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Cobold

Real Name: TOP SECRET

Gender: Asexual

Motto: "Like the moon over
The day, my genius and brawn
Are lost on these fools."

Home: Graf-von-Deuring-Straße
86316 Friedberg, Germany
(Or at least the map said so. Not that I've ever heard of that street.)

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de-N	Zis Juhser is ah naitiv spieker off Dschörmän.

en-3	This user is able contribute with an advanced level of English.

la-1	Hic lingua latina legere potest.

sv-½	Jag läser svenska på skolan.

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“I can't see a thing!”
—Left Eye, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Welcome to my user page! I have Äs to offer, as well as Ös and Üs, and – currently very hot, and only from Germany – ß!

1 Facts about me
2 My Goals
3 Smash Bros.
4 Paper Mario Links
5 Games I have (played)
6 Maintenance
7 Articles I've Started
8 Images I've Uploaded
9 Quotes

Facts about me

What is there to say? When you've read the top of the page, you might have come to the conclusion that my name is Cobold. This isn't Mario-related in any way. Also don't try to look that word up in a dictionary.

I joined the Super Mario Wiki on January 22nd, 2007, and became a Patroller on June 12th, 2007. On September 3rd, 2007, I was promoted Sysop. On January 26th, 2008, I became one of the wiki's three Bureaucrats. For less important info, please see the Userbox Midi Tower.

Edit Count: 14'000+ (overall); 8500+ (main) (4th)

My Goals

Expand on the articles of the Super Smash Bros. series and fix those articles when needed.
Add missing information about Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars to articles, especially of the game's enemies.
Helping other users in terms of the MediaWiki code.
Prevent vandalism.
Remove phrases like Interestingly, Strangely and Oddly from articles.

Current

Improve Super Mario Strikers.
Fix the last problems in the Princess Peach article to make it featured.
Rewrite the story section of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and review the other sections.
Expand on Super Mario 64 levels (see Bob-omb Battlefield).
Fix {{location-infobox}}

Checklist for Princess Peach

To Do
Find someone to rearrange the Super Paper Mario and Super Mario Galaxy sections.
Put into the Appearance section what belongs there, expand it and sort it.
Expand the Spin-Off sections and review their style.
Clear the Relationships section from possible speculation and POV.
Review the Super Smash Bros. section.
Clear the page from informal short forms.

Monobook

Join us! Make your monobook skin black to save energy and to save your eyes! Feel free to copy my skin.

Smash Bros.

The character I played most in Melee (as of current stats) is Young Link, 2nd most played is Zelda. The character I can play best with is Yoshi, for reasons I don't know.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A very well-written and in-depth review of Brawl ~ nuff said.

This image was created out of laziness in the long wait for Brawl. The scale for the characters includes Sheik, Zero Suit Samus and counts the Pokémon Trainer as three characters - what he effectively is.

Stages - generally, the stages follow a basic layout, and the historical Melee stages follow it. For example, the Melee Corneria stage got scaled down to be roughly the size of Norfair - for good or bad. The game features historical sites such as World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros., and adds latest areas from Nintendo's recent games, such as the Bridge of Eldin from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, released December '06, and also features non-Nintendo stages like Shadow Moses Island from Metal Gear Solid. But there are also obscure stages and gimmicks as seen in the Flat Zone stage of Melee, like the PictoChat stage or a stage in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker graphical style. But that's all nothing compared to the possibilities that the stage editor and the daily downloadable stage will give the creative Smash Brother.

There are many modes and collectibles in Brawl, which guarantee for endless fun - and use endless memory, 128 blocks excluding custom stages, screenshots and replays of fights. Brawl, Special Brawl with more functions than ever, Wi-Fi connection, Classic Mode, All-Star, Tourney, Rotation, Stadium with Target Smash, Home-Run Contest, Multi-Man Brawl, the Coin Launcher mini-game, and, and, and... This all is topped by the Subspace Emissary adventure mode, which, at second look, wouldn't even be needed to make the game fantastic.

