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Marble League 2021 Event 13: Elimination Race

Misty from the Hazers winning the final round race

The thirteenth event of Marble League 2021 was held on the 27th August 2021, featuring the thirteenth event, the **Elimination Race**.

## Event

In the Elimination Race, 16 marbles race down a track constructed with Gravitrax pieces. The last marble to cross the finish line is eliminated from the event. If at least 1 marble stops moving, the one stranded closest to the starting line is eliminated, sparing the last marble to finish. The remaining marbles compete in another round with the same rules, and the process is repeated until only 1 marble remains. The track is also expanded slightly following every 4th round.

## Results

N.B.: Times were *not* provided in the video. The times listed below were provided by a member of the JMA, accurate to the nearest fiftieth of a second.

 **OUT** | The marble did not participate in the round as they had already been eliminated from the event.

## Standings After Event

**Red:** Not able to finish in the top 3.

## Trivia

* This was the first Individual medal in the Marble League for both Red Eye and Bolt.
* With Bolt's 3rd place finish in this event, the Thunderbolts ended their 13 event podium drought and secured their first podium of the year.
Talking-Man Thread

The Talking Man Thread is basically a thread where the user Exkekx reads anything that a post contains, typically with varied voices/accents and other types of voice modifications usually done for random or comedic effect. The readings are then recorded and uploaded to Vocaroo for all to hear. The original one was first made on the Nethood as now all is done in the 2nd one. By all, Exkekx will cut the posts into a group made in the topic rather than say the entire contents of the topic as it's meant to be perpetual.

Unfortunately, the first one is gone since Vocaroo over time removes the audio file automatically. The next ones and so forth will be uploaded to Mediafire by Bizz to preserve them.
Marble League 2021 Event 10: Steeplechase

Mellow Yellow's winning run

The tenth event of Marble League 2021 was held on the 17th August 2021, featuring the tenth event, the **Steeplechase**.

## Event

   In the Steeplechase, 4 marbles from each team must traverse a sand track with barriers they must jump over. The objective is to cross the finish line in the fastest possible time, without knocking any sticks on the barriers over. Teams receive 1 penalty per stick knocked over/DNF. A team's final result is the sum of their fastest 3 times, plus 1 second per penalty. The team with the lowest result wins.

## Trivia

* A production error was made in timing and scoring, which made an effect on the results and overall standings.
	+ Ⅰ The Savage Speeders' first marble to cross the line was timed at 07.06, while the on-screen timer revealed the actual time should have been 06.06. This error meant that the team's actual final result was 24.14, enough to pass the Gliding Glaciers for 12th in the event results.
	+ Ⅱ Following the discovery of the error, the JMA decided to leave the standings intact until the conclusion of Marble League 2021. After which, 1 point would be added to the Savage Speeders' total, and 1 point would be deducted from the Gliding Glaciers' total. This change was made as there were future events that involved seeding based off overall standings, which would be affected by the change. The standings here have been updated to already include the change.
* After this event, the Green Ducks became the first team to get three consecutive silver medals.

## References

1. ↑ Novawolf (19th August 2021). Addressing the error found in the results of Event 10. Reddit.
Wanutschi

A geg.

Wanutschi is a geg. He was cloned 3.5 years ago although gegs do not record birthdays. He is also a Yoshinazi or adherent of Yoshiism. He is located on Earth in the "Florida Bunker", having reached the planet through an interdimensional portal.

## Quotes

"Hey now! It's just that we've been in this bunker thing for so long that I barely even question why we're here or what that and this thing is. It's not like we even use most of the stuff on a daily basis... Ugh, just forget it."

"It all begins with ever resonating the attitude that is Yoshi. Yoshi has a theme of being carefree but not too careless nor overcaring. He cares about all of us and wishes to penetrate us all but realizes that he should not fret over things that are subjunctive and can not be. Yoshi is the master of this emotional and mental balance as striving to keep a strong enough mind to withstand all mental obstacles that could block your mental flow is the true way. The way that makes you fit for penetration."
Gegs

Oh, how great it is to be a geg, to live in the wake of the ▲1st geg▲ , to collect chicken for many months and see the chicken celebration upon Geg Island. To clone, and clone, and clone, and clone; exoskeleton after exoskeleton; each geg more powerful than the last until universes implode from each panther-esque step, and even Dr. Klapper and Biblioteque look on in fear.

https://youtu.be/DpJXQNCoKjI

I am a strong geg, powerful and brave.
No "KILLER" will ever intrude my cave!
My exoskeleton is optimized
Your weak-ass health and safety's compromised
Your body's got no spikes, all fluffy shit
My body's got that "Perfect Geg" hard grit
I'll undo all your strength and your programming
Your softness into my hard grit be slamming
You call yourself a "MURDERER", you bitch?
Try dealing with ME, THE BIGGEST NASTIEST FUCKED BITCH
You think you can intrude my space like that?
Sneak into my house like a dirty rat?
Intrude my cave? I'll punk you yea you'll see
That's what you get bitch, for messin' with me!
Oh yeah bitch, think you got some clever smarts?
Think you have "DNA" or "toxic farts"?
Think you have "soul-control technology"?
Guess what, that crap won't matter or phase me.
I'm top dog, big crown, leader of the pack.
My girlfriend's hot and's got a big-ass rack.
My house is armed with missiles, guns, and traps
And all your loser friends are sissy traps
Why don't you call them over, help you kill?
You're nothing to me but a load of frill.
What did you say about me, little bitch?
I'll have you know, I'm ONE BIG NASTY BITCH.
Aunt Sasha

Congratulations. You are now a pedophile.
- Aunt Sasha
Aunt Sasha is in short, NetHood's lord and savior and has done many great mysterious things around the world through 100's of years as her real reasons and intentions are unknown and can only be inferred. Many of these claims have been found out by the greatest source of information which is D13, the prophet. In order to attend to matters she can't do herself, she calls upon her champion, Ddawg.

