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DOM

I’ve been playing Mario +Rabbids Kingdom Battle
and it’s awesome! I’ve justdefeated the midboss onlevel 3, Calavera, and can’t
wait to find out what comesnext. Wanna know whichcharacter from the game
you are? Find out pgs 44-45!
Have fun YAKs!
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2WRITETHESE MANIACS
ARE 100% AWSM!
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Garfield the
Cat and yourmagazine!”

Kitty, VIC

We hateMondays
but welove thisGarfield pic!

“Hey MANIA,
you rock!”Your Nyan
Cat andPusheen art
rocks, Alex!

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drawings!”

Callum, TASSHOUT OUT TO THE FLASH FOR RUNNIN’ REAL FAST!

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Callum!

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I enjoy reading
your mags!”

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Thanks,Ella! That’s
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Anger from
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Happy!

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That’s awikkidPikachu,
Julian!

Get your face in the mag
and score an awesome
prize pack! This month’s
winners score a copy of
The Greatest Magician in
the World book. Send inyour letter with your best
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SHOUT OUT TO WARIO FOR BEING A RAD BAD DUDE!

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MOVIESH

JUMP TOThe Last Jedi hype train is starting up! All aboard, YAKs!

THE ARMY OF
THE FIRST ORDER
EXPANDS!
B-9E: the BB-unit used by the First
rder. We’re taking bets on whether orot the “E” stands for “Evil”!
lite Praetorian Guard: These
ed-armoured warriors are the personaluards of Supreme Leader Snoke. Are
eir fighting skills as deadly as theirshion sense?
xecutioner Troopers: Theirb is to punish members of the First
rder who are guilty of treason. Finn
etter watch out if he doesn’t want tose his head!

THE BATTLE
OF CRAITThe First Order will attack theResistance’s secret base on themineral mining planet Crait. Are theResistance’s ski-speeders strong
enough to take on the First Order’sAT-M6?
All Terrain MegaCaliber Six:
The AT-M6 is so big it makes the
AT-AT walker look like a puppy! The
MegaCaliber cannon on its back is aforce to be reckoned with!

VERSUS
Ski-speeder: These fast speeders
are designed to fly at low-altitudes.
They keep balance with a stabilizer
that drags along the planet’s surface.
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QUICKRUMOURS
Finn and Resistancemember Rose
Tico are going to
infiltrate a First Order
compound.

A JEDI NO MORE?
In the first trailer for The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker drops thisbombshell line: “I only know one truth: It’s time for the Jedi to end.”
What do you think it means, YAKs?
a) Luke has gone to the dark side.
b) Luke wants to balance the force, so there are no Jedi or Sith.
c) Luke is still upset

YOUR ANSWEThe Resistance willhire a computer
hacker named DJ.
He’s a bit shady andcan’t be fully trusted.
He’ll team up with
whoever offers themost money!
Rey and Luke will face
off against Kylo andthe other Knights of
Ren on Ahch-To.

COMINGATTRACTIONS
The third Star Wars spinoff movie will be
about Obi-Wan Kenobi and is set during theperiod between Revenge of the Sith and
A New Hope! Will we get to see a really
young Luke Skywalker?

MANIA’S MOST WANTEDSTAR WARS SPINOFFSCHRIS: A
Dengar andBossk team up!
DOM: A Teek
movie!
MATT: How
C-3P0 got his
red arm!
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TV

STAY LEGENDARY!
We’ve got a lion’s share of theories
about the new season of Voltron!

What Happened

Last Season?
Keith is now the new leaderof Voltron and pilots theBlack Lion!
Lance now pilots the Red
Lion and Princess Allura
pilots the Blue!
The Paladins travelled to analternate reality where the
Altean’s were the bad guys!
We met Prince Lotor;
Zarkon’s son and heir to theGalran Empire.

Could we get an evil Voltron in Season 4?

Season Three ends with
Zarkon reawakening! What
could this mean for the
Paladins and Lotor?!

Lotor stole the comet of trans-reality metal from the
Paladins – the same metal u dl

TUNE IN!
WELCOME TO THE WAYNE
NEW EPS AIR MON TO THURS FROM 20TH NOVEMBER @4.30PM ON NICKELODEON!

Join siblings Olly and Saraline, and their best bud Ansi
as they explore the mysterious Wayne apartments,
where every new secret they uncover is stranger thanthe last! Robots! Vampires! AWSM!
10RUMOUR: This Shiro is an evil clone!
The bad guys let Shiro escape from a Galran cruiser
because of something called “Operation KURON”. He
can no longer bond with the Black Lion because he’s
not the real Shiro!
His hair is a different colour on the sides; he has headaches because all of his memories are downloads of thereal Shiro’s! In Japanese, Kuro = black, Shiro = white!
Could this Shiro turn bad next season?

WHAT DO YOU THINK: YES // NO?

BUT DID YOU KNOW?
Voltron is basedon the 1984
series Voltron:
Defender of the
Universe!

That series
was based on
the Japanese
anime Beast
King GoLion!

The sequel to Voltron was
called Vehicle Team Voltron.
That Voltron was made ofcars, boats and planes!

WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE

IN SEASON 4?
CHRIS

DOM

MATT

Keith vs. A character They discover
Lotor
a sixth Lionfrom answord- alternate for Shiro tofight!
pilot!
reality!

Seasons 1 to 3 of Voltron:
Legendary Defender are
streaming on Netflix. Season 4
is set to air later this year!

JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION
NEW EPS AIR WEEKENDS FROM NOVEMBER 4TH @11AM ON CARTOON NETWORK!

The World’s Greatest Heroes are back for another roundof super-powered action! Join Batman, Superman andstacks of other heroes as they throw down with Red
Lanterns, Lex Luthor and Brainiac!

