Tabla de contenidos para May 2016 en Mania

THE TEAMS: OUR PICK TEAM IRON MAN War Machine Black Widow Black Panther Vision TEAM CAP Winter Soldier Hawkeye Falcon Scarlet Witch Ant-Man THE BATTLES Captain America VS Iron Man Of course the two team leaders are gonna duke it out with one another! Iron Man’s tech gives him a slight upper-hand in a fi ght, but Cap’s training combined with his Super Soldier abilities means that he’s no pushover! It’s a hard one to pick, especially since they’re such close friends. Winter Soldier vs Black Panther Winter Soldier is an expert assassin who has been trained to win at any cost (and his robotic arm is sure to pack a punch). We haven’t seen much of Black P anther, but he’s known to have some serious fighting skills that…

1) How do you spend your weekend? a) Trying to squeeze in some video game time b) Playing sport c) Studying for that test next week d) Doing your homework e) Listening to music 2) Favourite movie? a) Back to the Future b) Rocky c) Star Wars d) Anything with cowboys e) The Avengers 3) Favourite colour? a) Blue b) Black c) Yellow d) Red e) Black & red – I can’t decide! 4) Favourite type of music? a) As long as it’s good, I dig it b) Rock, played loud c) Anything electronic d) Dark and brooding metal e) Hip-hop 5) Favourite video game? a) Super Mario 3D W orld b) The latest FIF A game c) Minecraft d) Assassins Creed e) Super Smash Bros 6) How do you…

GROOVY MOVIES! Do you love Scooby-Doo and superheroes, but can’t choose which you love the most? Good news, you don’t have to! You get the best of both worlds with this mysterious and action-packed prize. Ten heroic MANIACs will win a DVD prize pack including: Be Cool Scooby-Doo Season 1 Part 1, Scooby-Doo: Moon Monster Madness, LEGO DC: Cosmic Clash and Justice League Vs. Teen Titans. EGG-CELLENT TOYS! Hatch your favourite Disney Pixar characters with the new Hatch N Heroes figures, which transform from egg to hero in a few easy steps. Ten lucky MANIACs will receive an egg-citing prize pack containing Hatch N Heroes of Toy Story’s Buzz, Woody and Bullseye, along with Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars. WILD SCIENCE! If you’re a mad scientist in training or…

SAUCE PRANK First, thread a piece of red string through the lid of an empty sauce bottle. Tie a paperclip to the end of the string that’ll be in the bottle (this will keep it weighed down and won’t let the string slip out). Go up to your mates and pretend to squeeze the sauce on them! Watch them freak out over nothing! CHANGE THE CHANNEL Want to rule over the TV but don’t know how? Place a bit of electrical tape over the end of the TV remote. Make sure the tape is the same colour and size as the end of the remote so it isn’t obvious when someone tries to use it. WARNING: This prank can backfire if you forget to set the TV to a channel…

Ultraman Game Looks AWSM! We just got word of a new game coming to the PS4 and Vita in Japan called ‘City Shrouded in Shadow’. You play as a regular dude who has to survive in a town as it gets attacked by giant robots and monsters, like Ultraman and Godzilla! Let’s hope for an Aussie release! Sonic Hits The Big Screen! Sega and Sony are working together on a Sonic movie, which will mix CGI and real-life footage to capture the world’s fastest hedgehog hanging out with human mates! The movie isn’t due out until 2018 – we reckon time’s gotta go fast so that we can see it as soon as possible! New Pokémon, New Game? Recently Nintendo unveiled Magearna, a new Pokémon that will be in an…

LEGO Marvel Avengers Gameplay: Time for another LEGO game, YAKs! This one takes the two Avengers movies and mashes them together, and then adds a few levels from other Marvel movies! You get to control the entire team, plus several other cool characters, like Agent Coulson, Nick Fury and Maria Hill! The gameplay will be familiar to anyone who played LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, but this is based around the movies rather than the comics, complete with voice clips from the actors! This is the same mix of block smashing, puzzle solving and enemy clobbering from most of the other LEGO games – it’s not as cool or inventive as LEGO Dimensions, but if you like these characters you’ll still have a fun time! As usual, there’s HEAPS to do…

Thumb Drift Thumb Drift takes the coolest driving trick there is – drifting corners – a game out of it! This is a pretty simple game, but it’s really colourful and lots of fun – sliding around corners and collecting coins is tricky and addictive! Plus you can play for free without being hassled to spend! iOS/Android, Racing, Free SCORE 8/10 Slide the Shakes This is a pretty simple puzzle game, but we have definitely found ourselves playing it quite a bit around Mania HQ! It controls a lot like Angry Birds, but instead of attacking pigs you’re sliding milkshakes across counters. It looks great and feels good when you’re playing, and it puts us in the mood for milk! iOS/Android, Arcade, Free SCORE 7/10 Final Fantasy IX We’d definitely…

