why is it that mario's picture is the biggest on every mario product? -david lewis

Purple: Well, who else do you expect???

Boo: Ka ha ha ha!! Of course Mario would have the biggest picture on his merchandise, he's the actual star. Mario is the main focus on his series, so to speak, so it just works out that way.

Yoshi Dude: I have no idea. It would make more sense to have a giant picture of a potato, huh? :P

Magma Mario: This seems familiar, probably because he's the main character! I can't all but help from going crazy with the stupid questions we get sometimes.

Gamer Extreme: I don't know.

Kamek: He is the star.....I am the poor neglected loser.

Qeomash: I never noticed that! But, you're right! He's quite large even on the Super Smash Bros. box! Who knows? Maybe he's getting a swelled head from his popularity...

Toad: That is because Mario is the most popular character. Possibly not the favorite, but he is the most popular. So that will tell everyone that it is a Mario product.

Where exactly do you get the lazy shell and armour in Mario RPG. Please help!! -Cianan

Purple: I haven't gotten that far in the game yet, so I'm sorry, but I can't help you out there.

Boo: Boo can't help you on this one. I haven't played Super Mario RPG. Check out Qeomash's site, Secrets of the Seven Stars, and maybe you'll find some information on it.

Yoshi Dude: Find a lazy Koopa. Har har har.

Magma Mario: Okay, first, you must have defeated Valentina and Dodo in Nimbus Land. Go back to where you defeated Megasmilax in Bean Valley. Read the note to receive a seed. Than, at Nimbus Land, take a leap of faith on the southeast side of town and run on the edge of the cloud, if you're in the right spot you'll walk right into thin air, keep walking in that direction to find Shy away. Talk to him to get the fertilizer. Go to Rose Town and go to the back of town, there will be a new path that leads to a gardener's house. Talk to him twice and give him the seed and fertilizer . Jump on to the beanstalk and climb up into the clouds to find the chest that contains the Lazy Shell armor which should go to Toadstool, and the weapon for Mario.

Gamer Extreme: Well, I really don't I'll have to ask my friend he might know

Kamek: This is more like it! In Nimbus Land walk off to the far right off the cloud and talk to Shyster. He will give you a fertilizer. Go to the man at the end of Rose Town. Give the fertilizer to him and he will give you the lazy shells. They are the best armor and weapons in the game, and congrats, you now have them.

Qeomash: You got the right person! Either visit SOTSS (http://www.classicgaming.com/sotss) or just do this: go to Bean Valley where the vine grows up into Nimbus land. Get the seed off the note, then go to Nimbus Land. Walk along the SE wall until you walk off into space and get the Fertilizer from the shy away. Go to Rose Town. Walk to the NE wall, and follow the path on that side. Give both items to the man in the house then climb the vine...

Toad: I think you should let someone else handle that question. I don't know the first thing about any Super Nintendo game.

how come princess toadstool is called peach now? -sandman

Purple: She was always called Peach by the Japanese. I guess they wanted it to be consistent, so they starting calling her that in the U.S., as well.

Boo: This one's a breeze...Princess Toadstool is called Peach in Japan, so we just used that as her first name in America.

Yoshi Dude: Well, toadstools started to taste very nasty.. actually, I think her full name is Princess Peach Toadstool. I just like calling her Peach.

Magma Mario: There's really no reason. Toadstool's name has always been Peach in Japan. The first game that even gave a clue was in SMRPG when a big hampster named Belome says, "tastes peachy" right after he eats Princess. The first game she was changed to Peach was in Tetris Attack but it was more noticed in SM64.

Gamer Extreme: I think Peach and Princess Toadstool were two different people or they just call her Peach cause Princess Toadstool is too long of a name.

Kamek: I think Nintendo got screwed up. In Yoshi's Safari: Mario payed a visit to Princess Toadstool's friend Princess Peach to save Prince Pine in Jewelry Land. Then was Yoshi's Island, no princess in that game and then Super Mario RPG which Nintendo didn't make. Next came Tetris Attack which didn't really have Princess either. Then was Super Mario 64 (Finally!) which was when they started calling her Peach. Between a new princess, three games without a Princess, the N64 project and trying to finish Super Mario 64 to beat Sony to realease the system I think Nintendo forgot about Toadstool somewhere along the line. Hehehe kinda funny when you think about it.

Qeomash: In Japan, all the Mario charactors (save Mario& Luigi) are named after a fruit. Peach has been Toadstool's name over there since the beginning of Mario, but Toadstool over here. Slowly, Nintendo converted the name over to Peach. So, I and many others refer to this as her first name, Toadstool her last.

Toad: Well, her first name is Peach. Plus now she isn't just the damsel in distress. She is now a playable character in many Mario games.

Who is clawdia? -sandman

Purple: I don't know, you tell me.

Boo: Clawdia? This name is foreign to Boo...Sorry, but that question went right through me. Ka ha ha ha!! (Might as well make a joke.)

Yoshi Dude: Good answer. Now you're up to $2500. You can either pick "Weird names" for 500, or "Singing fruits" for 100.

Magma Mario: Sorry, no idea.

Gamer Extreme: What?

Kamek: Let me guess, your from Lemmy's Land. There is a million fanfics about Bowser's wife there. Try reading some or asking Lemmy.

Qeomash: I have no idea who Clawdia is.

Toad: I read on a Koopaling page that Clawdia is the Koopaling's mother.

How come the Nintendo Power reviews said that Super Mario 2 on Super Mario Advance was like Super Mario Bros.2 but had more SNES graphics and had more specail things because I played the oringinal Super Mario Bros.2 on Super Mario All-Stars but it does have the same SNES graphics but why does it say that? -Mario

Purple: You are right, except for one thing. The Super Mario All-Stars version of SMB2 is not the original. The original SMB2 came out in 1988 for the NES, and it had crude graphics. To see screenshots of that game, go here.

Boo: Well...Boo doesn't really know. I only played Super Mario Bros. 2 on NES. But, I've seen the GBA's graphics and I remember seeing the SNES version of Super Mario Bros. 2. I'd say that they aren't much different. Nintendo is probably making the GBA sound so awesome so they can sell it easier.

Yoshi Dude: I had to read that a few times to get it. o.o; I don't know why it says.. I didn't write the stupid magazine. :P Why the heck did you buy the All-Star version and the Mario Advance version? Isn't that redundant? o.o;

Magma Mario: Well, because the reason is, I guess they didn't think it was possible to get those graphics into a tiny machine like that.

Gamer Extreme: I do not know.

Kamek: I've never played Super Mario Advance so I don't know how it differs from SMB2 (American).

Qeomash: It would help me out if you a bit more coherent. (I count one sentence.)Personally, I think it has the same graphics as the SNES version, but theyjust added a few things to make it "better", in their vision.

Toad: I would have someone who knows what he's talkingabout answer that.