Tabla de contenidos para August 2017 en Mania

We’re super psyched to see Spider-Man team up with Ironman in Spider-Man: Homecoming. He’s up against Vulture so it’s bound to be an epic battle. Rate their tech pgs 66-67 and decide who will win yourself! Learn some cool strategies for Nintendo Arms pgs 14-15 and grab yourself a wikkid prize on pg 50! EMAIL Dom: dbayley@nextmedia.com.au CAPTION COMP! What do you think they’re saying? Cut out and send in your captions for your chance to win an awesome mystery prize! MANIA 203 CAPTION COMP Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards NSW 1590 LIKE US! FACEBOOK.COM/MANIAMAG…

Go head-to-head with your mates to see whose car comes out on top! NERF Nitro cars are made out of foam, so you don’t have to worry about accidentally launching them into something and breaking them! Flashfury Chaos launches cars in rapid succession, for maximum mayhem! Create obstacles for your cars to crash and smash into! Set up some plastic cups and then knock them down like bowling pins! Launch them off the ramps for some sick aerial stunts! Longshot Smash is the fastest launcher. You’ll get mega air if you fire it off a ramp! Throttleshot Blitz is a basic but solid launcher! All available from: Big W, Kmart, Toys R Us, Myer, Toy World and Mr. Toys Toy World. RATING: 5/5…

TEEMING WITH LIFE The Great Barrier Reef is huge…but it’s the reef’s huge diversity of marine life and corals that really makes it so special. We went on a four-night snorkelling cruise on Coral Expeditions II. We saw some amazing fish and coral! CRUISIN' FOR A SNORKELLING SPOT  We cruised to three deep ocean reefs. The reefs are made of bommies – outcrops of coral that you can snorkel around and explore. There were so many different coloured fi sh and corals to see. Our fave was the multi-coloured P aradise Reef – it was just paradise! LIZARD ISLAND There are 900 islands on the Great Barrier Reef. We got to explore one called Lizard Island. Captain Cook landed here in 1770 and climbed to the highest point so that…

 Born: 27/12/1990 CATCH ANTON IN ACTION AT MT. BULLER’S WINTER EVENTS! From: Mansfield, VIC. Skiing Style: Ski-cross Achievements: 25th @ Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014 7th @ Ski Cross World Championship 2013 3rd @ Nakiska Ski-Cross World Cup 2012 MANIA: What is ski-cross? ANTON: “You go head-to-head against three other people down a course filled with bumps, jumps and turns. It’s very similar to BMX racing.” MANIA: Is ski-cross hard? ANTON: “It’s a cross between a lot of different types of skiing. It’s demanding on the legs and really high-intensity. It also involves jumps, so you’ll be jumping anywhere between 40ft to 80ft into the air. It depends how big the jumps are and how quick you’re moving. And you’re doing this while racing other people!” MANIA: What’s the fastest…

The Video Game Hall of Fame Gets Bigger! The Video Game Hall of Fame in the Strong National Museum of Play, New York, just added five new games! Halo, Street Fighter 2, Donkey Kong, and Pokémon Red/ Green have been added, joining classics such as Tetris, Super Mario Bros, Pac-Man, The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Space Invaders! Monster Hunter is coming to Switch! Monster Hunter XX has been announced for the Switch in Japan! The game is already out on the 3DS over there – it’s an expanded version of Monster Hunter Generations, with more features and monsters! The 3DS and Switch versions will be compatible, so Switch owners can play it with 3DS owners! More Marvel Games Coming! Marvel has said that videogames are going to be a…

“Hi MANIA. Your mag is my favourite kids’ mag! This is my picture of a Creeper from Minecraft!” Your Creeper is ssssssssuper Jude. Peace out! From the MANIACs! “MANIA is the best mag ever! I hope you like my pix!” We think it’s AWSM, Archie, thanks a million! “I want to be a pro soccer player when I’m older. P.S. I have to buy MANIA every month!” Wikkid! Keep practicing and reading MANIA, Kitty! “I love your mag! It’s so AWSM!” Thanks, Pakin! That’s an AWSM Pokéball! Woah! That’s super cool, Sarah! Spring is a gnarly season to be born! “This is a picture of spring because that’s when my birthday is!” “Check out my drawing of a couch that has everything in the world!” This rocks, Rich! We’ll take…

