All In The Tanooki Suit That He Wears

[Strider]

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/countconkula/Tanooki%20Mario.JPG

Let's all hail the greatest suit ever!

[SammieBabe]

*hails Racoon Mario*

[Strider]

No, no, not Raccoon Mario! Tanooki Suit Mario!

[KentaRawr!]

All hail the best suit ever! Besides the frog suit. That suit was teh awesomez.

[RPJesus]

*Hails*
And the dancing Auron.

[bipper]

*hails Racoon Mario*

[SammieBabe]

No, no, not Raccoon Mario! Tanooki Suit Mario!

Fine.
*hails Tanooki Mario*
But you can't tell me that he doesn't look like a Racoon...

[Levian]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/levia/tanookiSMB3.jpg

Tanooki Mario is so sly.

[Sylvie]

He may be a badger! O_O

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Yeah, if he weren't a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki">tanuki</a>.

[Drift]

racoon, i think i only ever got that suit once when i played it on the snes

[rubah]

I love tanooki.

I love auron.

I should archive this thread when it's done.

[Quina]

I prefer frog Mario. :tongue:

[Strider]

Frog Mario is weak. Have you ever tried using that on land? Tanooki ftw!

[Drift]

whats the difference between tanooki and normal flying mario?

[Del Murder]

Tanooki can turn into a solitary statue that is invulnerable for a short while, and can stomp on some of the harder enemies. Also it's cuter.

Tanooki is very useful but hammer bros is better because those hammers kill everything.

[Moon Rabbits]

Where's the engorged scrotum?

[Drift]

never tried that

[Rye]

Kishi's link makes me sad. :(

[Madonna]

Oh those lovable tanuki (http://www.akusui.net/_lynxius/redriding_tanuki.gif). There's just something about them that is...wow.

[Roto13]

Tom Nook (Animal Crossing) is a play on the word "tanuki".

I was going to make this topic, but I wasn't sure where to put it. So I just... didn't make it.

[Chris]

I think Mario sucks. But since I love Italian foods, I guess it equals it out. :( :D

I love anything Italian.

Italian foods = heaven.

:love:

[Zeromus_X]

Yay! Tanuki Mario! But I sucked too much to use him effectively.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Ironically I'm getting SMB3 for my GBA very soon. But I'm with Del, Hammer Mario rocks ever so slightly harder.

[I Took the Red Pill]

http://www.smashbrothersonline.com/CharacterBios/BioHammerSuitMario1.jpg
Yes, the real winner.

[Rengori]

Ironically I'm getting SMB3 for my GBA very soon.
How is that ironic?

Anyway, the article Kishi posted and the gif Lynx linked to both scare me.

[Captain Maxx Power]

How is that ironic?

Well I could have bought any game for my GBA, but I happened to buy that one. Also today happens to be Tanooki Mario day, out of a possible 365 days, that's a 1 in 365 that it would be related to Super Mario Brothers 3. Assuming that with the other four games I bought that the chances of me buying SMB3 were approximately 1 in 104. Therefore the chances of me buying that game on this day are 1 in 37960.

Ergo if we assume that the chances of this happening are so low, we can conclude that it is ironic, since Irony = An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.

[fire_of_avalon]

I like the boot.

[Shlup]

I love him. I love him unlike any before him or any after.

[Moon Rabbits]

I love the tanuki+red riding hood video. I've seen it somewhere, I just can't remember...where.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I like the boot.You don't <a href="http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/toughest.htm">understand</a>.

[fire_of_avalon]

Look, if it's between me putting on boxing gloves and boxing generalized minorities or riding around in a wind up boot, I know where my money's gonna go.

[KentaRawr!]

Actually, yes. The boot is much better. Too bad it wasn't a very common power-up. o.o

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

On top of being able to stomp on spinies and run around on those unkillable plants, it also retained any existing power-ups you had going into it. So you could rule the town hopping around in your little shoe and simultaneously throw fireballs or hammers just to add insult to your enemies' injury.