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WIREDL UP!

WE CHAT WITH THE VIDEO-GAMEOBSESSED MUSIC DUO

HYPER POTIONS!
MANIA: How did you get into music?

IAN: “I’ve loved music for as long as I can remember.”
KEVIN: “I always wanted to make music and neverreally knew how to. It started as an after school hobby
for me.”
MANIA: Describe your music in threewords:

IAN: “Happy, friendly, nostalgic.”

LISTEN UP
Hyper Potions Friends
This track is a banger that’ll
make
you want to dance so hard
yoursneakers fall apart! Check itout:www.hyperpotions.com

MANIA: What’s the secret to getting a
crowd hyped during a set?

IAN/KEVIN: “Jump with them, dance with them, have
fun with them! Make them know that you’re happy tobe performing for them. Sometimes it’s hard to get agood picture of us at a show because we’re constantly
jumping!”
MANIA: Do you have any hobbies outside ofmusic?

IAN: “Video games, skateboarding, playing kendama,
watching movies, and food.”
KEVIN: “Playing competitive games like Rocket
League. I also really enjoy graphic design and video
editing.”
MANIA: Favourite videogames?

IAN: “Mega Man X, Pokémon series, Kingdom Hearts
series.”KEVIN: “Phantasy Star Online, Dota 2, Rocket League,
Overwatch.”
MANIA: Is it true that you’re actually two
Shiba Inus?

IAN/KEVIN: “Yes. We walk across a keyboard andi I don’t know how we’ve

REAL NAMES:
Kevin (L) and Ian (R).

FROM:San Francisco andPhiladelphia.
GENRE:

Electronic
FUN FACT:

Provided music for
Sonic Mania!

YPER POTION’SP GAME SOUNDTRACKS
IAN:
1) The Legend of Zelda:
The Wind Waker
2) Mega Man X
3) Super Mario Land.

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KEVIN:
1) Phantasy Star Online
2) Sonic Adventure 1 and 2
3) All the Pokémon games!

1) RKONRAGA

The gladiatorring isn’t theGrandmaster’s
only chall nge!

2) OLIK
3) RDAGS
4) AKIEYL
5) NTHRDU
6) OJLRIM
7) RCBUEEBRNANThe first
leter ofeach word
is RED!

8) ASKAR
1) RAGNAROK, 2) LOKI, 3) ASGARD, 4) VALKYRIE, 5) THUNDER, 6)
MJOLNIR, 7) BRUCE BANNER, 8) SAKAAR.
ANSWERS:

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one!

MYTH:

Thor rides a chariot
pulled by two massive
goats.

MARVEL:He doesn’t, but wereally wish he did!

MYTH:

MARVEL:Thor has a magic hammer, He’s got the hammer but nogloves. He wears a belt but
Mjollnir, a magic belt thatmade him twice as strong the only magic power it has
and iron gloves that allowed is stopping his pants fromfalling down.
him to hold Mjollnir.

MYTH:
He’s got red hairand a red beard.

MARVEL:

Nope, movie Thor isa blonde!

MYTH: MARVEL:
Thor’s nickname
is “Protector of
mankind.”14

It’s not his
nickname, but
definitely his job!

Nay! Nay!
Nay!

MYTH: MARVEL:

We don’t think Thor has
The gods of Asgard
eaten a single piece ofgain immortality byfruit in the movies, leteating the magicalGolden Apples of Idunn. alone a golden apple!

Hearkento Me!

MYTH:
He has a terrible temperand flies into uncontrollable
rages!

MARVEL:

He’s a hot-head for sure,but he’s definitely no Hulk!

MYTH:
One time he dressed up
as the goddess Freyja so
he could pretend to marrya frost-giant that stole hishammer.

Thou
shal
fal!

MYTH:
Thor travels from Asgard
to Midgard via a rainbow
known as the Bifrost!

MARVEL:

Yep! Except instead ofan actual rainbow it’s arainbow-coloured bridge!

MARVEL:

Nope! Maybe in Thor 4?

MYTH:

Thor dies during the great
battle known as Ragnarök

MARVEL:Thor is set to appear in
Avengers: Infinity War, so it
looks like he’ll make it out ofThor: Ragnarok alive.

THOR RAGNAROK THUNDERS INTO CINEMAS OCTOBER 26!

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ROAD
TEST

RoaDTESTIS WENT UNDERCOVER TO GETRESISTANCE MEMBERS DOM AND CHRWAR
S: THE LAST JEDI TOYS!
A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW STAR
DOM AND CHRIS CHECKOUTTHE SWeT NEW LEGO
SETS!
It tookme allmorningtobuild this!

I’m gonna
see if thiscan reallyfly!

Dom can’t
lok awayfrom thePorg!

Gonna slice
up so many
sandwiches
with this!

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CONS: You’l get
a wicked case ofhelmet hair.
PROS: You’l get
to lok like ace
Resistance pilot
Poe Dameron!

b-ATE!

The newSphero droids
are EPIC!

R2-D2
is my
fave!
Gona fly thisbad boy toTosche Station
to pick upsome power
converters!

COME TO THEDARK SIDE- WE HAVECOOKIES!

Alright, youconvinced us!

WE GOT SOMERAD STAR WARSCoKIES!
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Dance Master Alex shows us how to ignite thedance-floor with some wikkid moves!

STEP 1

Lean slightly
over your left leg
and cross yourwrists over yourknee.

Bring your fists tothe outside of yourhips and lean yourbody over yourright leg.

STEP 3/4

Stand upstraight and pullyour hands up to
your shoulders.

