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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It is possible to beat Donkey Kong Country 2 completely pacifist using a combination of secrets and glitches, allowing no enemy or boss to be harmed. Ironically, getting the true ending destroys Crocodile Isle, killing everyone on it anyway.

How to beat Donkey Kong Country 2 the pacifist way
Most enemies in the game can be spared via damage boosting through them or skipped via team-up throws or Dixie's twirl. However, some bonus rooms require all enemies inside to be defeated. These can be avoided by using the secret that gives 75 Kremkoins*, allowing all bonus rooms to be skipped.
*In the first level, enter the cabin, exit immediately. Collect the first banana bunch but not anything else. Return to the cabin, collect the balloon, Exit, collect the bunch again, but nothing else. Return, and it will contain a coin that gives you 75 Kremkoins.
To skip bosses, get a glitch called "Bonus Storage" by pausing and exiting while failing a bonus. After this, use "Funky Skip" (get near the boss, hold L+Select, then tap Right, Left, Up, Down, Right, Left. Hold Up, press B, let go of Up and B, and press Down) which will put you on the world map. Reenter the world, then visit any NPC, and if done correctly, you will be put on the world map again but with the next world unlocked without fighting the boss.
After beating all the Lost World levels (requires only getting to the beginning of K. Rool's Keep and the 75 Kremkoins) the final battle is unlocked. In this battle, the player needs to enter it, then die, and finally do another Funky Skip to enter the True Ending credits instantly, without harming K. Rool.
In an exquisite case of irony, the True Ending cutscene shows Crocodile Isle being blown up and sinking into the sea, presumably killing everyone on it (save for K. Rool, who escapes on a boat).
It seems all the pacifism was for nothing in the end.
Source: YouTube user @kfin45, youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEmOV78AqBIFpzVdz8N6SU7UEllnn1FBR

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Experimental post: The Duality of Whacka In the Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Whacka can finally be fought, and has a suspiciously specific 108 HP. The game both offers a ridiculously simplistic explanation for this as well as a complex one steeped in Dharmic symbolism.

In Paper Mario, the original version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario, Whacka was just a harmless whack-a-mole creature that could be abused to get Whacka Bumps, extremely valuable healing items. After being hit enough times, the Whacka goes extinct, teaching the players the consequences of their actions. However, in the Switch version of Paper Mario: TTYD, he instead moves to the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials and becomes an optional superboss with 108 HP.
He is fought at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials and has to be hit 8 times in order for the fight to activate.
but also
The number 108 is considered sacred by the Dharmic religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Whacka symbolizes karma for killing him in past games
ring the bell 108 times, per Japanese tradition? The ringing of the bell represents the 108 bonno-defilements of man..
Buddhism holds the view that there are precisely 108 temptations on the path to Nirvana.
Therefore, in order to reach Nirvana, every Buddhist must resist 108 earthly temptations.
With a combination of any of the elements of the above four factors, there are 108 ways with which the karmas can be attracted to the soul.
the earthly temptation to get those Whacka Bumps
There are 108 qualities of praiseworthy souls
Some people think that the human spirit travels through 108 stages, while others believe that enlightenment is attainable with just 108 breaths each day while in Intense meditation,
108 beads to awaken your inner light
Meditators count mantra repetitions with mala beads of 108, (100 counted for self, 8 for mistakes and for those who have not the opportunity to meditate in mantra)
108 breaths to return to your truth
108 mantras to dissolve ego into dever
108 steps from the self to the soul
The Sacred Meaning of 108 Temple Steps
the journey to Whacka is a journey of enlightenment

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🌈Marlena🕊️ @marlena-love.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The fiery heavens fade to meet the deep, As amber embers wash the day away; May gentle peace attend your evening sleep, And open paths to guide a bright new day. #bluesky #love

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Mitcheddar @mitcheddar93.bsky.social · 26m

This was posted on my birthday. Wow. What a coinkidink

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 11h

Sound Fantasy was a cancelled SNES game that would have used the SNES Mouse to draw pictures to turn into sound, like a musical Mario Paint. A prototype of it surfaced in 2015. One of the sample images is this unique illustration of Mario that plays the Happy Birthday song.

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 13h

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my🇨🇦 CANADIAN 🇨🇦friends

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 6h

A total miss, but I'm gonna make it work. #birds #yellowrumpedwarbler #photography #birdsofbluesky

Bird with yellow patch on its upper tail flies away from the camera towards a yellow blurred background. Bird is flying between tree branches. Green leaves peek out from the upper frame.

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I love when birds perch on little things. An eastern bluebird. There were probably a dozen of them flitting around. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Eastern bluebird bird with blue, orange and white feathers looks down from a tall, thin wooden post. A tree with green leaves in the background.

