Inhaltsverzeichnis für April 2018 in Mania

Q1) FAVOURITE FOOD? a) Burritos. b) Sushi. c) Ice-cream. Q2) HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR WEEKEND? a) Hanging with m y mates. b) Watching cartoons or movies. c) Chilling out. Q3) FAVOURITE HOBBY? a) Videogames. b) Watching Youtube vids. c) Cooking. Q4) PERFECT VACATION SPOT? a) Anywhere as long as I’m with my bros. b) Japan. c) Somewhere cold. Q5) YOUR SECRET SKILL? a) My stomach is a bottomless pit. b) I can make 500 Snapchats in an hour. c) I can speak multiple languages. Q6) HOW DO PEOPLE DESCRIBE YOU? a) Hyperactive. b) A bit of a nerd. c) Calm and collected. Q7) FAVOURITE MOVIES? a) Action movies. b) Anime. c) Comedies. Q8) BEST PIZZA TOPPING? a) All pizza is good. b) Vegetarian. c) Dessert pizza. MOSTLY A’S –…

LULU THE DIVA People were turning their heads when they saw this pooch. Lulu is a miniature pinscher who strode through the city on her two legs whilst carrying a handbag! With style like this, we think it’s time to rename the catwalk to dogwalk! POWERPUFF KITTENS These three kittens, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup were born with a condition, which meant they could barely move. Now with their specially made wheelchairs they’re able to move on their own! WIN! We love your AWSM animal pics, MANIACs! So if you’ve got a shot of you hangin’ with your dog, cat, sloth, or whatever, send it in for your chance to win! MANIA 211 PETZ Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards NSW 1590 For every human in the world there are one million…

Why did Beethoven get rid of his chickens? A: All they could say was “Bach Bach, Bach…” The shop assistant says, “We don’t serve time travellers in here!” A time traveller walks into a milk bar. A photon is going through airport security when a customs officer asks him if he has any luggage. The photon says “No I’m travelling light.” Q:What did the strand of DNA say to the other strand of DNA? A: Do these genes make me look fat? If you jumped off the bridge in Paris you’d have to be in Seine! A plateau is the highest form of flattery! An ancient history professor goes to a tailor to get his trousers mended. The tailor asks “Euripides?” The professor replies “Yes Eumenides?” Have you heard about…

STEP 1 Look around to make sure it’s safe to drop in. The last thing you wanna do is collide with another rider! STEP 2 Hang a quarter to a half of your deck over the top of the coping. Don’t hang your deck over the edge if there’s another rider about to pass by, because you might accidentally wipe them out. STEP 3 Keep your weight centred over the scooter. Lean forward until you feel your front wheel make contact with the ramp. Make sure your back wheel misses the ramp’s coping/edge. STEP 4 Roll away. To start off you can use your pushing foot to push off into the drop, but eventually you’ll be able to drop in without taking your feet off your deck. KNOWING HOW TO…

Platform: Switch Style: Tennis Publisher: Nintendo Out: Early 2018 Mario Tennis Aces Mario Tennis is back! The Mario Tennis games on 3DS and Wii U were a bit basic, but Tennis Aces brings back the story mode we missed so much in those games! There will be boss battles and different kinds of matches to take on – the trailer shows Mario taking on a bunch of piranha plants as they spit tennis balls at him! The graphics look amazing too – the whole gang dresses up in tennis gear this time, and they look AWSM! Platform: PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One Style: Platformer Publisher: FDG Entertainment Out: Mid-late 2018 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom If you loved the remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap that released…

Platform: PS4, Switch, PC Style: RPG Publisher: Square Enix Price: $69.95 Lost Sphear Gameplay: This RPG is from the team behind I Am Setsuna, and plays a lot like that game, but with much improved combat! Lost Sphear is about Kanata, a boy who can restore lost ‘memories’ using his special powers, who must go on a quest with his mates to restore a world that is slowly disappearing! The plot is pretty good, especially towards the end where there are heaps of twists and turns that we didn’t see coming. The best part of the game is the combat, though, which is super strategic and fun! It’s turn-based, but there are lots of different attack styles to try out, and you can move around the battlefield for a better…

DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ Character unlocks SSGSS Vegeta (Vegeta Blue) You need to either beat the Extreme Gravity Spaceship Course on Hard in Arcade mode (which is unlocked after beating the normal version), or you can buy this version of Vegeta for 300,000 Zeni from the store. SSGSS Goku (Goku Blue) You need to do the same thing with the hard version of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber Course in Arcade mode, or he can be purchased for 300,000 Zeni. Majin Android 21 Beat all three ‘arcs’ in Story Mode to unlock this all-new character! Dramatic openers You can trigger special cutscenes at the opening of some fights! These characters must be leaders on their team to trigger the cutscene. These can be set up easily in Local Battle. • Get Goku…