One of the many great things she's done is create the beverage known as chocolate milk in 1662 after going to the New World the third time. With 124 years of lab work with "the perfect mixture of cocoa and mammal secretions," she made it.
Marble League 2017 Event 12: Sand Rally and Closing Ceremony

The final of the sand race event, won by Team Galactic

The twelfth and final event of Marble League 2017 was held on the 19th of August 2017. The event was the **Sand Rally**. It was followed by the closing ceremony.

This event is remembered for Clementin completing the comeback of the O'rangers to clinch the 2017 Marble League title, and also for Starry's heroics to lift Team Galactic into 5th place overall.

## Event

Sand Rally returns to the Marble League after appearing in Marble League 2016. Eight marbles per heat race down a long and twisty track on a sand hill. The four fastest marbles from each heat move on to the final. The winner is the first marble across the finish line.

## Heats

### Heat 2

\*The Jungle Jumpers were not present in the event as they overslept after celebrating their recent victories.

## Final

### Medals

* **Gold**: Starry - Team Galactic
* **Silver**: Clementin - O'rangers
* **Bronze**: Bolta - Thunderbolts

## Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony started with a procession of all the participating teams in order from the 16th placed Quicksilvers through to the 4th placed Midnight Wisps. A red carpet was then laid out in front of the podium and the top three teams made their way onto the podium, starting with 3rd place Mellow Yellow, then 2nd placed Savage Speeders and finally the winners of Marble League 2017 the O'rangers. Then the teams that failed to qualify for the tournament processed out in front of the podium. The O'rangers were then led up some stairs and one member of the team went into a Hubelino track. They then went through a funnel before setting off a chain reaction of dominoes and other marbles which led to the extinguishing of the Marble League flame.
Beta Concrete

Beta Concrete started as a company which gave the service of quickly and efficiently fulfilling the desires of anyone as long as it has to do with concrete. In other words, if you told them you wanted a concrete floor, swimming pool, wall, statue, dildo, etc. they would accept.

Over time however, the company became bigger and more popular and branched out into new fields. They started working with chicken broth and had a planned Diner known as Beta Concrete the Diner which would serve concrete and chicken broth as the main foods. Beta Concrete also started working with methanol at some point and even helped develop Beta Concrete Dickface. Beta Concrete would then go on to actually make the Applehouse and presumably Applehouse 2.0 too.
Bizz

"I just swooced right in."
- Bizz

EpicBzzBoy3 became a Ruffian in 2013. Ever since then he's proven a great detective, janitor, theorist, scientist, and friend. Currently he takes care of the NetHood.

He frequently gets into quirky antics, usually with his friend Ex, such as cloning posts and merging them into a single thread to create a RAMP Beast.

He enjoys creating music and finding weird shit on the internet.

## Personality

According to Queen of Hugs, it is moderately "Beta Abstract" -- directly in between Orange Juice and Grape Juice.
Marble League 2021 Event 3: 5 Meter Sprint

The final of the event

The third event of Marble League 2021 was held on the 23rd July 2021, featuring the third event, the **5 Meter Sprint.**

## Event

   In the 5 Meter Sprint, one marble from each team rolls down a sloped 5 meter long track as quickly as they can. The first two marbles to cross the finish line advance to the next round.

## Trivia

* In the example run, the Green Attendant came first, followed by the Blue Attendant, then the Yellow Attendant and then in last the Red Attendant. No official times were released.
* This event currently holds the record of most records broken in a single event, with 4.
* This is the first time that Team Momo is at the top of the leaderboard in a Marble League.
* Team Momo now hold the record of the lowest point total by a leader after the first 3 events, with 37 points.
* The Limers also hold the record of the highest point total by a last-placed team after the first 3 events, with 14 points, bettering their Marble League 2018 antirecord of 11 points.
Aunt Becky Cult

The Aunt Becky cult is an anti-Aunt Sasha cult who hates chocolate milk and deems it as sinful and evil as they then give upmost praise, even considering it as the purest substance ever made, to strawberry milk.

The cult originated on Nethood and consisted of a small amount of members mainly fucking around and stuff. They eventually went to create their own Strawberry Milk Forums and continue developing their ideas. Although, at some point, activity began to cease and then went to zero after Sirfattgeg came and killed and ate them all.
Marble League 2023 Event 2: Steeplechase

The second event of Marble League 2023 was held on the 19th October 2023, featuring the second event, the **Steeplechase**.

## Event

In the Steeplechase, 4 marbles from each team must traverse an outdoor sand track with barriers they must jump over. The objective is to cross the finish line in the fastest possible time, without knocking over any of the mikado sticks perched on the barriers. Teams receive 1 penalty per stick knocked over/DNF. A team's final score is the sum of their fastest 2 times, plus 1 second per penalty. If a majority of a team's marbles fail to finish, the team is not given a score. The team with the lowest score wins.

