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Project Crusade Community is the discussion forum for Super Smash Bros. Crusade, a fan-made Smash-style fighting game. It is where the game's developers post public updates and where players talk about characters, stages, game modes, custom content, online matches, and bugs. If you want to follow development, suggest ideas, report problems, or find people to play against, this is the board to use. You can read most of it without an account, but posting requires registering and reading the Global Forum Rules first.

What the forum is

The site describes itself as "the forum for the Super Smash Bros Crusade fangame." It runs on a standard forum platform with topic and post counts per board, and it notes that JavaScript must be enabled for the full experience. The board list shows activity dating from at least 2015 through 2024, so it is a long-running community rather than a new project page.

Main boards and what each is for

How to use it

1. Read the Global Forum Rules. The board list explicitly asks new members to read the rules before posting.
2. Pick the right board. Character ideas go to Character Discussion, stage ideas to Stage Discussion, mode ideas to Game Mode Discussion, and general suggestions to the Suggestion Board. Off-topic chat belongs in the Tea Room or The Arcade.
3. Check the Developer Blog before asking about updates. It is the developers' designated place to post about game updates "when the time comes," so it is the authoritative source for news.
4. Search before posting. The forum has a search function with options to display results as posts or topics, plus an advanced search — useful because the Character Discussion board alone has over 15,000 posts.
5. To play online, use the Online Lobby. That board is where members share Evolve and LogMeIn Hamachi networks to challenge each other, and where tournaments can be started.
6. Report problems in the Bug Report Board rather than in general threads, so reports stay findable.

Practical things to know

• The community is unevenly active. Some boards show recent posts (The Arcade's latest listed post is from April 2024), while others have been quiet for years (Stage Discussion's latest listed post is from February 2019). Expect faster answers in Character Discussion and General Discussion than in Custom Content.
• Suggestions are moderated for plausibility. The Suggestion Board states that suggestions "must make some amount of sense to constitute a thread," so low-effort idea posts may be removed.
• Online play depends on third-party tools. The forum itself does not host matchmaking; it is a place to exchange Evolve or LogMeIn Hamachi network details, which means you need one of those tools set up before the lobby threads are useful to you.
• No pricing is mentioned anywhere on the page. Nothing in the board list indicates paid access, but the page also does not state that anything is free — treat access terms as unconfirmed and check the rules and announcements for any current requirements.

If your goal is simply to learn what Crusade is, the General Discussion and Developer Blog boards will tell you the most in the fewest reads. If your goal is to contribute — a character idea, a bug report, a custom stage — go straight to the matching board and follow its posting norms.

Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise built around fictional creatures that people catch, train, trade, and battle. It started as a pair of video games in 1996 and grew into an anime, a trading card game, movies, toys, and more. If you want to get into it, the right entry point depends on what you already enjoy: turn-based RPGs, animated series, or collectible card games. This guide explains the core idea, the main branches, and how to pick a starting point.

The Core Concept

At the center of everything is a simple loop:

• Catch creatures called Pokémon using devices called Poké Balls.
• Train them so they grow stronger and learn new moves.
• Battle other trainers or wild Pokémon.
• Collect and trade to complete a set or build a team.

The creatures have types (such as Fire, Water, Grass, Electric) that interact in a rock-paper-scissors style. A Water move is strong against a Fire Pokémon, for example, and weak against a Grass one. This type system is the strategic backbone shared across games, cards, and even the anime's battle logic.

A common beginner mistake is thinking Pokémon is one character. It is not. Pikachu is one species out of over a thousand; the franchise is the whole world of creatures, regions, and rules around them.

The Main Branches

Pokémon exists in several forms, and they are separate products even though they share the same creatures.

Each branch has its own starting point, and you do not need to follow all of them.

Video Games

The main series games are turn-based RPGs. You travel a region, catch Pokémon, battle gym leaders, and aim to become Champion. Each generation introduces new creatures and a new region.

For a first game, the usual advice is to start with a recent main-series title on the current Nintendo console, because it will have the most active community and the clearest tutorials. Older titles are still enjoyable but may require older hardware or official re-releases. If you only want to understand the basics, any main-series game teaches the same catch-train-battle loop.

Anime

The anime follows a young trainer and their friends traveling a region, meeting Pokémon, and battling. It is episodic, so you can start almost anywhere, though beginning with the first series or a recent one gives the most coherent experience. The anime is a good entry point if you want low commitment and no game mechanics to learn.

Trading Card Game

The card game turns the creatures into cards with attacks, energy costs, and HP. You build a deck and play against another person. It is popular both as a collection hobby and as a competitive game. Beginners can start with a pre-built starter deck rather than buying individual cards, which avoids the cost and complexity of deck-building from scratch.

How to Choose Your Entry Point

Ask yourself one question: what do you already like doing?

• If you like RPGs and strategy → start with a main-series video game.
• If you like watching shows → start with the anime.
• If you like collecting or playing cards → start with a starter deck.
• If you want something casual on your phone → try a spin-off mobile title.

