Innehållsförteckning för February 2017 från Mania

MANIA HQ What an epic month it’s been at MANIA HQ! This month we preview the coolest superhero movies coming out in 2017 and beyond! One of them is LEGO Batman and it looks amazing! If you didn’t get enough cool gear for Xmas we have you covered with a spectacular prize haul. Dig in and see what you can win! CAPTION COMP! What do you think he’s saying? Cut out and send in your captions for your chance to win an awesome mystery prize! EMAIL Dom: dbayley@nextmedia.com.au LIKE US! FACEBOOK.COM/MANIAMAG MANIA 197 CAPTION COMP Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards NSW 1590…

FEEL THE FORCE WITH STAR WARS PEZ, OUT NOW! Q1: WHEN YOU GET MAD YOU: A) Breathe and calm down B) Just fight Q2: YOU ARE LOSING AN ARGUMENT – HOW DO YOU WIN? A) With logic B) With shouting Q3: IF SOMEONE HURTS YOU WHAT DO YOU DO? A) Stand up for myself while protecting the innocent! B) Get revenge immediately of course! Q4: A STRANGER HAS BEEN ROBBED – WHAT’S YOUR PLAN OF ACTION? A) Help them as best I can! B) Not my problem! Q5: WHAT’S YA RIDE LIKE? A) Sleek slim and fast with lasers B) Large with heavy twin blaster cannons Q6: YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR IS: A) Green B) Red Q7: YOUR LEGO STARSHIP BREAKS – WHAT DO YOU DO? A) I just rebuild…

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From: Melbourne, Australia Finishing Move: Murphy’s Law (Running brainbuster) Achievements: One-time NXT Tag Team Champion MANIA: How did you get into wrestling? BUDDY: “The first time I watched WWF RAW, right from the opening credits I was hooked. I was always a big fan, so I joined a school to train and worked my way up through the ranks of the Australian scene." MANIA: Was there a particular match that made you want to start wrestling? BUDDY: “My fondest memory was Kane's debut when he ripped off the door during a Hell In A Cell match. It was the coolest thing ever!" MANIA: You dressed up as Two-Face recently. What inspired that? BUDDY: “I've always been inspired by comic-book characters. I just wanted to show a different side of Murphy…

FAST FACTS •  The five Thunderbird pilots were named after real life NASA astronauts from the Mercury program: Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom and Gordon Cooper. •  When Jeff Tracey and Brains were building the Thunderbirds they ordered parts for the ships from different manufacturers spread around the world so no one would figure out what they were doing! •  Thunderbird island is somewhere in the South Pacific – so keep your eyes pressed to the plane window if you are flying to a tropical holiday – you just might find it! MANIA: Were you a fan of the original Gerry Anderson show? DAVID: I’m not English so it wasn’t part of my childhood and I was a bit too old for it when it came back…

GET TO KNOW YOSHI WITH HIS FAVES! MOVIE: Harry Potter TV SHOW: Fox Sport Shoot Out – or any soccer show FOOD: Burgers VIDEO GAME: FIFA 17 SUPERHERO: ME! MANIA: Which A-League players did you meet and what were they like? YOSHI: “All of the players were great! I’ve always been a fan of Tim Cahill (Melbourne City), of course! Hanging out with Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar) at the launch event was so much fun. I went flying in a helicopter over Sydney City with Bernie Ibini-Isei (Sydney FC) and hung out with Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix) and played football on Mount Victoria.” MANIA: If you could have any super power, what would it be? YOSHI: “I would love to have super speed powers…so I could be really fast!” MANIA:…

Pokémon Sun/Moon Gameplay: It’s so good to have a new Pokémon game in our hands, and we reckon this is one of the best ever! Sun and Moon do some cool new things – gym battles are out, replaced with ‘Trials’, and the game seems a bit more challenging to us! Sun and Moon feel more focused than previous games – there’s heaps of cool stuff to do, but most of the game is about moving forward and getting stronger, while filling your Pokedex up with cool new monsters! We love the Alola forms of classic Pokémon – especially our super-colourful Muk – and exploring the different islands of the new region, Alola, is a total blast. There are some very cool new Pokémon, and lots of small changes to…

