Editing Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia

The '''''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''''' (''full title: '''Super Mario Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years'''''), also known as '''''[Nintendo Official Guide Book] Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia 30th Anniversary 1985-2015'''''<ref>{{media link|ESMB German page 256.png|Last page of the German translation of the ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.''}}.</ref> and as '''''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: Nintendo Official Guide Book''''' (Japanese: スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック ''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Hyakka: Nintendō Kōshiki Gaido Bukku'') in Japan, is an encyclopedia that was released exclusively in Japan on October 19, 2015, as part of the celebration of the [[Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary|30th anniversary]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' The book covers characters, enemies, power-ups, items, stages, techniques, and graphics from all 17 titles in the main [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] up to ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'',<ref>(September 9, 2015). [http://gonintendo.com/stories/242304-nintendo-releasing-super-mario-encyclopedia-in-japan Nintendo releasing Super Mario encyclopedia in Japan]. ''GoNintendo''. Retrieved September 10, 2015.</ref> as well as developer interviews, concept art, well-known glitches, and level design explanations.<ref>Vogel, M. (October 21, 2015). [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/nintendo_of_japan_has_just_published_a_30th_anniversary_super_mario_bros_complete_encyclopedia Nintendo of Japan Has Just Published a 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Complete Encyclopedia]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved June 18, 2016.</ref> It contains 256 pages.  

This book was supposed to be translated in English and released in North America and Europe by [[Dark Horse Comics]] on June 15, 2017,<ref>Brian (February 18, 2017). [http://nintendoeverything.com/super-mario-bros-encyclopedia-coming-to-north-america-and-europe-in-june/ Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia coming to North America and Europe in June]. ''Nintendo Everything''. Retrieved August 29, 2017.</ref> although preorders for the English translation were canceled in May 2017,<ref>Brian (May 6, 2017). [http://nintendoeverything.com/amazon-uk-cancelling-super-mario-bros-encyclopedia-pre-orders/ Amazon UK cancelling Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia pre-orders]. ''Nintendo Everything''. Retrieved July 2, 2017.</ref> and the release date had been moved to October 23, 2018.<ref>[https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2658/eccc-2018-dark-horse-powers-publishing-line-super ECCC 2018: Dark Horse Powers Up Publishing Line with "Super Mario Encyclopedia"]. ''Dark Horse''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.</ref> However, the date was later modified again, this time on October 16.<ref>[https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/30-956/Super-Mario-Encyclopedia-The-Official-Guide-to-the-First-30-Years-HC SUPER MARIO ENCYCLOPEDIA: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE FIRST 30 YEARS HC]. ''Dark Horse''. Retrieved May 2, 2018.</ref> Its German translation was released on October 12, 2017, by {{wp|Tokyopop}},<ref>[https://www.tokyopop.de/manga/tokyopop-manga/shonen/super-mario-encyclopedia/2015/super-mario-encyclopedia-die-ersten-30-jahre Page of the ''Super Mario Encyclopedia – Die ersten 30 Jahre'' on Tokyopop's online shop].</ref> its Spanish translation was released on October 17 by {{wp|Planeta DeAgostini}},<ref>[https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-enciclopedia-super-mario-bros-30-aniversario/245718 Page of the ''Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros 30ª Aniversario'' on PlanetadeLibros' site].</ref> its French translation was published on July 4, 2018, by {{wp|Soleil Productions}} in the Soleil Manga collection,<ref>[https://www.soleilprod.com/manga/news/annonce-super-mario-encyclopedia.html Official announcement of the release on Soleil Manga website].</ref><ref>https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/2302070046</ref> and its Italian translation was published on November 15, 2018, by Magazzini Salani.<ref>[https://www.amazon.it/Super-Mario-Bros-Enciclopedia-colori/dp/889367436X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1542660346&sr=8-2&keywords=super+mario+bros+enciclopedia]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/salanieditore/status/1062754684539158528 Twitter post about the release of the Italian translation of the ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' from the official account of Salani].</ref>

==Controversy==

Following the release of the encyclopedia in English, it was found that one of the translators, Zack Davisson, had taken conjectural and foreign names for characters from fan websites such as the Super Mario Wiki and Mario Wikia.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ZackDavisson/status/1054841989466734594]. October 25, 2018.</ref> This especially concerns enemies and characters from ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', as well as others such as [[Winged Strollin' Stu]] (dubbed by the book by its former conjectural name used on the Super Mario Wiki, "Soarin' Stu") and [[Comet Tico|Lumacomète]], which is actually the character's French name, used by the Super Mario Wiki, due to a lack of an English name.<ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/10/it_looks_like_the_official_super_mario_encyclopedia_plagiarised_a_fan-made_wiki It Looks Like The Official Super Mario Encyclopedia Plagiarised A Fan-Made Wiki]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved October 25, 2018.</ref>

|On page 11, the book uses edited Japanese artwork from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' that changes the release years to the years that the games were released in the West with the exception of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''. Because of this, the artwork erroneously places ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' in front of ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and ''[[Super Mario World]]'' despite ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' releasing before those games were released in the West. ''Super Mario Land'' is also placed in front of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' despite ''Super Mario Land'' releasing earlier in the West. These errors are fixed on page 13.

|On page 15, all of the [[Koopalings]] use only their first names except for [[Wendy O. Koopa]], who uses her first and middle names, and [[Ludwig von Koopa]], who uses his full name.

|The English translation states that the [[POW Block]] debuted in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', which is not true as it debuted in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', with its ''Super Mario'' series debut being ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

|On page 25, the English translation erroneously states that the first unmodified American release of ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' was the [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console]] release in 2014, despite that title actually going to the earlier [[Wii]] Virtual Console release in 2007.

