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Hey, guys! Remember the SMBIS? That
Mario fansite that used to be somewhat popular a long time ago?
Well, it's been ten years ago to this date that I started that
little site on Tripod when I was in the midst of my Mario
revival phase in my life. Previously, the SMBIS was hosted on
NES Central years ago, but a server crash in like 2005 or
something caused it to die an early death. After months of
trying to redesign and restart the site, I decided to move on
with other things. This is somewhat of a memorial, a
retrospective on the site that I spent so much time working on,
all of the good times I had while making this site during its
hayday.
A lot has changed since the SMBIS
was last updated: Mario commercials on YouTube (the videos I
ripped from my own VHS collection are floating there as well),
all the Mario and Zelda cartoons released on DVD (RIP Lou Albano),
Nintendo's revived success with the release of the DS and Wii,
amongst other highs and lows. Why did I randomly decide to
upload this back on the Internet? After four years of silence?
Well, honestly, I'm one for random anniversaries, and not doing
something after a decade of me starting the SMBIS wouldn't feel
right.
What you're seeing is what Version 8 would have been if
I ever had started over. It was loosely based on the color
scheme chosen for the New Super Mario Bros. game for the DS. I
still had this saved on my computer for all these years,
untouched until recently. Thankfully I still have the old Tripod
account, but I still have VERY limited disk space on Tripod
(it's 2010, 20MB is BARELY anything nowadays). Because of
that, I won't be
reviving the old Fanarchives. Dealing with updating
the site with fanstuff every other day also contributed to my
lack of interest in fufilling my desires to revive the site.
I seriously doubt that I'll ever
update this place again. My love for all things Mario will never
die, but that obsessive streak I had ten years ago just isn't
there anymore. However, the time I did work on this site was
very exciting and memorable in the budding age of personal
fansites and dial-up modems. After reading old fanfics on the NintendoLand fansite months earlier,
I was inspired to make my own Mario fansite. I want to say thanks to everyone
who had visited this site here on Tripod or on the defunct NES
Central server. It has really meant a lot to me. Thanks to the
artists and writers who let me post their Mario fanart and
fanfics on the site, including Latisha Banks and Toasty. And
thanks to Nintendo, for creating such a memorable character and
a memorable gaming experience, on this, the 25th Anniversary of
Super Mario Bros.
- Koopaprince
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