Foreman Spike

 

Predating Super Mario Bros. debut by a month or two, Mario and his brother Luigi would find themselves in one last foray as blue-collar workers before diving headfirst into the Mushroom Kingdom. This time, they were part of a demolition crew, destroying a construction site while the site’s foreman and his crew worked against them.

This foreman went by the name of Spike. He was a gruff and grizzled worker, with a big beard and a crew of living wrenches and men in eggplant suits at his beck and call. He would only appear once more after this game, in a sequel entitled Wrecking Crew ’98, wherein he forms an alliance with Bowser to build a number of high rises to block out the sun over the Mushroom Kingdom.

As a playable character, Spike will be heavy and strong, preferring sheer muscle over tactical work. His Eggplant Men and Gotchawrenches will also accompany him, letting him summon them to the stage and then mostly running around of their own volition. His moves will include his hammer and tools, make use of his workers on the stage, and will generally represent the Wrecking Crew games as a whole.

Likelihood rating: Piranha Plant clause

Arcade Games

ARCADE GAMES

Today, let's cover the remaining arcade games. We've already covered the Mario Kart and Mario Party arcade games, and now, I'm going to do the rest in one lump post, as none of them really add enough to the property they're based on to be worth all the trouble.

First up, we have Crazy Kong, a sorta kinda bootleg version of Donkey Kong licensed by Nintendo when the original game's supply did not match up with its demand in the wake of its smash success. After that, we have Vs. Wrecking Crew, Vs. Super Mario Bros., and Vs. Dr. Mario, basically the same as the original games, but set up to be two-player. Then we have a slot machine with Donkey Kong imagery plastered all over it.

Luigi's Mansion is mostly a simplified arcade version of Dark Moon, which gives you basic control of the vacuum and strobe light as ghosts from that particular game zip around. Super Mario Fushigi no Janjan Land is a coin-shooter game, where players have to shoot coins at certain areas to make Mario perform certain actions. Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever and Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom are coin pushers (like the Mario Party games) based on Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. Finally, we had two simplified versions of the Mario and Sonic games, for Rio and Tokyo respectively.

And there we have it! Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario/Jumpman: jump, klaptrap, cement, box a cake, bomb, juggling, hockey, trampoline, diving, bucket, rowboat, spray

Luigi: trampoline, boxing

Peach: cooking

Yoshi: eat food, hammer, hold up manhole

Donkey Kong: barrels, juggle, balance on barrel, hockey

Donkey Kong Jr.: climb vines

Bowser: oil

Wario: defend statue

Waluigi: box

Stanley: spray

Bullet Bill

Lakitu

Boo

Fly Guy

Paratroopa

Stages:

Cement Factory

Bakery

Bombs Away

Circus

Arcade Cabinets

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's go over a few . . . educational games!