BREAKING THE BREACH Something has reopened the portal to the Kaiju’s dimension! And it looks like its something made on Earth, combining Kaiju and Jaeger tech! THE NEXT GENERATION The new Gipsy Avenger is piloted by Jake Pentecost, the son of the legendary Jaeger pilot who fought at the Battle of the Breach. His co-pilot is Nate Lambert, an ace pilot in the Pan Pacific Defence Corps. Sounds like a dream team right? Except Lambert hates Jake! NEW JAEGERS A NEW GENERA TION OF PILOTS MEANS A NEW GENERA TION OF AWSM JAEGER MECHS! HEAVY METAL BRAWL Kaiju aren’t the only thing Jaegers will be fi ghting. Get ready for Jaeger versus Jaeger battles! PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING HEADS INTO BATTLE/ THEATRES ON 22ND MARCH! COLOSSAL KAIJU It looks like the…

GAME, SET, MATCH! THAT’S ACE! Pull on your sweatbands, string your racket and step onto the court for the ultimate tennis challenge in Mario Tennis: Aces! BATTLES OF THE BALL! It’s tennis with a twist. In the game’s Story Mode you’ll have to use your court skills to defeat enemies and bosses like Petey Piranha! YOU GOT SERVED! Unleash devastating Power Serves that will snap your opponent’s racket like it’s a toothpick! BACKSERVE TO THE PAST! The first Mario T ennis game was on the Virtual Boy in 1995. Y ou had to wear a headset to play it! MARIO TENNIS ACES IS DUE OUT SOME TIME THIS AUTUMN! SPORT REPORT LAKITU IS BRINGING US UP-TO-DATE SCORES AND LIVE SPORTS NEWS! SOCCER Dry Bones was given a red card during…

LAB-WHAT? The Labo is a new gaming experience where you construct different cardboard kits and combine them with your Switch to create Toy-Cons! Each Toy-Con is a unique game you can play with! MOTORBIKE  Motorbikes are super cool, but riding one can be crazy dangerous. If only there was a way to ride one and feel rad, without the chance of getting hurt. Oh wait, there is! Assemble a set of handlebars, rev your engines and start riding! RC Combine your Joy-Cons with the RC kit, and use the Switch’s touch screen to control it! The Joy-Con’s vibrations make it move! We’re going to colour ours red so it goes faster. PIANO  Move over, Mozart. Assemble this mini 13-key piano and turn your Switch into a musical instrument. You can…

DIGITAL PET! Not allowed to own a pet or bummed you can’t carry around your cat 24/7? Then you need a Tamagotchi! These pixelated pets fit perfectly in your pocket, so you can feed them and watch them grow anytime, anywhere! 15 AWSM MANIACs will score a prize pack that contains two limited edition flocked Tamagotchi (Blue and Pink)! JOIN THE UPRISING! Prepare for battle as a new generation of Jaeger pilots take on an approaching Kaiju threat! Can these mighty mechs defeat these malicious monsters? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out! 10 Jaeger pilots in-training will score a prize pack containing a Pacific Rim Uprising key chain, iPhone case, drink tumbler and a double in-season pass to see the film! A REAL MOUTHFUL! Watch Ya Mouth…

FAVOURITE ULTIMATE ICON NOMINEES: •  Lorde •  Steve Smith •  Taika Waititi FAVOURITE STREAMING SENSATION NOMINEES: •  Sia •  Jessica Mauboy •  Guy Sebastian •  Kings FAVOURITE DUO NOMINEES: •  Bindi and Robert Irwin •  Julia Morris and Chris Brown •  Sarah Jane Betts and Kane Foster •  Jono and Ben FAVOURITE SQUAD NOMINEES: •  5 Seconds Of Summer •  Bondi Rescue •  The Matildas •  Parri$ Goebel and The Royal Family FAVOURITE RISING STAR NOMINEES: •  Isabella Clarke •  Julian Dennison •  Olivia Deeble •  Poppy Starr Olsen WWE superstar John Cena returns to host! We can’t wait to see him get slimed again! CHOICE FACT: The first Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice A wards took place in 1988! Find out who’ll take the awards at the Kids’ Choice Awards Monday…

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC Style: Fighter Publisher: Bandai Namco Price: $99.95 Dragon Ball FighterZ Gameplay: Wow YAKs – this is the Dragon Ball game we’ve always wanted! FighterZ is one of the most accessible fighting games we’ve ever played – the combos are easy to learn, the movements required aren’t complicated (you never need to do anything with the D-Pad that is more complicated than a quarter circle), and the Story Mode teaches you how to pull off all the coolest tricks! The fights are three-on-three, and you can use assist moves and switch characters during fights, or pull off phenomenal combos. There’s a cool story mode where you rescue all the game’s heroes from rogue clones, a cool Arcade mode, and plenty of multiplayer options to keep you…

