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Island of
Rejected Toys

Horribly Twisted Gifts... Like Baby's First
Table Saw

Grand Theft OTTO: Springfield

Snake... Wiggum... Homer... They're all here!

Episode 134

Lifeguard Opportunity at Bayview Beach

Rastafarian Homer

Pass the Dutchie on the left side, mon.

Episode 131

Dexter & Marley...
Forever borowing stuff that ain't theirs.

Star Whores

Looks like Han is sleeping solo tonight

Episode 128

Dexter takes a cheap shot at Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney

Episode 127

Mary & Dexter discuss the American flag

Episode 126

Dexter & Marley go shopping for female hygiene products

Episode 124

Marley goes Easter shopping

Bill Gates
Goes to Hell

Dexter's rant about
Windows Vista

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July 4, 2006

Time For Another Round...
Koopa sorcerers, gigantic puppy dogs, and Ruger Magnums... There's only one webmaster who could have all these topics in his mailbox, and he's done his best to answer your latest round of questions. If have something to ask or a comment to make, you know where to send it:

Hey Det I found something online where the producer of Super Smash Bros Brawl has announced that many characters from Melee will not return, and Ice Climbers and Mr. Game and Watch are the two characters most likely to get kicked off. He also said that there would be 2-3 non nintendo guest stars, Snake being one of them. There are also rumors about Wind Waker Link replacing Young Link, and Baby Bowser/Bowser Jr. also being added to the list.

Anything is still possible at this point, because only a few characters have been confirmed so far.

Hey Det!

I still play my second oldest game Mario Kart 64 all the time and at my friend's house. I use all the gameshark features in Goldeneye. I found online Magikoopa was once a character in Mario Kart 64. I was wondering is there anyway to get Magikoopa with a Gameshark code or debug menu in Mario Kart 64? Thanks.

PS: Keep adding photos to the Melee submitted screenshots there pretty funny.

Mario Kart 64 is a kickass game... It's the reason why I decided that I needed to get an N64.

The character Magikoopa (aka. Kamek) was originally available as a playable character in Mario Kart 64, but was eventually replaced by Donkey Kong before the game was finished. I recently received an ingame screenshot of MagiKoopa racing on DK Parkway... Which seems a bit unusual if DK shouldn't have been in the game at the time... Nonetheless, I haven't been able to find any evidence that this screenshot is fake... Except for the stars on MagiKoopa's cloak, which may have been added simply for detail. Something does seem fishy though, and MagiKoopa's cloak looks a bit too blue...

I personally haven't heard of any Gameshark codes that can reactivate Magikoopa... I've taken a quick look with my Gameshark, ... That certainly doesn't mean that MagiKoopa can't be hidden in deep within the game's memory... Goldeneye 007 has been a real field day for hackers, and things are still being discovered today.

I saw some pics of Super Smash Bros Brawl and one of them was... a huge puppy?! Wii the heck would there be a HUGE puppy there? A small one, possibly if this Smash game is trying to funny like EarthBound. A HUGE one overlapping the battle? Wii?!

it's the Microsoft, err... Nintendo dog! Who likes Microsoft consoles! Yeah! That's right! I lead a strange life...

Pets always seem to jump at your TV screen when you're playing games... From what I understand, that giant Nintendog will somehow be related to an item during battle... In Melee, there were a few Pokémon that changed the lighting to block out visibility... Perhaps it's the same idea with the dog,

As for that damned Microsoft dog, he digs and digs, and never finds what I'm looking for. I'm tempted to have him put down... In fairness, I do have a gazillion files on my hard drive.

Hey man,

I come to point out something to you, something that I found very interesting in Goldeneye 007. The Ruger BlackHawk Magnum, which was originally listed as just that in the beta stages, is actually blued steel, which appears as a black color. Rare must have been thinking of the RedHawk or Super RedHawk magnum, which appears nickel-plated, like in the game. Just thought I'd point this out.

Nothing is ever 100% accurate in a game, especially when a gun is made out of polygons. The team may have used several different photographs to come up with a final design for the gun to be featured in Goldeneye 007. The game's memory makes reference to the "ruger" Magnum. And may since the "Cougar Magnum" technically doesn't exists, they might have chosen to simply pick the features that they liked best when designing the look for the Magnum.

Dear Detstar,

I have a few questions:

You said you want Krystal Fox, Kamek, a Fire Brother, and Morton Koopa Jr. maybe in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl. What stages for THEM do you want?

Some cool battle stages for Super Smash Bros Brawl could be an actual Doom Ship, instead of the happy friendly aura of Rainbow Cruise... Maybe a duel inside the dungeon of a creepy Koopa castle?

Or even a desert wasteland with an unforgiving sun and treacherous quicksand...

I think Shiek is transgender: Girl mind, guy body. Do you agree?

Sheik is a bit of a girly man... Both in his thin physique, and the way he screams when he gets killed... But he's just an alter-ego of Zelda, who is very much a girl. When Zelda transforms herself into Shiek, it's just a really clever disguise because she needed to hide herself in Ocarina of Time... And pretending to be a man while helping Link on his quest enabled Zelda to disappear almost completely.

Will there be a sequel to Agent Marley?

Agent Marley will return... When and where exactly, is another question. I have written a number of scenes and drawn up the characters for a possible sequel... The only things I'll confirm right now, is that Hilly Hummer will be back... And so will Marley's girlfriend Skye, starring as the lovely Agent Rosebush.

Samurai Goroh, Wolf O'Donnel, Captain Olimar,and Waluigi are ones I want to see in SSBB. Good website. 2 thumbs up.

I think Samurai Goroh could be an interesting character... Wolf O'Donnel would only be cool if they somehow found a way to make him different than Fox, so he's not a Fox/Falco clone. Captain Olimar has been mentioned by a few fans, and so has Waluigi... But most people seem to agree that Wario is a better choice than Waluigi.

do you think sonic will make an appearance in Brawl because those were the most impressive fake screenshots I have ever seen.

Impressive fake screenshots mean nothing... Although Nintendo hasn't completely ruled out the possibility of adding new characters, the inclusion of 3rd party character Solid Snake to the roster makes it seem as if the inclusion of Sonic (and Tails) isn't all that far-fetched... I wouldn't bet on it though, but stranger things have happened.

hey look I have never played one of the Metal Gear Games, but Solid Snake could work. I mean look at Samus, she looks funky in mushroom kingdom but she worked and as for snake I say lets kill shy guys

With that orange spacesuit, Samus looks out of place anywhere... Especially as she roasts some flying Shy Guys with her flame cannon.

if you would make at least 1 time week your site would be explosive!!!! (nice web by the way)

Glad to hear you enjoy the website... But it takes a lot of effort to create anything that's worth looking at. It takes many hours to write pages, take perfect screenshots, and turn it all into a shiny webpage.... And while I make every effort to try and get an update together each Monday, it's not always possible with my schedule.

Not many people know this, but Metal Gear first appeared on the NES. And as for his firearms, why should Samus and Fox keep their pistol and arm cannon? Those are both lasers, which in the real world, would have the capability to blast right through the characters.

Samus and Fox do use guns in Melee... But both of them are spaced out weapons, just like the Ray Gun. These weapons are slightly comical, while conventional bullets reek of realism. In reality, one gunshot to the head and any character would be dead... But somehow, the futuristic weapons seem less real, and less dangerous.

Your website is so freak n’ awesome! I know that SSB Brawl is coming out 2007 but what is the month & date? Also when is the Nintendo Wii coming out (including month& date)?

The release date for Super Smash Bros Brawl is still up in the air, but I believe the current target date is somewhere within the first six months of 2007. As for the actual Nintendo Wii system, it will likely be about November 2006, just a month before Christmas.

do u think it would be awesome to put dexter in super smash bros brawl?

Sure, it might be cool... But I'm sure his foul language would make him an unacceptable character... And Dexter without swearing is like fishing without beer. Among his special attacks would be trying to stab other characters with a broken beer bottle, and giving someone a wedgie.