## Results

ⅠAn error in the timing occurred in the Gliding Glaciers run when the times of the second and third marbles were counted, rather than the first and second. The corrected timings are shown here.
ⅡOriginally, three sticks were knocked down, but after investigation, a stick from the 5th set of barriers was blown by the wind and only 2 sticks were counted.

## References

1. ↑ Minos765 (23rd October 2023). JMR Announcement: A word for Steeplechase (ok more than a word). Reddit.
Applehouse

The Applehouse mysteriously appeared one day as a Nethood board but it slowly grew to something more. The Applehouse mainly boasts about how going there will remove your conceptions of the complexities of life and the universe and bring you back to a time when you didn't know about that. Apparently, the business Beta Concrete actually turned to this or at least this house was part of the Beta Concrete conglomerate along with their other things.
Shady Fucked 6 Cats

Generally, the meme is finding the concept of Shady fucking 6 cats which then led to 6 cat children, as humorous and socially unacceptable act (which is then used to tease him with).

Its origins started on a voicechat on Steam with some of the members of the DawgPound. While Shady was trying to get on Steam, Someone pointed out the various accounts that Shady had being 6. Bizz then decided to make a joke saying that Shady must of fucked 6 cats because those accounts are actually his cat-human offspring. Apparently it was so funny that it became a meme.
Berri Feisu

Berri Feisu (Pronounced as Beh-ree Fay-soo) describes a joke obsession made by Bizz where he constantly posts pictures with faces on bellies in a fetishistic manner. It also incorporates Japanese elements in a weeaboo-like manner.

The origins of this all started with ImmortalMan making a post showing off his nude pics in Nethood's Eye Candy Topic. This was however a joke post as it included things that were not sexy. Going to the next page shows Bizz making some joke responses to this image which then gave him the idea to start up a Berru Feisu topic.

Bizz would later make this topic where Berri Feisu would become full blown. Ddawg had enough with it so he told Bizz to stop. In response, Bizz stopped and continued it onto this tumblr site where all the Berri Feisu stuff now resides.
Marble League 2023 Event 7: Funnel Endurance

The final of the event

The seventh event of Marble League 2023 was held on the 31st October 2023, featuring the seventh event, **Funnel Endurance**.

## Event

    Funnel Endurance is a solo event where the objective is to stay in the funnels for as long as possible. In each heat, eight marbles enter a track with five green MaBoRun funnels. The slowest four marbles in each heat advance to the final, where the last marble to exit the final funnel wins.
Bizz's E.Honda Obession

Bizz's E.Honda Obession refers to a running gag where Bizz pretends he has a very biased and high praise of E.Honda and believes him to be the greatest character in the Street Fighter game series.

Its origin mainly comes from a joke video of Bizz playing Street Fighter 2 for the SNES where Bizz for 15 minutes goes on about how E.Honda is the greatest and most powerful character of all of street fighter and makes other jokes generally of offensive nature towards the non-E.Honda characters.
Marble League Showdown 2019 Event 3: Funnel Race

The final of the Funnel Race

The third event of the Marble League Showdown 2019 was held on the 6th of September 2019. The event was the **Funnel Race**.

## Event

The race was similar to the Funnel Race in Marble League 2019. It featured 12 Hubelino funnels. The objective is to stay in the funnels for as long as possible. The first round consists of heats of 6, in which the last 3 marbles to finish advance to the final. Marbles eliminated in the heats are ranked based off their times, with the slowest losing time finishing in 7th place.

## Standings After Event

**Green:** Guaranteed to advance to the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers.
**Red:** Not able to finish in the top 3, but still eligible to advance to the Marble League 2020 Qualifiers.

## Trivia

* With the Minty Maniacs having won a medal, they become the first team to have won at least one medal in every Marble League competition: the Marble League Showdown, the Marble League and the Hubelino Tournament.
	+ They would be followed by the Bumblebees after the latter won a bronze medal in the Relay of the 2021 Showdown.
Judgement Boy

Judgement Boy is a character from the Gregory Horror Show who moves around in the hotel or sometimes even drops into places and forces the beings that he comes across to answer to his prompts. His prompts consist of describing a hypothetical situation as the being has two choices to choose between in response. After the being chooses one, Judgement Boy weighs the being's decision by consulting the Balance of Truth. If the heart breaks, it means that the being picked a more evil, devilish decision and if the dollar sign breaks, it means the being picked a more moral and virtuous decision.

Judgement Boy's first appearance was in the Eye Candy topic where Ddawg and Bizz had to experience Judgement Boy's wrath. As punishment Judgement Boy was thrown into the "Hurricane".

However, Judgement returned a second time in this topic where he challenged Ferreteh. However, Ferreteh, being very knowledgeable of the Gregory Horror Show used the Self Help Book into order to finally get Judgement Boy to drop the dollar sign which he normally never does. As a result, Judgment Boy backed off and left.

