Inhaltsverzeichnis für November 2019 in Mania

Taylan, VIC Hi MANIA! This is a drawing of a Lion. I hope this scares you!!! Howdy Taylan! You scared us big time! We love the pic! Pokéballs are not for you, instead you like outside. I think that my shoulder is the place you like to ride. Kidnapped lots, you end up zapping all your foes. And winning lots of battles with your lightning refl ex toes. Come with me for lots of fun in many different regions. How long have we been friends for? Is it 20 different seasons? Until the fi nal end; we’ll always be best friends. Benjamin, SA Hi MANIA, I love reading your mag, especially the game reviews! Here’s a poem about my favourite Pokémon. Can you guess which one it is? That brought…

THE THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO TOYLINE THE WHOLE LOT! The new line of Thunderbirds Are Go figures and vehicles is as massive as it is marvellous! Team MANIA check ‘em out! NOW LOOK AT THIS! MOTION TECH VEHICLES The Thunderbird 1 and the Thunderbird 3 make AWSM sound effects when you zoom them around the place! Whoosh! THESE ACTION FIGURES ARE AWSM! 12” FIGURES The 12” figures are awesomely articulated and ready for battle, complete with boss accessories! CHECK THESE OUT! RESCUE MISSION & 3.75” FIGURES These vehicles and figures are the best at acting out heaps of cool Thunderbirds Are Go scenarios! Thunderbird 2 features a radical retractable claw and zipline for dangerous rescue missions just like this one! Thunderbird 4 has a WIKKID drill which releases when you pull…

FRANKIE COSMOS STATS Name: Greta Kline Age: 25 From: New York, U.S. Guitar: Peachy-yellow fender telecaster Music label: Sub Pop Fave song atm: Blues Run The Game - Jackson C. Frank Fave artist atm: Lomelda Years playing music: 19 Can play: Guitar, bass, piano, drums THE COSMOS CREW The Frankie Cosmos band is led by Greta on vocals and guitar and songwriting duties, with Lauren Martin on synth, Luke Pyenson on drums, and Alex Bailey slapping da bass! FRANKIE’S FAMOUS FAM Greta’s fam are all over showbiz! Her dad is Academy Award winning actor Kevin Kline, her mum Phoebe Cates is an actress, singer and model, and her brother Owen is an actor and director! MANIA: WHERE’D YOU GET THE NAME FRANKIE COSMOS? Greta: “It stemmed from a random nickname…

Luigi’s Mansion 3 takes place in a brand new mansion... and this one’s huge! When he goes on a nice resort holiday with Mario, Peach and some toads Luigi thinks he’s gonna have a relaxing trip. But when ghosts start appearing Luigi will have to save the day again! LUIGI The reluctant hero of Luigi’s Mansion 3. Even after having beaten a battalion of boos twice before he’s still no braver! But at least he know’s what he’s doing... right? With the help of some ghostly friends Luigi can surely take on any and all antagonistic apparitions! GOOIGI Luigi + goo = Gooigi! Back from his little appearances in the previous Luigi’s Mansion games on 3DS comes a fully-fledged gooey dude. Gooigi is the coolest addition to the game and…

‘Snake, snake,’ yelled Anton. Christopher shot out from behind the car. ‘Where?’ he yelled. ‘Where?’ ‘Oh,’ said Anton mockingly. ‘My mistake. It’s only a stick. Sorry.’ ‘You ratbag,’ said Christopher. They began pushing each other. ‘Boys,’ said their mum, Pat. ‘This is not the time—’ A loud blast from the train’s horn drowned her voice. The small steam engine shunted its way to the other end of the single carriage. It contacted the boxcar with a clang. The train was preparing to leave. At that moment a tiny dog trotted up the steps. The locomotive let out a burst of steam. The dog, startled, ran quickly to the edge of the platform and disappeared under the boxcar. ‘Did you see that?’ yelled Christopher. He bent over and peered into the…

BENNY’S STATS Name: Ranger Benny Bradley Job: Wildlife Supervisor Bday: December 5 From: England Lives: West Gippsland, Victoria Hidden Talent: Stick fighting & singing (not at the same time) BENNY’S WEIRDEST ANIMAL PICK The Aye-aye is the world’s largest nocturnal primate and has a very peculiar feature; long creepy fingers, with one extra long and thin middle finger. It uses these fingers to pluck tasty bugs from the inside of trees! MANIA: HOW’D YOU BECOME INTERESTED IN WILDLIFE? Benny: “I’ve had passion for adventure since I was a child and would search for all types of wildlife. As I got older I would often come across snakes on my adventures so I decided to learn how to capture and relocate them and absolutely loved it! From there I just wanted…