Series breakdown


Characters	4	2	1	1	4½	1½	1	1	1	3	1	3	1	4⅔	2	2	1	1	1
Stages	5	2	1	1	2	2	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Melee Stages	1	1	1		1	1				1		1	1	1		1
Assists	3			1	1	1				1		1	1	[29]	1	1		1	1	1				13
Items	12	3			3	1			1	5		1		1		2				1			29	4
Songs	22	11	6	8	18	12	4	1		12	8	10	10	10	11	6	1	9	12	11	1		34	23
Melee Songs	4	2	1		1	2		1		2		2	2	3	1	2	1						9	1
Trophies	65	28	4	4	47	27	4	3	3	42	21	23	12	76	9	9	2	11	12	24			82	32

Characters

I currently have few ideas on how the characters will turn out, how they will feel when playing them, but this is due to be filled when I have played the game enough.

Characters who I think will be good:

	In my opinion, Zelda has the best character design in this game and also a quite unique moveset. She's hard to master, which is even better considering that not anyone can play her easily.		A giant hammer-wielding, Waddle-Dee-throwing penguin? What's more awesome? In fact, King Dedede is great for being a strong and heavy character with an awesome recovery.
	Yoshi has great Smash Attacks which make him very powerful. My best character in Melee by far, and considering that he now has a recovery move, he can only get better.		Toon Link has a great design despite sadly copying from Link. He looks even better than Young Link was - my most played character in Melee. Yay for the Wind Waker style.
	Link's main weakness compared to his younger self was always his speed, which I personally rely more on. Considering that he didn't have much changes, he's still going to be good.		"Falcon Punch!" basically says it all. Captain Falcon is a very fun character to play with.
	I don't know much about him, but from what I've seen, he seems to take sword fight to a new level. His attacks are a bit unconventional. He's said to be good.		Some filler text in here, I have no idea why I put Samus there.

Characters who I think will be average:

	It's-a him, Mario! Indeed, Mario isn't anything special as a character, but he definitely has got the Mario style. It's always nice to play as him.		Luigi's rocket makes him a quite different character from Mario, and he definitely has a different style. I prefer Luigi over Mario. His character is more defined, Mario is just ... Mario.
	Bowser's design has greatly improved from Melee, this is the actual Bowser! His smash attacks are smashing, I played him third most previously and he's still going to be one of my favourites.		I didn't play Peach much myself, but I can't argue that she's pretty decent. Vegetables can be annoying. Her Smash Attacks are a bit crazy as well.
	He's the ultimate Retro character and simply a must in an All-Star game. Old school in all ways. He's a crazy character and will remain fun to play as.		Kirby has style, period.

Characters I don't know how they will be:

	I didn't play Pikmin much but I still know that they are awesome. Olimar's character looks interesting, he has a very unconventional moveset and looks like not many people are going to play as him.		I don't like this guy's voice, but his Pokémon definitely represent the first generation of Pokémon, and thus the only one I'm familiar with. All Pokémon (Schiggy, Bisaknosp, Glurak) look great so far.
	Some Kirby guy I didn't really know before.		R.O.B. is everywhere! Well, some comeback for this guy.
	Aww, this is how Lucario looks at his best. Okay, he's not that bad, I just think that Mewtwo was better.		I think he's a pretty solid character, more than Solid Snake.

	He's worth it for the humour. Eating his own bike...

Characters which won't be that good:

Characters which could have been left out:

	I don't think his style matches well with the Nintendo characters (unlike Sonic), he's definitely a different sort. Well, more diversity in the Brawl...		When looking at it, Ganondorf is the only true Bösewicht in this game aside from maybe Wolf. Thus, he's best as a target for some special brawl sessions.
	I'm bad at playing Ness and Ness is bad at recovering.		His recovery is like this: the longer you charge it, the higher you fly. But while you are charging, you fall down exactly the way you can fly higher because you charged. How is that supposed to work?