[Evastio]

Personally I found Caped Mario a lot more cooler looking and useful than Tanooki Mario. Excluding the Cape I admit that Tanooki Mario is the most useful.

[Dignified Pauper]

Yeah, if he weren't a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki">tanuki</a>.


this is smut and deserves banning number 2!


on topic: I think hammer head brother mario totally rocks over tanooki suit.

[KentaRawr!]

on topic: I think hammer head brother mario totally rocks over tanooki suit.

http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/images/j-e/smb3_kuribo_1.gif
Let's all force the Pauper to hail Boot(ed) Mario. ;)

I never liked Hammer Mario. Couldn't use him correctly. Of course, I've used an axe in Castlevania since then, so maybe... hmm... >_> So I say this:

Boot Mario > Tanuki Mario > Hammer Mario > Frog Mario > Me Mario

[Giga Guess]

http://www.smashbrothersonline.com/CharacterBios/BioHammerSuitMario1.jpg
Yes, the real winner.

Amen, my friend. Amen. But Tanooki is pretty sweet too, and easier to get.

[Jojee]

Moonlight Mario Raccoon! <33

Is that raccoon suit the one that made him be able to fly the whole level?^_^ I don't remember what it did. I loved the flying suit!

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

The Super Leaf and Tanooki Suit allow him to fly in the first place, plus bat things with his tail and use it to slow his descent while falling. The Tanooki Suit also has the aforementioned added benefits. It's the P-Wing that lets him fly indefinitely for an entire level.

Fun Fact: In the old Mario comic published by Valiant, "Tanooki" is explained as being the name of the tailor who originated the suit, since they probably didn't want to explain to little American kids what tanuki actually were.

[DeathKnight]

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/countconkula/Tanooki%20Mario.JPG

Let's all hail the greatest suit ever!

That's not the greatest suit ever.

[Del Murder]

That was a P-Wing, which turned Mario into a raccoon (not pictured) and let him fly for the whole level or until he got hit. I don't know what P stood for.

I think it was possible to be a Tanooki P-Wing if you used the P first and Tanooki second. Why I think I know this or why anyone would want to do it I cannot tell you.

EDIT: Kishi beat me. Do you know what the P stood for?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Probably "Power" or something. The Mario games aren't particularly creative in naming their power-ups.

[rubah]

I just used my game genie for Skywalker.

I never could figure out how to get the boot to work :( so it always got wasted.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

<ul type="1"><li>Jump into the shoe.
<li>Hop around like the tiny god you are.
<li>Lament that this power-up only appears in World 5-3.</ul>I'd like to see how you managed to mess that up.

[Jojee]

Probably "Power" or something. The Mario games aren't particularly creative in naming their power-ups.
No, no, it was prostate.

[rubah]

<ul type="1"><li>Jump into the shoe.
<li>Hop around like the tiny god you are.
<li>Lament that this power-up only appears in World 5-3.</ul>I'd like to see how you managed to mess that up.
I'm not sure, but I remember being mad that I couldn't get it to work any better.

[Kendaric]

How is that ironic?

Well I could have bought any game for my GBA, but I happened to buy that one. Also today happens to be Tanooki Mario day, out of a possible 365 days, that's a 1 in 365 that it would be related to Super Mario Brothers 3. Assuming that with the other four games I bought that the chances of me buying SMB3 were approximately 1 in 104. Therefore the chances of me buying that game on this day are 1 in 37960.

Ergo if we assume that the chances of this happening are so low, we can conclude that it is ironic, since Irony = An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.


The fact that you took the time to figure that out both impresses and worries me... but regardless you are right it is ironic... and On topic i think BOTH the Boot and the Suit rocked ^_^

[KentaRawr!]

P doesn't stand for anything. It's just that Nintendo wasn't good at translating at the time and they forgot to put in "on". Stupid Nintendo. :mad: