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<blockquote data-quote="CC13" data-source="post: 155655" data-attributes="member: 1151"><p>I thought this would be one of the easier ones to guess! What is the mustard of Fawful's #11 position? Read the article of your answerings below:</p><p></p><p>11. Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)</p><p>Developed By: AlphaDream Corp.</p><p>Published By: Nintendo</p><p>Platform: Game Boy Advance</p><p>Year of Release: 2003</p><p></p><p>By the end of the Super NES' time as Nintendo's primary home console, Mario had risen from his humble beginnings to become almost synonymous with video games. His portfolio covered nearly every genre of gaming imaginable, from the platformers that had made his name to puzzle games to sports to edutainment to creativity software to pinball. However, RPGs remained untouched by the face of Nintendo until 1996, when Nintendo and Square released Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. This collaboration proved a fruitful one, with the original title selling over 2 million units worldwide and outlining the basic elements for Mario's future RPG outings, including the iconic timed hits systems, the strongly tongue-in-cheek tone, the lack of extreme difficulty in the main campaigns and the fairly simple system mechanics (I've heard Super Mario RPG described as 'a beginner's RPG done right' more than once).</p><p></p><p>However, largely because of the aging Game Boy's rather weak processor power, it would take another 7 years for Mario RPGs to make their way onto handhelds, despite the long relationship of RPGs and handheld gaming systems. Most would call Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga worth the wait, though, as its off-the-wall humor, fun combination attacks for the Mario Bros., catchy music and surprisingly memorable antagonists make for one of the premiere RPGs on the Game Boy Advance.</p><p></p><p>First, I should address the humor element of the Mario RPGs, but especially the Mario & Luigi titles. Fawful (Gerakobits to any Japanese readers I may or may not have) is the focal point of the humor of two of the Mario & Luigi titles (he doesn't appear at all in Dream Team and only sells you badges in Partners in Time). This starts with <a href="http://www.mariowiki.com/images/4/43/Fawful_artwork_MLBiS.png" target="_blank">his appearance</a>, with his swirly glasses, toothy perpetual grin and massive green head creating an obvious figure of fun. However, Fawful's most-remembered attribute is his strange speech pattern, which draws heavily from the Engrish-laden video game translations of the '80s and early '90s. Here are just a few of the gems from Fawful's dialogue:</p><p></p><p>"Beef? I am lacking in beef. Fawful is beefless."</p><p>"Fawful sings a song of bad!♪ The Mushroom Kingdom is so sad!♪ All of it is for Fawful!♪ And the...rhyme...with that!♪"</p><p>"I HAVE FURY!"</p><p>"ONE FELL SWOOP IS HOW I WILL DEAL WITH YOU FINK-RATS!!!"</p><p>"You keep appearing like an ugly rabbit out of a hat of a magician who stinks!"</p><p></p><p>As much laughter as Fawful inspires, though, he is still a very competent foe to both the Mario Bros. and Bowser, with his villainous feats including the revival of Superstar Saga villainess Cackletta, causing a Blorb outbreak in the Mushroom Kingdom, manipulating Bowser into eating a Vacuum Mushroom & inhaling the entire populace of the Mushroom Kingdom, brainwashing Bowser's forces and reviving & fusing with the Dark Star. That last feat actually proved to be Fawful's undoing in Bowser's Inside Story, as doing so transformed him into Dark Fawful, a more powerful form; however, Bowser and the Mario Bros. defeat Dark Fawful, who collapses into the Dark Fawful Bug and ends up getting inhaled by Dark Bowser, causing Dark Bowser to gain corporeal form.</p><p></p><p>After Dark Bowser is defeated, Dark Fawful revives him and makes him grow giant-sized, with Bowser having to first expel Dark Fawful from Dark Bowser's body with a punch to the stomach, then inhale him so the Mario Bros. can defeat him and the Dark Star Core that his body protects. Fawful's body does get shattered during the fight, but Fawful has one last trick up his sleeve—with little left of him but his glasses and his trademark toothy grin (now down a few teeth), Fawful explodes in one last attempt to destroy his three hated enemies, but only succeeds in reversing the effects of the Vacuum Mushroom and restoring the Mushroom Kingdom to its former state.</p><p></p><p>Despite his seemingly final end about 5 years ago, his popularity has endured, with Fawful remaining one of the most-requested characters for Super Smash Bros. (I wouldn't bet on seeing him in SSB4, though) and his speech spawning numerous memes. Fawful stands as not only one of Nintendo's most memorable villains, but also one of its most memorable characters. His character design reflects his demented personality perfectly, he fits right into the Mario RPGs' goofy aesthetic without losing credibility as an antagonist, his list of antagonistic achievements is quite impressive and, though it looks as though Fawful has met his final defeat, he certainly went down swinging. On top of that, Fawful remains the only major non-Bowser antagonist to make multiple Mario RPG appearances, so it's easy to see how he managed to catch on with the fans. Even though bringing him back from that end won't be an easy feat, I sincerely hope we'll see more of everyone's favorite Engrish-spewing Beanling sooner instead of later...