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🏈 IND 22 - 34 PIT FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 3 times before. Last time: Nov 11, 2018 Chicago Bears defeated Detroit Lions

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🏈 NYG 27 - 27 WSH FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 6 times before. Last time: Sep 8, 2019 Detroit Lions tied Arizona Cardinals

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

🏈 SF 32 - 29 SEA FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 8 times before. Last time: Jan 26, 2025 Kansas City Chiefs defeated Buffalo Bills

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Donkey Kong 64 contains unused text that would have referenced the Gold Skulltula sidequest from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a joke explanation for Donkey Kong not being able to do something.

(mockup screenshot using text extracted from files)
HEY, DONKEY, YOU'LL NEED 100 SKULLTILLEYS IF YOU WANT TO RACE ME!
Donkey Kong 64 contains an unused line of text for the seal in Gloomy Galleon where he tells Donkey Kong that he needs "100 Skulltilleys" to race him. This was intended to be used in the game's demo as a joke explanation for why the race cannot be accessed.
This is of course a reference to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where Gold Skulltulas can be found all over Hyrule. Defeating them produces tokens, 100 of which are needed to lift the curse on a family in Kakariko Village which turned them into spiders.
The spelling "Skulltilleys" instead of "Skulltulas" appears to be an inside reference to the name of Rareware artist Carl Tilley, who worked on this game.
Source: Ferrox, Alley, tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_64/Unused_Text

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character.

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, even if the player does badly or underperforms compared to previous attempts, Mario will try to be understanding instead of critical:
Uh-oh, that wasn't quite as fast as the last time.
Hmm, are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now... if I had any. (laughs)
Charles Martinet, speaking at TooManyGames Convention 2021:
I got this marvelous opportunity to do Mario Teaches Typing. And when I got the script and I'm in the studio - I'm reading the script for the first time, there were things like "You failed!"
"That wasn't very good." "That was much worse... that was bad."
And I was reading that and I said, "Do you mind if I just, like, play with these words a little bit and just change them around?" because, you know, I never say "no" and I never say anything negative as Mario... and the producer graciously said "Sure, go for it!"
And so it became "Oh, that was good, but I know you can do even better!" "Oh, nice one but let's try again!" so it was always uplifting and always trying to be positive. And I think that that is the essence of the character to me - it's that love and that joy.
Source: transcript of speech found at youtube.com/watch?v=k9RywNQXCUM

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When starting Donkey Kong Land, there is a 1/8 chance the game will boot in a "paranoid ducking state" where Donkey Kong will constantly look around while ducking. This is actually a fault of the random number generator, which "locks in" to a single value and fails to be random.

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

👏👏👏👏

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A sweet little Tennessee warbler. ❤️ #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Tennessee warbler with yellow feathers and brown and tan on its wings perches in a tree with green needles.

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wasp @waspsaladsfw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

snacktime

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Northern Parula 10-12 cm Breed coniferous forests across E half of US, S Canada migrate to Mexico, Caribbean Diet Primarily insectivorous, Seeds, berries Female builds a hanging nest with epiphytes, incubates 14 days with help from the male they feed chick 11 days in the nest and 2-3 weeks after

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Leah 🍄🏹🌙🌻💞 @lgtrombatore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These porch views never, ever get old. #Sunset ✨

The golden sunset this evening over my house

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🏈 ATL 45 - 24 NO FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 15 times before. Last time: Jan 1, 2012 Atlanta Falcons defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy Birthday to my favorite adorable weirdo! #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Don’t tease me….

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Inish View @inishview.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A lovely view from the beach at Five Finger Strand in Donegal.

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BadWeather. A Mexican Violetear hummingbird in the rain. Taken a few years ago in Costa Rica. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Mexican Violetear hummingbird in flight in the rain.

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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We know they love us! 💕

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🏈 DET 26 - 32 CAR FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 1 time before. Last time: Dec 8, 2024 Miami Dolphins defeated New York Jets

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TessiQ ⛏️ NO DM▪️no media,blocked! @tessiq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#SundaySunsets The fire has settled into a steady hum, A golden thread that binds the silence. If the day was a storm of sun, let this dusk be over a Sanctuary where words are no longer needed and only the Rhythm of our breathing remains🖤💫

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🏈 LAC 23 - 30 SEA FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 42 times before. Last time: Dec 25, 2025 Dallas Cowboys defeated Washington Commanders

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🏈 NYJ 12 - 23 CHI FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 9 times before. Last time: Nov 14, 2004 St. Louis Rams defeated Seattle Seahawks

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🏈 TEN 18 - 24 BAL FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 8 times before. Last time: Sep 29, 2024 Chicago Bears defeated Los Angeles Rams

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🏈 NE 29 - 26 BUF FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 11 times before. Last time: Nov 12, 2023 Seattle Seahawks defeated Washington Commanders

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🏈 ARI 24 - 36 NYG FINAL ❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 3 times before. Last time: Oct 10, 2024 San Francisco 49ers defeated Seattle Seahawks

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