I remember playing a weird version of Mario Bros 3 on my friend's NES. Maybe the cartridge was pirated or some weird Asian translation but koopa was spelled "Kuppa". It wasn't until years after that I knew what a kappa was, the turtle creatures from Japanese mythology. I don't exactly remember when they started…

I didn't know Robotnik was always called Eggman in Japan! You think 'Robotnik' might have been a liberty translators took with the instruction booklet and promotional materials?

I'd missed that entirely, having only played it on DS. Never had an N64; played all its games elsewhere. Nobody's pinpointed when the name change happened for me before. Thanks!

And why is Princess Toadstool now Princess Peach and how does it make sense thematically?

No.

Never before have I been this thankful for the internet.

If you had a blog about this stuff, I'd read it before watching these films. I don't agree with some of what you say but what you say is very sound.

There couldn't be a more appropriate choice to draw this comic.

So happy other people agree! I've only been saying Skullomania and Garuda since the first expansion.

Thanks for this. I was really beginning to wonder if anything original would ever come out again.

They haven't quite concluded A Storm Of Swords yet, so they already have split the third book into two seasons - although I imagine quite some content from the fourth book A Feast For Crows would spill over into this year's season.

I especially love it when he does love letters to anime. Symbionic Titan's cancellation still stings...