Table of contents for #182 in Mania

Ahhh whoooooo! Are you feeling a little spooky yet MANIACs? It’s nearly Halloween and to get you shakin’ in your boots we’ve got a howlin’ Halloween choose your own adventure - enter the MANIA Haunted Mansion pg 30 if you dare! Plus, crack LOLs with our hilarious Halloween memes, pgs 40-41! There’s a huge LEGO pullout poster for you too! Wikkid times! EMAIL Dom: dbayley@nextmedia.com.au CAPTION COMP! Caption this picture and send in your caption for your chance to win a mystery prize! Send entries to: MANIA 182 CAPTION COMP Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards NSW 1590 TWEET US! @MANIAZINE LIKE US! FACEBOOK.COM/MANIAMAG…

Q: Why was Yoda such a good gardener? A: Because he has a green thumb! Q: What did Luke say when he was reading a book about Force levitation? A: I can’t put this book down! Q: Why did Anakin Skywalker cross the road? A: To get to the Dark Side. Q: What is Jabba the Hutt’s middle name? A: The Q: What do you call Chewbacca with chocolate stuck in his hair? A: A chocolate chip Wookiee! Q: Where do Gungans store pickles? A: Jar jars Q: Where does Luke Skywalker go shopping for new lightsabers? A: The Darth Maul! Q: What do you call a Sith who won’t fight? A: A sithy!…

1. Jake’s buddy Finn is getting hassled by gnomes. What would he do? A. Suck the pesky gnomes into his stomach! B. Grab ‘em and put ‘em back in the fire pit! C. Turn into a hand and slap them into the sky! 2. How would Jake flirt with the big, ugly, bald tree witch? A. Transform into a massive muscly dudebro! B. Tell her he’ll get her a spaghetti dinner! C. Make her some algebraic macaroni art! 3. Jake and Finn just cleared their Dad’s dungeon! How would they describe Dad? A. “Cool!” B. “Rhombus!” C. “Crazy, crazy old man!” 4. Crystal Tree Trunks is trying to make Finn her Crystal King! What would Jake do? A. Boot her in the stomach! B. Hurl a big ol’ boulder at…

CAT BEHAVIOUR: RUBBING ITS HEAD Cat MEANING: MY FACE IS RANK - IT’S BATH TIME! I’ve got a cracking migraine human? CAT BEHAVIOUR: STARING FOR A LONG TIME Cat MEANING: I’M THE BOSS, MOVE ALONG NOOB! If I was a lion you’d be breakfast? CAT BEHAVIOUR: WINKING ONE EYE CAT MEANING: CHILL BRO, WE BE BEST BUDS! I’m really a pirate? CAT BEHAVIOUR: TURNING SIDE ON CAT MEANING: YOU’RE FREAKING ME OUT DUDE! Check out my rad stripes? CAT BEHAVIOUR: UPSIDE DOWN WITH FOUR PAWS UP! CAT MEANING: FANCY A ROUND OF BOXING BRO? I’m tired! Time for some shuteye? CAT BEHAVIOUR: PARTIALLY HIDDEN BEHIND SOMETHING CAT MEANING: I AM TOTALLY INVISIBLE! YOU CANNOT SEE ME! I’m a ninja?…

Platform: 3DS Style: RPG Publisher: Nintendo Out: Early 2016 Yo-Kai Watch! If you like Pokémon, Yo-Kai Watch is one to keep an eye on! You’re collecting creatures in this game too and using them in battles, but it’s a little different – you need to feed them food they like before battles, and the Yo-kai are haunting people rather than wandering around harmlessly! There will be heaps of different Yo-kai to catch, train and evolve, and if it does well we’ll see sequels too – there are already three Yo-Kai games out in Japan! Platform: Wii U Style: Party Publisher: Nintendo Out: Late 2015 Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival If you’re a keen Animal Crossing player, this Wii U party game will let you use the new Animal Crossing amiibo to…

Platform: Xbox One, PS4, PC (3DS coming soon) Style: Platformer Publisher: Capcom Price: $22.95 Mega Man Legacy Collection Do you like games that give you a huge challenge to overcome, YAKs? Well, here’s six of them in one package! Honestly, we could barely even finish one level in any of them, but we had a fantastic time trying! This is a game for any YAKs out there who spend a lot of time gaming – ask your mum and dad if they loved Mega Man when they were younger, because they might be able to show you how it’s done! HOT! Six games in one! NOT! It’s SO hard – you’ll need to be a gaming expert! MANIA SCORE 7/10 Platform: 3DS Style: Puzzle Publisher: Ubisoft Price: $39.95 The Smurfs…

Judd, NSW Minecraft (PS4) “I play Minecraft on PS4. I’m creating my very own city and can even build portals from my bedroom!” RHETT Yo Judd! Awesome Minecraft building skills bro! Building a city gets massive cred from us dude! Well done! Riley, QLD Minecraft (PS4) “I really like playing Minecraft. I also want to get LEGO Jurassic World for my PS4!” DOM LEGO Jurassic World is pretty rad Riley! We especially like how you can collect your own DNA and make your own dinos! Nicholas, NSW Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don’t Know! (PS3) “I love this game because you get to save the Candy Kingdom by exploring the mysteries surrounding a massive secret royal dungeon deep below the Land of Ooo!” LAURA We totes agree, Nic!…