Hold thiscount use it as
a pose!
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To make sure
your rhythm
flows smoothly,
have a1-2-3-4,
1-2-3-4
beat in your headat all times!

STEP 5The next four counts you’rebouncing from side to side while youthrow your arms in a circle starting
with a bounce to the left, throwing
your arms out to each side.

STEP 6

STEP 7
Bounce to the right andcontinue the throw ofyour arms by bringing
them forward.
Bounce to theleft and pullyour arms incrossed acrossyour chest.

STEP 8

Finally,bounce to theright and pullyour arms
straight out to theside, leading withyour elbows.

Get into the groove with Just Dance
2018 – out October 26t !

Repeat thissequence over andover and throw
in some different
moves when it
feels right! 19

BETCHAD

Do you havea stampbro?

K O !
Jam your eyeballs
into these wild
and wacky facts!
NO DOGS ALLOWED!
Dogs are banned from Antarctica
because they could possibly
spread diseases to seals!

SEA-MAIL!
If you take a dip in Susami Bay inJapan you can find the world’s deepest
postbox! It’s 10 metres underwater.

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TINIEST PLANET!
16,647,940km2

Rahahah!
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The size of Pluto’s entire surface
area in square kilometres issmaller than Russia’s surface
area (17,098,322km2)!

BERRY CONFUSING!
How’s this for confusing: strawberries
aren’t actually berries but bananas,
avocados and pumpkins are!

Gnar tubedudes!

DON’T HAVEA COW!
Boanthropy is a
psychological disorderthat makes the sufferer
believe that they’reactually a cow.

I’m ina badmoo-d!

SHAKE IT OFF!
It’s thought that the handshakeif
was invented as a way to check
en
hidd
a
ying
carr
was
e
eon
som
weapon. The handclasp provedthat your hand was empty andshaking was meant to dislodge any
weapons hiding up their sleeves.

THINK PINK!
Hippopotamus’ milk is pink!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t taste
like strawberries.

SURF’S UP!
Australia has so many
ited abeaches that if you vis
takenew one everyday it’d
all!
m
the
it
vis
to
rs
yea
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I’m
thirsty!
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CR=FT
M=P OF THE

MONTH

Be transported to the
fantasy world of Nirato embark on an epic
quest! This map turns
Minecraft into a rad RPG!

TERR=RESTORE 2(BY MITHEY)

CR=FTY FACT:
If you shoot an arrowthrough lava it’ll hit yourtarget with fire damage!

To save the world you needto defeat dungeons toreceive terra restore pieces!

You’ll face perilous
challenges! Mob
rushes, parkour
puzzles and evenboss battles!

There’s a huge overworld
with tonnes of different
and AWSM environments
to explore!

CR=FTY
FACT:
If you kill a zombie on
Easy Mode there’s a
1 in 100 chance it will
drop a carrot!
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CR=FTY FACT:

It’s harder to find pumpkins
than it is to find diamonds!

SKIN

OF THEMONTH

CH=LLENGE
OF THE MONTH

Can you...
Play a session without breaking any
wood blocks?

10 points
Only use a Gold Sword as aweapon?

10 points
Dive into a sea of lava and survive?
10 points
Kill a ghast with its own fireball?
10 points
Obtain a dragon egg!

10 points

FIRE AND ICE(CREATED BY XUENE)
This skin is too hot tohandle and too cold to hold!

YOUR SCORE:/ 50

ONLY MINECR=FTERSWILL UNDERST=ND…
“Nice house.
It’d be a shame
if something
happened to it…”

CR=FTYFACT:There’s a 1 in 10,000
chance that the
Minecraft title sc
reenwill say “Mincera
ft”
instead!

The fear of seeing a Creeper
outside of your window.

When you dig straight down
and can’t climb back up!

When people tell you to play
more games and you’re like
“What other games?”

When you see
an Enderman
and thenwonder where it
disappeared to…
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FREAKY

N
E
E
W
ALLO
HPREPARE
YOURSELVES BOILS AND GHOULS FOR
THE FREAKIEST HALLOWEEN GUIDE POSSIBLE!

FA

WORMS
HOW TO MAKE THEM:
1) Prepare the jelly as per the box
instructions.
2) Stretch out all of the straws.

WHATCHA
NEED:24

A pack of bendy
strawsInstant Raspberry
Jelly (Dependin on
how much you wantto make!)A large glass/cup

3) Place the straws into the cup with thebendy end at the bottom.
4) Pour the jelly mix over the straws.
Don’t worry about making them equal;
they’ll level themselves out.
5) Put the jelly covered straws in thefridge to chill and set.
6) To loosen the jelly, run each straw
under hot water for a few seconds.
7) Pinch the straw from the top down tosqueeze out the worms.
8) Place the individual worms on somebaking paper and chill them again sothey can set.

WOUNDSHOW TO MAKE THEM:
1) Mix in half a teaspoon of the fake bloodrecipe with the PVA glue.
2) Tear up a square of toilet paper into tiny
bits and mix that in too.
3) If you think it needs to be darker, add
more red food colouring.
4) Apply the bloody mixture to your arm.
Smooth out the edges to make it look morenatural.
5) Use the toothpick to shape the wound.
6) Use a hair-dryer to dry it out.

WHATCHANEED:The Fake Blood mix
Red food dye
PVA Glue
Toilet paper
Toothpick

BLOOD
Wanna feellike a vampire?
This fake bloodis edible!

WHATCHA NEED:
1/2 cup glucose syrup
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup.
Red food colouring

HOW TO MAKE IT:
Combine all three in a bowl!
The more food colouring you add thedarker it’ll be.
The more chocolate syrup you add
the less transparent it will be.

