I had to change my password with Globat. It took 5 days for it to process with Frontpage, so I was restricted from updating. Otherwise, there would be an update earlier, but I wasn't able to.

Outside of that, as many of you already know, Super Mario RPG was released on the Virtual Console 12 days ago. That's really all I have to update on.

Everyone else I know doesn't even have a tenth of my work, literally. I had the same thing last year. I have really, really bad luck apparently. Oh yeah, and don't forget that I had to pay 500$ for a camera for one class that was just added this semester and found out a day before the class started. Oh wait, that's right, I didn't have the money: I spent it on Sml 2 months ago or whenever I renewed it, so now I have to repay people. Which means for the semester I'll probably have to get a job (I work all the time, but never during school - it doesn't work for me that way) further cutting into my time and everything.

X_X. It's been a bad week...

Anyways, because of it, I didn't update earlier than I wanted to. But I have some time right now, so I'm updating. It's a simple quick update: major change at the board, go there if you want to find out.

Well, if we're ever going to recover, we took the first step today.

The Message Board has been fully restored and opened. All the returning sections are back, as well as a new banner, a new section, and some cosmetic changes to make it look better.

I reopened it because a bunch of people were asking for its reopening. I personally don't care too much, but if it indeed open, I'm not letting it flop. Obviously, some members will not be returning, and that's fine. If the board dies, it does.

So, if you're interested in it or were there before and want to join or rejoin, there you go. If not, well, we'll see how it turns out.

Outside of that...well, no real news. It's been really slow nearly everywhere I go. Or at least, that's how it seems.

» Added: Special Section: Mario Legacy's Second Anniversary

Well, scratch that. There would be an actual update, but if you're were watching Nintendo's E3 press conference, you already know not 1 single thing Mario was shown. In short: The whole press conference was the absolute most disappointing press conference in the history of E3.

So, obviously, there's not really all that much to cover. Or I actually would have 'cause I can still get excited for E3.

We do have some site news, surprisingly. The Message Board is reopened and the link has been re-added to the navigation on the left. However, this is only for a special event. The board will be open for what was one week (it opened yesterday) until next week Tuesday, so 6 more days.

There is something special on Tuesday. Expect an update then. I've told some people what it is, so if you know, just keep a lid on it.

First off, would like to address some emails I've gotten concerning a new layout/version. I've gotten some people asking me what the new version is going to look like. I suppose that people are thinking that because of no new content, but I can tell you, there is not going to be a version 4 at this time. The thought has never crossed my mind at this point, so I haven't even planned one out.

With over 350+ pages, it would take me months. Making new graphics for each section and just coming up with something new would take forever. If I can't be motivated to take 15 minutes and make a new page, there's no shot I'm going to take so much time to make a new version. So if you were thinking that's why there was no new content, well, I can only tell you that you thought wrong.

Secondly, I've set up an auto-reply for the email. I will still read them all and personally respond if needed, but everyone who sends and email will get an auto-reply anyways.

Anyways, no new content whatsoever. I tried again to add a page about 8 different times this week, and again, I failed to even start it. I...just can't do it. No matter how large or small the page is, I cannot get myself to fully dedicate myself to anything involved with the site.

This makes it 4 straight updates with no content. Well, I suppose you can count the Mario Kart Wii sections, but I had those done before we reopened...I haven't made anything since.

I also haven't responded to any emails I've gotten recently. Like the site, I just can't be bothered to answer them. I apologize to the people sending them. I appreciate the mail but I just do not have the heart to sit down and respond to them.

Outside of the usually things, we have some news: I've gotten the bill to host the site for another year. While I do not want to pay it, I know that doesn't sit well with everyone involved. So I'm going to have to try and scrap triple digits together, and that'll be a stretch. I don't want to dip into my college funding I have set aside, but it looks like at this point, I'm going to have to. We'll see shortly enough

In Mario news, Super Mario RPG is set for release on the Virtual Console on July 24 in Japan. 2 days away, it's so close.

In site news, nothing was added. I literally tried to start making a small page 10 different times this week, and I just could not motivate myself. My desire is so drained right now, I just could not get myself to make anything new. So unfortunately, no new content.

1. No, those sections aren't coming back. Sorry, they aren't. At least not now.

2. TRP is not something I'm going to reveal. It was probably the best thing that, if implemented, could ever happen to us, but it is no longer a possibility.

3. I don't care if you tell people the site's back up. Total misunderstanding. It's for those who were directly involved with Sml's closure. If not, go ahead, say what to want. It's not like I'm trying to keep it a secret, it's not. The people who were involved know their position, I just don't want help from them anymore. Simple as that.

