Table of contents for March 2018 in Mania

Street Fighter Celebrates 30 AWSM Years! Street Fighter is 30 years old now, and to celebrate you’ll be able to pick up the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection in May! It includes the original Street Fighter, five versions of SF2, plus every SF Alpha game and all versions of SF 3! That’s 12 different Street Fighter games! Stardew Valley Keeps Growing in 2018! Stardew Valley is already enormous – and the best farming game out there – but it’s getting even bigger this year! Not only is it getting a multiplayer mode, but there is a new town event coming during winter, new NPC events, and heaps of new decorations! There will be other tweaks coming too, to make Stardew Valley even cooler! Switch overtakes Wii U in sales! By…

Platform: 3DS Style: Party Publisher: Nintendo Price:$59.95 Mario Party: The Top 100 Gameplay: Mario Party’s back on 3DS, and while we really wish this game was on Switch instead we’re happy to have these cool minigames to take on the go with us! This collection brings together 100 mini-games from previous Mario Party games and puts them all together onto one cart, then lets you play them against the computer or your mates. This isn’t like a standard Mario Party game, though – there are no boards to go through or stars to collect, you’re just playing the different mini-games! A lot of these games are great, but we wish there was more to do than just play them over and over – the single-player modes are pretty simple and…

iOS/Android, Sport, Free Big Bash Cricket Cricket season is winding down now, but you can keep it going a bit longer with this app! It’s a little easy – we found we could whack sixes and bowl out the other team without having to try too hard – but that’s still pretty satisfying, and it’s totally free! SCORE 7/10 iOS/Android, puzzle, $7.99 Gorogoa Gorogoa is a pretty tricky puzzle game, but it’s also super cool and looks amazing! You have four ‘frames’ on the screen, and you need to solve puzzles to progress – for instance you can pull a door from one frame into another so that you can go through it! It’s hard to explain, but Gorogoa is super cool! SCORE 8/10 iOS/Android, Runner, $4.99 Sonic Runners Adventure…

Get ready for hours of fun with this EPIC Minecraft amusement park! FUNLAND 3 CREATED BY SUPERPISH CRAFTY FACT : You can craft a Mojang Banner using an enchanted golden apple or another kind of banner (and any dye you use will colour it). There are 36 roller coasters! Try not to puke! There are 26 other rides and attractions available, and a ton of places for you to explore! Get ready to splashdown with the 17 different water rides! CRAFTY FACT: If you name any mob “Dinnerbone” or “Grumm” using a nametag or a renamed spawn egg it causes it to turn upside-down! SKIN OF THE MONTH VEGETA (CREATED BY ESTEBAN3005) Become a Super Saiyan! CRAFTY FACT : If you search “excitedze” in the Recipe book, your language switches…

STEP 1 Look at the stairs and assess how much speed and distance you will need to travel. STEP 2 Roll up to the stairs with the right speed and use a bunny-hop to jump! STEP 3 Jump over the stairs gap and spot your landing. STEP 4 When landing make sure you bend your knees to take the impact and roll away. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO WEAR A HELMET AND CRASH PADS! WARNING: DON’T EVER JUMP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY STEPS THERE ARE AND WHAT’S AT THE BOTTOM OF THEM. START BY JUMPING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WITH THREE TO FOUR STEPS. WANT TO PRACTICE YOUR TRICKS ON A WIKKID NEW RIDE? WIN YOUR OWN SCOOTER ON PG. 37! FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT…

SPEED VHS Ryan Beitz from the USA has collected over 3,000 VHS tapes (they’re what people used to watch movies on before DVDs). Here’s the thing, though: it’s 3,000 plus copies of the same movie, Speed, staring Keanu Reeves! Ryan wants to collect EVERY single VHS copy in the world. SLINKY If you asked Susan Suazo from the USA what her favourite toy is, it shouldn’t be surprising if she says it’s the slinky. She currently holds the world record for the largest collection of the toy, with over 1,050 different slinkys in her coiled collection! BAGPIPES There is no instrument more annoying than the bagpipes, but that hasn’t stopped Danny Fleming from collecting over 105 of them! He’s been putting together this collection since his first lesson when he…

FANCY ‘N’ FURRY! Aaron Franks really loves his dogs. He spent the last two years building a mini mansion for his four pitbulls. There’s a tiny pool, luxurious napping cushions, hanging ropes and chewy toys they can play with! Now that’s what we call AWSM! YOU’RE KITTEN ME? A YouTuber wasn’t sure what to name their brand new kitten, so they decided to let the kitten decide for itself! They laid out 10 bowls of food, each with a different name attached. The kitten picked its name by picking which bowl to eat from. It chose the name Fireball! I DO DOG! While Marília Pieroni and Matheus Gomes Martins were getting married a stray pup wandered into the ceremony and decided to take a nap on the bride’s veil. The…