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Grit Elite Scooter
Stockists: Available fromindependent retailers;
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NOT SODESPICABLE TOYS!
Despicable Me Mega Construx
Stockists: Big W

$

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$
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TMNT Micro Mutant Playsets
Stockists: Target, Big W andindependent toy retailers.

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Camera Watches
Stockists: JB Hi-Fi, Toys
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toy retailers.

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We’ll be doggone! Thesei Guinneiss !
World Records are sup r
HEAVIEST BICYCLE!
This rideable bike weighs 850kg
and was built by Jeff Peeters from
Belgium!

Wana
race?

MOST
ST MA
MASH
SHED
ED P
PO
OT
TA
ATO
TO
EATE
TEN INTEN
N 30 S
SE
EC
CO
ONDS!
Andre Ortolf slammed down 598g
in just 30 seconds in Augsburg
Germany on June 17, 2016.

SHORTESTMARRIED COUPLE!
Paulo Gabriel da Silva Barros andKatyucia Lie Hoshino from Brazil havea combined height of only 181.41 cm.

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FURT
RTHESTHEST FL
F IIG
GHT
HT
BY
Y A HOVERB
VER
RB
BO
OA
AR
RD
D
On April 30 2016 Franky
Zapata from France flew
2,252.4 metres. Wikkid!

LONGESTFINGERNAILS
Ayanna William fromthe USA has fingernails
that measure a
combined 576.4cm!

how
do i
ster?

PAINT
Michael Carmichelof Indiana USA,
painted 17, 994 layers
on a baseball. It now
measures 2.77
metres.

STICKERSJohn Fischer
from the USA
owns a sticker
ball weighing awhopping
105kg!

TAPE

Guinness World Records
2018 is available now!

Weighing
907.18kg andmeasuring 3.89 metres
this tape ball was
made by the Portland
Promise Centre andfinished in May
2011.
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noobs here
WELL PLAYED No– only gamer

GAMER!

championsand their
tremendousfeats!
LARGESTMECHANICALWINGS ON A
COSPLAYER

This League of Legends
costume has a wingspanmeasuring 426cm andbelongs to Leo Simon fromthe UK.

OLDEST
VIDEOGAMESYOUTUBER!
81-year-old Shirley Curryfrom the USA has 238 449
subscribers on her YouTube
channel. She’s a big fan of
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

God
game
MANIACs!

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Gretings
DovAHkiin!

MOST GOALS SCORED
IN A GAME OF

ROCKET LEAGUEShashipreetham Rao Ravellafrom India and Jamal Gianni
Ragno from the UK scored
56 goals in a game of Rocket
League in a team of two.

LARGESTCOLLECTION OF
ZELDA GEAR
Anne Harnes from
Norway owns 1,816 items
and also dresses up as
Princess Zelda.

Just
cal mewolvie!

LARGESTGAME BOY!
A whopping 1.01 metres tall and
0.62 metres wide, this mega retro
console was created by Iihan
Unal from Belgium.

LARGEST
COLLECTION OF
X-MEN GEAR
Erik Jaskolka from the
USA has a stash of
15,400 items!

Guinness World Records
2018 Gamer’s Edition
is available now!
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PETZ

PET PALS!

Lyla, NSW

Give your fur-pals credit for being awesome!

“I JUST
WANNA
NAP!”“WHERE’STHE
CHEESE?”SONNY IS USING
THUNDERCATTO SHOW OFFHIS TOYS!

Sonny, NSW

LYLA AND HER POOCH
SAY, “CHEESE!”

AIR HOG!

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hugs!
d
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ts
chill out with pa

YOGA GOATS!

Goat Yoga is exactly what it
sounds like. Come for the
stretching and meditation, stayfor the goats running aroundon top of you! Be warned,
they like to climb up you while
you’re doing a downward
facing dog.

FREAKYFACTOID

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Squirrels can’t see the colour red!

LOL
PETZ
IT’S CALLEDFASHION. YOU
WOULDN’T
UNDERSTAND.
DON’T TALK TO
ME UNTIL I’VE
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Q4: Do you…
A) Prefer tolead.
B) Follow
orders.
Q2: What’s better?
A) Apples.
B) Oranges.

Q1: What do you
think about overalls?
A) They rule!
B) I hate them!

Q5: Preferredbattle strategy?
A) Strongdefence!
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Q8: Whenchallenged you…
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Dragon Ball
FighterZ Keeps
Getting Cooler!
Dragon Ball FighterZ
is an upcoming 2D
Dragon Ball fighting
game that we’re mad
excited about! News has
just hit that it’ll have asix player 3-on-3 mode,
Super Saiyan Blue will
make an appearance,
and there will be an
extra story mode where
you play as Android 16!
We can’t wait!

Secret of Mana is
Getting Remade!
A remake of classic
SNES RPG Secret ofMana is coming next
year! It’ll be hitting
the PS4 and PS Vita,
and will feature the full
original game remadein 3D! We think we
preferred how it looked
in 2D though, YAKs –we’re gonna play the
SNES version on the
SNES Mini!

Build Your Own
Jurassic World!
If you love Jurassic
World, you can havea shot at building
your own park next
year! Jurassic World
Evolution has beenannounced, which will
let you create and run
your own dinosaur
park and research new
dinosaurs on consoles
and PC next year! We
hope the T-Rex
doesn’t break loose!

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GAMES OFTOP 5 THEMONTH

1> Splatoon 2(Switch)2> Sonic Mania(PS4)

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Platform: PS4, Switch,
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Style: Action
Publisher: Warner Bros
Out: November 15

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LEGO Marvel
Heroes 2
The LEGO Marvel Heroes
are back! The main villainof this game will be Kang
the Conqueror, whotravels back through timefrom the 30th century andends up tangling with theMarvel heroes! The game
will have an enormous
roster, with just about
every hero you could thinkof – think Howard the
Duck in an Iron Man suit,and a combined version
of Carnage and Venom
called Carnom! We can’t
wait to dig in and LOL at
Starlord, Thor, and the restof the blocky gang!