Stages

Mario Series
Delfino Plaza There had to be a Sunshine stage, and this looks like one of the best solutions. Great design for a great game, what do I want more? Music. And the Ricco Harbour music is there, so all expectations fulfilled for this one.	Luigi's Mansion The mansion is a must as a stage for Luigi, though the breakable tiles rather are rather strange and unneeded. Not every stage has to be entirely true to the game either, and this stage still has much Luigi's Mansion flair. It makes the stage less boring.	Mario Circuit Here we go! Mario Sports games are great, so a stage for them is good to see. It's good that it didn't turn out into a Mute City or Big Blue remake, Mario Kart games are definitely different. This stage is a bit unusual, I've got the feeling that it could have been better, but that doesn't mean it's not good nontheless.	Rainbow Ride Super Mario 64 was a great game, Rainbow Ride was the best course in it. It's pretty cool that there's still a stage for it in the Brawl, they really cover almost all of the Mario series in this game, new, old and spin-off. The stage itself is of course not new, but that shouldn't hurt the feel, in fact add to it as it is closer to the original.
Donkey Kong Series		Yoshi Series
Rumble Falls Icicle Mountain in a new, better look. Slower scrolling than the Melee version, nice gimmicks on your way to the top and generally a unique feel makes this a good stage.	Jungle Japes A good stage in Melee. Subject to the same size problems as all other historical stages, but still a classic.	Yoshi's Island Comes in a Yoshi feeling and has a Yoshi feeling. Nothing spectacular after Yoshi's Story from Melee and Yoshi's Island from the original Smash Bros.	Yoshi's Island The stage with the hidden trap for those who concentrate on their opponents too much and disregard the stage. Super Mario World was another great Mario game, and it's quite surprising that it still has a Smash Bros. stage.
Retro
Mushroomy Kingdom Old games turned old - interesting concept. This brings back good memories from the original Super Mario Bros. It fits much better than previous Mushroom Kingdom stages from Smash Bros., and considering that it's 2-in-1, it's bound not to get boring soon.	Mushroomy Kingdom Actually too good not to mention it a second time. Underground areas like this are also a classic in Super Mario Bros. This is the best solution, include both overworld and underground to be true to the game. The top line of blocks get into the way of KOs though	75m I never played the original game, so I don't know what to think about this stage. For being the first successful Nintendo game ever, the first ever Mario game etc., this deserves a stop, though I'm not sure whether a stage would have been needed.	Mario Bros. A classical game, even more than Super Mario Bros. 2. If you are playing a stock match, it's going to be finished soon. This is more a contest of picking up turtles and throwing them than really fighting. Not really intriguing.
Zelda Series			Wario Series
Bridge of Eldin Nice choice for a Zelda stage, had epic moments in Zelda TP. Completely flat and still not boring. The bombing of the bridge is a bit annoying sometimes.	Pirate Ship Awesome design for a Windwaker stage, truly represents the game. This will be a very interesting stage to play on.	Temple Good Melee stage, definitely worth being in Brawl. Being the third Zelda stage in the Brawl, this is actually based on more classical Zelda games I'm not quite fond of. One for everyone.	WarioWare WarioWare games are fast and crazy, and this stage seems to fit them best. A very funny stage to play on, you just don't have to expect anything fair.
Metroid Series			Animal Crossing Series
Frigate Orpheon Metroid stages where definitely needing something different from the Brinstar layout, which didn't get better through Brinstar Depths in Melee and Norfair in Brawl. The only Metroid game I've seriously played was Metroid Fusion, so this fits better for me.	Norfair A bad copy of Brinstar and Flat Zone from Melee - nothing really interesting on the stage, but features annoying harrasses which come out of everywhere. A "hot" stage.	Brinstar Blah, same as Melee. This should turn out better than the Norfair stage as it has destructible parts and generally looks less artificial.	Smashville The stage itself is pretty simple. There's a need for those stages after all those with special effects and this and that. A different stage at different day times, but not much. An alternate Battlefield.
