Original Wawario and Wawaluigi sprites from here, but Wario and Waluigi are my own: https://www.deviantart.com/koplopbop/art/WaWario-and-WaWaluigi-1377746407

In this hypothetical, set during Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, Wario is frustrated and, with Waluigi, extorts Kamek into making them stronger. It misfires, leading to two copies of Wario and Waluigi. Wario, in his panic and frustration, throws the two far into the air. He imagines them leaving the atmosphere. They instead land in Sarasaland. Years pass before something is noticed... Daisy's disappearance. With Mario, Bowser, and Luigi currently predisposed, far in space, to fight some unknown threat, Peach is forced to resort to the mercenary work of Wario and Waluigi. Shown above are the pre- and post-timeskip Wawario and Wawaluigi, also known as WuWa and LuWa, the economic advisors and secret conspirators slowly taking over all of Sarasaland.

WuWa (Wawario):

Originally a 6-foot-tall behemoth of a man, wider than tall, drenched in neon lime and a desaturated, dark orange, his time in the strange lands of Sarasaland allowed him, for lack of better terms... to stretch his legs. Now wearing an orange undershirt with the same green vest and a near-black pair of suspenders, WuWa is constantly either smoking or choking down Banana Juice. Hypercompetent, power-hungry, and totally uncaring about money, status, or relations... save for his significant other, Luwa, whom he defends with a passion. While weaker than Wario, slower than Mario, and can barely even jump, his mind is terrifyingly sharp (ie, he's actually competent in a world of cartoons) and has allowed him to accumulate more and more power, to the point where he had even begun to work with Daisy, under the guise of economic reform.

LuWa (Wawaluigi):

Originally a lanky, massive, 8-foot-tall tree of a man, wafer-thin skin and bone alike, with a bright cyan undershirt and dull grey suspenders, his time with Wuwa let him get used to both this world and himself. While slower than Wawa, he is still quite the genius in terms of combat, but completely dull in terms of relationships, emotions, jokes, puns, and the simplest of allegories. He is 100% straightforward, and while he constantly underestimates himself, he will do anything Wuwa asks of him. He can jump higher than Luigi, move faster than Waluigi, and is a master at hand-to-hand combat and power-up control. Any task Wuwa cannot do, Luwa does in his stead, including mounting a massive building operation with nothing but word of mouth, physical displays, advertising, and hundreds of hours of restless brick-laying, building a wall around Daisy's kingdom, causing a massive job surge, while also redirecting trade away from the 3 other kingdoms, towards Daisy, and by extension, Wuwa.

Not gonna lie I’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years and sometimes it feels like I’m one of the only few gamers out there that innately holds down the run button on every level in a game that isn’t an auto-scroller.

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The first one's named Arrow, she died when she was exploring a forest and a part of her head got chomped off by a creature with sharp teeth. She now just haunts manors, looking for "home"

The second one is Draccy, she's an entity possessing the body of Emerald, a performer at a circus. This is only her weak form, she becomes stronger by eating. She eats about anything, as long as her vessel's digestive system can take it.

Boy I was into smth back then

Which one has your favourite design that I designed?

It's back.

Found out through this video:

https://youtu.be/ECi7_V_Ntj4?si=

This wasn't even a trend I just felt like doing since I did those Princess Peach sprite redraws a bit ago. Besides, I think Princess Daisy's older sprites need a bit more love anyhow.

Hi! I love being part of this community being able to see all the passion Mario fans have for the games and other media. I was wondering if there’s any other well-known online fan games I can play like SM64 Co-op DX and NSMB online? I’ve been having a blast with 64 but I want to know about other games like it if there’s any.

As a young kid, I remember Super Mario Sunshine being looked quite fondly upon. Between its unique art style and gameplay, as well as new character additions that were acclaimed, it seemed to be a pretty lucrative and fun experience. Back then, I vaguely remember a lot of praise coming its way from fans and critics alike. I didn't get to experience Sunshine at release, unfortunately, and didn't really care to play it post-release. As a result, I quickly enjoyed Mario 64 and Galaxy tremendously more throughout my life.

However, as the game has aged, I've noticed that its reception has gone from "decent" to "middling at best" for most. I found this odd, so I took it upon myself to jump into the world of Sunshine for the first time, and... wow. I see EXACTLY why this game is so divisive between all of you now.

I found myself so greatly appalled at the way that the game is organized, as well as how fluctuating the difficulty can be in Sunshine. I also found that though the game is centralized around F.L.U.D.D., I didn't find him to control as smoothly with Mario, especially when comparing to 64 or Galaxy. I also had a few more nitpicks regarding some aspects of the game (i.e. the vague Shine titles, the rushed story, etc.) that I found to be really strange for a Mario game of this caliber.

Now of course, the game isn't *all* bad, there are a LOT of things that I did enjoy throughout my play through, such as the incredible art style and soundtrack, and I can't really consider ANY Mario game to be a horrendous experience (okay... maybe some of them, let's be real). But, I will say, I was definitely much more surprised coming out of this one compared to any other Mario game I've played before.

With this information, I made a pretty high-quality video with all of my thoughts from my first time running through Sunshine. I'd highly recommend you give this one a watch! Additionally, I'd also like to hear some of your thoughts in case I revisit Sunshine at a later time. I know some people feel VERY strongly about Sunshine, so I'm curious about some reasons you may disagree with my thoughts or some reasons I didn't mention in the video. Hopefully you enjoy watching the video as much as I did making it.

The video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/j3bOI3TJrKg?si=wKqjjXMiU2MtQl1H

For example, the Luigi's Mansion theory made by MatPat about Luigi being super rich.