Since 8.10.2009

We don't have too much today because to be totally honest, I think all of us sort of decided to take a break after producing the update last week. But we do have one new notable new thing: The DP Rap, written by BB. It's a very interesting take on the DK Rap and is about the site. It's our 4th special and is just for fun, but it's definitely cool to have. I laughed a lot at it, actually.

Other than that, DP welcomes in all the Smrpg Legacy viewers. Smrpg Legacy is my other site and is probably my biggest one, and just recently I decided that since it's still up. I would redirect all the people here. If you're from Smrpg Legacy, welcome to Donut Plains, which will definitely be as great as Smrpgl!

Speaking of Mario RPGs, there may be a lot of content coming to the site. I'm not sure. On impulse I started playing Paper Mario again. Then the impulse because a 3-4 day obsession, which only spurred on Paper Mario: TTYD, which I just finished again after a week. I was thinking about doing a lot of TTYD coverage lately, so that may happen.

The only reason it might not is because I move into my very first apartment next week, and I'll be traveling almost 900 miles across country for it, along with having no cable and internet for a few days. But I'll see what I can do.

DP welcomes Waluigious as a new Ally today too! It's a great site that covers Mario extremely in depth in the form of a blog, and the writing there is masterful! We also have a new Affiiate, Smb Movie Archive, which is a fansite dedicated to the Super Mario Bros. Movie and has interviews and such.

So that's what we got today. I know, more text than a big list, I don't like it either.

» Added: 1 Ally (Waluigious)
» Added: 1 Affiliate (SmbMovie)
» Added: DP Rap (Special 4)

We have so much new stuff for everyone today!! This is by far our best and largest update in the site's history!! No other update compares to this one, so we'll get straight into it. Prepare for the mother lode!!

The first new thing we have is the 1 Year Anniversary Special + Year Recap! This was written specifically for this day and is a nice description of the site during its first year. You can even get to it by clicking the image in this update! We also have a special Top 5: The Top 5 Donut Plains Moments to relive the top site moments through the year!

But the real surprise is all the new and incredible content we've added. We've added so much stuff in the last 12 days, and the best part of it is that all the stuff we've added is extremely high quality. To start off, let me introduce you to our newest Staff Member: Bradii! Bradii is someone who JJ, BB, and Sm have known for the duration of their friendship, so it's great to have him here.

To start out content, let's go with our new game called the Who Am I? Game. You'll find it on the reshuffled navigation menu to the left. Who Am I? is a game where we'll give you a bunch of clues and you can try to guess the character we're thinking of. As simple as it is, it's also that much fun! It's under Goodies - check back often and you'll see that we're going to expand on that section with new mystery characters all the time!

We also have a new Super Mario Galaxy 2 Comet Medal Guide which is extremely detailed, accurate, and immense. Adding to our Donkey Kong sections, BB has came in with an incredible Donkey Kong 64 Kongs Guide which highlights every single move, attribute, weapon/instrument upgrades, etc. for all 5 of the Kongs. He's also made a great Mario Party 4 Board Guide, which yes, breaks down all 6 boards space by space with incredible details, as well as complete visuals of the boards for you to see!

JJ brought to the table an incredibly detailed Fawful Character Profile which tells about the character completely in depth. He's also bolstered the Wii section with Super Mario Galaxy 2 Secrets (including unlockables), Glitches, and a whole lot more. Setzer came up huge with 1393 images added - and that's excluding a set of images that we had planned but got corrupted in the process. Bradii has also made great contributions like his New Super Mario Bros. Wii Items page. Lastly, KeyBlade has helped in putting this all together along with Sm to make sure we could get you all the content on time! ?We also have a unique and interesting special for our third one: Fashion in Mario! The Message Board members have also been fantastic, and with them, we've gotten our 10,000th post!!

All of the above guides are extremely detailed and we truly believe that can compete with any other guide of it's kind out there. We went all out for this update because we want to thank everyone out there who's supported the site since the first day last year. In fact, as big as this update is, we're not done. We're not sure if we can get it done by the next update (though we do think we can), but within the next too updates, Sm, JJ, and BB have another special thing for the viewers of the site. Not even the other staff know about it yet until this update, so it's definitely going to be good.