Platform: PC, PS4
Style: Platformer
Publisher: Accolade
Out: October 31

Bubsy: The
Woolies Strike
Back
Bubsy, one of thegaming icons of the90s, is back! Most
YAKs won’t haveplayed Bubsy’s older
adventures, but forsome older gamers
this is exciting news –Bubsy was a wisecracking bobcat who
could float throughthe air and run like thewind! In this new game,his ‘Golden Fleece’wool has been stolen byaliens. We’re not sure if
his new adventure will
live up to his old ones,
but we’re glad thatBubsy is back anyway!

3> Miitopia(3DS)

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Platform: Switch
Style: Strategy
Publisher: Ubisoft
Price: $89.95

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Gameplay: The Mario/Rabbids strategy mash-up game we never knew we wanted is here! The
Rabbids are transported into the Mushroom Kingdom, and they have to team up with Mario andhis mates to take down other Rabbids that have turned bad! The plot isn’t too important – all you
need to know is that Mario and the Rabbids have guns now, and it’s crazy and goofy and funny!
When you encounter baddies, the game moves into a turn based strategy game, where you guide
three characters through battle. You move between cover, use special abilities, and have yourcharacters work together to beat the bad Rabbids! This is not at all what you might expect from a
Mario or a Rabbids game, but it totally works! This game is smart, clever, and funny, and although
it’s not quite as good a strategy game as Fire Emblem it’s still super cool!
Graphics: The Mushroom Kingdom looks amazing on the Switch! Mario and Rabbids got us superexcited for Super Mario Odyssey, because as much as we like the crazy rabbits, seeing Mario and his
pals looking so good is a real highlight! There are heaps of LOLs in the background, so make sure
you keep your eyes peeled!

HOT!

A totally unexpected,
cool game!

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NOT!

Not as deep asFire Emblem!

MANIA
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Developers Rare wanted to create amiibo-style figures forNintendo 64 games!

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Platform: PS4,
Switch, Xbox One, PC
Style: Platformer
Publisher: Sega
Price: $29.95

Sonic Mania
Gameplay: Sonic’s made a comeback, so of course he had to name his new game after us!
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles go back to their roots in Sonic Mania, running fast through 2D pixel-art
environments, tackling enemies and going as fast as they can! Sonic Mania is a mix of remixed
levels from older Sonic games and brand new levels, meaning that there’s heaps of familiar
content for big Sonic fans, but also heaps of new stuff! That means that some of the things wedon’t love about Sonic are in here as well, and the level designs can be a little mean (curse you,
Chemical Zone 1!), but they’ve really nailed the feeling of going really fast, and the levels arepacked full of secrets and different paths! If you’re a fan of the blue blur, Sonic Mania is definitely
worth picking up – it’s his best game in ages!
Graphics: Sonic Mania looks like a super improved version of the Sonic games of old! It took us rightback to our childhoods, but we reckon the levels still look AWSM all these years later. Sonic is best in
2D for sure, and the sense of speed when he gets going is amazing!

HOT!

The best Sonic gamein years!

GAMINGFACTOIDNOT!

We still hate
Chemical Zone 1!

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The character Rayman was originally going to be a 10-year-old boy
named Jimmy!

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Games for gamer YAKS!

Platform: PS4, PC
Style: Adventure
Publisher: Prideful Sloth
Price: $29.95

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Gameplay: Yonder is a super chill game about exploring and crafting! You find yourself on theisland nation of Gemea, and it’s up to you to explore, finding goods scattered around the world,
chatting to people and completing simple missions! There’s not much challenge in Yonder, andthere’s no combat of any kind. You can’t die, but that’s cool – we really enjoyed how relaxed thegame is! There’s not much to the story, and we finished the game pretty fast, but working yourway around the map, unlocking new crafting recipes and taking on side-quests, is exciting. You
can even start up farms and look after the game’s weird animals on them, or go fishing to try andcatch as many different kinds of fish as you can! Yonder is a cool game, and its world is fun tohang out in, as long as you’re not expecting a deep experience!
Graphics: Yonder is a really gorgeous game – our favourite part of the game was sightseeing all
the cool stuff scattered around the game world! We took heaps of screenshots and loved looking
over them afterwards! It won’t take long to see everything, unfortunately, but we still love thisgame’s graphics!

HOT!

A really beautiful
game!

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NOT!

Very simple
missions!

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Crash Bandicoot’s nemesis Neo Cortex uses hair regrowth formula,but only on the sides!

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Platform: 3DS
Style: Puzzle/platformer
Publisher: Nintendo
Price: $59.95

Hey! Pikmin
Gameplay: The Pikmin are back for a new kind of adventure! This game isn’t anything like theprevious three – it’s a 2D platformer, where you play Olimar as he guides the Pikmin throughsmaller environments, collecting objects to power your ship! You control Olimar with the control
stick and hurl Pikmin with the stylus. It’s a pretty simple game, and not on par with some of thegreat 2D Nintendo games, but we had a lot of fun with Hey, Pikmin! There are some cool puzzles
in the game, the Pikmin themselves are super charming, and the game has really good amiibo
support for heaps of figures! It’s got a great sense of humour too, with all the ordinary objects you
find having wacky names – for instance, a magnet is called an ‘Attractive Gate’, and a chess pawn
is an ‘Unassuming Lighthouse’! These had us LOLing!
Graphics: Hey! Pikmin has a very simple look to it, and no 3D support, so don’t expect it to blow
your mind! The Pikmin are still pretty cute, though, as are the enemies they can take down! We
also loved finding all the different objects in the game and reading Olimar’s weird descriptions of
them!

