We're going retro here with the Version 3 layout for the 3rd birthday since it was this way one year ago.

It's been quite a year. How should we start? Let's go with Version 4

9 days into Smrpg Legacy's 3rd year, Version 4 was released with an icy chill. It was something I'd been trying to accomplish for months - making a site layout that had an ice theme. We did better - not only did we get the ice theme, we managed to get the site coded in PHP by Masamune of www.gamehiker.com. This made everything so much simpler and easier - adding things were quick and easy

Version 4 saw 2 major things: The site reached 2,000,000 pages views and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time was released. It was great for Mario RPG fans, the site was peaking and a new game just came out. Unfortunately, we were hacked and Version 4 never got the attention it deserved

A few weeks later, the site was restored to it's former self. About a half month later, Version 5 was released. A deep blue, a lot of people liked the design better than Version 4. The MP3's were re-added after they were taken down in Version 4. We also set a new mark - 3,000,000 page views.

May 13, 2006. That day came and the site changed once again to celebrate 10 years of Super Mario RPG. This new layout was smooth, simple, unique, and by far the best one that the site has seen so far. 20+ new pages were added from the start and every single page, other than info, was redone to be better. No one knew about this version either, it was a complete secret.

That's a basic recap of how the site went. But there are some things I've missed - we've had so much happen.

Let's look at the Smrpg Remake Campaign. We tried the first ever letter campaign - we tried to get people to write letters and then I would personally send them out to Square-Enix. We were shooting for 100, but we didn't reach it, so we didn't send them.

The Nintendo Wii was announced to have downloadable games, and speculation is that Super Mario RPG will be remade on there, which would kill the 4 years of work we've put it.

The petition crossed 20,000 signatures as well.

The forums reached 1000 members and 65,000 posts. The numbers are still a bit low for the site's popularity. Either way, they're still great numbers.

Sotss revived itself....kind of. They update every few months, but at least it's another Mario RPG site still active

Speaking of Mario RPG sites, we've had trouble with a few. A lot of them plagiarized and stole content, and that never leads to good things. None of them are around anymore

What else...I'm pressing for mentions. Oh yeah, Super Paper Mario was announced. We were one of the first to break the news...I knew about it when only IGN and Gamespot had coverage up...but our host caused problems and I couldn't update with it. Either way, the upcoming game looks great!

How about Super Smash Bros. Brawl? While it's not a Mario RPG, we did something with the announcement of this game. We started a Geno / Mallow in Super Smash Bros. Brawl campaign. We don't know if it worked or not, but we did what we could, and hopefully they'll make an appearance

How did I forget this? The Give-Away Contest! We held our first ever Mario RPG Give-Away with the Mario RPG games as prizes. We got a lot of submissions, but too many of them were either stolen or faked, and we had to cancel the contest because of it.

We also played our annual April Fools Joke. We announced Paper Mario 3: Revenge of Shadows. None of it was true, but I figured another PM game was coming at E3, and went with it anyways. We fooled some, others got it, but it was all in good fun.

There's been so much more, but there's only so much I can go on and on about. This year's had great times and terrible times, but we've managed to get through it all and we're still going. Happy birthday Smrpg Legacy!

Like last time, a wallpaper to celebrate!

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