LIGHTNING ROUND: Spider-Man or Batman? Batman! Star Wars or Star Trek? Star Wars! Summer or Winter? Winter! Burgers or pizza? Pizza! Soccer or rugby? Rugby! MANIA: When did you realise you wanted to be a musician? PETE: “When I first picked up a guitar! I borrowed a friends’ guitar and went to a couple of lessons in my mid-20s.” MANIA: Do you have any advice for surviving long roadtrips? PETE: “Eat healthy. Stay off the ice-cream!” MANIA: What does it take to make the perfect road trip mix-tape? PETE: “Do it on the fly. Whatever you’re feeling at the time.” MANIA: You like to surf; do you have a favourite spot? PETE: “Watego in Byron Bay is beautiful. Overseas you can’t go past the Maldives or Brazil.” MANIA: Any other…

RAD COLOUR FACTS! WHAT CAME FIRST: THE COLOUR ORANGE OR THE FRUIT? FYI, IT WAS THE FRUIT! ORANGE USED TO BE CALLED “GEOLUHREAD” WHICH MEANS YELLOW-RED! CHROMOPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF COLOURS! CONSTANTLY GETTING BITTEN BY MOSQUITOES? THEY’RE ATTRACTED TO DARK COLOURS – ESPECIALLY BLUE! SO CAREFUL WHAT YOU WEAR! THE COLOUR YELLOW CAN MAKE YOU FEEL SICK AND BRIGHT YELLOW IS THE MOST IRRITATING COLOUR! THAT’S WHY YOU NEVER SEE IT IN AIRPLANES! ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS BLUE IS THE MOST POPULAR COLOUR! WHITE, ORANGE AND YELLOW ARE THE LEAST POPULAR! WHOLE LOTTA PAINT! THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAINTED THE SAME COLOUR: INTERNATIONAL ORANGE! IT TAKES 2,158L OF PAINT TO COVER THE WHITE HOUSE! ARTIST MARCO EVARISTTI USED THREE FIRE HOSES AND 3,000L OF BRIGHT RED PIGMENT…

GET UR BENDY BLOCKS! Flexo Building Bricks Beginners Pack Stockists: Mind Games, Mr Toys Toyworld, Toyworld and other good toy retailers REVV THOSE ENGINES! NERF Nitro Three-Pack Foam Cars Stockists: Big W, Kmart, Toys R Us, Myer, Toy World and MR Toys Toy World SMASH IT UP! NERF Nitro Longshot Smash Stockists: Big W, Kmart, Toys R Us, Myer, Toy World and MR Toys Toy World TO THE MINION-MOBILE! Minions Diecast Vehicles Stockists: Big W GAME ON! Shuffe Card Games Stockists: All toy retailers BANANA? Despicable Me 3 Plush Toys Stockists: Big W, Mr Toys and other leading independent retailers SWEET GNAR RIDE! Crisp Inception scooter Stockists: Available from independent retailers, www.crispscooters.com.au SHRED ON THE STREET! Neon Street Rollers Stockists: Big W BAT-TLE MECH! Imaginext DC Super Friends R/C Transforming…

The longest distance travelled through the air on a ski jump is 253.3m. That’s the length of two and a half soccer fields! How long can you ski for? In 2005, Australian Nick Willey skied non-stop for 202 hours and one minute at Thredbo, NSW! That’s eight-and-a-half days and over 1,150km! Afraid of heights? The highest ski jumping hill is Vikersundbakken, which stands at 225m! That’s 2m shorter than the Golden Gate Bridge! The fastest speed reached while downhill skiing is 254.958 km/h. How fast is that? That’s the top speed of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI (2016)! Anton’s favourite TV show is The Simpsons!…

AWW YEAH, DUDE! Nothing beats a lazy day movie marathon, so why not binge on TV’s two greatest slackers: Mordecai and Rigby! So get ready to watch SEVEN whole seasons of Regular Show! Four winners will receive a prize pack containing Regular Show Seasons 1 to 7 on DVD! SHRED HARD! We love shredding up the streets and the skate park with our scooters, and we want you to join our official MANIA Scooter gang! So get ready to own one of the gnarliest rides possible, with a brand new wikkidly AWSM scooter! Four winners will receive a Crisp Inception Scooter. WIN BANANA! We’re so excited for Despicable Me 3 (and why wouldn’t we be?!) and we want you to hop on their AWSM hype-train with us! Choo-choo! Four despicable…

Kirby’s Blowout Blast The next Kirby game will be exclusive to the 3DS eshop, and will contain over 25 stages! Kirby’s moving to the third dimension for this one, so you won’t always be travelling from left to right, and he’ll be able to suck up multiple enemies to unleash huge attacks! You’ll have a time limit and the game will have bronze, silver, and gold performances to aim for, meaning that you might want to play through stages more than once! Platform: 3DS Style: Platformer Publisher: Nintendo Out: Winter 2017 Sonic Forces Sonic Forces is a sequel to Sonic Generations, mixing elements of old and new Sonic to create something AWSM! You’ll be able to make your own characters in this one, choosing from numerous species, which is a…

