

Tentacle Crime 3

Characters getting molested by a Blooper in this comic, from top to bottom: Samus (In her two-piece swimsuit from the Metroid Zero Mission ending), Arle (PuyOlympics bikini), Peach (In her Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games swimsuit), Daisy (In her Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games swimsuit), Elena (Street Fighter 3).

Yet another comic about a Blooper molesting female characters? This Blooper is going to be in serious trouble with the police, and nobody wants to get captured by the police these days...

Tentacle Crime 2

Characters getting molested by a Blooper in this comic, from top to bottom: Samus (In her two-piece swimsuit from the Metroid Fusion ending), Female Swimmer Trainer (Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire), Female Swimmer Trainer (Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl), Tharja (Red bikini) (Fire Emblem Awakening), Tatra (Magic Knight Rayearth).

Another comic about a Blooper molesting female characters by touching their bottoms with tentacles? This Blooper is really asking for trouble...

Tentacle Crime

Characters getting molested by a Blooper in this comic, from top to bottom: Samus (In her black bikini from the Super Metroid ending), Peach (In her Seaside Kingdom pink bikini from Super Mario Odyssey), Female Swimmer Trainer (Pokemon X and Y), Female Swimmer Trainer (Yellow bikini version) (Pokemon Sun and Moon), Female Swimmer Trainer (Black bikini version) (Pokemon Sun and Moon).

Remember, folks. Outrage of modesty is a crime that can get you locked up behind bars. As a Singapore Police Force anti-molestation campaign slogan goes, "If you molest, we will arrest".

A Blooper's tentacle touching anybody's bottom is not just an outrage of modesty, it is also an inappropriate act that is considered "Not Safe For Work". Looks like the Blooper that is molesting other people is going to be in big trouble...

Bowser Gets Boycotted

Author's Note: This particular image where Bowser is facing a boycott is an actual image from the Mario Quiz Cards that were published from 1995 to 1997.

Nintendo, your cease and desists have once again provoked another boycott. And it's not just Doug Bowser who has to face the boycotts. A management policy that was updated when the late Satoru Iwata was in charge means that Doug Bowser currently answers to Shuntaro Furukawa, meaning Furukawa should also get the blame as well.

But then again, Nintendo's litigations against intellectual property piracy are due to Japan's anti-terrorism law classifying copyright infringement as an act of domestic terrorism, as well as the European Union Copyright Directive dictating that even copyright holders from countries that are not part of the European Union must comply with European Union copyright regulations if they are doing business in EU member states. This means boycotting may not be as effective as long as the "Great Mart of Nations" dictates the rules, for it will besiege any nation that rejects them.

Super Mario Bros © Nintendo.

The Best Way to give Ash and Waluigi Justice

The Ash Ketchum Arc of the Pokemon TV series has officially ended. However, its conclusion left us with several disappointments. Especially when Gary Oak and Ritchie did not apologize for all the wrongs they did to Ash "Satoshi" Ketchum. However, Studio OLM deliberately chose not to deliver justice for Ash Ketchum, for giving Gary and Ritchie any kind of comeuppance will offend their respective namesakes Shigeru Miyamoto and Hiroshi Yamauchi, the latter having died in 2013.

Even if Nintendo, Game Freak, The Pokemon Company, ShoPro and Studio OLM do not want to give Gary Oak and Ritchie any comeuppance whatsoever because it will be a huge insult to Shigeru Miyamoto and Hiroshi Yamauchi, I would give Gary Oak and Ritchie a brutal death by hurling a Molotov Cocktail and a Bob-omb at their faces if I had to be in a room with them and Waluigi. Therefore, I am sparing Waluigi so that he can become playable in a future Super Smash Bros title. Talk about giving Ash Ketchum and Waluigi the justice that had eluded them for years...

Then again, the biggest disappointment was that there was no special message from Ash Ketchum's namesake Satoshi Tajiri regarding the conclusion of the Ash Ketchum Arc. This means Ash Ketchum and his namesake Satoshi Tajiri are even more of outsiders than Waluigi and his designer Fumihide Aoki as far as Nintendo is concerned.