HOT!

A simple, funny
Pikmin game!

GAMINGFACTOIDNOT!

The controls can bea pain!

MANIA
SCORE

7

/10

Kirby’s very first game appearance was in a background image in
SNES RPG ‘Arcana’!

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Games for gamer YAKS!

Namco Museum

Platform: Switch
Style: Retro
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Price: $39.00

Namco Museum has made its way to Switch! By far the highlight ofthe package is Pac-Man VS, an AWSM multiplayer Pac-Man spin-off
that you’ll need two Switches and three friends to play properly! That’s
not super convenient, of course, and unfortunately the rest of the collection is a little light. Thereare eleven games in here, but a few of them have aged poorly! Pac-Man and Galaga are always
reliable, at least, and retro fans will definitely enjoy the history lesson!

HOT!

Some total retroclassics!

NOT!

Not many must-playgames on here!

MANIA
SCORE

Mega Man Collection 2
Mega Man Collection 2 continues on from the first, featuring Mega Man
7-10! 7 is the weakest game here, while 8, which was originally on the
PlayStation 1, ispretty AWSM andfunny! 9 and 10
are more recent
games, but weredeveloped to look
like NES games,
and we thinkthey’re pretty cool!
These games aresuper hard though,and while the firstCollection let you
have ‘save states’,
this one goes oldskool and makes
you replay entire
levels if you die!

HOT!

Four Mega Man games,
three of them great!

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GAMINGFACTOID

NOT!

It’s soincredibly hard!

6/10

Platform: PS4, Xbox One
Style: Action Platformer
Publisher: Capcom
Price: $22.95

MANIA
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There’s a species of dinosaur that is named after the Pokémon
Aerodactyl!

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Cat Quest

AMAZING APPS FOR YAKS ON DA MOVE!

iOS,
Action RPG,
$7.99

This action RPG lets you
send a cat on a huge quest!
You’re a cat with a sword, there’s dragons
involved – it’s a classic videogame set up!
This game is huge, looks AWSM, and is fullof great jokes! Cat Quest is exciting, fun,and well worth $8!

SCORE 9/10

Balancethe HatBalance the Hat
is a super simple
time-waster,
but we kind of
dig it! You needto swipe yourfinger to keepbalance so thata ‘hat’ – which
can be a cat, orsome blocks,
or many otherthings – stays
atop a head!
There’s notmuch to it, but
we enjoyedtrying to beateach other’shigh scores!

SCORE 6/10

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GAMINGFACTOID

Puzzle Bobble
Journey

iOS/Android,
Puzzle,$7.99

You might wonder why thisgame is $8 whenmost match-3
games are free,
but Puzzle
Bobble is theoriginal – allother games
where you shootcoloured bubbles
are inspired by
it! There are 270
stages included,
plus an ‘easy’mode if you’re
struggling! It’s
cool, but bewarned that it
requires an online
connection to
play!

SCORE 7/10
iOS,
Arcade,Free

Miracle Merchant
In Miracle Merchant, youplay a potion
maker who
needs to matchcustomeraudiences bydrawing fromfour different
decks of cards!
It’s a lot likesolitaire, butwith a bit morestrategy involved– it’s easy tolearn but super
addictive once
you get going!
It also looks
amazing, with an
AWSM art style!

iOS/Android,
Cards,$2.99

SCORE 9/10

The Nintendo DS was known internally as the Nintendo Iris during
development!

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Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC

SONIC MANIA
There’s heaps hidden awayin Sonic Mania, but you
need to get good at one of
the minigames to unlock
everything!

Blue Sphere Unlocks
If you have 25 rings during
a level and pass througha checkpoint, turn aroundand run back through thatcheckpoint to enter into a
G t Blue Spheres’ minigame,wander around a 3D arena collecting spheres! Get silver (collect all blue spheres)m with no errors) ratings to unlock a few bonuses, including new abilities, aBean Machine (basically Puyo Puyo, with optional multiplayer modes),ckles follow you around) and sound test. To access these as
he Mania menu and select ‘secrets’!

Level Select (Switch version)
sions of the game you can select any
you complete the game, but in theon you can unlock a level select with an the main menu, hold down both B andwill eventually kick you back to the ‘press
and once you press start it’ll take you rightbug’ level select screen!

GAMINGFACTOID

Before Ocarina of Time, Nintendo nearly remade Zelda 2!

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MANIA

YAK
BYTES

YAK ATTACK! GAMER MANIACs HAVE THEIR SAY!

Paul, TAS

Joshua, VIC
Sonic and the SecretRings (Wii)“This game is epic! You
can transform into thepowerful Darkspine Sonic!”
We agree,Josh.
Darkspine
Sonic looks
EPIC!

Minecraft (Xbox 360)
“This is my favourite
game. You can make a lotof fun things!”
Minecraftis one ofour favegames too!
The crafting
never ends!

MATT

CHRIS

YOU COULD

WIN!

Connor, SA
LEGO Worlds (PS4)“You can build and create
whatever you want. I like toexplore in Adventuremode.”

Send us abite-sized
review ofyour fave
game
(and
which
platform
you play iton), alongwith your photo, name, age andaddress! This month’s winners
score a copy of Facts by Tracey
Turner. Send your entries to:

MANIA 206

We love that
there’s somuch to doin it!

Yak Bytes
DOM

Locked Bag 5555,
St Leonards NSW 1590

DON’T FORGET TO SEND USYOUR PHOTOS, YAKS!