You can always branch out later. Many fans begin with one medium and pick up others once they know the creatures and world.

Common Misconceptions

• "Pokémon is just Pikachu." Pikachu is the mascot, not the whole franchise.
• "You have to play the games to understand the anime." The anime explains its own rules and stands alone.
• "You need to start from the very first game." Each generation is designed as a fresh entry point.
• "It's only for kids." The games and card game have competitive scenes with adult players.

Where to Go Next

Once you pick a branch, the practical next step is to find that branch's beginner product: a recent main-series game, the first or latest season of the anime, or a starter deck. Community forums and discussion boards, including general Pokémon and anime forums, are useful for asking which specific title or deck suits your taste, since recommendations shift as new releases come out.

Nintendo is a Japanese video game company that both makes game hardware and publishes the games that run on it. If you are trying to make sense of Nintendo terms — Switch, eShop, Mii, Mario — the short version is: Nintendo is the company behind the console in your hands and most of the games you play on it. This explainer covers what Nintendo makes, how its hardware lines differ, which characters and franchises matter, and how accounts, the eShop, and online services fit together.

Nintendo as a company and brand

Nintendo is based in Japan and operates as both a hardware manufacturer and a software publisher. That combination shapes almost everything about the brand:

• As a console maker, Nintendo designs and sells the machines people play on.
• As a publisher, Nintendo develops and releases its own games, usually starring characters it owns.
• As a brand, Nintendo is known for family-friendly, character-driven games rather than raw technical power.

Because Nintendo controls both sides, its biggest games are typically only available on Nintendo hardware. That is why "Nintendo" often means the whole ecosystem — the console, the games, and the characters together — rather than just one product.

Nintendo's hardware lines

Nintendo's consoles fall into a few broad categories. Each exists for a different kind of play.

The Nintendo Switch is the current flagship line and the clearest example of Nintendo's hybrid approach: the same device can be docked to a TV or played as a handheld. Older lines are mostly of interest now for retro gaming, collecting, or revisiting specific titles.

The franchises and characters people recognize

Nintendo's characters are a big part of why the brand is familiar even to people who don't play games. The best-known franchises include:

• Super Mario — Nintendo's mascot and its most widely recognized series, spanning platformers, kart racing, sports, and more.
• The Legend of Zelda — an adventure series built around exploration and puzzle-solving.
• Pokémon — a creature-collecting and battling franchise with games, trading cards, and animation.
• Animal Crossing — a slower-paced life-simulation series where you build and decorate a town or island.
• Other recurring series — Splatoon, Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, and Pikmin, among others.

These franchises matter because they are usually system-sellers: many people choose a Nintendo console specifically to play them, and they are rarely available on non-Nintendo platforms.

Accounts, eShop, and online services

Buying and playing modern Nintendo games usually involves three connected pieces:

1. A Nintendo Account — the profile that ties your purchases, friends, and save data together across devices.
2. The eShop — Nintendo's digital storefront, where you buy and download games and add-ons.
3. Online services — the subscription that enables online play and additional features on current hardware.

The practical takeaway: to buy digital games or play online with a modern Nintendo system, you generally need an account and, for online play, an active subscription. Older systems used different, now-retired store and account systems, which is why retro purchases don't carry forward the way you might expect.

Where Mii characters and fan communities fit

A Mii is a customizable avatar that Nintendo introduced with the Wii and carried into later systems. You create a Mii by adjusting facial features, hair, and body proportions, then use it in games that support it.

Some games built entire experiences around Miis — Tomodachi Life is the clearest example, a life-simulation game where your Miis live on an island and interact with each other. That game's popularity is why fan communities exist around creating and sharing Mii designs.

Sites like TomodachiShare are fan-run: they help players discover and share Mii residents for a Tomodachi Life island. It's worth being clear about the distinction:

• Official Nintendo products — the consoles, the games, the eShop, and Nintendo's own online services.
• Fan communities and sharing sites — independent projects built by players around Nintendo games, not operated or endorsed by Nintendo.

If you're looking for a specific Mii or want to share one you made, a fan site is the right place. If you want to buy a game or manage your account, you need Nintendo's own services.

Where to start

• If you want to play current Nintendo games, start with the Nintendo Switch line and a Nintendo Account.
• If you're curious about Nintendo history, the classic/mini consoles and older handhelds are the entry points.
• If you came here from a Mii or Tomodachi Life interest, the games themselves are official Nintendo titles, while Mii-sharing communities like TomodachiShare are fan-run resources that sit alongside them.

The Super Smash Bros. Crusade forum is the Project Crusade Community at projectcrusade.forumotion.com — the discussion board for the Super Smash Bros. Crusade fangame. You use it by picking the board that matches your goal: game talk in General Discussion, roster talk in Character Discussion, stage talk in Stage Discussion, online matches in Online Lobby, and problems in Bug Report Board. Reading is open to visitors; posting, searching, and following threads require an account, and the Global Forum Rules board should be read first if you are new.

