12-10-2019, 12:54 AM
Hey, how's it goin'? You can just call me Lycan. 'Been a fan of this website for a long while now, but only just got around to becoming a member. I could be wrong, but my gut tells me I might be one of the oldest people around here.
My love for the Mario Bros. began at the tail end of the 1980's, when I was just barely 2 years old. My cousins had an NES with Super Mario Duck Hunt which I loved playing, and the Super Mario Bros. Super Show had begun airing. During the early to mid 90's, I had been suckered into buying a Sega Genesis rather than an SNES, but that proved to be merely a temporary setback. I'd reconnected with Mario & Luigi and their mushroom world by the turn of the millennium and I haven't let go of them since. Er, so to speak.
While I have no qualms with Charles Martinet, and his voice acting is most certainly endearing, my preferred voices for the Mario Brothers will likely always be Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells. Perhaps it's nostalgic bias, but I always preferred them as down home Brooklyn boys rather than fresh off the boat 1st generation immigrants.
As you may have read in my first official graphics upload, I am an unironic fan of Toad. Something that I'm sure will earn me no shortage of teasing. What is it I like so much about the character? Well, for starters, he's a pint sized mushroom man. It's delightful! I couldn't help but be drawn to playing him in SMB2! Not to mention Princess Peach for her handy floating ability. The second part is his attitude. Or at least the one I was exposed to growing up via the DiC cartoons. He's a wise cracking, no guff taking tough guy. But he also has an endearing childish side to him.
A very close runner up for my favorite character would definitely be Yoshi. Specifically the green one. Need I say more?
Well, that's about all the detail I can go into without giving you my autobiography. Which wouldn't be all that interesting anyhow. I realize this is a family friendly forum and will do my very best in filtering myself and contain my temper. I hope to make friends out of many of you while I'm here.
My love for the Mario Bros. began at the tail end of the 1980's, when I was just barely 2 years old. My cousins had an NES with Super Mario Duck Hunt which I loved playing, and the Super Mario Bros. Super Show had begun airing. During the early to mid 90's, I had been suckered into buying a Sega Genesis rather than an SNES, but that proved to be merely a temporary setback. I'd reconnected with Mario & Luigi and their mushroom world by the turn of the millennium and I haven't let go of them since. Er, so to speak.
While I have no qualms with Charles Martinet, and his voice acting is most certainly endearing, my preferred voices for the Mario Brothers will likely always be Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells. Perhaps it's nostalgic bias, but I always preferred them as down home Brooklyn boys rather than fresh off the boat 1st generation immigrants.
As you may have read in my first official graphics upload, I am an unironic fan of Toad. Something that I'm sure will earn me no shortage of teasing. What is it I like so much about the character? Well, for starters, he's a pint sized mushroom man. It's delightful! I couldn't help but be drawn to playing him in SMB2! Not to mention Princess Peach for her handy floating ability. The second part is his attitude. Or at least the one I was exposed to growing up via the DiC cartoons. He's a wise cracking, no guff taking tough guy. But he also has an endearing childish side to him.
A very close runner up for my favorite character would definitely be Yoshi. Specifically the green one. Need I say more?
Well, that's about all the detail I can go into without giving you my autobiography. Which wouldn't be all that interesting anyhow. I realize this is a family friendly forum and will do my very best in filtering myself and contain my temper. I hope to make friends out of many of you while I'm here.
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