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GAMINGFACTOID

The Nintendo Game Boy was the first console to be played in space! The
game played was Tetris!

TOTALLY AWSDMCARTOON AN
ANIME ART!

TOONGALLERY

Kingston,
NZ

Samantha,
VIC

Sunny,WA

Mallalai,
NSW

Hugh,
NSW

WIN!
Got some anime
art to show us?
Send us yourmasterpieces
and you could
win. This month’s
winners score the AwesomeBook of Animals by Adam Frost.
Send your entries to:

MANIA 206
ANIMANIA
Locked Bag 5555,
St Leonards NSW 1590

Anthony,
VIC

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ART EVOLVED!
THE IN ANELY A NTED ARTIST KNOWN AS UNUMBRA
PAINTS OVER POKÉMON CARDS TO MAKE THEM WORKS OF ART!

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVES!

ARCANINE

GIBLE

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CHARIZARDSNIVY

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SNORLAXCHECK OUT MORE AWSM CARD ART @HTTP://AWESOMEPAINTEDCARDS.WEEBLY.COM/
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ECTINGWE LEARN ABOUT PROTWITH
SENDANGERED ANIMAL RC
EMENT
FOWWF’S WILDLIFE LAW EN ESIDE
NT OF
PR
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SPECIALIST AND TH ION ASIA,AT
RANGER FEDERROHIT SINGH!
MANIA: How did you become aranger?
ROHIT: “I’ve always loved animals.
I started as a zookeeper at a bear
rescue centre in India, and for the
past nine years I’ve been working withWWF as part of their on-ground protection
team.”
MANIA: How much training is required?
ROHIT: “You have to be physically andmentally tough to work under extremely
difficult and life-threatening conditions inremote areas. A lot of the knowledge andtechniques rangers use are best learned
through practice, so on the job training isreally important.”
MANIA: What does your daily routine
look like?
ROHIT: “Daily duties include patrolling forpoachers, checking for snares, setting
camera traps to collect data, rescuing wild
animals, working with local communities
to gather intelligence, and educating
the public about the need to protect
endangered species.”
MANIA: What is an average patrol like?
ROHIT: “Patrols can be on foot,motorbikes, boats or in trucks, so
preparation is key. We first identify the hot
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spots in the forest – the places we know
animals like to visit such as water holes,
areas with plenty of food, or places where
valuable plants and trees grow.”
MANIA: What’s the biggest challenge
you face as a ranger?
ROHIT: “The biggest challenge we faceis the need for more rangers across theworld. Our work covers such vast amountsof land, it is difficult to patrol every cornerof the forest at the same time.”
MANIA: Have you encountered any
tigers in the wild?
ROHIT: “We almost bumped into a tigressthat was with her cubs. She gave us awarning and we retreated.”
MANIA: What else can be done to help
protect these endangered species?
ROHIT: “The illegal wildlife trade is thelargest direct threat to many beautiful andalready endangered animals. Wherever
you are you can contribute by creatingawareness about the difficulties rangers
face and the importance of wildlife.”

FACT
There are only around 3,900
wild tigers left in the world.

FACT
There were 3,200 tigers
in the world in 2010, so
global numbers are
slowly on the rise!

FACT

FACT
Tigers were declaredfunctionally extinct
in Cambodia!

The world’s mostendangered species
include: chimpanzees,
dolphins, African andAsian elephants, thegiant panda, gorillas,snow leopards, marine
turtles, orangutans,polar bears, African andAsian rhinos, the rockwallaby, tigers, tree
kangaroos and whales.

CHECK OUT THE RANGERS ON THE FRONTLINE DOCO –NOW STREAMING ON LOVENATURE.COM!
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GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2018
They’re amazing, they’re fantastic and some are justdownright freaky. Yep, Guinness World Records are backwith another big yearbook. See the world’s first humancyborg, the woman with the longest fingernails and a
guy who can eat half a kilogram of mashed potato in 30
seconds, plus a whole lot more.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS GAMER’SEDITION VOLUME 11
Gaming records haven’t been around that long but
we’re super impressed by how many there are. This
book has all the fastest speed runs, longest gaming
marathon records, plus a huge load of facts andstats about your favourite games. It’s a must have inany gamer MANIAC’s library.

THE GREATEST MAGICIAN IN THE WORLD
BY MATT EDMONDSON AND GARRY PARSONSThis is a cool story about Elliot, a kid on a quest to
become the greatest magician in the world. It’s a fun
story but the coolest thing about this book is that you
get to learn a bunch of neat magic tricks along the way,
including how to make an object vanish into thin air!

D-BOT SQUAD STACKATTACK AND DEEP DIVE
Two more awesome D-Bot books havearrived with plenty of robot dinosaur
action. Join Hunter and Charlie as
they make a double d-bot to catch anargentinosaurus and then Charlie and his
team dive deep under the sea to catch
five kronosauruses!

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SK8 QUIZ!

SUPREME?
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A SKATEBOARDERIS QUIZ?

ARE YOU RAD ENOUGH TO MASTER TH

Q1) TONY

I’ve
gota
land it!

HAWK WAS THE
FIRST PERSONTO LAND A
900-DEGREE
SPIN?

TRUE / FALSE

Q2) SKATEBOARDING
Q3) A “180” IS WHEN
YOU SPIN AROUND
ON THE SPOT AND
END FACING WHERE
YOU STARTED?

TRUE / FALSE
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BECAME AN OLYMPIC SPORT
AT THE 2016 GAMES?

TRUE / FALSE

Q4) THE TOP OF YOUR DECKIS KNOWN AS THE GRIP?

TRUE / FALSE

Q5) THE LONGESTSKATEBOARD MANUALWAS 217M?