Platform: Switch, PC Style: Platformer Publisher: Nnooo Price: $22.50 Gameplay: This new Australian-developed platformer is pretty hardcore! It’s a platformer mixed with a roguelike, so you’re running through random levels, jumping over obstacles, and using a handful of different abilities to reach the end and collect as many collectables as you can! It’s pretty tough, but we found that we didn’t mind having to play through levels over and over to beat them. The little robot dude you’re playing as has some killer moves, including an incredible triple-jump, to help him through! It feels a bit like a 3D Mario game at times, except super-duper difficult! You’re really going to have to push yourself to get through some of the later levels, but it’s worth sticking with. There are even…

COLTON’S STATS Name: Colton Eichelberger Age: 23 From: Illinois, U.S. Started Monster Jam: 2014 TRUCK’S STATS Name: Maximum Destruction Max Power: 1500 HP Wheel Size: 66-inches Tire & Wheel Weight: 645 lbs (293 kgs) Weight: 12,000 lbs (5443 kgs) MANIA: HOW’D YOU GET INTO MONSTER JAM? Colton: “I started off riding freestyle motocross. I have always been a big air adrenaline junkie and knew Monster Jam was my ‘next level.’ I tested at Monster Jam University and passed and started my training process!” MANIA: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM MONSTER JAM? Colton: “Unexpected is the definition of Monster Jam: crazy big air, crashes, tricks! It’s a great event for the family and for fans of all ages.” MANIA: WHEN DID YOU FIRST DRIVE A CAR? Colton: “At 10 years old.”…

Bubble Bobble Is Coming Back! Super retro series Bubble Bobble is getting a new lease on life on the Switch! Bubble Bobble 4 Friends is due in November and will feature four-player arcade gameplay. Bubble Bobble is an 80s favourite, with super tricky platforming and lots of enemies to take down with your bubble-blowing powers! Sony Buys Up Spider-Man Developer! Last year’s AWSM Spider-Man game was made by the incredible folks at Insomniac Games, and Sony was so happy with it that they’ve officially bought the team! Insomniac Games will now make games exclusively for PlayStation, and we bet we’ll see another Spider-Man game on the PlayStation 5! Shovel Knight is Getting a Boardgame! Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels is the official board game of the popular indie! The game raised…

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC Style: Racing Publisher: Milestone Price: $79.95 Gameplay: The MXGP series is back for another huge racing game! If you like dirtbike racing, this one’s got a great control system – you have full control over your brakes and how you’re leaning, so you can really dig in deep and master this one if you put the time in. The big change here is the new ‘Playground’ mode, where you can drive around to your heart’s content, and even make and upload routes for other players to try out online! Beyond this there’s an updated season mode, plus a character creator and some general improvements on last year’s version of MXGP. The various dirtbike games on PS4 and Xbox One all play very similarly, though, and…

Platform: PS4, PC Style: Arcade Publisher: Hi-Bit Studios Price: $25.95 198X brings together bits from a bunch of old arcade classics – except that these are actually new games, designed to look like 80s hits! There’s a beat-em-up, a space shooter, a driving game, a ninja game and a mini-RPG to play through, all with cool retro graphics! It’s got a cool style, but it’s also way too short - we finished the game in an hour and a half, so don’t expect anything that will keep you going longer than an afternoon! HOT! Some fun retro challenges! NOT! It’s too short! MANIA SCORE  6/10 GAMING FACTOID Super Mario Bros 2 is a reskinned version of Japan-only game Doki Doki Panic!…

MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3 Platform: Switch Unlockable characters Most characters in MUA 3 unlock by playing through the campaign, there are also four characters that you’ll need to beat the Infinity Challenges to play as! Beat the Gamma Infinity challenges (recommended level 30) to unlock Electra. Beat the Psi Infinity challenges (recommended level 38) to unlock Magneto. Beat the Sigma Infinity challenges (recommended level 45) to unlock Loki. Beat the Lambda Infinity challenges (recommended level 65) to unlock Thanos. Playing through these challenges is also a great way to level up faster! DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 Platform: Switch, PS4 Room recipes Once you get a little way into DQB2, you’ll want to build up different rooms - here are a few of our favourite ‘recipes’ for different rooms! Barracks: four…

