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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:18 am Reply with quote
Then, Bowser will stick one of these onto the Postmaster Toad himself, who will then be folded up and sent to Mario's house with a threat written on him.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:33 am Reply with quote
Ah, philately. Quite possibly the original otaku hobby, characterised as it is by limited-edition goods produced with niche markets in mind.
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Wandering Samurai



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:23 am Reply with quote
Old school designs, you don't see Mario and crew like that at all these days.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:13 am Reply with quote
"Mushroom Postal Service. Priority: You." Wink
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:48 am Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
Then, Bowser will stick one of these onto the Postmaster Toad himself, who will then be folded up and sent to Mario's house with a threat written on him.


There's our Paper Mario joke for the day. XD
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:14 am Reply with quote
Wandering Samurai wrote:
Old school designs, you don't see Mario and crew like that at all these days.


This style actually DOES show up from time to time in promotional art and in art for re-releases of 8-bit and 16-bit Mario games. I was pretty amused when I got a Club Nintendo pouch and it came with a postcard-sized thank you note with artwork of the major Mario characters in this style, including newer characters like Bowser Jr. and Rosalina.

Ever since then, I've seen this style come up often enough that I'm sure there is someone at Nintendo always on hand to draw Mario stuff like this.

belvadeer wrote:

There's our Paper Mario joke for the day. Anime hyper


Good, I was actually not expecting someone to get it. (I also want to believe that's Parakarry in the upper middle, but I know it isn't.)
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LadyKuzunoha



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:48 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
Wandering Samurai wrote:
Old school designs, you don't see Mario and crew like that at all these days.


This style actually DOES show up from time to time in promotional art and in art for re-releases of 8-bit and 16-bit Mario games.


Not only that, they've used that round portrait of Peach (at the bottom right) at least once before, as her character select portrait in Super Mario 3D World. The only difference is the color of the background.
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:30 pm Reply with quote
LadyKuzunoha wrote:
Not only that, they've used that round portrait of Peach (at the bottom right) at least once before, as her character select portrait in Super Mario 3D World. The only difference is the color of the background.


Oh yeah, that's right, I forgot about Super Mario 3D World using this style here and there. That was pretty unexpected, so I'm surprised at myself for forgetting about it.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:35 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
Good, I was actually not expecting someone to get it.


Paper Mario: Color Splash at least gets some credit for having a memorable opening scene. : )
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Heaven's Cloud



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:50 pm Reply with quote
The correct term is "postmark" or "cancellation", not "processing stamp".
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