4. If you have an issue, take it up with me. Please, don't go around commenting about myself or the site without getting word from me first. Completely unfair to the site and myself. And people know I give them every chance to explain themselves, so it's not like I'm asking anything that is major or problematic

I've gotten lots of lovely messages lately, and I know there's some things being said people thought I'd never see. I'm not saying I don't deserve my share of the criticism, nor am I saying that I'm incredibly enthused to be in this situation right now. Just make sure it's fair. That's all I ask.

So, hopefully that clears some things up. If not, take your issues, comments, or questions up with me. I'm always available through email and my messengers (Although if you weren't at the board, it's just email for you) and always respond.

On the positive note, 2 new sections added. Ok, so they're not the biggest of all sections, but they're up. I don't know why, but I'm a bit on a Yoshi's Safari binge right now, so if you see a lot of that content coming soon, don't be surprised.

» Added: Mario Kart Wii Game Information
» Added: Mario Kart Wii Review

Anyways, it looks as though we're back up and running. As to why, I don't want to get into it, we just are. Sadly, I don't personally want to even be involved with it, but other people just cannot let old things die for some reason.

There's a few major changes. You'll notice it in the way I update and add content, the attitude and such will be radically different. I'm not going to run into the same situations that have occurred before us. For starters, the following sections have been removed:

» Removed: Comic Series: Super Mario RPG - The Legacy Continues...
» Removed: Messageboard
» Removed: Story Saga: Super Mario Legacy High School
» Removed: Super Fans

Don't count on them coming back either, especially the Messageboard since there's already a duplicate board out there. Another problem we is that 10-12 of the 20-25 sections I had planned will now never reach the site, so that's highly unfortunate. Especially TRP...we don't need to go there

Unfortunately, we're just another information site. Nothing special, nothing more. Kind of killed what we were before, but that's what the people closest to the site apparently wanted. Yahoo...

For those who wanted the site back up: There you go. For those who didn't: Sucks for you. To those actually involved with it's closure: Don't spread the word to anyone, we don't need or want your help.

Actually, this update is one of our very few negative updates. For those non-message board members, I'll just make it short: There's been a lot of conflict recently and things have literally gotten out of control. Because of it, a lot of turnover has occurred.

I plan on updating on Saturday (May 10), so check back then.

But, as for this site, I managed to write out review for Brawl. It's actually well in depth and some of my person friends enjoyed it, which was new. I will admit to 1 paragraph that was a little bit of a rant on my part. Those who know me will easily identify it, though others will as well.

So, that's it for this update. I am actually updating from my secret fort...which is actually my bed made into a fort that I did 20 minutes ago by draping sheets from the top bunk...

(Don't you just miss the days of being a little kid!??!)

(On a serious note, it is the last week of school, which means finals. I will be taking time off for it)

» Added: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Review

My head problems, in terms of my headaches and migraines and dizziness, have been suppressed for the majority, but they still linger. Since then, and since I'm on constantly new medicine, my mental state has been altered constantly in the last 3 weeks. In short: I currently have no motivation to work on the site.

Had I had the motivation, I probably would have got more done. I'm confident that when my head problems end, which luckily, seems like it will happen soon, I'll regain the motivation to work on the site again. It's just no fun right now with the problems.

With that said, I still should have updated last week saying so, which I did not. So that's on me. In the meantime, there's 3 points of news.

During your visit, please visit the Super Nintendo page. There's a counter on the bottom of it to help with some testing I'm doing. The counter is not accurate, so don't worry too much about the number that you see. I just need to test something.

» Added: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Theme Lyrics

Introducing Mario Legacy High School: A tale of love, hate and everything that is high school.

It's actually ml's own piece of Fan Fiction! The story revolves around the Mario characters in a high school, with some Mario Legacy members thrown in! The story is actually a parody of another story that was done in the same manner. The beginning of the story can be found under Story Saga.

That's the major update for today. Actually, this is the first time that there's been an update in the last 22 days, our biggest drought yet. It was not meant to be that way. For nearly a month now, I've been suffering from a whole lot of problems, including series of intense migraines, tension headaches, cluster headaches, dizziness, vertigo, nausea, night terrors, anxiety/panic attacks, sinus colds, ear pressure, and ear aches. It has been a horrible 3-4 weeks, and the worst part it, no doctor has been able to figure out what is wrong so far. I was highly unmotivated to update with the site during the time, so I didn't.

During the times where I was feeling pretty decent, I was playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, more specifically the members of the Message Board. I have a lot of information for it right now, and  a review should be coming shortly. We're actually having a tournament right now at the Message Board, so that should be fun. One of the things I've planned for the site is to have tournaments, and I can tell you that they will come shortly. Who knows, there may even be actual prizes...

