Name: Baboom

Debut: Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Baboom is my number one favorite new enemy from Wonder! In the days after the game's release, I was extra careful during what felt like the eternity before I got to play it myself (it was a week at most.) to not spoil anything for myself, and I succeeded, mostly! Yippee! And while I was playing through the beginning of the game, at least three friends all individually told me there was one enemy that they felt I would absolutely love. And they were right!

Let me tell you. I gasped when I saw it. I gasped when I saw this little waddling plastic tube. You know me! I do things like that. Its pure white eyes. Its adorable little trot. Its use of primary colors like some kind of baby's toy. But don't give it to a baby! This is explosive! You also shouldn't give any living creature to a baby! Why would you do that? You should be giving it some mashed carrots instead.

Speaking of babies though, it is Baboom who is the baby here, because it is canonically the newest of the living bombs produced by Bowser's Minions! What a little darling! It may be a little unclear what exactly it does at first, but when attacked, Baboom will begin shooting fireworks directly upward, one for each body segment! This "uses up" each segment, including the last one, but they don't actually explode themselves. Do you think they can still live after this? A "spent" Baboom, a single red segment, living a peaceful life wherever it landed? That would be nice.

I hate fireworks. Far too loud and bright. But Baboom makes it fun! It can be carried, and its fireworks used as an upward attack, defeating enemies, breaking blocks, and making coins fall! It is so enriching to shoot upwards in a Mario game. These fireworks cannot hurt the player, which seems like a big problem for a weapon made to fight Mario. An enemy that defeats enemies, and does not hurt our heroes? My word! Can this be? The classic and beloved story trope of a weapon made for evil rebelling against the circumstances of its creation? Hooray! Who says Mario games don't have complex stories? Look at the motivation I personally ascribed to this one disposable bomb. What are the other enemies thinking at any given time? There's surely a stunning story in every Snortoise!

Wonder has all these cute little animations for enemies bumping into each other, and Babooms will do a little... nod? toward one another when they meet! It's hard to tell if it is a nod given its anatomy, but whatever it is, I think it is saying "hello my friend!"

I would be remiss to talk about Baboom without mentioning Kab-omb, the ORIGINAL firework Bob-omb variant! I like Baboom more, but I hold a lot of respect for Kab-omb. A bomb just looking for a kiss, or maybe a glass of chocolate milk with a bendy straw. Is that so wrong?

Someone finally crashed and 'beat' NES Tetris? Nah, the real news is someone FINALLY put NES Tetris AND Dr. Mario on the Famicom Disk System

Shoutouts to TakuikaNinja for making this port! I made a custom disk cover and label for a copy that runs on actual hardware. Check out his video for more info!

speaking of the Wii U/3ds online shutdown, are there any games you're playing on the last day?

I didn't have a lot of specific games I was playing in its final days aside from Kid Icarus Uprising, but from February to April I was attempting to finish the entirety of The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes with two other friends, and we did successfully accomplish that goal just a few days before shutdown!

Hello! I apologize for the random ask but with the online being shut down soon for 3ds and wii u I wanted to ask if you maybe had any spare items from animal crossing new leaf you wouldn't mind giving away or trading for?

I have not played New Leaf, sorry!

Useless Nintendo Trivia #2

New video! Diving into a 3DS myth barely anyone still talks about and more on a new episode of Useless Nintendo Trivia!

me after being booped 240+ times on tumblr.com

New video!

...Every Nintendo Stylus.

Happy 13th North American anniversary to the Nintendo 3DS!

I've compiled a playlist of my 3DS-related videos across both my channels. Let me know which one was your favorite!

Happy 2nd anniversary to Kirby and the Forgotten Land!

To celebrate, I figured I'd finish these lyrics I wrote for the Alivel Mall theme back in 2023 because I thought they'd be fitting. I never got around to recording them, but feel free to do so or polish them up if you'd like!

Useless Nintendo Trivia #1

Surprise new video! Welcome to the inaugural edition of 'Useless Nintendo Trivia', all about--yep, completely useless Nintendo trivia that I've learned over the years! Look forward to future episodes!

New video! Happy MAR10 Day! Today we celebrate by answering a very important question:

How Many Times Have I Paid For Super Mario Bros.?

Wake up a new Virtual Boy emulator for 3DS that has a good UI and runs all retail games at full speed on O3DS just dropped

Every time this one mini Mario voice clip plays in Mario VS Donkey Kong this is all I can think of

just playing some triforce heroes before 3DS online dies