Judgement Boy's third appearance would have him challenge Guest Ghost and Pira who were members of the GG Crew. Guest Ghost would bait Judgement Boy into responding to them and especally Pira who would hold the attention of Judgement Boy. While Pira was being tortured Guest Ghost came in with a train and used it to wound Judgement Boy so hard that he started malfunctioning and showed an error screen. From then on, Guest Ghost used that opportunity to shut off Judgement Boy for good.

Regardless of that, Judgement Boy reappeared for a fourth time, and this time, on Dawgpound. Bizz purposely made a bait topic to corral both Elbot and Judgement Boy into one topic to get themselves stuck into an infinite loop due to their shoddy programming. Afterwards, Bizz would get a train to malfunction Judgement Boy again and then have Ddawg throw him into the Hurricane for good measure.
Marble League 2019 Event 6: Relay Run

The Green Ducks overtake the O'rangers in the Final to win the event

The sixth episode of Marble League 2019 was held on the 7th of May 2019. The event was the **Relay Run**.

## Event

The Relay Run returned to the Marble League after not being on the schedule for Marble League 2018. One marble from each team rolls down part of the track as quickly as they can. They then crash into the next marble setting them off to complete their part of the race. The fourth marble in the team will complete the final part of the course. The first two marbles to cross the finish line advance to the next round.

## Results

### Final

 2nd
 3rd
 4th

## Trivia

* With their 12th place finish in this event, this rendition of the Relay Run marks the only regular-season occurrence of the event in which the Savage Speeders did not win the gold medal.
* This is the first top half finish for Pinkies since Marble League 2018 Event 3: Halfpipe.
JMR Chinese Fan Subtitle Group

The official logo of the Chinese fan subtitle group, designed by Sarutobi.

### Function

Assist JMR in China account operation, create Chinese subtitles, create and manage the Chinese fan community, etc.

### Members

15

The **Jelle's Marble Runs Chinese fan subtitle group** was the official committee of Jelle's Marble Runs in China from 17 March 2020 to 2 October 2023. Its initial purpose was to provide assistance and add Chinese subtitles for JMR's video dissemination in China. Later, it became JMR's official agent and community representative in China, and the **Chinese fan subtitle group** created JMR's official account on Bilibili and the Chinese fan community on QQ Group（A popular social software in China）.

In October 2023, due to the sudden dispatch of a new "professional team" by JMR officials to take over the bilibili account operation rights, the JMR Chinese fan subtitle group announced its dissolution and return to the community.

## Members

At the beginning of its establishment, the JMR Chinese subtitle group had fewer than ten core members, and during its heyday, it had over 40 active members. Prior to its dissolution, it had 10 core members responsible for the management and operation of the entire group.
The following are the main core members.
Phantomphilia

Phantomphilia refers to a comic series made by Bizz in where it mainly revolves around the relationship and the wacky antics of a human character named Gregory and a his ghost wife named Drauga. There are also a sizable amount of ghost puns incorporated. The main topic associated with the comic the place where the original comic strips were made was here. There is however an archive which makes for a more streamline viewing process of the comic here.
Blood Brothers

The Blood Brothers are a group of people with superpowers who are devoted to protecting Ruffia and its inhabitants. Occasionally, some members perform acts that are less than wholesome, but all in all, these rowdy guys are not a force to be reckoned with.

Founded by Ddawg when he couldn't do the work alone, he chose his closest and most powerful friends to form an eternal bond, and to swear an oath to protect their home.

The Blood Brothers have no leader, due to the nature of each member knowing the task.

## Current Members

* Ddawg
* ShadyCat
* Ghost
* Bizz
Super Mario 128

***Super Mario 128*** was a series of experimental projects by Nintendo that was originally conceived as a sequel to *Super Mario 64*. Despite being shown as a Spaceworld 2000 tech demo, the projects were never released as a game by that title, confusing some Nintendo fans. It also has no developmental relation to *Super Mario Sunshine*, as Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in an E3 2003 interview. Rather, the projects' features were dispersed into later Nintendo games.

The tech demo was referenced in a *Super Smash Bros. Melee* event match of the same name, in which the player must defeat 128 tiny Marios, 5 appearing on the stage at a time.

## History

Shigeru Miyamoto first mentioned the name "*Super Mario 128*" in a January 1997 *Nintendo Power* interview, while alluding to the development conundrum of whether to keep using cutting-edge technologies in every new *Mario* game.

To demonstrate such technologies of the Nintendo GameCube, a *Super Mario 128* tech demo was shown at Spaceworld 2000, featuring 128 AI-controlled Marios on-screen simultaneously. Other notable features included rapid generation and sphere walking.

During his keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference 2007, Miyamoto clarified that elements of *Super Mario 128* had been reused in later Nintendo games. He specifically drew attention to the use of group AI in *Pikmin*, and sphere walking in *Super Mario Galaxy*.

> So when people ask me what happened to [*Mario 128*], I'm always at a loss as to how to answer it, because most of you have already played it—but you played it in a game called *Pikmin*. This game featured one element of *Mario 128* that allowed a large number of characters to operate independently and as a group—it's advanced AI. But of course if I was to tell you all that this is what happened to *Mario 128*, you'd all be pretty angry.
> So you'll be experiencing another element of *Mario 128* fairly soon. In *Super Mario Galaxy*, you'll be playing on numerous spherical stages, and this was one of the experiments we were conducting at the time of *Mario 128*.
>
>

A similar sphere walking technology was previously used in *The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess*, in which the Iron Boots allow Link to walk on magnetic surfaces in defiance of gravity.
Oddly placed objects

Several objects in the *Super Mario* series appear to be **placed oddly or accidentally**. Many are in areas that would be unreachable in normal play. These are often normal objects that are simply placed outside of the accessible course geometry, and would function normally if interacted with through glitches or hacks.