I've caught up on all my emails and everything and am starting to feel a bit better, but there are some times where my head problems flare up. If you contact me and don't get a reply, it's probably because of that! Going through them, I've noticed there is a somewhat peaking interest in the Weekly Top 5. I actually have something to replace it with, but it may come sooner than planned

Everything's caught up and hopefully, a Smash Bros. Review is coming soon!

» Added: 3 Fan Arts
» Added: 2 Fan Comics
» Added: Story Saga - Mario High School
» Added: Mario High School Chapter 1

There is some other content added, with a featured article that I'm very proud to have written. It's about Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which I am in a cycle of excitement for. Sakurai, the creator, spoke about it over the recent Game Developers Conference, which led me to write the article. I think there will be people separated by it: Some will like it (in terms of its validity) and others, most likely those who support Smash Bros. no matter what, will completely disagree about it.

Either way, it's a good read!

We've also had a Comic Series revival. A lot of new comics have been added, including our 50th Episode! At this point, I'd say we are about a fourth through the comic series - I planned to have around 200 comics, and we're right on track!

Comics, Soundtracks, and Articles - It's been a good week!

» Added: Article 5: Sakurai's Loss of Respect
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy Gold Soundtrack
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy Platinum Soundtrack

Here's the breakdown: We've had about 180,000 page views in 2008. We averaged about 60,000 views a month in 2007, giving us about 720,000. However, the last few months of 2007, our averaged increased, and we finished with about 790,000 views. That's 888,000 views alone. We averaged about 500 views per day the last 4 month of 2006, giving us 10,000 views a month. That's about 1,010,000 views in total, or the equivalent of 5 days over. Of course, those are estimated numbers, we're a bit higher than that.

I waited with this update until I was 100% of the numbers, rates. My webstats skewer occasionally and the stats go blank after they've already been recorded, so I take the lowest number of the month and apply it through (I have made topics on Sml's forums with the numbers for reference). The actual number is higher than 1,000,000!

So it's a great landmark for us! I'll make today the official 1,000,000 page view day because I don't know the actual day. That means we've been on the web for 579 days since July 22, 2006. Pretty good considering I've never advertised the site and the fact we only have 2 allies!

That means our total page view average for 1,000,000 is approximately 1730 views per day. That's spot on with the statistics - we averaged 500-750 the first few months, about 1500-1700 the other months, and over 2500 in current time. Average out 700, 1500, and 2500, and you get 1563 page views per day - but like I said earlier, the total views are higher, so 1730 is very, very accurate with these rounded estimations.

This is a day I will remember, and I will remember it as the day we can say "we made it." And I use "we" because it really is a group effort combined of myself and the fans. And I thank them for the opportunities they've given us, and I hope that they will continue to watch us through the great times and through the miserable times.

I am wondering though if people would like a Podcast. As a Telecommunications student, I have full access to recording equipment, as well as a soundproof booth and materials. I've already used it, so I know how to record a Podcast and put it in .Mp3 formation.

The Message Board members weren't that fond of the idea, so I would like to know if a lot of people are. Let me know if it's a good idea or a bad idea.

Other than the podcast, no real news or content right now. I finally remembered what I added and never reported - I added all the Victor's names to their respective Game Challenge pages! I've decided that after February, I will no longer add them month by month, I'll just add them as they come in!

» Added: Character Profiles - Bow

Anyways, we've received some new Fan pieces! Always good to see those. There has been a concern though: The Fan Art page is getting large. Yes, that's a good thing, but people are not liking that their piece merely gets listed in a giant list.

That's an obvious flaw of the system. I'm thinking of giving each person their own gallery, I just have to see how that would work. I would do that for the other Fan sections as well.

Other than the Fan Works, not a whole lot has been added. Kkslider of the Message Board asked for some specific Area Profiles and Character Profiles, so I did one for him. That's posted in the list at the end of the update. He's a mega Paper Mario fan, so it's a pretty safe bet that the new profile is a location in the game.

Or is it? No, really, it is! You'll just have to scroll down to see what it is. Yes, I'm using the element of suspense even though it's a few lines down.

And now for the news: Check back on Friday. I'll be posting some very big news for those who have doubted the site, wanted Geno in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, etc. It's been getting ripped to shreds by some fans at other boards, but I think they'll like the update that'll be posted.

» Added: Area Profiles - Shiver City
» Added: 4 Fan Arts

Allright, time to come forward and take the heat about our Brawl Report. In short: It was wrong, as of this time.

Let's going into that further. While I was going to post a second part to it, I decided not to because we all knew all the leaks were coming this week. I figured there's no point, we'll find out everything then. Although, at this point, I could've told you guys 2 weeks ago that Square-Enix would not be involved with Brawl.