Pokémon Series			Fire Emblem Series
Spear Pillar Strange place, definitely something new for a Pokémon stage. The tunnel is a good addition, and the harrasses are a bit fairer that that of Norfair and WarioWare, though they can still be quite annoying.	Pokémon Stadium 2 Basically the same stage as to the right, but with different, more annoying environments. Also, you now can see Pokémons in the background - Pokémon Stadium will stay the easy stage for Training Mode, forget Battlefield.	Pokémon Stadium The same thing with different changes. Not exactly spectacular, Poké Floats was an interesting concept and this is simply a copy. But I didn't expect anything else from the creators, it's just a matter of taste on which to play on.	Castle Siege The concept is interesting, but the changes between the areas are really bad. I don't know Fire Emblem games, but this looks very good and has some catchy music.
Kirby Series		Star Fox Series
Halberd This has a nice setting and some environmental changes. The weapons in the background are a bit annoying at times.	Green Greens I liked Fountain of Dreams better, but a second Kirby stage is better than nothing.	Lylat Cruise A quite general stage which takes its gameplay elements straight from Battlefield. But the background is nice, there definitely is more action ongoing than on the various backgrounds of Final Destination in Melee.	Corneria This was great in Melee, but as it got scaled down it lost some of its feel. Might still serve for good battles.
F-Zero Series		EarthBound/Mother Series
Port Town Aero Dive Basically Mute City in a new look, nothing surprising. The track has a nice design, but you don't really get to see anything because it's so fast.	Big Blue Was great in Melee, though it is bound to suffer from its smaller size in Brawl. But I guess it's still worth some fights.	New Pork City Big. I mean, really big. So big that I've got trouble making out the characters on the screen. The platforms are arranged totally randomly, there is no overview and the Chimera eats you for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Not really funny.	Onett Was good in Melee and is still good in Brawl.
Pikmin Series	Kid Icarus Series	Game & Watch	Ice Climber
Distant Planet Pikmin feeling fits well into this stage. The Onions should appear longer before leaving again, it makes the pellets rather useless.	Skyworld There is really a problem with platforms which you can't go through from below. Most KOs in this stage are a result of that.	Flat Zone 2 Appears to be Flat Zone with different games featured on it. The border is more tolerant that in Melee, but still you can get thrown off easily. Classical.	The Summit This stage is changing itself completely, but does better than Castle Siege. Most of the gameplay here is directed to not falling into the water or slipping from the iceberg.
Electroplankton	Metal Gear Solid Series	Sonic the Hedgehog Series	Nintendo DS
Hanenbow Weird. I'd like to shake hands with the guy who thought I'd be cool to make the water not real water at all.	Shadow Moses Island Playing this stage with Sonic is a pain. There is no real way to KO when all your knockout moves throw the enemies to the side, and that results into nothing.	Green Hill Zone I don't know Sonic games, but this stage seems to fit him best. It looks nice to play on. Sonic music on it is definitely to anything from Nintendo.	PictoChat Awesome stage, definitely worth to play. PictoChat rules, and I don't even own a DS to know that!
Super Smash Bros. Series		Stage Builder
Battlefield Basic stage, basic layout, known one. It got better with the background and the day-time change, so this is a solid stage to play on.	Final Destination The German translation of this made me laugh (this was untranslated last time): "Letzte Station". That, quite litterally, means "final station" of a train.	Custom Stage Yes! This is what I've always been looking for. Beware of my craziest stages ever!