Rime Gameplay: In Rime, you play a young kid (who could be a boy or a girl, according to the developer) going on a grand adventure, solving puzzles and exploring a mysterious island! You’re not given much information until the end of the game, but it doesn’t matter, because Rime’s a beautiful and mysterious game! There are heaps of puzzles to solve, but they’re mostly simple, which is cool – we were able to finish the game pretty easily but it was still clever and fun! You get to explore heaps of different environments, and if you’re a gamer who loves to dig deep there are loads of cool collectables to seek out! There’s no combat or anything, it’s all about moving forward and figuring out where to go next!…

TRICKS STREET AND VERT SKATEBOARDS MIGHT LOOK THE SAME, BUT THEY’VE GOT SOME IMPORTANT LITTLE DIFFERENCES! STREET If you want to ride on the street but still pop some sweet moves, a street skater will do nicely. These boards are usually between 7.5” to 8” wide. They also have hard wheels to cope with all the different surfaces you’ll be skating on! SPEED: TRICKS: CRUISIN: WANT A COMBO STREET/ VERT SKATER? GET A DECK THAT’S AROUND 7.75” WIDE! VERT If you want to skate around a bit but mostly bust out some wikkid moves at a skate-park, go for a vert. These boards have decks that are wider than 8” inches, making them easier to catch with your feet when you’re landing tricks! SPEED: TRICKS: CRUISIN: CRUISING GETTING THE RIGHT…

1: CHRIS HEMSWORTH 2: THE ROCK 3: ED SHEERAN 4: CHRIS PRATT 5: ROBERT DOWNEY JR. 6: CHRIS PINE A: WEDNESDAY THE PITBULL This dog’s owner is out of this world (and smells like a certain type of tree)! B: BONZO THE PUG Loves to wiggle his tail to his owner’s AWSM mixtapes! C: MONTY AND DART THE CATS These two rescue cats need a healthy dose of iron, man! D: TINA THE PIG Only one actor is worthy enough to own this pet pig! E: HOBBS THE FRENCH BULLDOG This pet pup looks tiny next to his owner! F: GRAHAM THE CAT This cat loves listening to his owner’s sweet tunes! WRITE YOUR ANSWERS HERE!…

HAPPY FEET You’ve gotta keep moving! Keep your opponent on their toes and constantly guessing where you’re gonna dip and dive! Use Ninjara and Kid Cobra’s dashing abilities if you favour speed! WEIGH YOUR OPTIONS Arms have different weights that affect how they move! Lighter weapons don’t go straight! Heavy are slower, but they can knock lighter punches out of the air! FIND YOUR ELEMENT! Every Arm has a different elemental effect! Fire Knock your opponent down while burning them. Electric Stun your enemy and lower their defence. Wind Knock them back with a huge gust of wind. Ice Stun and slow the opponent down by freezing them. Stun Stop your opponent from moving. Explosion  Knock your opponent back with a huge explosion. Blind  Blind your opponent by covering their…

BUORRP! 1 This first chapter stinks! Someone has pooped in the stor eroom. Actually pooped. In the middle of the floor. It’s lying there in the dark, like a lonely, sleeping baby mole. That’s my teacher, Mr Armstrong. He’s standing in the doorway, glaring down at the little poop like he’s going to vaporise it with just the power of his eyes. Mr Armstrong doesn’t look like a normal teacher. He looks like a hairless gorilla who eats puppies for breakfast. Most teachers look a little, you know … wimpy. Mr Armstrong looks like he bends iron bars just to relax. That might sound cool to you. It’s not. Staring at the poop on the floor, Mr Armstrong is turning the colour of a stressed strawberry. Veins pulse in his…

TRICK 1 HOT MARSHMALLOW Hold the spinner between your thumb and index finder and start spinning. Now throw it and catch it between the thumb and index finger of your other hand while keeping it spinning. Repeat this move as many times as you can and as fast as you can. Just imagine you’re throwing a hot marshmallow between your hands. DIFFICULTY TRICK 2 HYPERSPACE JUMP This simple trick is a gnarly one to show off your skillz! Spin your spinner up onto your index finger and balance it there for a few seconds. Now flick your finger up and catch your spinner on your middle finger while it’s still spinning. Now try to flick it back onto your index finger. DIFFICULTY TRICK 3 MOON ORBIT Spin the spinner up…