The reasoning for the positioning of such objects varies. Some were probably placed by mistake. Others seem to be built over by course geometry changes that occurred later in development, and were never removed. Others still are unique entities altogether, and the reasons behind their placement are unknown.

## *Super Mario Sunshine*

Several objects in *Super Mario Sunshine* are found outside of course bounds.

A well-known example is the secret book of Noki Bay, found in the mission Red Coins in a Bottle. It is placed inside a rock formation at the bottom of the titular bottle, behind a door that does not open. Reaching the book reveals that it has no collision and cannot be interacted with.

Another hidden object in *Super Mario Sunshine* is a Rocket Nozzle box, found inside the bell tower of Delfino Plaza. Players can reach this box and collect its Rocket Nozzle using glitches. When the Rocket Nozzle is not unlocked, it does not appear to cue F.L.U.D.D.'s standard message stating that it is a hologram.

Other misplaced objects include a Toad underneath Delfino Plaza, an extra tree inside a cliff face in episodes 7 and 8 of Bianco Hills, a banana bunch high above Pinna Park, and an invisible semisolid barrel in Ricco Harbor during the first Gooper Blooper boss battle.

## *Super Mario Galaxy*

Toy Time Galaxy from *Super Mario Galaxy* includes a secret toy train. It is tucked below a blue checkered ramp on the first planetoid where Mario uses the Spring Mushroom. The toy is a miniature, unlike others in this galaxy, and has no known gameplay effect. Though most likely just a minor Easter egg, the specific intent behind this toy train's inclusion remains unknown.
Super Mario Galaxy DS

*Not to be confused with Nintendo DS planetoid.*
This subject is considered a **hoax**.
***Super Mario Galaxy DS*** is a fictional Nintendo DS version of *Super Mario Galaxy*. A trailer for it was uploaded to YouTube on December 9, 2007. On December 19, 2007, a shorter cut of the video in better quality was discovered. It was traced to Pablo "psycho3ler" Belmonte, who had created a previous hoax for a console named Nintendo ON.

In 2018, Pablo Belmonte uploaded a high-quality version of the YouTube cut, revealing that it was a design studies final project. The assignment required students to create a viral video that would reach half a million views in a short time. Belmonte started the project in the months before *Super Mario Galaxy* was released, and received a B+ grade. The video also helped get Belmonte a job in the video game industry.

While the trailer was made from scratch, it matched the *Super Mario Galaxy* artstyle and visual effects, and the graphical and audio limitations of the Nintendo DS hardware, extremely convincingly for the time. It also recreated locations from the E3 2006 prototype of *Super Mario Galaxy*, possibly under the belief that they still existed in the final build of the game.

## Alleged game content

The video opens with the Wii logo morphing into a Christmas scene. It claims that in *Super Mario Galaxy*, the player can feed all 121 Power Stars to a special Hungry Luma to unlock a new galaxy. Players could then find golden Nintendo DS objects that Mario and Luigi would enter, unlocking a Nintendo DS version of the game. Several galaxies and scenarios are recreated for the video.

*Super Mario Galaxy DS* would supposedly adapt the controls by tying the Star Cursor to the stylus, and allowing the player character to jump by tapping the Touch Screen, and Star Spin by drawing circles. The video also heavily implies the addition of simultaneous multiplayer, with players controlling Mario and Luigi at the same time.

Finally, the video claims that each Power Star collected in *Super Mario Galaxy DS* would be worth 10 Wii Points, which were used to download software from the Wii Shop Channel prior to its closure.

## Porting project

Possibly inspired by the hoax, work has started on a homebrew *Super Mario Galaxy* port for Nintendo DS. A playable public demo released as of April 2022.

## References

1. ↑ super mario galaxy DS !!!. enriqueastley. YouTube. December 9, 2007.
2. ↑ Super Mario Galaxy DS. Pablo Belmonte. YouTube. June 12, 2018.
3. ↑ Random: Another Look At The Super Mario Galaxy DS Fan Project. Liam Doolan. Nintendo Life. April 23, 2022.
4. ↑ Super Mario Galaxy DS - Homebrew Demo. NintendoGameTube. YouTube. April 28, 2022.
Definition of Kongs

Much like the unclear relation between Koopa Troopas and the Koopa-like species of Bowser, the Koopalings, and Boom Boom, characters such as Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong appear to be different species but are all considered Kongs. This calls into question the exact **definition of a Kong**, and whether it refers to a genetic species, or a familial or clan name.

Furthermore, it is unclear whether the Guerrilla enemies in *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars* count as Kongs. The same applies to Bink, who, in the original version of *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*, resembles a skeletal Kong—Donkey Kong in particular.
Wario Apparition

This subject is considered a **hoax**.
The **Wario Apparition** is a *Super Mario 64* creepypasta that circulated online as a meme in 2020, inspiring various fanmade screenshots and animations.

