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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

It solves one of the problems I had with the original ending of the storybook from the first game. Grief is something that stays with you. It’s okay to feel it and to cry about it. I think it’s a wonderful capstone to this story for her to have this moment.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is my favourite part of the new Storybook chapter. She starts to see hear younger self when she cries again - she hasn’t cried since she was that little girl. It’s a beautiful way of representing that memory, reflection and reassurance of her inner child.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Yeah exactly, plus there’s stuff like the TPHD mural

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The Hyrule Historia isn’t very accurate imo (it wasn’t written by the developers), but the games themselves make it abundantly clear that these are all separate tales in one long history.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The ones in BoTW are a separate tribe of Rito, they didn’t evolve from the Zora.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Both the concept art and the storybook itself showing Rosalina was a past princess of the Mushroom Kingdom

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

That’s really not true at all. The Sheikah technology is established to be able to see into/pull from other timelines. That’s how the outfits and so on are able to appear.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It was already (essentially) revealed that they’re related in the games 20 years ago. They were just never sisters. Rosalina is likely Peach’s indirect ancestor.

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ThatTugboat @thattugboat.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Yeah, when people hear what he has to say they’ll listen to it over the actual writers and artists who worked on those games, which bothers me. The developers for these games do care about their continuity! You can’t just say you want to change that without considering the broader context.

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Muz 🍀 @muzyoshi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

From my review of the movie, but I think it applies to how people treat Mario fans in general. Just because canon is loose and fun, doesn't mean it isn't without total structure, and doesn't mean people can't care about what has already been established!

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Nintendo does and always has cared about the lore of their characters. They have character consultant teams and special developers whose job it is to make sure things stay consistent. Miyamoto, not so much. He never has seen the importance of story.

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klunsghoul @klunsgod.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

during a trip to Perry's grandpa... (1/2)

PERRY: Speaking of my past, I'm kinda curious about yours!
PEACH: My past?
PERRY: Yeah!

PEACH: ...Nothing much, really.
PEACH: It was really lot of the same.
PEACH: I only became 'sentient' around age 12.

PERRY: What did you remember then?
PEACH: A royal dinner, a tight corset, and I realized that was just going to be my life forever.

PERRY: "Was"
PERRY: "Was"!!!
PERRY: What changed!!?

FLASHBACK: Super Mario All-Stars; Super Mario Bros. ~ Ending

FLASHBACK: Super Mario RPG ~ "Please take me with you!"

FLASHBACK: Super Mario Bros. 2 ~ Wart Boss

FLASHBACK: Mario Party 4 ~ Booksquirm

FLASHBACK: Game & Watch Gallery 4 ~ Octopus

FLASHBACK: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ~ Rainbow Road

PERRY: He sounds exciting!
PEACH: He makes everything more exciting!
PEACH: I'm always curious whenever he gets into something new!

PEACH: Golf...
FLASHBACK: Mario Golf 64

PEACH: ...Tennis...
FLASHBACK: Mario Tennis 64

PEACH: ...Medicine.
FLASHBACK: Dr. Mario

PERRY: (Medicine?)
PEACH: It makes me wonder if he knows how to make...

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HibbySloth 🦥🌺 @hibbysloth.art · 04/02/2026

Progress on artwork I'm making for a DK video. A stampede is coming 👁️👁️

Artwork of Donkey Kong characters. Left to right: DK and Rambi, Diddy Kong and Red Rambi, Pauline and Enguarde, Dixie Kong and Purple Enguarde.

Artwork of King K. Rool, Zinger, Kritter and Red Zinger.

Artwork of Donkey Kong characters. Left to right: Cranky Kong and Squawks, Wrinkly Kong and Quawks, Funky Kong and Tawks, Poppy Kong and Sunset Pink Enguarde, Void Kong and Screech, and Grumpy Kong and White Rambi.

Artwork of Donkey Kong characters. Left to right: Lanky Kong and Squitter, Chunky Kong and Winky, Tiny Kong and Rattly, Donkey Kong Jr. and RamRam, Xananab and Banana Bird, and Candy Kong and Expresso.

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Da Dude @danintendude.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I had a lot of fun making the thumbnail for this video. Go check it out! There are a lot of fun connections and theories in it!

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Tucker Wooley @tuckerwooley.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

this is so entertaining and cohesive and expands on things sean has said previously, including in our big ol mario video! the edit at the end is so beautiful it nearly made me tear up

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

There’s a new video on my YouTube channel about the overlap between man-made elements and nature when it comes to worldbuilding in the Donkey Kong series! This has been a lot of fun to make. Link in reply! (Thanks to @danintendude.bsky.social for making the thumbnail for this one)

Donkey Kong looks at his island in shock as it has been completely covered in factories and other man-made elements.

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Da Dude @danintendude.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Finally. My Pauline Bananza Theories video. (link in reply)

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Pauline is acknowledged as the same character as the original in games like Odyssey and Mario Kart 8… so that would definitely be unprecedented, but nice idea for a workaround

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Another Cranky Kong who experienced the events of the arcade game?

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 18/06/2025

i know thinking too hard about continuity in mario and mario-adjacent games is a fool's errand, but if there was a new mario game and they were like "btw luigi is a kid. but mario is still an adult" with no explanation in the trailers i think this would understandably raise some questions

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

He should be a separate character, not just a costume

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

All the other cursive text translates pretty directly, some of it's just harder to make out

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Partially Frequent Pikmin Facts @pikmin-facts.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Can anyone decipher this cursive script Olimar’s Voyage Log 36. Pikipedia says the first two lines translate to “special relativity” and I’m inclined to believe, but it’s the third line that’s a mystery. The best I can get it to is “somet?tm” but that’s obviously not a word.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This is very good! Though the Weapon World is never said to be another dimension (and is more likely to be another planet) and crossover characters in Mario Kart are canon.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

They’re all explicitly one universe. There’s just one Mario timeline

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It’s a pocket universe that copies the real world, so it isn’t really relevant here. The world within the book would also have a dimensional layout like this.

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Lady Sophie @ladysophie.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Kamek without his robe! Now as a (hastily) edited together model! #SuperMario

A model of a Magikoopa, or Kamek, edited to be seen under their robes.

The prevous model of a Magikoopa, or Kamek, now showing their regular robes.

A model of a Magikoopa, or Kamek, edited to be seen under their robes and in a pose using their wand.

The prevous model of a Magikoopa, or Kamek, now showing their regular robes and in a pose using their wand.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I’ll probably start to post some of my own stuff once things pick up a bit!

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Pikmin fans, I give you r/PNF-404! A subreddit for the talking about Pikmin story and worldbuilding! I hope to see some of you on there with some theories or infographics or whatever else you can come up with! www.reddit.com/r/PNF404/s/M...

reddit.com

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Here’s a picture I took when I had some of them out at my Nan’s in 2016. Bit of a mix of stationery here. Not all of these were originally mine - many I accumulated from friends and relatives. This was just one of the bags I believe. I think I can still remember the names of lots of them!

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Have a collection this big in bags somewhere at my parents. My friends and I used to draw faces on them and play with them in school when we were kids. They were all their own characters with families and lives and jobs.

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Yossycoin @yossycoin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Never been a bigger Dandori issue

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Haven’t played the game yet - is this different from what the TTYD remake did?

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Was weird experiencing all the death minigames for myself instead of through a poor quality YouTube video.

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Seán D. Walsh @seandwalsh.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Played FNaF 2 for the first time today and I’m actually pretty good? Or maybe the game is just easy. Genuinely a lot of fun - I normally only look into these games for the lore.

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