What the forum is

Project Crusade Community describes itself as "the forum for the Super Smash Bros Crusade fangame." It is a Forumotion-hosted board, so the layout is the familiar index-of-boards format: each board shows its topic count, post count, and the most recent post with a date and username. The index also carries a search bar with options to display results as posts or topics, plus an Advanced Search link.

One practical note from the site itself: the page asks you to enable JavaScript "to get the full experience." If boards look incomplete or menus do not respond, that is the first thing to check.

The main boards and what each is for

The index groups boards by purpose. The table below maps each board to the kind of question it answers, using the descriptions and activity figures shown on the forum index.

Two patterns are worth noticing. First, Character Discussion is by far the busiest game-related board, which tells you roster talk is where most community energy goes. Second, the Developer Blog is where official update posts land, so it is the board to watch rather than rely on secondhand summaries.

How to use it, step by step

1. Open the index at projectcrusade.forumotion.com and confirm JavaScript is enabled so the board list and search render properly.
2. Read Global Forum Rules before your first post. The board description explicitly asks new members to do this.
3. Register or log in if you want to post, reply, search, or follow threads. Browsing the index and board listings does not require it.
4. Search before posting. Use the search bar at the top of the index, or Advanced Search, and switch between "Posts" and "Topics" depending on whether you want a specific reply or a whole thread.
5. Pick the right board using the table above. A roster idea belongs in Character Discussion or the Suggestion Board, not General Discussion; a crash belongs in Bug Report Board.
6. Check the last-post column before starting a thread. If a topic was active recently, replying there keeps the discussion in one place instead of splitting it.
7. For online play, go to Online Lobby, where members share Evolve and LogMeIn Hamachi networks and start tournaments.
8. For official news, read Forum Announcements and the Developer Blog rather than assuming a general thread is authoritative.

Expected result: you can find existing discussion on almost any Crusade topic without creating a duplicate thread, and you know which board will actually get your question answered.

Common snags

• Posting without an account. The board structure is visible, but contributing is not. Register first.
• Posting a suggestion as a bare idea. The Suggestion Board description notes that suggestions "must make some amount of sense to constitute a thread," so a one-line wish is likely to be ignored or locked.
• Treating old threads as current. The index shows last-post dates that vary widely by board — some recent, some years old. Check the date before assuming a thread reflects the current build.
• Asking for support in the wrong place. Bugs go to Bug Report Board; general gameplay questions go to General Discussion. Misfiled posts get less attention.
• Assuming downloads live on the forum. The index is a discussion board; it is not presented as a download page, so treat file distribution as something to confirm within the community rather than expect from the index.

Quick answers

Is it official? It is the forum for the Crusade fangame, run as the Project Crusade Community, with a dedicated Developer Blog board for developer updates.

Do I need an account? To read, no. To post, search, or follow, yes.

Where do I find people to play with? Online Lobby, which covers Evolve and LogMeIn Hamachi networks plus tournaments.

Where do I report a bug? Bug Report Board.

Where do I suggest a character or stage? Character Discussion or Stage Discussion for ideas tied to those topics, or the Suggestion Board for general suggestions.

Mario Kart PC is a free browser-based version of the Mario Kart racing series, playable at mkpc.malahieude.net without any download. It reuses the base of the original games — specifically Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart Super Circuit, and Mario Kart DS — and packs in most of the familiar modes plus a track builder. If you want to race, battle, or build courses on a computer with nothing but a web browser, this is what you get.

What you need to play

• A web browser. The site states the game is completely free and requires no downloads.
• No installation step is described — you click the game box on the page to begin.

The page does not mention account requirements, so treat sign-in as unconfirmed rather than assuming it is or isn't needed.

Modes included

Tracks and characters

• 56 tracks drawn from the original Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart Super Circuit, and Mario Kart DS.
• 15 secret characters, unlocked by winning enough cups.
• Thousands of custom tracks already available from other players through the sharing tool.

The track builder

The editor lets you place straight lines and turns, then add items and boost panels. The page describes everything as customizable, with the only stated limit being your own imagination. You can share your tracks and try other people's creations via the sharing tool.

Time trials and ghosts

In Time Trial you race to finish a track as fast as possible, compare your scores with the community, and face other players' ghosts — a useful way to learn faster lines without racing live opponents.

A quick way to decide

• Want zero setup and a quick race? The browser-based Grand Prix and VS modes cover that.
• Want to compete globally? Online multiplayer and the leaderboard are the relevant features.
• Want to create rather than just play? The track builder plus the sharing tool is the main draw.
• Want to play with people in the same room? Local multiplayer supports both VS races and battle mode.

The page credits Nintendo along with Nihilogic (the original Mario Kart proof of concept), SNESMaps (track images), and Khinsider (music) as sources without which the project would likely not exist.