</p><p></p><p><strong>Next Time on The Top 25 Nintendo Villains</strong>: The pennant of flame shall light the way...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CC13, post: 155655, member: 1151"] I thought this would be one of the easier ones to guess! What is the mustard of Fawful's #11 position? Read the article of your answerings below: 11. Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) Developed By: AlphaDream Corp. Published By: Nintendo Platform: Game Boy Advance Year of Release: 2003 By the end of the Super NES' time as Nintendo's primary home console, Mario had risen from his humble beginnings to become almost synonymous with video games. His portfolio covered nearly every genre of gaming imaginable, from the platformers that had made his name to puzzle games to sports to edutainment to creativity software to pinball. However, RPGs remained untouched by the face of Nintendo until 1996, when Nintendo and Square released Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. This collaboration proved a fruitful one, with the original title selling over 2 million units worldwide and outlining the basic elements for Mario's future RPG outings, including the iconic timed hits systems, the strongly tongue-in-cheek tone, the lack of extreme difficulty in the main campaigns and the fairly simple system mechanics (I've heard Super Mario RPG described as 'a beginner's RPG done right' more than once). However, largely because of the aging Game Boy's rather weak processor power, it would take another 7 years for Mario RPGs to make their way onto handhelds, despite the long relationship of RPGs and handheld gaming systems. Most would call Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga worth the wait, though, as its off-the-wall humor, fun combination attacks for the Mario Bros., catchy music and surprisingly memorable antagonists make for one of the premiere RPGs on the Game Boy Advance. First, I should address the humor element of the Mario RPGs, but especially the Mario & Luigi titles. Fawful (Gerakobits to any Japanese readers I may or may not have) is the focal point of the humor of two of the Mario & Luigi titles (he doesn't appear at all in Dream Team and only sells you badges in Partners in Time). This starts with [URL="http://www.mariowiki.com/images/4/43/Fawful_artwork_MLBiS.png"]his appearance[/URL], with his swirly glasses, toothy perpetual grin and massive green head creating an obvious figure of fun. However, Fawful's most-remembered attribute is his strange speech pattern, which draws heavily from the Engrish-laden video game translations of the '80s and early '90s. Here are just a few of the gems from Fawful's dialogue: "Beef? I am lacking in beef. Fawful is beefless." "Fawful sings a song of bad!♪ The Mushroom Kingdom is so sad!♪ All of it is for Fawful!♪ And the...rhyme...with that!♪" "I HAVE FURY!" "ONE FELL SWOOP IS HOW I WILL DEAL WITH YOU FINK-RATS!!!" "You keep appearing like an ugly rabbit out of a hat of a magician who stinks!" As much laughter as Fawful inspires, though, he is still a very competent foe to both the Mario Bros. and Bowser, with his villainous feats including the revival of Superstar Saga villainess Cackletta, causing a Blorb outbreak in the Mushroom Kingdom, manipulating Bowser into eating a Vacuum Mushroom & inhaling the entire populace of the Mushroom Kingdom, brainwashing Bowser's forces and reviving & fusing with the Dark Star. That last feat actually proved to be Fawful's undoing in Bowser's Inside Story, as doing so transformed him into Dark Fawful, a more powerful form; however, Bowser and the Mario Bros. defeat Dark Fawful, who collapses into the Dark Fawful Bug and ends up getting inhaled by Dark Bowser, causing Dark Bowser to gain corporeal form. After Dark Bowser is defeated, Dark Fawful revives him and makes him grow giant-sized, with Bowser having to first expel Dark Fawful from Dark Bowser's body with a punch to the stomach, then inhale him so the Mario Bros. can defeat him and the Dark Star Core that his body protects. Fawful's body does get shattered during the fight, but Fawful has one last trick up his sleeve—with little left of him but his glasses and his trademark toothy grin (now down a few teeth), Fawful explodes in one last attempt to destroy his three hated enemies, but only succeeds in reversing the effects of the Vacuum Mushroom and restoring the Mushroom Kingdom to its former state. Despite his seemingly final end about 5 years ago, his popularity has endured, with Fawful remaining one of the most-requested characters for Super Smash Bros. (I wouldn't bet on seeing him in SSB4, though) and his speech spawning numerous memes. Fawful stands as not only one of Nintendo's most memorable villains, but also one of its most memorable characters. His character design reflects his demented personality perfectly, he fits right into the Mario RPGs' goofy aesthetic without losing credibility as an antagonist, his list of antagonistic achievements is quite impressive and, though it looks as though Fawful has met his final defeat, he certainly went down swinging. On top of that, Fawful remains the only major non-Bowser antagonist to make multiple Mario RPG appearances, so it's easy to see how he managed to catch on with the fans. Even though bringing him back from that end won't be an easy feat, I sincerely hope we'll see more of everyone's favorite Engrish-spewing Beanling sooner instead of later... [B]Next Time on The Top 25 Nintendo Villains[/B]: The pennant of flame shall light the way... [/QUOTE]
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