Music

How to turn insane? Rate all the music in the entire game!

Ratings:
~ Bad.
~ Don't know yet.
~ Okay.
~ Good.
~ Great.

If one of these images is duplicate, tell me and let me do the work.

Delfino Plaza
Delfino Plaza
Title / Ending (Super Mario World)
Main Theme (New Super Mario Bros.)
Ricco Harbor
Main Theme (Super Mario 64)
Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion Theme
Tetris: Type A
Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3)
Tetris: Type B
Castle / Boss Fortress (Super Mario World / SMB 3)
Mario Circuit
Mario Circuit
Luigi Circuit
Waluigi Pinball
Mario Tennis / Mario Golf
Rainbow Road
Excite Truck
Title (3D Hot Rally)
Rainbow Ride
Rainbow Cruise (Melee)
Peach's Castle (Melee)
Jungle Japes
Jungle Japes (Melee)
Kongo Jungle (Melee)
Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
Obstacle Course
Ending (Yoshi's Story)
Yoshi's Island
Wildlands
Flower Fields
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
Super Mario Bros 3 (Melee)
Mushroomy Kingdom (Ground)
Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)
Gritzy Desert
Ground Theme 2 (Super Mario Bros.)
Mushroomy Kingdom (Underground)
Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)
Underwater Theme (Super Mario Bros.)
Undergound Theme (Super Mario Land)
75m
Opening (Donkey Kong)
25M BGM
Donkey Kong Medley
Bridge of Eldin
Main Theme (The Legend of Zelda)
Ocarina of Time Medley
Title (The Legend of Zelda)
The Dark World
Hidden Mountain & Forest
Hyrule Field Theme
Main Theme (Twilight Princess)
The Hidden Village
Midna's Lament
Pirate Ship
Dragon Roost Island
The Great Sea
Tal Tal Heights
Song of Storms
Gerudo Valley
Molgera Battle
Village of the Blue Maiden
Termina Field
Temple
Temple/Great Temple
Temple (Melee)
Halberd
Meta Knight's Revenge
Gourmet Race
Butter Building
Boss Theme Medley
Checker Knights
Forest / Nature Area
Frozen Hillside
The Legendary Air Ride Machine
King Dedede's Theme
0² Battle
Vs. Marx
Squeak Squad Theme
Castle Siege
Fire Emblem Theme
With Mila's Divine Protection (Celica Map 1)
Attack
Preparing to Advance
Winning Road - Roy's Hope
Shadow Dragon Medley
Ike's Theme
Against the Dark Knight
Crimean Army Sortie
Power-Hungry Fool
Victory Is Near
Fire Emblem (Melee)
Pokémon Stadium 2
Pokémon Main Theme
Pokémon Gym / Evolution
Wild Pokémon Battle! (Ruby / Sapphire)
Road to Viridian City (From Pallet Town / Pewter City)
Pokémon Center Theme
Final Destination
Final Destination
Opening (Melee)

Paper Mario Links

Learn German today! Well, at least, how they change names in German... Maybe 'tis also a little reminder for myself.

Regions: Rohlingen, Katakomben, Feuertal, Blütenweiler, Geröllburg, Lohgards Burg, Wunderwald, Großer Baum, Falkenheim, Düsterdorf, Spukabtei, Isla Corsaria, Tulpenbach, Bad Glimmerich, Großfrostheim, Äonenpalast

Partners: Gumbrina, Koopio, Aerona, Mini-Yoshi, Barbara, Bart-omb, Nagerine

Enemies: Crucillus, Lohgard, Crucibot, Aurelius, Mega-Clubbone, Rumpel, Cortez, Fluffy, Neo-Crucibot, Lohbert, Brunhilda, Roberta, Crucius, Königin der Finsternis

Games I have (played)

The second most anticipated game for me is StarCraft II.

Other Nintendo games I own:

Kirby's Adventure (VC)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Pikmin

And here comes the infamous table of Games I've Played. Scroll down for more vital stuff.