STEP 1: The manual is an essential scooter trick. Locking it down will help you nail some harder moves in the future. On a flat surface, start rolling at a nice cruising speed. Moving too fast or too slow can throw off your balance. STEP 2: When you’re ready, lift your front wheel off the ground while keeping the back wheel on the floor. Balance is key to nailing this move. You need to find a sweet spot where your wheel isn’t too high or too low. Do your best to avoid the wobbles! STEP 3: Keep your arms straight and leaning back while performing the trick. This will help you stay balanced. If you do start to wobble out just drop the front wheel and go back to riding…

MANIA: How did you lose your eye? DANGER MOUSE: “Which one? Who says I did? It’s top secret whether I wear an eye-patch because I only have one eye or just because it’s really cool to have an eye-patch!” How did you become a secret agent? DM: “I come from a long line of adventurers/heroes/secret agents. It was inevitable that my awesome skills would end up following in the family line.” How did you meet your trusty sidekick Ernest Penfold? DM: “In one of our adventures ‘The Hamster Effect’ it shows you how we met but due to King Kong Brunel – the time travelling Victorian Gentlechimp messing with time and changing reality - it’s actually hard to say.Tricky thing that time travel.” What’s the best thing about being a…

May 4th is star wars day, and we’ve got some intergalactic tips so you can celebrate it the right way! Want a challenge worthy of a Jedi Master? Spend the entire day speaking only in Star Wars quotes. “Do or do not, there is no try!” Dress up as your favourite character! Throw on some robes to look like Obi-Wan or maybe a black vest if you’re feeling like Han Solo. Before entering any automatic-sliding doors, wave your hand so you look like an AWSM Jedi Master. Obviously you’re going to marathon the entire series. How can you not? But the big question is, in what order are you going to do it? Original trilogy before prequels? Prequels before the originals? Do you also throw in some Clone Wars and…

EDINBURGH CASTLE Edinburgh is thought to be one of the most haunted places in the world! Hundreds of visitors and staff at the castle have claimed they’ve felt temperature drops, and seen mysterious lights, shadowy figures while also feeling they’re being watched. A ghost dog is one of the more frequent sightings! SPOOKINESS RATING: 5/5 PRINCESS THEATRE, MELBOURNE While being lowered through a trapdoor at the end of a performance, Frederick Federici suddenly died of a heart attack. His spirit has been seen occasionally roaming the Princess Theatre, but if you do manage to see him, don’t worry. Spotting him is considered a sign of good luck! To honour him a seat was kept vacant for him on every opening night. SPOOKINESS RATING: 5/5 HIMEJI CASTLE, JAPAN According to Japanese…

PLAYER STATS Age: 21 Jersey Number: 21 Joined CCM: 2012 Position: Defender 2015/2016 SEASON STATS 16 games played 79.8% passing accuracy 35/44 tackles won Q. When did you start playing? MICHAEL: “When I was four years old.” Q. What do you love about it the most? M: “Everything. The thrill I get when playing, the friendships, the opportunity to work in an industry which I’m passionate about, as well as the chance to strive for more and go as far as possible with the game.” Q. All time favourite player/idol? M: “Zinedine Zidane” Q. What makes a good team? M: “A good team is something where everybody has the same common vision, a clear understanding of the teams’ objectives and goals, and aims to be successful as a unified group.”…

Q: What do you call a really rude bird? A: A mockingbird! Q: Why do birds fly south? A: Because walking takes too long! Q: What do you call a crate of ducks? A: A box of quackers! Q: Why did the crow use a telephone? A: It wanted to make a long distance caw! Q: What do you call a bird that loves to steal? A: A robin! Q: Which bird has the worst memory? A: Owls, because they’re always asking “Who?” Q: What does a farmer call an escaped bird? A: A loose goose! Q: When should you buy a bird? A: When it’s going for cheep! Q: Which bird needs to wear a wig? A: A bald eagle! Q: What do you call it when a chicken…

The Legend of Legacy Gameplay: This is a pretty big one, YAKs – The Legend of Legacy is a massive RPG with multiple playable characters and lots of different areas to explore! This game isn’t like most RPGs – there’s not much to the story, and it’s largely up to you to figure out the way forward! If you want a game you can put some real time into, this is a good choice, as long as you don’t mind getting lost sometimes. The game’s turn-based combat is pretty cool – you can choose different formations for your team, and change them each turn to match against whatever your opponents are doing! You unlock heaps of abilities and new attacks as you go, so there’s a fair bit of strategy…

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (PS4) “Hi, I’m Max and I love to play Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on the PS4. The graphics and battles are epic. A truly awesome game!” You’ve hit the nail on the head, Max. Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is awesome! We think it’s super cool that you get to recreate all the best fights from Naruto! Our favourite character to play is Kakashi. Kingdom Rush (iOS/Android devices) “I love Kingdom Rush. It has loads of levels with lots of suspense and risks. Also it’s a good challenge. Please review it! I play it on my iPad mini.” We think Kingdom Rush is one of the best tower defence games out there, Sammy! The cartoon graphics look great! And we always love a…