Wikkid letters and awesome artworks from radical MANIACs! Rad Pokémon drawing Stephan! We love how you picked all different types to draw. We like your Tentacruel drawing the best because water Pokémon are the coolest! Which is your favourite type? Awesome drawing of Pac-man Oliver! Are you looking forward to the new Pixels movie? The part in the trailer where Pac-man almost bites his master’s hand off really makes us LOL! Hi MANIA, I hope you like this picture I made of my house. I love MANIA, it’s the best magazine ever! Send in your letter with your best drawing, poem or painting, plus a photo dudes! What’s up Julian? Totally rad pic of your house! You went into a lot of effort to cut and paste the different shapes…

MANIA: Why did you decide to make a double EP? UC: “We were only going to make one but we had all these old songs that we wanted to re-record, so we ended up with too many songs for an EP but not enough for a full album!” MANIA: How did you come up with the title Tales From The Sea? “It’s the idea of adventure. The songs were written through a lot of ups and downs like we had gone through a sea of madness” MANIA: Fave sea creature? UC: “I’m a big fan of sea turtles. I lived in Hawaii when I was young and I used to go swimming out in the bay with the sea turtles!” MANIA: What makes a great rock song? UC: “It’s energy!…

FROM: Lucerne, Switzerland NICKNAME: The Swiss Superman HEIGHT: 6’5” WEIGHT: 105 kg SPECIAL MOVES: The Neutralizer, The Cesaro Swing MANIA: Fave match you’ve had this year? CESARO: “My second match on Raw with John Cena. We really took each other to the limit!” MANIA: Which superstar was the hardest to swing? CESARO: “The Great Khali! He’s so tall and heavy , that getting him off the ground took an explosive amount of strength!” MANIA: You’ve wrestled all around the world, what countries are left on your list to compete in? CESARO: “I would really like to go to New Zealand! I’ve also never been to Africa, so any countries there would be really cool.” MANIA: You’re one of the strongest guys in WWE, are people always asking you to help…

START The shriek gets louder as you climb! It’s coming from a painting of a witch! She cackles as she flies up out of the frame to the next floor of the mansion! You: A) Follow the witch! B) Investigate the painting! You chase the witch up the stairs into the attic, on your way up you pass a creepy sarcophagus. You: A) Investigate the sarcophagus! B) Keep hunting the witch! A musty old mummy bursts out from the sarcophagus, reaching its bandaged up limbs out toward you! You: A) Snatch a loose bandage and pull! B) Slam the sarcophagus shut on the mummy and leg it to the attic! The doors of the mansion slam behind you. There is a ghoulish shriek coming from a stairwell and mysterious bubbling…

Holly, VIC MY CHICKENS BRICKY, DUCKY AND TURKEY! Samuel, QLD HANGING WITH MY COOL DOG BUDDY! TRAKR WAS A POLICE DOG IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 2001. BUT HIS SKILLS WERE CALLED UPON ONCE AGAIN FOLLOWING 9/11 TO HELP FIND SURVIVORS TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE. DURING TWO DAYS OF NONSTOP SEARCHING TRAKR SNIFFED OUT SURVIVOR, GENELLE GUZMAN, BUT COLLAPSED SOON AFTER FROM EXHAUSTION. THANKFULLY HE MADE A FULL RECOVERY AND WAS AWARDED FOR HIS SERVICE. EVE, A ROTTWEILER FROM THE USA, BECAME A HERO WHEN SHE PULLED HER PARAPLEGIC OWNER, KATHIE VAUGHAN, FROM A BURNING TRUCK JUST BEFORE IT BLEW UP. SHE WAS GIVEN A BRAVERY AWARD FOR HER AMAZING RESCUE! WIN! We love your AWSM animal pics, MANIACs! So if you’ve got a…

BEAR STACK BREAKDOWN MANIA: What’s the key to a perfect bear stack? GRIZZ: “Easy, dude. Big bro always goes on the top, duh. It’s the safest in the middle so put your emotional bro there, and then the most mysterious bro goes on the bottom.” MANIA: Panda, you’re ace with technology – why is it easier to make friends online than in person? PANDA: “I’m a shy guy. Sometimes it’s hard being the middle child, I’m a little timid especially when it comes to talking to girls. Being on the inter net is like a nice little wall you can have with people so you feel a little more confident.” MANIA: Who eats the most, Ice Bear, Panda or Grizzly? PANDA: “Grizzly” ICE BEAR: “Ice Bear agrees.” GRIZZLY: “True, I…

Platform: PS3/4, Xbox One/360, Wii U Style: Action/Creation Publisher: Disney Interactive Price: $99.95 Disney Infinity 3.0 (Starter Pack) Gameplay: We’ve been humming like lightsabers around the office all month YAKs, because the new Disney Infinity has the best Jedi-powered fighting we’ve seen in a game in ages! The new Twilight of the Republic Play Set is a huge step up from the previous ones – the lightsaber combat is super deep as you level up, and once you finish you might want to replay old missions with the difficulty turned up! It’s a little short, but this is a seriously amazing Jedi adventure! The Toy Box has expanded too, so it’s easier than ever to get really cool stuff happening fast – add a capsule spawner for some random fun,…