TRUE / FALSE

Q7) SKATEBOARDINGWAS ORIGINALLYKNOWN AS SIDEWALKSURFING?

Q6) SKATEBOARDING ORIGINATED
FROM NEW YORK CITY?

TRUE / FALSE
Come
back
board!

TRUE / FALSE

Q8) PUSHING
OFF TO SKATEIS KNOWN AS A
“SHUV-IT”?

TRUE / FALSE

SCORE
0-3
You know that a skateboard
is a piece of wood withwheels… and that’s aboutit. You need to hit the streetsand start practicing. Or
maybe try scooters instead?

4-6
Q9) THE PARTSTHAT CONNECT
THE WHEELS TO
THE BOARD ARE
THE “TRUCKS”?

TRUE / FALSE

You’ve got potential, but you
still need a bit of practice!
Keep at it and you’ll bebackflipping with the best of
them!

7-9
You’re the king of theskatepark! McTwists, GazelleFlips, Casperslides – youknow these tricks like theback of your hand.

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ANSWERS:
1) TRUE, 2) FALSE, 3) FALSE, 4) TRUE, 5) TRUE, 6)
FALSE, 7) TRUE, 8) FALSE, 9) TRUE.

A GALLERY FAR, FAR AWAY...

STAR
WARS
GALLERY

The Force is strong with this AWSM Star Wars art!

Sunny,WA

Bella,QLD

Laura,NSW

Samantha,
VIC

WIN!

Send us your Star Wars
art and you could score afantastic Staedtler pack!
Send your entries to:

MANIA 206
Star Wars Gallery
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Oscar,
VIC

Maximus,WAWHATCHA COLLECTIN’?
“This is aquarter of our
combined
sports gearcollection!”

A LOT OF POOH!

Kitty andPhineas, VIC

That’s only a quarter?! EPIC!

COLLECTIT!

Deb Hoffmann loves collecting Pooh.
Winnie the Pooh that is! She has
amassed a Guinness World Record
worthy collection with over 13,200 piecesof memorabilia featuring the yellow bear!

BURGER KING
THAT’S BANANAS!

We’ll give three guesses as to what Harry
Sperl’s favourite food is. Also known as“Hamburger Harry” he’s collected over
3,700 burger related items ranging fromposters to shirts and even a cheeseburger
shaped waterbed!

Former grocery store worker, Christopher
Crawcour, has been collecting banana
stickers for over 25 years! All up he hasover 30,000 different stickers which havecome from different countries and include
rare 1960s Chiquita labels.

YOU COULD WIN!
his month’s winner scores a Tech Deck
6 mm Finger Board.To enter, send a pic
f you and your collection and tell us
bout it! Mail it along with your name,ge and address to:

MANIA 206
Collect it!
Locked Bag 5555,
St Leonards NSW

AZY Lorenzo Pescini has collected 8,650 different labels from bottles of water!
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The Legend of Zelda: of Ages
Oracle of Seasons / Oracle(Legendary Edition)

Writer/artist: Akira Himekawa
Publisher: VIZ Mediand of Zelda games!

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Dr. Dom isn’t
an actual
doctor! He neverfinished colege!

CHARACTER

The Golden AgeGren Lantern
was weakagainst wod!

Loki’s original
weaknes was that hecouldn’t use magic if
he was soaking wet!

Santa regularly
gives a lumpof coal to DC’s
ultimate badguy, Darkseid.

Most AIBO are robotic dogs, butsome look like lion-cubs and there isa space explorer model too. The mostadvanced AIBO walks and sees with abuilt in camera. It can also recognise
voice commands too.

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mammals, thieyed robot semust have. It hsensors so wh
rub its forehead
and moves aro
Paro was desig
to help stressed
patients, so pat
one to chillax
after a hard day
at school!

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were released
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English andtening to
wners talk,
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n language
rbish-ROBORAPTORThe Roboraptor has three moods – hunter, cautious
and playful. It has touch sensors in its tail, chin andmouth and sound sensors too. But our favourite thing
about the Roboraptor is that it can play tug-of war with
its powerful jaws.

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FERRARI MODULO

Designed by
Paolo Martin
for the Italian
car design firm
Pininfarina

To get in the car
its canopy roof
slides forward

It was based ona Ferrari 512 S

TECH
SPECS

PRODUCTION: 1970
COUNTRY: Italy
TOP SPEED: 220 mph (350 km/h)
MAX POWER: 550 HP (410 kW) @ 8,000 rpm
ACCELERATION: 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) in 3.1 seconds
GEARBOX: 5-speed manual
PRICE: $315,000 US ($398,000 AUD)

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Pininfarina soldthe only Modulo tofilm director James
Glickenhaus who iscurrently restoring
it to full operating
condition!

RO IDEF THE

MONTH!
It debutedat the 1970
Geneva MotorShow

Despite being one-of-a-kindand not road-worthy, it won
22 international design
awards!

It runs on
a 5.0L V12
engine!

All the wheels are partly
covered for protection!

Only onewas evermade!

The car is really low
to the ground with aheight of only 0.94m!

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IT’S ALL GOING DOWN IN

MANIA #207!

WE UNITE THE JUSTICELEAGUE, EVEN THOUGH
BATMAN WON’T RETURNOUR PHONECALLS!

!

WITH EVERY ISSUE

THINGS GET A BIT
NUTTY WHEN WE TAKE ALOOK AT THE NUT JOB 2!

GO BACK T THE VERY BEGINNING
WITH POKÉMON: I CHOOSE YOU!

WE TIPOUR HATSTO MARIOODYSSEY!

MANIA #207
ON SALENOVEMBER 6!
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