MANIA: What is the Annoyatron? MICHAEL: “It’s basically an electronics kit designed to teach kids how to code. It’s like LEGO, but for coding. It’s also super annoying!” MANIA: What’s the best thing it can do? MICHAEL: “It really depends what you want to do! I like the cricket. You stick it in a dark room and it makes a cricket noise. It’s equipped with a light sensor so when someone turns on the lights to try and find it, it stops making the noise!” MANIA: How did you come up with the idea? MICHAEL: “When I was getting started with coding there wasn’t really much out there. I wanted to make something easier for kids like myself to get into coding. My first project was the cricket sound.” MANIA:…

THE GAME In the year 2045, everyone is in the OASIS, a huge online virtual reality simulation where anything is possible! When the OASIS’s creator, James Halliday passes away he broadcasts a message around the world revealing that he has hidden an Easter Egg inside the game. THE OASIS The OASIS is loaded with info from every videogame, movie, cartoon and TV show! Your in-game avatar can just about do whatever it likes. It could even wear Iron Man’s armour while wielding a lightsaber and riding in the Batmobile. Just like in a videogame you can gain experience points to level up and discover new items! THE EGG To find the Egg, players need three hidden keys (Copper, Jade and Crystal) to open three gates. Once they reach The End,…

PANTHER POWER! Discover the secrets of Wakanda and join the superpowered Black Panther on his latest adventures! 13 AWSM Avengers will score a Black Panther prize pack containing an activity bag, colouring and activity book, giant activity carry pad, sticker activity book, deluxe colouring and activity book, Black Panther: Beginnings and the movie novelisation! LIGHT SPEED! Razor Sparks might look like normal scooters but they’re anything but! With light up wheels, LED lights embedded in the deck, and a Spark Bar that creates a blazing trail of sparks as you ride, these scooters are a sight to behold! Seven stylish MANIACs will score a Razor Sparks 2.0 scooter. DETECTIVES AND SPIES! Get ready to solve some crimes with the most unlikely heroes possible - a group of high-tech toys that…

Platform: PS4 Style: Design Publisher: Sony Out: Mid-latea 2018 Dreams Dreams is an amazingly exciting PS4 game – it might be the most impressive ‘build your own game’ tool ever released on a console! This is from Media Molecule, the folks behind LittleBigPlanet, but it takes everything so much further – you can draw your own stuff, make music, design environments, and work in heaps of different play styles. There will be a single player campaign too, and you’ll be able to download the games other people make online. It’s looking AMAZING, YAKs – it’s one of 2018’s hottest PS4 exclusives! Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Style: Platformer/shooter Publisher: Capcom Out: Late 2018 Mega Man 11 Mega Man is back again, with a cool new visual style, a slight…

Platform: Xbox One, PC Style: Platformer Publisher: Microsoft Price: $49.95 Super Lucky’s Tale Gameplay: Super Lucky’s Tale is a fun new Xbox exclusive platformer starring a fox named Lucky! Super Lucky’s Tale is clearly based on classic 3D platformers, like older Mario games, Crash Bandicoot, and Banjo-Kazooie, but it doesn’t quite live up to those classics. There are four worlds to explore and lots of levels within each of them, and there’s heaps to see and do if you want to go deep! We enjoyed the variety in the level designs, and all the standard running and jumping you’d expect in a platformer game is done well here! We really like the way Lucky can burrow underground to find treasure and solve puzzles, and his double jump and spin attack…

Platform: 3DS MARIO PARTY: THE TOP 100 Unlock every minigame When you start the game, only 55 of the 100 games are unlocked. To unlock the rest, you need to play all through Mini Game Island, which makes you play through all of them! This will only take a few hours, so make sure you do it before jumping into multiplayer with mates! Mini Game Island Hard Mode Beat Mini Game Island to unlock a harder mode to play through! Master CPU difficulty Collect all 300 mini stars on Mini Game Island, by winning every single game, to unlock a harder CPU difficulty. Platform: 3DS POKÉMON ULTRA SUN/ULTRA MOON Evolve into non-Alolan forms There are three Pokémon from generation 1 that evolve into distinct forms in Alola – and now,…

BORING, OLD LIFE! Mary Smith is a normal girl, living with her great-aunt in the English countryside! But everything changes when she follows a mysterious colour-changing cat into a nearby forest and discovers a strange blue plant called the Witch’s Flower! WHICH FLOWER? It’s called the Witch’s Flower because it can give you magical powers (or increase your magic if you’re already a witch). The flower only blooms once every seven years, and even then it is super rare. Every witch want’s to get it! SPELL SCHOOL! With her new magical powers, Mary is whisked away on a magic broom to Endor College, a secret school for witches! It turns out that when it comes to magic, Mary is a once-in-a-century talent! ENCHANTED EDUCATORS! The college is run by the…