Games I've Played
	Name	Comments	Beaten
	Super Mario World	Aah, the good old days. Great game, but it should allow you to save every time you want to.
	Super Mario All-Stars	Uhm, hard they all are.
	Super Mario 64	This is surely a good Mario game, but I don't get all the excitement about it. It's just another, rather hard one, on the list.
	Super Mario Sunshine	I like the setting of it, the graphics, the ... Almost everything. Well, the secret levels are a bit too hard.
	Super Mario Galaxy	It takes the bad things of Sunshine out (and I loved Sunshine already), and with its own features creates one of the most awesome games I've played in a long time. Cooperative play looks like a cheap throw-in, but we've been using it often enough and it is fairly good.
	New Super Mario Bros.	Review arrives as soon as my DS arrives.
	Super Mario 64 DS	Review arrives as soon as my DS arrives.
	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	This game manages to mix the general RPG game genre with numerous mini-games, a fair battle system and a great world to explore. When compared to the Paper Mario games, it also has a less predictable story.
	Paper Mario	It has a great world and makes the best out of the fairly unoriginal story. The characters look fine in paper form, but the paper element itself is not used as an element. The battle system itself is fair, but it has not enough stats you can give to your partner, and Star Powers are rather cheap to execute.
	Paper Mario: Die Legende vom Äonentor	Overall impression: totally awesome! The paper element gets its right here, the battle system is new and improved, the story is more original. There are nice twists in the game such as Bowser platformer levels and walking in the background. Your party has more personality overall. The Trouble Center adds nice sidequests, but the Pit of 100 Trials is a bit too hard.
	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	The story finally is more spontaneous, not evolving about seven somethings. This offers you a free-roaming world to explore, and quests which can be done in a different order. Earlier places may be revisited during the storyline as well. The battle and level-up system is greatly designed, but Bros. Attacks can be a spoiler when you are overusing them. Even without partners, you meet many colourful characters. The mini-games are better integrated than in Super Mario RPG.
	Luigi's Mansion	It's a bit monotonous, but quite ok. I still have to play the secret mansion (of PAL-land).
	Mario Party	A headstart for the series, but it is lacking in serious parts.
	Mario Party 2	Best Mario Party game so far. The costumes do it, though Toad's sometimes looks silly.
	Mario Party 3	Not what you'd expect. The duel boards are pointless.
	Mario Party 4	Very restrictive in its board design. And I didn't need a story around the parties. Still, the Bowser board and the extra room are funny.
	Mario Party 5	No one needed the capsule system, I still don't get it. Nice new characters. The boards are finally really 3D!
	Mario Party 7	Best Mario Party since Mario Party 2. (though I still haven't played Party 6.)
	Mario Kart 64	It's nice.
	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	While the two-racer system looks like a good idea, it is not a revolution and could easily have done without, creating not much difference in gameplay. Most of the tracks are nice, but some lack an original design. There are not enough courses all in all, and other sections lack variety as well. The characters being paired in teams prevents the game from having surprise additions to the driving roster. It is only a decent Mario Kart game overall.
	Mario Kart Wii	Featuring both revolutionary (Wii Wheel) and classical (Nunchuck) control schemes, and bikes, it creates much more variety. The new courses are designed well and the Retro tracks have been polished up to meet Wii graphics standards. The cup, drivers and kart system are improved and Wi-Fi is bound to ensure replay value. A major upgrade to Double Dash!!, when ignoring Mario Kart DS it is a reinvention of Mario Kart driving. I'm enjoying it very much.
	Mario Smash Football	Nice even for a football game. A problem is the game's limited choice of characters. Other sports games have a quite a lot bigger choice.
	Dancing Stage: Mario Mix	Not bad, but my feet are freezing.
	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	I don't like it that much.
	Super Smash Bros.	It can be quite nice, but its sequel owned it.
	Super Smash Bros. Melee	I can't get enough of that.
	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	It's great but fails to surprise, partly because there isn't anything surprising, partly because I have consumed too much information before it even came out.