Jack’s Got Your Back! Swansea Jack was awarded the Bravest Dog of the Year Award after saving 27 different people from drowning! The black retriever spent a decade saving the day by pulling swimmers out of the dangerous River Tawe! A statue was built in his memory! Pickles Scores! In 1966 the FIFA World Cup trophy was stolen four months before the matches started! Luckily , Pickles the dog was on the case! He sniffed out the stolen trophy and found it under some bushes! He was given a big bone as a reward! WIN! We love your AWSM animal pics, MANIACs! So if you’ve got a shot of you hangin’ with your dog, cat, sloth, or whatever, send it in for your chance to win! MANIA 203 PETZ Locked…

STEP 1 LIGHTLY SKETCH AN OVAL SHAPE, WITH A SLIGHT LEAN TO THE LEFT. STEP 2 SKETCH IN GUIDELINES FOR KID PHANTOM’S FACE. THEN SKETCH IN HIS JAW, AND NECK. STEP 3 LIGHTLY DRAW IN HIS FACIAL FEATURES (EARS, NOSE, EYE SHAPE, MOUTH SHAPE, CHEEKS, CHIN). KID PHANTOM HAS A BIG CHEESY GRIN LIKE HIS DAD, THE PHANTOM. STEP 4 NOW THAT THE BASIC STRUCTURE IS THERE, LIGHTLY SKETCH IN KID PHANTOM’S COWL, MASK AND TEETH. OH! DON’T FORGET HIS FRECKLES! STEP 5 CAREFU›Y RUB OUT THE ROUGH GUIDELINES. FINISH YOUR DRAWING, USING INK PENS OR MARKERS OVER THE LINES. NOW COLOUR! KID PHANTOM HAS A PURPLE COSTUME, JUST LIKE HIS DAD, BROWN FRECKLES, AND WHITE EYES ON HIS MASK. NOW DRAW YOUR OWN! CHECK OUT THE KID PHANTOM COMICS…

AFL Evolution Gameplay: AFL Evolution brings the classic Aussie game to the current generation consoles for the first time! We loved seeing all our favourite teams and stadiums on the screen – James felt pretty excited when his team, the Adelaide Crows, walked out to their song! We found the gameplay a little frustrating in places though, and it doesn’t have the same flow to it as something like FIFA! It’s super hard to take a mark if you’re being checked, and it can be quite glitchy – a few times our team walked out at the start of the match and went right through the boundary wall! The ‘pro tour’ mode, where you play as one character, is a bit better, but you spend a lot of time without…

Digimon: Next Order Digimon: Next Order isn’t as good as Cyber Sleuth was, but we reckon Digimon fans will still have some fun with it! You get to train your Digimon while you adventure with them, evolving them, feeding them, and looking after them, so you might end up feeling pretty attached to your monsters! The combat system is very simple though – you issue ‘commands’, but don’t actually get to control your Digimon. This is a big game, and pretty tricky, so it won’t be for everyone! Platform: PS4 Style: RPG Publisher: Bandai Namco Price: $89.95 HOT! Lots of cool Digimon! NOT! Probably won’t excite non-fans MANIA SCORE  7 /10 Ultra Street Fighter 2: The Final Challengers This new version of Street Fighter 2 for the Switch is just…

TECH SPECS PRODUCTION: 2018 COUNTRY: Italy TOP SPEED: 201 mph, (325 km/h) MAX POWER: 640 HP (470 kW) @ 8,000 rpm ACCELERATION: 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 2.9 seconds PRICE: $274,390 US ($367,985 AU) GEARBOX: Seven-speed dual clutch gearbox LDF (Lamborghini Doppia Frizione) Huracán is Spanish for Hurricane, making this car a real force of nature!…

SPIDER-MAN SCORE: /5 HI-TECH SUIT DESIGNED BY TONY STARK SCORE: /5 UNDERARM WEB-WINGS FOR GLIDING SCORE: /5 SPIDER-DRONE THAT HE CAN USE FOR SNEAKY SURVEILLANCE SCORE: /5 WEB-SHOOTERS THAT CAN FIRE 576 DIFFERENT WE›ING COMBOS SCORE: /5 ENHANCED ABILITY TO SENSE DANGER SCORE: /5 SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH, SPEED AND REFLEXES THE VULTURE SCORE: /5 AN EXO-SUIT BUILT FROM STARK AND CHITAURI TECH SCORE: /5 CULLING INTELLECT SCORE: /5 RAZOR SHARP WINGS SCORE: /5 HIGH-POWERED FLIGHT BOOSTERS SCORE: /5 BEAM GUN. STRONG ENOUGH TO SPLIT A FE› Y IN HALF SCORE: /5 POWERFUL TALONS THAT CAN TEAR THROUGH METAL FIND OUT WHO WILL WIN IN SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMINGTM – IN CINEMAS NOW! RATE EACH SKILL OUT OF FIVE AND ADD YOUR RESULTS UP AT THE END!…