WE BARE BEARS PREMIERES MONDAY, 16 NOVEMBER @ 6PM ON CARTOON NETWORK Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear are three bear bros who like to kick it with humans. They’re living it up in NYC trying to get internet famous and making bear stacks any chance they get! HENRY DANGER PREMIERES SATURDAY, 7 NOVEMBER @ 6PM ON NICKELODEON How’s this for an after school job! Henry Hart has scored the job of being the sidekick for Captain Man, the biggest hero in Swellview! All he has to do is keep his identity secret, finish his homework and save the world!…

ON THE BLOCK! Unleash your creativity with some AWSM Zoob blocks! Whether you’re constructing amazing buildings with Z-Bricks or building a cray cray model, your only limit with Zoob is your imagination! 6 bodacious builders can snare a Zoob prize pack containing ZOOB Z-Bricks, a ZOOB 125 Piece Box and a ZOOB Mobile Car Designer Kit! ON YA GRIND! There is nothing better than carving it up at the park and swinging into some smooth moves on a fresh set of scooter wheels! It’s even better when your ride comes in some rad colour combos like black and blue or red and silver! 3 gnarly riders have the chance to score a Crisp Inception Scooter and Code Helmet! CHECK BACK IN! The Dracpack is back! Hotel T ransylvania 2 is…

More Amiibos Coming! Two cool pieces of Amiibo news this month. First of all, there’s a HUGE Yarn Yoshi coming – big enough to cuddle up with at night like a teddy bear! There’s also a Shovel Knight amiibo coming, which will work with the game on Wii U and 3DS, and any future games by developer Yacht Club Games! Pokémon Fighter Pokkén Tournament Comes to Wii U! Nintendo have revealed that Pokkén Tournament, a Pokémon fighting game that has been released in Japanese arcades, is coming out for the Wii U next year! The game plays like Tekken (and has been developed by the same people), and features Pikachu, Charizard, Gengar, Suicune, Machamp, and others! We’re looking forward to this, YAKs! Big Hero 6 Comes to Kingdom Hearts 3!…

Platform: PS4/3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC Style: Platformer/Action Publisher: Nordic Games Price: $39.95 (digital only) Legend of Kay: Anniversary Edition Gameplay: We never got the chance to check out Legend of Kay on the PlayStation 2 ten years ago, so we’re glad for this re-release, because it’s pretty good! Legend of Kay is an action platformer about a cat who needs to fight against rats, gorillas and all sorts of other animals, and it can get pretty crazy! This is a difficult game almost from the very beginning, but if you stick with it and learn the combat system there’s a lot of fun to be had! We liked how Kay kept learning new moves and abilities, and the game takes you all kinds of cool locations. The game…

Pac-Man 256 Wakka wakka wakka! The cool Australian developers behind Crossy Road have another huge hit on their hands with Pac-Man 256, based on the glitch from the original arcade machine! You need to guide Pac-Man through mazes while avoiding both ghosts and the approaching glitch! This is a lot of fun, and you can play for free! SCORE 8/10 Ski Safari 2 The first Ski Safari has been copied by heaps of different games since its release – which means that Ski Safari 2 doesn’t feel as fresh as it could! It’s still pretty fun and looks good, but it’s not as fun as Alto’s Adventure of the the Adventure Time version of Ski Safari. Check this out if you absolutely love skiing games! SCORE 6/10 Horizon Chase Horizon…

WHAT IS IT? When Marnie Was There is an anime feature film by Studio Ghibli, Japan and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayahsi, the director of Arrietty. It’s based on a novel by Joan G. Robinson, first published in 1967. WHAT’S THE STORY? It’s about a girl called Anna who thinks she doesn’t belong in the magical circle that other people belong in, so she shuts herself off from everyone around her . Concerned, her foster mother sends her to Hokkaido to stay by the sea. There she meets a girl called Marnie and they become good friends. But something seems strange to Anna about her new friend Marnie… WHAT’S UP with Marnie? Marnie has a habit of disappearing and reappearing out of nowhere. Soon, Anna’s ‘weird-dar’ goes on high alert and…

KNOWING HOW TO SLASH GRIND IS AN ESSENTIAL TRICK STEPPING STONE! STEP 1: KICK IT! Get some speed and coast on up the ramp towards the coping! When you are high on the ramp, kick turn to bring your back trucks up to the coping. This is just like a slash grind, but instead of immediately rolling out, stop your turn when the coping is under your trucks! STEP 2: GRIND IT! To hold the grind you have to distribute your weight properly! Your weight needs to be on your back foot, right on your trucks. Your front foot should be positioned lightly on your front trucks to maintain control! STEP 3: SPIN OUT! Now you’ve busted a sweet grind, it’s time to complete that kick turn! Keep your eyes…