Mario Party Star Rush Mario Party has come to the 3DS! While we prefer playing games like this on console, this is a pretty cool on-the-go version of Mario Party, with some great single-player modes that never make you wait for the computer to take a turn! Mario Party is always at its best when you play with mates, but this is still pretty fun! There are fewer mini-games than we would like, but the games that have been included are great, especially the big crazy boss fights! HOT! Party on the go! NOT! Mario Party is better on console! MANIA SCORE 7/10 Platform: 3DS Style: Party Publisher: Nintendo Price: $59.95 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Xenoverse 2 takes all the cool things about the previous Xenoverse game and ramps them…

EVERYTHING IS… NOT SO AWESOME! Batman is Gotham’s #1 crime fighter, and can defeat any bad guy he faces! The only thing he can’t defeat is crippling loneliness because he doesn’t know how to make friends. Maybe his new sidekick Robin, his loyal butler Alfred and Commissioner Gordon will help? JOKES ON YOU! When the Joker breaks EVERY villain out of Arkham Asylum and takes control of Gotham, Batman might need a hand! Can Bats learn to work with a team or will the Joker have the last laugh? FIRST APPEARANCES! Robin was only supposed to appear in one issue! But that issue sold twice as much so they decided to keep him! The Joker was only supposed to appear in one comic as well! BATLLIONAIRE It would cost $300…

FRIENDS FOREVER! Want to get your Type: Null to evolve into an AWSM Silvally? It needs a high level of friendship to evolve, so equip it with a Soothe Bell (you can find one on Route 3) and feed it its favourite Malasada. BE HAPPY! There’s an easy way to increase your Pokémon’s happiness. Have two TMs that your Pokémon can learn.Teach it the first move, then make them forget that move to learn the second TM. Start a cycle of learning/unlearning the two TMs over and over. You’ll have to do it a couple of times (it’ll take around 10 minutes) but eventually you’ll max out their happiness! GOTTA HATCH ’EM ALL! Need an egg hatched ASAP? Have a Pokémon with the Flame Body or Magma Armor ability in…

HOT WHEELS:CRISS CROSS CRASH PRICE: $49.99 • AVAILABLE FROM: KMART, BIG W, TARGET, TOYS R US AND INDEPENDENT RETAILERS OUR THOUGHTS PROS ✔ AWSM car crashes, need we say more? ✔ It’s a lot of fun trying to get as many cars onto the course as possible (our record is four!) CONS ✘ Watch out for flying cars when they crash! ✘ Getting the timing right when adding cars can be a bit hard and frustrating. RATING: 4.5/5 KIDIZOOM DX SMART WATCH PRICE: $89.99 • AVAILABLE FROM: TARGET OUR THOUGHTS This AWSM gadget is a watch and mini-tablet rolled into one! You can use it to take some wikkid photos and video.You’ll feel like a super spy taking sneaky audio recordings too! It also comes loaded with some fun games…

Wii U Ends Production! The last Wii U consoles have rolled off the production line, and Nintendo won’t be making any more! This means that Nintendo is now totally focused on the Switch and the 3DS, but if you still want a Wii U, don’t panic – there should still be some available in stores right now! World’s Cutest Game Gets Film Adaptation! Neko Atsume, a mobile game about collecting heaps of cats, is getting a film adaptation in Japan! The film will be about a young author who is having a hard time writing until he becomes mates with a local cat. If it’s anything like the game, there’ll be loads of cute kitties for him to chill with! Zelda Gets An Escape Room! Escape Rooms are AWSM real-life…

Overcooked Gameplay: Even if you’ve never cooked anything before, Overcooked will make you want to get in the kitchen and see what you’ve got! In Overcooked you need to put together meals in different kitchens by slicing up ingredients, cooking them in the pan, and cleaning dirty dishes as they come through. In single-player mode you do this by switching between two different chefs, but the real fun is in the co-op mode, where everyone with a controller can join in! The game supports up to four players, but you can’t play it online. Add a point to our score if you regularly play games with family or friends, cos this game is a real riot in multiplayer when you’re all trying to work together! Some of the kitchens are…

15. Pokémon Go (mobile) Pokémon Go may have been very simple, but we couldn’t stop playing for months – we still want to catch ‘em all! 14. Star Fox Zero (Wii U) Star Fox Zero takes a while to grow on you, but playing it for a second time is SUPER fun! 13. Pokken Tournament (Wii U) We loved this Pokémon fighting game more than any other fighter released this year – we hope there’s a sequel on the Switch! 12. Forza Horizon 3 (XB1) Drive around the Aussie outback in the year’s best-looking racing game! 11. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS) Just like Kirby, this game is short and sweet. It has a super cool ending! 10. Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4) We spent 2016 super excited about Gravity Rush 2…