The second part of the Brawl report was going to basically say that we had a false source. One of my sources was a leaker, and it was my strongest source. He told me (I will not use his name for obvious reasons) that there had been proposed movesets for Geno as a playable character, as well as a Mario RPG stage, though I never learned what this supposed stage was. I was also told that Yoko Shimomura would be arranging the music, just as it was done for Super Mario RPG. The last thing I learned was that Mallow was on the verge of being an Assist Trophy.

Obviously, that is not the case anymore - the leaker had information and it served as a bad tip for us. For those who haven't been following the leaks, Geno is not going to be a playable character, nor is anyone from Square-Enix. We will never know 100% for sure until the game is officially released, but based on all the credible leakers out there, all their predictions were correct, so they had inside sources. ChaosZero, a reliable leaker, has stated today that Geno will not be in Brawl, so we base this update on the correctness of that statement.

I will say that the leaker who gave us this information was correct in a few other things, mainly Yoshi's Final Smash, Stickers, and Mario's moves. So I took him as credible, because all came true, much before the Brawl Report was released here. I call it how I see it, so I reported what I had uncovered.

It sounded good until now, because we know none of that will be happening, according to those who already have the game. Is it possible? I suppose, but in reality, it's not happening.

It's like what I said on September 24, 2007: If I was wrong, I'd tell you guys!

Anyways, as promised, a Super Mario Galaxy Review has been added! I believe that it is the most in-depth/well written review that I've ever completed, so I hope a lot of people will enjoy reading it, despite the fact that many people have read multiple reviews on it before.

The second part of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl report is delayed, I haven't had a chance to really work on it. Since it's been delayed until March 9, I can afford to wait with it a bit, though I know a lot of people are looking forward to reading it.

Lastly, I appreciate all the new pieces of fan pieces! We were in real need of some new pieces, so it was good to get some new stuff. We're having quite the list in the Fan Art section, so I'm thinking about giving everyone their own page to serve as a gallery. It's something to be seen in the future, so right now it will remain as a giant list.

In the meantime, we still could use Fan Art and Fan Comics. It would be great if we can get some more submissions for all of the categories.

Overall, there wasn't a whole lot of content added, but there's a few new things here and there.

» Added: 7 Fan Arts
» Added: Mario Party 5 Review
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy Review

Thanks to Iwelyk, a moderator at the Message Board, we have a new Soundtrack available for dialogue! Iwelyk actually didn't do anything with the soundtrack, he just kind of bothered me for like, 2 weeks about it, so I finally uploaded it and everything. Are you happy now Iwelyk?

What soundtrack is it? It's the entire 107 song Super Mario World Soundtrack! Iwelyk couldn't find it anywhere, so I guess it's kind of rare, but that's not my call to make

So that's the big thing for this update. With Super Mario Galaxy out and everything, I was hoping people would submit some fan reviews. There's also been some confusion on it; I received an email from someone who wanted to write one but said there's a Fan Review already done on it. That's no problem - if someone's reviewed a game, anyone can still review that game. There can be more than 1 Fan Review for 1 specific game, so don't worry about that.

We're also kind of dead in our Fan Art and Fan Comic sections. We haven't received a submission in a little while, and we're hoping to bring that up to speed.

I've also received a lot of questions on what coverage we'll have on Super Mario Galaxy. Well, that's a good question. Believe it or not, and yes, this is coming from me, the apparent-I-hate-new-Mario-games person (That's another story from the Message Board), I want to add a ton of Super Mario Galaxy content because I loved the game. At the same time, I do not want to add a lot because if I do, I will not be able to work on it anymore in the future!

So, it's a so called Catch 22. I have a lot of good sections planned for it, but I just don't know when I'll add it. I do know that a Review will be coming very, very soon for it, most likely the next update. That I can do. I've also considered writing a 10-Part Article Series that would deal with it, but after posing the question to Message Board members, it seems like no one would really care for it.

In other site related news (Can you believe how long this update is? Must be a record), the week long Comic Series marathon has been completed! It really sparked the series in terms of fan viewership, though some people are still skeptical since they read the first few comics, don't understand them, and quit. That's something I may go back and fix.

And now the news that people probably skipped down to read: Super Smash Bros. Brawl. As most of the visitors know, or the reason why most of them came in the first place, Mario Legacy published the Brawl Report, indicating our belief that Square-Enix and Brawl are interlinked. Well, there's a part 2 coming to it. I think a lot of people will want to read it, and I will try to put it up this week, so check back often!

And now, after all the text, the part everyone really wants to see, the list of content!

» Added: Super Mario World Soundtrack
» Added: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Levels
» Added: Super Smash Bros. Stages