HAT KID Our hero Hat Kid is here to save the day! After time falls apart our hat-wearing hero must travel the timescape in order to collect it before it falls into the wrong hands! A HAT IN TIME IS BACK! The game finally reaches the Nintendo Switch and MANIA is real excited to play it on the go! OLD-SCHOOL INSPO Gear for Breakfast, the developers of A Hat In Time took inspiration from classic 3D adventure games like Banjo-Kazooie, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64 and Spyro! MUSTACHE GIRL Look out for Mustache Girl! This hairy-lipped lady seems friendly enough, but MANIA HQ spies tell us that she might be hiding a shady secret... A HAT IS A HIT! A Hat In Time is a huge success story…

FASTEST TIME EATING A BOWL OF PASTA! RECORD HOLDER: Michelle Lesco COUNTRY: USA DATE: September 18 2017 THE RECORD: Michelle, who’s a maths teacher ate a bowl of pasta in 26.69 seconds! She also holds the record for ‘Fastest time to eat a hot dog with no hands’ (21.60 seconds) and most mayonnaise eaten in three minutes (2.448 kg)! LARGEST SOAP-BUBBLE BOTTLE AND WAND! RECORD HOLDER: Mat ě j Kodeš COUNTRY: Czech Republic DATE: March 25 2018 THE RECORD: Mat ě j’s huge bubble set was 1.38m tall! He also holds the record for most soap bubbles blown in one minute - 1257! LARGEST WHOOPEE CUSHION! RECORD HOLDER: Matt Funk & Lee Burgess COUNTRY: USA DATE: August 5 2017 FACT: Matt and Lee’s whoopee cushion was a whopping 7.62 metres!…

Q: What’s a light-year? A: The same as a regular year, but with fewer calories! Einstein developed a theory about space, and it was about time too! Q: What did the astronaut say when he crashed into the moon? A: I Apollo-gise! Q: What happened to the astronaut who stepped in chewing gum? A: He got stuck in Orbit! Q: What do planets like to read? A: Comet books! Q: What is an astronaut’s favourite key on the keyboard? A: The space bar! Q: Why did the cow go in the spaceship? A: It wanted to go to the MOOOOOOOOn! Q: What do you call a loony spaceman? A: An astronut! Q: How do you organise a party in space? A: You planet! Q: Where are black holes most commonly…

A PLETHORA OF POKÉMON Dan has voiced a big bunch of Pokémon since his time working on the show. His biggest Poké-roles inlcude Treecko, Lombre, Slaking, and even the legendary monsters Mewtwo and Entei! DAN’S STATS Professional Name: Dan Green Real Name: James Hadley Snyder Years in show biz: 26 Bday: February 7 From: California, U.S. Stars as: Yugi Moto, Yami Yugi, Knuckles the Echidna, Treecko Favourite anime: Akira MANIA: WHEN DID YOU GET YOUR START IN SHOW BIZ? Dan: “I guess it was probably back in 1994. I was doing theatre at the time and was understudying the actor Robert Sean Leonard and I got to take over for him. So within less than six months of graduating from college I was able to perform on Broadway in a…

Platform: Switch, PS4 Style: Builder Publisher: Namco Bandai Price: $79.95 Gameplay: Wow – this sequel to Dragon Quest Builders takes everything to the next level! Dragon Quest Builders 2 takes everything we loved about the original and makes it bigger – there are whole towns of people that you can rope into helping you build now! This time you’re teaming up with Malroth, an evil-looking dude who can help you collect resources, and the game is generally bigger and easier than the first one - weapons don’t degrade anymore, for instance! There’s heaps to see and do as you explore the game’s multiple huge islands, and you can build some really impressive structures then share shots of them online. You can even unlock a cape that lets you float around…

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Style: Arcade Shooter Publisher: The Arcade Crew Price: $25.95 This is a SUPER old-skool experience – it feels exactly like an old arcade shooter, right down to the difficulty and the fact that you can run out of lives! It’s not as ultra-hardcore as some of those older games, but we still found ourselves dying heaps – you really need to pay attention and have quick reflexes! This is heaps of fun though, with some cool enemies to fight off and co-op so you can blast through it with a mate! HOT! Really fun in short bursts! NOT! Too old-skool for some! MANIA SCORE  7/10…