WELCOME TO BRONZE CITY! After attacking a giant armoured monster, Dug ends up in Bronze City! It’s the height of technological advancement (for Dug at least)! There’s only one rule: no cavemen allowed! Now Dug needs to figure out how to escape and not have his mind blown by everything new that he sees – like showers! MEET DUG! He’s the most enthusiastic dude in his tribe. His faithful pet hog, Hognob, is always by his side. He loves a good adventure and is about to go on his biggest one yet! THE VILLAIN! important thing since sliced The ruler of Bronze City, Lord Nooth thinks he’s the most bread (which was only invented last week)! He might live in Bronze City but what he really loves is gold! He…

AGE: 32 BIRTHDAY: December 19, 1985 FROM: Enfield England CLUB: Melbourne City FORMER TEAMS: Birmingham City, Leeds United (Premier League teams, UK) CAREER GOALS: 26 MANIA: What’s your career highlight been so far? NEIL: “When I was a kid, I just wanted to be a footballer, so being able to follow my dreams and play at the highest level has been a highlight for me.” MANIA: What part of your game are you most happy with? NEIL: “My passing, I feel like I have a good passing range and good distribution, as well as good vision to see a teammate or to pick out a pass.” MANIA: What have you been working on a lot lately? NEIL: “Strengthening my back! I’m spending a lot of time in the gym and…

BURNIN’ RUBBER! Rev Racerz Zero G Burn & Turn Track Stockists: Big W, Target, Woolworths, Mr. Toys, Kid Stuff, Toys “R” Us. SUPER SQUISHY! Super Brain Putty Stockists: Kmart WATER FIGHT! Bunch O Balloons Stockists:Kmart, Target, Big W, Toys R Us and Rebel Sport. BIG LITTLE BATTLES! NanoVerse Stockists: Mr. Toys, Toys “R” Us and colorific.com.au SO GNAR! Grit Extremist Scooter Stockists: Available from independent retailers; www.gritscooters.com.au MORPHIN’ TIME Power Rangers Super Ninja Deluxe Battle Gear Stockists: Toys R Us DESPICABLY GOOD! Despicable Me Mineez Stockists: Big W, Kmart, Toys R Us, and Myer. SUMMER TUNES! Beach Sounds Stockists: www.sunnylife.com.au…

Platform: PS4 Style: Racing Publisher: Sony Price: $99.95 Gran Turismo Sport Gameplay: Gran Turismo has always been the go-to series for racing fans, and this PS4 version still feels absolutely brilliant when you’re on the road! It’s not as big as Gran Turismo 6 was, but it feels more focused – the 162 cars are all fun to drive, and we love the track designs, including a mix of real-life locations and fictional tracks made for the game! This version of Gran Turismo is built around online play (in fact you need an Internet connection to play it), so it’s a great one to play with your mates, and you can learn a lot about driving from racing around these tracks! Gran Turismo Sport was lacking in modes when it…

MANIA: How did you get into building LEGO sculptures? RYAN: “I started back in 2007 just building models for fun. I did some work with the LEGO company, and before I knew it I was doing more work with them. It became a full time career in 2011.” MANIA: Do you collect LEGO sets? RYAN: “Not really, I much prefer to build! I do have a few sets that were only given out at very special occasions. I keep them well under lock and key.” MANIA: How do you plan a build? RYAN: “We do a lot of research before we start a model, along with a lot of drawings and math! I’ll do quite a lot of volume and surface area calculations that help estimate how many bricks are…

ROWAN TREE : Building a cradle from the wood of a rowan tree was thought to protect your baby from evil magic! SAGE : Eating it was thought to make you immortal. ELDER TREE : Each elder tree was thought to be the home of a witch! LADY’S MANTLE : The dewdrops that form on its leaves were believed to help turn metals into gold! OREGANO : Thought to bring good luck wherever it grows! MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER IS THE FIRST FILM FROM STUDIO PONOC! WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR NEXT FILMS!…

WELCOME TO WAKANDA On the outside, Wakanda seems to be a normal African country but this is a front used to hide that it is the most advanced country on the planet! The Black Panther is both the king and protector of this hidden kingdom, keeping the balance between Wakanda’s tribes and making sure none of its secrets are spread to the outside world! HEAVY METAL Wakanda is built on a giant deposit of vibranium, a rare metal that is nearly indestructible and super light! Most of their tech involves the metal in some way. Cap’s shield and Vision’s body are both made from vibranium! MANIAC THEORY: The Soul Stone is the only Infinity Stone we’re yet to see. We think it’s hidden in Wakanda, which explains why we see…