STUDIO SECRETS Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata. Its first official film was Laputa: Castle in the Sky. The Studio Ghibli offices are also the home of Ushiko, a black and white cat, who can be found wandering around the studio and sleeping on the rooftop garden. The one place Ushiko won’t go is Miyazaki’s workspace! Studio Ghibli is named after an Italian airplane, the Caproni Ca.309, whose nickname was “Ghibli”, which means “Desert Wind.” To make sure there wouldn’t be any changes or edits made to Princess Mononoke, Studio Ghibli sent Miramax Films a samurai sword with the message “NO CUTS.” It worked! GET TO KNOW MIYAZAKI! Hayao Miyazaki works from 11am t o 9pm every day, including Saturdays and holidays!…

Move over, Sherlock Holmes. Take a hike, Batman. There’s a new detective in town: Pikachu!!! ON THE CASE! While searching Rhyme City for his missing father, Tim Goodman meets a detective who decides to help him solve the mystery! Also, the detective is a talking Pikachu! CRIME TIME! Tim’s missing dad isn’t the only mystery you’ll need to solve! You’ll have to catch a crook and return a stolen necklace! POKÉ-FACT! Detective Pikachu was originally released in Japan in February 2016! POKÉ-F ACT! Pikachu was never meant to become Pokémon’s mascot! A HELPING P AW! With Pikachu’s help, you’ll be able to solve puzzles, discover clues and save the day! BIG CASE ON THE BIG SCREEN! There’s a Detective Pikachu film on the way! It’s written by Alex Hirsch, who…

SHRED IT UP! Grit Elite Scooter Stockists: www.activeoutthere.com.au SWEET RIDE! Razor HoverTrax Stockists: Razor.com.au Target (online), Big W (online), Pushys (Online), Toys R Us, Toyworld (Mr Toys) NINJA POWER! Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel 5” Action fgures Stockists: Toys R Us A REAL MOUTHFUL! Watch Ya’ Mouth Stockists: Available from good independent toy retailers GET UP AND DANCE! Dancing Clock Stockists: Smiggle JURASSIC POP! Jurassic Park – Tyrannosaurus Rex Pop! Vinyl Stockists: Popcultcha.com.au, JB Hi-Fi, EB Games MORPHIN’ TIME! Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Morpher Stockists: Toys R Us STYLE TIME! Universe Flip Watch Stockists: Smiggle BUILD’N’PLAY! Skeletown Creator Pack Stockists: Big W, Mr Toys THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN Watch Ya’ Mouth Throwdown Stockists: Available from good independent toy retailers…

Nintendo Labo Gets Creative With Cardboard! Nintendo continues to amaze us – the Nintendo Labo will do cool new things with the Switch! Labo contains cardboard devices you can build and use – one of the first two kits lets you dress up as a huge robot and smash through buildings, while others let you build fishing rods, pianos, and more, then use them for games! Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery Sends Us Back to School! We’re pretty excited for the upcoming mobile Harry Potter RPG adventure, YAKs! This game will actually be set BEFORE the events of the books and films, so you’ll be a Hogwarts student before Voldemort came back! You can go to classes, make friends, cast spells, and solve a huge mystery later this year! Xbox Games…

Platform: Switch Style: Racing Publisher: Microids Price: $79.95 Gear Club Unlimited Gameplay: There aren’t many serious racing games on Switch just yet, but Gear Club Unlimited is a good fit if you want a game where you can tweak and change your cars! As you move through the map unlocking new events and buying new cars, making sure that you stay at the top of the pack means taking your car in for a new motor, wheels, and more! Upgrading your car is a lot of fun, which is good because this is a fairly simple racing game – it’s plenty of fun, but not as good as Forza or Gran Turismo! Still, we found that once we made our cars super fast we really enjoyed sliding around corners and…

Hero Academy 2 This turn-based strategy game reminds us a lot of Clash Royale, but it’s different enough to stand out! You lay down cards to summon units and try to outmanoeuvre your enemies, so you’ll need to be seriously strategic to get through. You can take on your mates online too! iOS/Android, Strategy, Free SCORE 8/10 Super Fancy Pants Adventure This is a pretty fun platformer that you’ll have to put serious time into to get good! It’s all about building up speed and chaining together moves, but the level designs are super cool so it’s worth putting in the effort to get good! It controls well on a touch screen too! iOS, Platformer, $7.99 SCORE 8/10 Blocky Racing Blocky Racing is a simple racing game that’s definitely iOS/Android,…

MAP OF THE MONTH  GOLDEN RETREAT CREATED BY SWIFTBEATZ CRAFTY FACT : The longest Minecraft tunnel was 10,502 blocks deep! It takes 10 minutes to walk its entire length! Argh, me hearties, set sail for a pirate adventure with this swashbuckling map! Hang out on your very own pirate ship and raid the landlubbers town for their treasure! CRAFTY FACT: The longest Minecraft marathon lasted an epic 35 hours, 40 minutes and 2 seconds! Mark Walls-Sawchuk streamed his attempt live on a TV streaming service and the money raised was donated to his favourite charity. The map was inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean movies! Spawn some mobs and see how long you can protect the town and your ships from them! SKIN OF THE MONTH CRAFTY FACT :…