The creepypasta involves a giant disembodied Wario head in the hallway to Dire, Dire Docks, often saying "You want fun? Wario [will] show you fun!" This is based on footage taken out of context from Nintendo's 1996 E3 conference. A recurring element original to the creepypasta is the Wario head chasing Mario down a hallway.

The Wario Apparition is part of a greater *Super Mario 64* creepypasta mythos, claiming that every copy of *Super Mario 64* is personalized to its player as part of a psychological operation conspiracy. The apparition is allegedly caused by players' desire to see Wario in the game, and is empowered by observing it, with the implication of ill psychological symptoms if the console is not quickly turned off.

## Disconfirmation

Due to the game's popularity, the assets and source code of *Super Mario 64* have been exhaustively analyzed, and these efforts fail to substantiate the creepypasta. The source code had even been decompiled prior to the circulation of the Wario Apparition hoax.
Marble League 2017 Lead Cube Award

The Lead Cube Award is awarded to the team with the most points in the "last place" standings of the Marble League. Points are given out for the Lead Cube Award after each event based on the team's standing in the event. The winner of the Marble League 2017 Lead Cube Award were the Jungle Jumpers with 19 total points and 6 medals.

## Rules

* The last place team is awarded the "Lead" medal and receives 4 points. If a team is disqualified, did not finish, or did not start it will also be rewarded with the "Lead" medal.
* The second to last place team is awarded the "Tin" medal and receives 3 points.
* The third from last place team is awarded the "Zinc" medal and receives 2 points.
* The fourth from last place team does not receive a medal but receives 1 point.
* Tie breakers are
	1. Number of Lead medals
	2. Number of Tin medals
	3. Number of Zinc medals
	4. Countback for worst finish
	5. Overall Marble League standings
	6. If still tied, listed in alphabetical order (Multiple Lead Cube Trophies will be awarded if still tied after the final event).
* If multiple teams are tied in an event, all tied teams will be given the highest point medal based on their place, taking the place of the lower point medal.
	+ If 4 or more teams tie for last place (for instance, 4 or more teams did not finish in an event) all teams will be awarded a "Lead" medal and no other awards will be given for the event.
	+ If three teams are tied for last place, all 3 teams will be given the "Lead" medal and the next place finisher (or finishers, if tied) will be given 1 point.
	+ If two teams tie for last and there are no other ties, two "Lead" medal will be awarded, one "Zinc" medal will be awarded and one team will receive 1 point.
	+ If one team finishes last, two teams tie for second to last and two teams tie for third to last, one "Lead" medal will be awarded, two "Tin" medals will be awarded and the final two teams will each receive 1 point.
	+ If two teams tie for last and two teams tie for second to last, two "Lead" medals and two "Zinc" medal will be awarded. No other awards will be given for the event.
Kodama Ghost

In World 4-4 from *Super Mario 3D Land*, if the player goes to the end of the level and waits for a number of seconds, a ghostly figure will appear slowly out of the background. After enough time has passed, it will open its mouth and disappear.

The figure is also present in World 8-4 and Special 6-5.

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Bowser Jr.'s mother

The **identity of Bowser Jr.'s mother** is called into question as early as his debut in *Super Mario Sunshine*.

During the events of the story, Bowser Jr. himself claims that his mother is Princess Peach, which she does not seem to have a rebuttal to. However, in the game's ending cutscene, Bowser Jr. supposed that Peach is not really his mother, to which Bowser offers no rebuttal.

The true identity of Bowser Jr.'s mother has not been revealed, prompting widespread speculation among fans.

## Solution?

In a promotional video for *Super Mario Maker* and the 30th anniversary of *Super Mario Bros.*, "Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto", series creator Shigeru Miyamoto answers questions about *Mario* lore.

When asked about this mystery, Miyamoto nods before pointing to himself, suggesting that he is the mother.

This was (probably) a joke about Miyamoto creating Bowser Jr. as a character. Miyamoto otherwise appears to identify as male, and he has not yet had any physical role as a character in the *Mario* franchise.

## Theories

### Princess Peach

Though *Super Mario Sunshine* claims that Princess Peach is not Bowser Jr.'s mother, fans have still speculated about the possibility. The fact that she never denies giving birth to Bowser Jr. is used as evidence that she may recall being his mother or causing his birth, in some way.

There is little else to suggest that she is his mother, and due to the aforementioned ending cutscene, this theory is essentially debunked from the start, though fand make AU stories saying otherwise.

### Clawdia Koopa

A widespread rumor concerns an issue of a United Kingdom Nintendo magazine referring to Bowser's wife as "Clawdia Koopa". Despite the rumor's popularity, no scan or direct quotation of the statement has surfaced.

The claim is widely attributed to "*Nintendo Power UK*", a publication that doesn't exist. None of the British Official Nintendo Magazine's name changes have been related to *Nintendo Power*.

The true source of Clawdia Koopa is most likely the Mario fansite Lemmy's Land. Its webmaster created a fan character named Clawdia to serve as Bowser's wife in fanfiction. He has claimed authorship of Clawdia since 2002.

### No one

Some have theorized that Bowser Jr. actually has no mother, as the world of the *Mario* series does not entirely reflect reality, and children may be produced asexually in its universe. Many other animals reproduce asexually in a similar fashion, so Bowser could potentially do so as well.

*Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island* confirms that babies in the Mario universe are brought to parents by the stork, and since Bowser himself only had Kamek as a parental figure in that game, it's entirely plausible that Bowser Jr. has no mother either. Baby Bowser also looks near identical to his future son, further supporting the theory of asexual reproduction.
Larry Koopa's namesake

Whereas the six other Koopalings have confirmed namesakes, all of which are musicians, there is conflicting official information on **Larry Koopa's namesake**.

Former Nintendo of America employee Dayvv Brooks, who named the Koopalings in localization, claimed through a Super Mario Wiki account that the character was named after rock drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. of U2 fame.

However, he contradicted this statement in a 2015 interview with Kotaku.

> And then there was Larry. There’s no real-world equivalent—he’s not Larry Mullen Jr. from U2 or Larry King—he just looked like a Larry.
>
>

The identity of the Super Mario Wiki account was verified to other users of the wiki via email. Additionally, the account's claim that the spelling of Brooks' first name had changed to "Dayvv" with two Vs—Brooks used to be credited as "Dayv Brooks"—was reinforced by the Kotaku article. The claim that Brooks now works in Internet marketing for Bass Pro Shops is also consistent between the two sources.

Essentially, the Super Mario Wiki user appears to be legitimate, despite presenting conflicting information regarding this mystery. Brooks either misremembered the name origin at some point, or intentionally decided to change his story for reasons unknown.

## Theories

Many articles, including ones published in official Nintendo magazines, alternatively claim that Larry Koopa was named after talk show host Larry King. Brooks has alluded to this in the aforementioned Kotaku interview, denying it.
Nintendo DS planetoid

*Not to be confused with* Super Mario Galaxy DS*.*
This mystery is considered **solved**.
In *Super Mario Galaxy*, the **Nintendo DS planetoid** is a presumed inaccessible location within Good Egg Galaxy. Several players noticed an area shaped like a partial cube in the galaxy's distance.

The perceived shape of this area was commonly likened to a Nintendo DS. On top of the handheld's popularity, this interpretation may have been influenced by recent in-game promotional gags, such as the Nintendo DS battle course featured in *Mario Kart DS*, and the Dining Specializer in *Super Paper Mario*.

Other players may have interpreted the area as Flipswitch Galaxy seen from afar, similar to how courses can be seen in each others' backgrounds in *Super Mario Sunshine*.

## Disconfirmation

This area is actually the inside of the house on the starting planetoid, which can be confirmed with a model viewer or in-game mods. While this is officially an underground bonus room, it is placed far away in the same area as the rest of the galaxy, mainly to avoid having to reload when the Warp Pipes are used. Another potential reason is that the bonus room would not physically fit inside the starting planetoid, so must be displaced.

Placing an underground room far to the side of the main area is a tactic Nintendo often uses in 3D games. In many of these cases, the sub-area is set to be invisible when the player is not inside. A similar visibility oversight causes the Melty Monster Galaxy dark void.

The cube-shaped room appears to have only two faces because of the angle at which it is viewed. The other faces are seen from the back, and get culled from view to render the scene more efficiently.
Melty Monster Galaxy dark void

This mystery is considered **solved**.

In Melty Monster Galaxy in *Super Mario Galaxy 2*, after going to the bowling lane area for "The Chimp's Bowling Challenge", the player can take the Warp Pipe back to the starting planetoid and turn the camera around. This causes a **massive dark void** to take up much of the background.

This object is actually the background for the bowling lane, which is located in the same space as the main galaxy, rather than loaded in a new sub-area. The developers made the background visible once the player enters the area, but failed to make it hidden in the case that the player leaves.

Another situation where an indoors area can confusingly be seen from outside is the so-called Nintendo DS planetoid.
Boos' former species

The **species Boos were in life**, as well as similar species such as Peepas and Bonneters, is up for debate.

Spirits such as Ghost Toads, Eeries, Portrait Ghosts, and Octoboos bear similarities to other known species, suggesting that these are their undead forms. Boos have no such parallels, despite being the most commonly encountered ghosts.

## Theories

### Bob-ombs

Boos and Bob-ombs share similarities in body and eye shape, with Bomb Boos suggesting a further link between the two species.

However, in the promotional video "Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto", series creator Shigeru Miyamoto denied this theory.

### Shy Guys

TV Tropes' Wild Mass Guessing page for the series posits that Shy Guys become Boo Guys in the afterlife, but their true forms are Boos, which could be revealed by removing their masks.

### Other ghosts

From the same TV Tropes page, it is proposed that Boos are the result of other ghosts "dying" and being unable to reassume the form of their original species. It also suggests that King Boo provides the template for this Boo form, though his origin in turn is not discussed.

### Nothing

It is possible that Boos are ghostborn and have always lived as Boos. If this is the case, it could be intended to prevent the series' audience from thinking about death and to avoid taking a stance on the afterlife, at least in the context of the main-series platformers.

The existence of towns of Boos, and of Bonneton, if its residents are considered a related species, may imply that Boos are naturally occurring. However, these locations could also be set aside for spirits to inhabit.

This theory is contradicted by other material, however. For instance, in *Paper Mario*, Goombario says this about Igor, a Boo shopkeeper:

> Maybe he was a merchant before he became a Boo.
>
>

While Goombario could be misinformed, this line of dialogue points toward Boos being the ghosts of a different species.
Marble League Showdown 2019 Event 2: Collision

Rojo Rollers vs. the Hornets in the final

The second event of the Marble League Showdown 2019 was held on the 25th of August 2019. The event was **Collision**.

