Sneak peek
-List of Mario and gaming memorabilia here
-List of Games, systems, and more here
-List of Books and Mags here
-Images of some of the above Google Drive folder
-Link to Gallien-Krueger 2000 catalog (personal scan)
-Link to Gallien-Krueger 2007 catalog (personal scan)
-Link to Jackson 2000 catalog (personal scan)
-Link to Jackson Performer Series catalog (personal scan)
-Link to Jackson AX/S Series flyer (personal scan)
-Link to Charvel San Dimas catalog (personal scan)
-Link to Jackson Stars 2008 catalog (personal scan)
Click for my personal album of guitars and basses (Drive). Please note that most of these images weren't meant to document anything initially, just images I took at the time so excuse poor camera work. See the album for individual comments.
Here (Drive folder)
Direct link to spreadsheet of specs (on hiatus) HERE Guests can add comments there also.
Megapage. (Luigi is Mario's Queen/ Big Trouble in Neo Bowser City/ Beta Chemistry/ The 100,050th Koopa Troop drafts)
-Here is what I refer to now as 'FF2', the only fic I've taken down from my profiles online. Be aware I edited and improved the story all during 2020 and 2021, up to very early 2022 when I started fresh and created what is now referred to as 'Redux', or sometimes Redux 2022. (See My Works Tab) Normally I do not operate that way, but this was a rare instance where keeping both up would confuse some or detract from what I think is the better later version. Note: Sorry for small formatting errors
Click here in the archives for the summary of FF2 and the archive under than for links to external supplementary material.
Fun fact: I recently rediscovered even older versions of the chapters below. Some paint a different story at moments. Though the latest edits, or better yet the new 2022- Redux is better, if you are curious click here for a folder with all the oldest chapters.
Extra works with ideas that never went far enough to garner a strong identity.
Credits to wackko200 or Latisha Banks as I just learned, where a lot of the iconic art came from.
This was a Mario fan site thriving in the early 00s when I found it. Like how many others feel, it was super fun to waste time there reading the fan-fiction (or fun fiction and scribbles as was their terminology), play games, look at the art, checkout the contests, reviews, even dip into the forums. I was 'super_stanly' there, a reference to Stanley the Bugman. I was aware of that character due to the Neglected Mario Character sprite comics, but that's another tale for another day. The review section validated my hate at the time of Super Mario Sunshine, yes I thought it was overrated way back when compared to Mario 64 and thought I was the only one with issues with it. I also tried to mess around on the forums. I don't think made more than a couple of short analphabetic posts before I made someone cry. I have no clue what I said, except that while discussing the matter to another user I got the gender of the person I offended wrong. No, this didn't go the way you're thinking, it was in the 00s after all and Mr. or Mrs. 'FireBall' (I'll never forget it) never saw my slipup anyway. Ultimately I got a wierd impression of the place and joined Nintendoland, discussed below.
I am memorialized here with my four little review submissions. Was I destined to do this regularly? No but here they are anyway, neat little look into by perspectives back when I was starting to get into collecting retro games. Webmaster 'Lemmy' would personally email you and give pointers, as he commented on my improvement in submissions. I still have some of his correspondence printed out. Dated 5/1/ 2009, my grammar and typing is atrocious, but until that point I wasn't online and never typed stories, just write and draw. So embarrassing. Anyway, check it out! Actually don't. Well, if you came this far I can't stop ya.
Guess the time period
Long before the WiiU game, Nintendoland was an old school Nintendo fansite among many. I remember browsing on some of the pages as early as 2003ish and joined the forums right after I made a little mess on the Lemmy's Land forums. (see above) I don't have exact dates, but the name Mechayoshi here predates my using it on Deviantart (though I've gotten that backwards at times because I was definitely inspired by a now deleted user 'MechaBowser' there.) I'm guessing 2009, right before my house upgraded from dialup internet. I will cheat a bit and link to here, some tumblr posts consolidating a few things. Note that that black layout below is the revision which lasted only for a year or so, expunged all of our history from the old site, and never went anywhere in general. Besides being friends with a few of them on the Nintendo Online Service and knowing of a Discord, I don't have much else new to add. This is here for posterity, a missing piece of my early online presence.
(click for bigger) Yes, that's me probing on that right top corner.