With that in mind, please check out everything we have to offer! There's over 40 new things to check out in this update, most of which are huge guides. We hope you love it, and we hope that you'll continue to support us in the years upcoming. We all thank you so much for choosing us and we will absolutely continue to strive to give everyone the best Mario experience ever.

(Note from Sm: Today is also very special for me for other reasons. I would also like to take this opportunity and give  shout out to my girlfriend Meghan: Happy 11 months princess, I love you so much!!)

» Added: 1 Year Anniversary Special + Year Recap

» Added: Area Profiles - Donut Plains
» Added: Character Profiles - Fawful
» Added: Donkey Kong Ending
» Added: Donkey Kong Screenshots (24)
» Added: Donkey Kong 64 Kongs Guide
» Added: Dr. Mario Ending
» Added: Dr. Mario Screenshots (18)
» Added: 1 Fan Art
» Added: 4 Fan Reviews (1056Kirby)
» Added: Faq Updated
» Added: Fashion in Mario (Special 3!)
» Added: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Important Items
» Added: Mario Bros. Screenshots
» Added: Mario Party 4 Board Guide
» Added: Mario Party 4 Game Summary
» Added: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Items
» Added: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Secrets
» Added: Site Staff - Bradii Profile
» Added: Super Mario Advance Charcter Guide (Redone + Improved)
» Added: Super Mario All Stars: Smb2 Character Guide (Redone + Improved)
» Added: Super Mario Bros. 2 Character Guide (Redone + Improved)
» Added: Super Mario Bros. 2 Ending
» Added: Super Mario Bros. 2 Screenshots (200)
» Added: Super Mario Bros. 3 Ending
» Added: Super Mario Bros. 3 Screenshots (536)
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy Secrets
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Comet Medal Guide
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Glitches
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Secrets
» Added: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wallpapers
» Added: Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land Ending
» Added: Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land Screenshots (333)
» Added: The Top 5 Number 10: Top 5 Donut Plains Moments (Special)
» Added: Wario Land 4 Ending
» Added: Wario Land 4 Screenshots (282)
» Added: Who Am I? Game
» Added: Who Am I? Number 1
» Added: Who Am I? Number 2
» Added: Who Am I? Number 3
» Added: Who Am I? Number 4
» Added: Who Am I? Number 5
» Added: Yoshi's Island DS Ending

Right now I'm in a good place with the site, but it's a tough place to be in. But, it's going to make things all the better for everyone out there viewing the site. Why? 'Cause we all got something big planned :)

It won't be ready in a week so I'll have to skip an update 7 days from now, but it'll be in about 11-13 days. I'm hoping that it will be very big and it should be, so you'll want to check back then! I hate delaying an update since we don't have any content this week due to lack of Internet and stuff, but it will work out better this way!

The countdown's on! In the meantime, check out the Message Board which is getting stronger every day. Or check out the content we already have, there's a lot of that too! I might drop some details and hints throughout the next few days, so keep checking for that too!

That's because I need to use this update to let everyone know some stuff. The first thing is that we will be starting a contest at the Message Board soon! I've posted an idea so far at the board and am getting feedback from the members on it, and we'll be starting it soon. We've gotten almost 10,000 posts, so the community is doing great. If you'd like to be part of the content, just register at the Message Board and you'll find it in the Contests section! It's definitely going to be fun, so we'd love to have as many people participate at possible!

Other than that, there's some news from me. So unfortunately (not for me, the site!) my family and stuff is moving this week and weekend. We're staying in the same area, we've just been living in this house temporarily until we found a more permanent one, which we have. In the next 2 weeks, there's going to be so much house work for me to do, so I'm just going to be honest and say that working on the site will be hard. I'm going to try and do as much as I can, but I'm not actually sure when I'll have internet again. I will have it for the next 4 or 5 days so don't worry there (if you need to contact me or anything) but after that I think there will be a few days without it.

Not sure if the other staff members have anything planned so I'm not sure what we have planned in the next 2 weeks. But I'm working on a very nice guide right now and JJ's working on a Character Profile right now, so we will have some stuff coming.