## Event

Each marble team rolls down a slope before colliding into each other. The aim is to stay in the arena. Unlike in previous collision events, the number of point the team earns is the number of marbles from their team left in the arena, rather than the number of the opponents team that are knocked out of the arena. There are dominoes around the edge of the arena that can be knocked over. Ball bearings on slides are spread around the arena and can be fired into the arena by a marble crashing into them.

## Results

Rankings for 5th-8th based on result in the quarter-final.
Rankings for 9th-12th based on results in group stage.
Tiebreakers are based on points difference in the group stages.

## Trivia

* A marble from the stands managed to get onto the arena during Group 3's matches. Security came and arrested the marble and removed them.
Marble League 2017

Marble League logo for the 2017 season.

The **2017 Marble League** was the second edition of the Marble League. It started on July 1, 2017, with the Opening Ceremony and the first event: Funnel Race. Qualifications took place on June 23rd. The production value had increased compared to 2016, with fan sections in the stands, a Lego scoreboard, and stop-motion brawls/streakers. Qualifiers were also an addition. Finally, the scoring system was changed to that if a team placed 9th - 15th they still gained points.

The season introduced six new events out of 12 events and lasted for 50 days. The O'rangers won this season after a massive comeback, with the Savage Speeders in 2nd and Mellow Yellow in 3rd.

## Qualifiers

The Marble League 2017 Qualifiers were released on 23rd June 2017.

The events in the qualifiers were:

* Relay Race
* Sand Race
* Block Pushing
* Funnel Spin

### Qualifier Results

█ The team won a gold medal.
█ The team won a silver medal.
█ The team won a bronze medal.
█ The team did not qualify for Marble League 2017.
## Teams

Sixteen teams would take part in Marble League 2017. The top 4 teams of Marble League 2016 were automatically qualified. A Qualification Round was held to determine the rest of the teams.

Four teams made their debut in the Marble League: the Jungle Jumpers, Midnight Wisps, Shining Swarm and the Quicksilvers.

## Main Tournament

### Event 3: Fidget Spinner Collision

Rankings for 5th-8th based on result in the quarter-final.
Rankings for 9th-16th based on results in group stage.

## Standings

### Overall Standings

The first, second, and third place teams from this Marble League (O'rangers, Savage Speeders and Mellow Yellow) pre-qualified for the 2018 Marble League.

## Trivia

* This is the first Marble League season to feature "fan cheering sections" in the stands.
	+ In the Marble League 2016 re-upload, Jelle edited in fan cheering.
* This is the first Marble League season to have the teams battle through qualification rounds, a feature which would later be used to start every season.
* This season changed the scoring system from the 2016 season, and thus the highest amount of points jumped from 44 to 156.
* This is the first Marble League season that injured a marble, Momomomo, in Event 3: Fidget Spinner Collision
* Future captain of the Green Ducks, Mallard, secretly entered a bid for tickets to Marble League 2017. They surprised their friends and future members of the Green Ducks, Billy, Quacky, Ducky and Goose, with the tickets. They watched the League from the Jungle Jumpers fan section. This is what inspired them to become marble athletes and form the Green Ducks.
* This is the only Marble League the Quicksilvers qualified for.
* In certain events, the teams from Hubelino Tournament 2016 are visibile in the stands.

## References

1. ↑ Stynth (31st January 2020). RetRollSpective – Team Primary. Marble Sports.
2. ↑ Stynth (14th February 2020). RetRollSpective – Green Ducks. Marble Sports.
The Unused Boss Key

video This is actually the first time this mystery has been documented. In Super Mario 64 DS, you encounter Bowser, who drops a key in the first and second of his three fights - he drops what's officially known as a Jumbo Star in the third. You also encounter three new bosses that drop keys to the player's rooms. The thing is, the five keys are all one object, just with different object settings. But, there is actually a sixth key, which is known in a level editor - that the writer of this article uses - as a "Big Star Key".

## Properties

In Super Mario 64, Mario is invited to Peach's Castle to eat a cake - which is shown in the ending. He hops out of a warp pipe, goes over to the castle, and enters it - after one of the Lakitu Bros. tells him the camera techniques. In the remake, this has been changed. Luigi and Wario come a long, and the three go to the castle. The same Lakitu wakes up Yoshi, who then starts searching for Mario and his buddies. There's one problem. The door is locked, and a rabbit has taken off with the key. Yoshi catches it, gets the key, and enters the castle. So what does the Big Star Key have to do with all this? Firstly, it uses the same model as the rabbit keys, but upscaled. Secondly and more importantly, it opens the same doors as the aforementioned rabbit key, although it acts like a normal boss key when you collect it.

## Theories

The first theory is that there was an old boss that was scrapped. The doors were simply reused and probably recoded, and the developers forgot about the big star key. The second theory is that it's just used internally, given how it has similar properties to the key to the castle. A third theory holds that it's just an effect of how the keys work. It could also just be, as a fourth theory, an accidental creation by a developer.

## Additional Notes

This mystery is a Mario Mysteries Wiki original! The writer actually found this mystery himself in 2019.