STEP 1: Ride towards the ramp, pushing hard. Lean forward with your knees bent to get more speed. STEP 2: As you go up the ramp, lift your front wheel up by pulling your handlebars up while your arms are straight. STEP 3: While in the air bend your knees and start to spin the handlebars to the left. Using your right hand turn the bars towards your body, then with your left hand grab the bars by crossing it underneath with your other hand. STEP 4: Continue to spin the bars clockwise until they’re straight again. Land across the ramp with your back wheel first. STEP 5: To finish the trick, lean back into the ramp by turning your front wheel with your arms and roll away. LETTING GO…

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Star-Lord and the Guardians are back! We’re gonna meet Star-Lord’s dad Ego, who is a mysterious, cosmic being. Something tells us their reunion may not go over so smoothly (Yondu did say he was a “jerk”). What else can we expect to see the GotG get up to in the new movie? Something good, something bad? A bit of both? All we know is that we’re super excited to finally listen to Awesome Mix Vol. 2! WONDER WOMAN Meeting Wonder Woman was one of the coolest parts of Batman V Superman, so we’re super excited to see her wreck shop in her first solo movie. It’s set during WWI and will show Diana taking up the mantle of Wonder Woman for the first time.…

COLLECT ‘EM ALL! We love cracking open a fresh pack of Ooshies to check which AWSM new figures we’ve gotten, and trading them around with our mates at school. But collecting them all takes time. If only there was some kind of prize you could win featuring a ton of Ooshies. Oh wait, there is! Two incredibly lucky winners will score an Ooshies prize pack containing 12 Marvel Series Two seven figure packs and 12 Justice League Series Two, seven figure packs. SURE SHOT! Load up your foam darts, MANIACs, because there’s some creepy crawly bugs that need blastin’. And the best way to do that is with your AWSM arsenal of X-Shot blasters! 14 extreme YAKs will win an X-Shot prize pack containing an X-Shot Rapid Fire, X-Shot Eliminator,…

World of Final Fantasy Gameplay: If you’re after a lighter adventure than the usual Final Fantasy, look no further than this! World of Final Fantasy is an odd RPG where you ‘stack’ your characters on top of each other to create crazy combinations in battles – it’s a system unlike any we’ve seen before! This is a HUGE RPG experience, where you get to build up a massive party and explore the world of Grymoire. You even unlock the ability to bring in heroes from old Final Fantasy games, like Cloud from FF7, to help you out! You can level up your companions, which you’ll need to do to beat some of the tricky later dungeons. The story in this game isn’t as amazing as some of the other Final…

Steamworld Heist This was an excellent game on consoles, and it’s also a super great fit for phones! This is a turn-based strategy game where you travel through space with a team of robots, fighting other robots and levelling up your characters and abilities. It’s heaps of fun, but also pretty difficult! iOS/Android, Action, $10.99 SCORE 9/10 Mikey Jumps The latest game in the Mikey series is pretty difficult – we lost count of all our mistimed jumps! Mikey runs automatically, and you tap the screen to have him jump over obstacles and enemies at first – but then as you go you unlock heaps of new abilities. This is frustrating sometimes, but also fun! iOS/Android, Endless Runner, Free SCORE 7/10 PEZ Play This PEZ game is seriously sweet! There…

MANIA: How did you discover that you’re really good at making funny voices? JOHN: “When I started doing them and cracking people up. When I started to do it on stage in front of people, that’s when I knew I was in the right place.” MANIA: Do people on the street recognise your voice? JOHN: “Every once in a while someone does. It always freaks me out when it happens.” MANIA: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve done, or happened to you, while recording a voice? JOHN: “When recording Futurama there were times where I’d start laughing and ruin takes. They gave me a pillow that I could laugh into to stop ruining them. It was the Laughing Pillow!” MANIA: Do you prefer playing the hero or the villain? JOHN: “The…

WINDU STYLE STEP 1) Hold the lightsaber straight out from your side. STEP 2) Move it in a big circle around your head. STEP 3) When it’s about your left shoulder (or right if you’re left handed), turn your hand over and bring it around your back. STEP 4) When it comes to the middle, turn your hand over again in the same direction. The lightsaber should trace a small circle in front of you. STEP 5) Bring the saber back up above your head and around your back until it’s back in the start position. WANT TO ENROL IN AUSTRALIA’S VERY OWN JEDI ACADEMY? CHECK OUT SONSOFOBIWAN.COM FOR MORE INFO!…