I just wanted to let anyone know in case I don't respond to emails right away or can't do an update in a week or so. But we're going to be fine, so there's no worries! As for some things for the actual site, I'm thinking about redoing the Fan Art/Fiction/Etc so everyone has their own dedicated page for their stories, art, and reviews. It's not a top priority right now, but I think I will try and do that soon!

Now that the wall of text is done, we can go to the content list!

» Added: Character Profiles - Wrinkly Kong
» Added: 4 Fan Reviews (1056 Kirby)
» Added: Yoshi's Safari Ending
» Added: Yoshi's Safari Screenshots (268)

Today, we've gotten  a lot of support and are giving a lot of support to other great sites. We've gotten 2 new Allies today!! The first one is Classic Mario, a brand new Mario site. JonnyJinx and myself have worked with Luke (the owner) before on a Mario site, so we know it'll be awesome! Our second Ally is with Ninty! Ninty is a great Nintendo site that has all the latest news and can keep you up to date on everything Nintendo, so check them out to find out all the latest news!

We also have an affiliate, Shining Spirit, which is a fansite dedicated to Princess Daisy! So we've made a lot of good friends lately and we hope that DP and them will be friends for a long time!

We also have some new content too, of course. I won't lie, it's not a tremendous amount like last time, but that's because we all needed a bit of a break after the large amount of time spent into redoing the site. But it's still a pretty good amount including some really detailed pages! We also got some Fan content too, which is awesome!

Also, in the next update for sure: 250+ new screenshots + new game ending!

» Added: 1 Affiliate (Shining Spirit)
» Added: 2 Allies (Classic Mario and Ninty)
» Added: Donkey Kong Country Animal Buddies
» Added: Donkey Kong Country (Gba) Animal Buddies
» Added: 4 Fan Reviews (1056Kirby)
» Added: Super Mario Sunshine Game Summary
» Added: The Top 5: Top 5 Mario Power Ups

So yeah, this is what Sprinkles is. Again, the name is random, but we had fun with it. This is the new look of Donut Plains! Although we loved the green look as our first layout, we wanted to mix things up a little bit and change it all up for the better!

The new features of the site are plenty. For one, the nav bar on the left has been reshuffled. Things are moved around, some titles of pages were changed, etc. Not only that, but there's navigation under the banner for quick access to all the games pages! Believe me, it can come in handy pretty quickly! A lot of errors have been fixed too. I noticed there was a page or two incorrectly linked, there were some typos, etc.

The game images are all the same with the green bar. We actually kept them not because we're lazy, but because the green create a nice break from the blue. We tried it with blue, it was overkill.

But the real thing is the content. We've got so much content. JJ's been adding all kinds of things to the Message Board lately, redoing the forums completely almost. Setzer has contributed all kinds of images to this update. KeyBlade's been giving me criticism to get the layout perfect, and Baby Bros. has returned with some new guides!

Everything should be working fine, so search around and check out all the new pages! If you do find an error, please let us know and we'll fix it right away! Over 100 hours was put into the design, conversion, and new pages. We hope you love it all!

» Added: About Us (Redone, Info Added)
» Added: Artwork Index
» Added: Donkey Kong Country Ending
» Added: Donkey Kong Country Screenshots (336)
» Added: Donkey Kong Country 2 Animal Buddies
» Added: Donkey Kong Country 2 Ending
» Added: Donkey Kong Country 2 Screenshots (509)
» Added: Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA Animal Buddies
» Added: Donkey Kong Country 3 Ending
» Added: Donkey Kong Country 3 Screenshots (493)
» Added: Game Endings Index
» Added: Paper Mario Soundtrack
» Added: Past Looks
» Added: Screenshots Index
» Added: Super Mario All Stars: Super Mario Bros. Ending
» Added: Super Mario All Stars: Super Mario Bros. 2 Ending
» Added: Super Mario All Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 Ending
» Added: Super Mario All Stars: Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels Ending
» Added: Super Mario Land Ending
» Added: Super Mario RPG Ending
» Added: The Top 5: Top 10 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Galaxies/Levels (Special!)
» Added: Upcoming Releases (Updated)

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