Dear MANIA, here is a pic of Arlo from the Good Dinosaur. If you haven’t heard of it yet that’s alright. PS. I love your mags. Hi MANIA, I just love your mags. They’re just awesome. African painted dogs are RAD too! We think the Good Dinosaur is great (almost as great as our magazine)! We like how brave Arlo is trying to get home to his family. Thanks for the great pic, Alize! Woah, that’s a scary African painted dog, Carl! Did you know they’re endangered? Hopefully they don’t go extinct because we think they’re rad too! Thanks, Hugh! We think your artwork is rad, AWSM AND cool! We’re glad you like our pranks. We’ve put some more into this issue just for you! Dear MANIA, I really like…

TEEN TITANS GO! AIRING WEEKDAYS @ 5PM FROM MAY 16 ON CARTOON NETWORK Throw on your best cape because the Teen Titans are back with a whole new season of AWSM adventures! When Beast Boy gets stacks of cash from the Tooth Fairy, the Titans hatch a scheme to become rich! The gang also face their greatest challenge: leg day at the gym! Do they even lift, bro? THE LOUD HOUSE AIRING SUNDAY, MAY 1 @ 7.25AM ON NICKELODEON Living in a large family can be chaotic, especially when you’re Lincoln Loud. He’s the only boy in his family - he has 10 sisters! But Lincoln’s always got a plan cooking, whether it’s helping his siblings deal with a problem or trying to get something he wants.…

TALLEST CONSTRUCTION The current Guinness World Record for “Tallest Structure Built With Interlocking Plastic Bricks” is 35.05 metres tall! Using over 550,000 bricks, LEGO Italy constructed this colossal tower in Milan last year . This record is regularly broken, so fingers crossed we see an even higher tower Down Under sometime this year! SET WITH THE MOST PIECES Don’t you hate it when you lose a LEGO brick that you need to finish your masterpiece? Imagine how hard it was for master builders to keep track of every piece needed to complete the Taj Mahal set, which has 5,922 pieces all up! In brick form the iconic Indian landmark is 51cm wide and 41cm tall! OLDEST SET The first LEGO sets were released in 1949, and were called “ Automatic…

In Stereo Top tips for surviving a zombie outbreak? “Stay back and chill out with a team. Be smart, don’t charge in headfirst. And always be aware of how many enemies are around you.” Favourite Plant Vs. Zombie character? Ethan: “The Sunflower. He’s good for team play because he heals everyone.” Jakob: “The Peashooter. He’s really quick and can take so much health away.” Chris: “Citron. He’s really cool because you can turn into a ball and roll around.” If you could team up with any fictional character to survive a zombie outbreak, who would it be? Ethan: “Bumblebee from the Transformers.” Jakob: “John Cena.” Chris: “Ben 10, because he can turn into different aliens to fight the zombies.” Jai Waetford Top tips for surviving a zombie outbreak? “Be in…

Ewan, VIC Hi MANIA! I love to collect stuffed animals. Big ones, little ones – any size, any animal – I love them all! Eli, SA Howdy MANIA dudes. I collect Power Rangers and Transformers! Wow, Ewan! That’s an epic stuffed animal collection. If you get any more you might have to open up a stuffed animal zoo to hold them! Double the collection, double the fun! That’s cool, Eli! Do you have a hard time deciding which collection is your favourite? SWEET COLLECTION, BRO We don’t know if Ralf Schröder takes his tea with sugar, but we do know he’ll definitely take the whole bag of sugar home! He’s been collecting sugar packets since 1987 and owns 14,502 different packets. His oldest packet is from the 1950s. Sugar packet…

Unravel Gameplay: Unravel tells the tale of Yarny, a little dude made entirely out of yarn, who goes out and has adventures! This is the sort of 2D platformer we usually see on Nintendo consoles – lots of fun, full of bright colours and interesting puzzles! Yarny leaves a trail of yarn behind him, which you can use to swing between different places, to pull objects, or even to create trampolines if you tie your yarn to two different points! The puzzles actually get pretty tricky pretty fast – we were scratching our heads for ages, and to be honest some of the puzzles we solved without really working out how we did it! If you want a game that will make you scratch your head a bit though, Unravel…

DID YOU KNOW? The original Naruto manga ran from 1999 to 2014. That’s 15 years and 72 volumes worth of AWSM ninja adventures! The anime is still going with over 660 episodes! HOKAGE NARUTO??? That’s right, Naruto has become the 7th Hokage. His old sensei Kakashi was the 6th Hokage. WHO IS BORUTO? Boruto is the son of Naruto Uzamaki (duh) and Hinata Hyuga. He also has a younger sister named Himawari. WHAT DOES “BORUTO” MEAN? Think Boruto’s name sounds funny? It’s actually the Japanese pronunciation of the English word “bolt.” It’s also a reference to the name of his cousin Neji, which is Japanese for “screw.” LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Due to Naruto’s busy schedule, he doesn’t have much time to hang out with his son. To get his…