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|On page 25, in the paragraph about ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''{{'}}s story, the book claims that "*This text is translated from the Japanese instruction booklet." However, the story includes a reference to Princess Toadstool in the second paragraph, which changes to "[[Princess Peach]]" in the third.

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|On page 28, the paragraph about [[World 9-3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-3]] claims that the only enemies in the level are [[Blue Bowser]]s, despite there being only one.

|On page 44, Pipe Cannons are called Gina Cannons. Additionally, the description of it and as the rest of the ''Super Mario Land'' enemies use a corruption of the original names from ''[[Nintendo Power]]''.

|On page 45, this is stated under "A Hidden World": ''"After [[Mario]] defeated [[Tatanga]], the Mushroom Castle on the title screen turns into a Mario Castle and he can enter a world with a lot more enemies than before."'' This is a mistranslation—the word should be "Cursor," not "Castle."

|On page 51, the [[Blooper Nanny]] that fires [[Blooper Baby|Bloober babies]] is called a "Scatter Bloober," which is likely supposed to be "Scattering Bloober."

|On page 51, the [[Fire Piranha Plant|Fiery Walking Piranha]] is called a "White Piranha," one of [[Nipper Plant]]'s alternate names. It is referred to using plural pronouns despite only a single Fiery Walking Piranha appearing in the game.

|On page 64, the book refers to [[Parabomb|Para-bomb]]s as Para-Bob-ombs and [[Spike Top]]s as Red Spike Tops.

|On page 71, the book incorrectly refers to [[Wiggler]]s as "Wrigglers" twice before correctly referring to them as Wigglers in the same paragraph. On page 86, the Wiggler is incorrectly called a Wriggler again.

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|On page 71, when the book describes ''Super Mario World''{{'}}s perfect score, there is an image of a zoom-in of an image of the title screen showing the perfect score of 96. However, the actual image of the title screen that is being zoomed in has three empty save files with no score.  

|On page 78, the book incorrectly gives the name "[[Fire Piranha Plant]]" to [[Fire Pakkun Zō]].

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|On page 85, [[Ukiki|Ukkiki]]s are referred to as one character, despite two appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. This is fixed on page 86.

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|In the ''Super Mario 64'' section, the Wiggler is treated as the generic enemy rather than an individual, using plural tense and stating that they are angry when Mario stomps them. In actuality, it is a boss found on [[Tiny-Huge Island]].

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|On page 91, the [[Work Elevator]] is incorrectly called a Directional Lift.

|On page 93, [[Snowman's Land]] is incorrectly called "Snowman's Mountain."

|[[Lava Bubble|Bubble]]s do not appear in the ''Super Mario 64'' section of the book.

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|On page 113, a screenshot that is a zoom-in of the starting cutscene of ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' accompanies a paragraph describing [[Toad (species)|Toad]]. However, the characters that are zoomed in in the picture are small [[Toadsworth]]s, not Toad.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsRFX-c4h8</ref>

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|On pages 118 and 215, [[lift]]s are incorrectly named [[Flatbed Ferry|Flatbed Ferries]].

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|On page 119, "[[Red Ring]]s" is not capitalized.

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|On page 128, [[Jump Guarder]]s and [[Ring Beamer]]s are called Sentry Garages, a mix of Jump Guarder's Japanese name and Sentry Beam, and Ring Beams, respectively.

|On page 128, [[Monty (Super Mario Galaxy)|Monty]]s are incorrectly called [[Monty Mole]]s.

|On page 134, the book incorrectly refers to [[Eye Beamer]]s as "sentry beams."

|On pages 145 and 195, in the "enemies" sections for ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', respectively, [[climbing Koopa]]s are listed as "Climbing Koopa (Green)" despite red climbing Koopas not being listed in those sections and not being in those games.

|On page 149, the description for [[World 9-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|W9-3]] states: ''"On this course, [[Banzai Bill]]s and [[Bull's-Eye Banzai]]s come one after the other."'' It should mention [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s (or Missile Bills), not Banzai Bills.

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|On page 159, "[[Digga-Leg]]" is unhyphenated.

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|On page 186, [[Little Bird]]s are listed under "Items & Obstacles" despite being neither.

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|[[+ Clock]]s do not appear in the ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' section of the book.

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|The [[Dragoneel (purple)|purple variants of Dragoneels]] do not appear in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' section of the book.

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|On page 226, "[[Fizzlit]]" is misspelled as "Fizzlet." On page 159, "Fizzlit" is correctly spelled.

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|On page 236, the first Warp Zone in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' is erroneously stated to be found in [[Conkdor Canyon]] (World 2-1), when in reality it is found in [[Koopa Troopa Cave]] (World 1-2).

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|In the ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, the screenshot for the [[Coin Box|? Box]] actually depicts a [[Propeller Box]]. Also, the icon shown for [[Captain Toad Makes a Splash]] is the one for a Mystery House instead of that of a Captain Toad course.

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|On page 245, under [[Densetsu no Starfy 3|DENSETSU NO STAFY 3]], it is stated that ''"Mario appears during a stage."'' In actuality, this is [[Wario]], which is mentioned correctly in the Japanese version.

*Page 44: [[Genkotsu]] is known as "Pipe Fist," which was a conjectural title from 2015 to 2018.

 

*Page 55: [[Tornado]] is known as "[[Tweester]]" in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' section, which was conflated by the wiki from 2006 to 2017. The same oddity exists in [[Prima Games]]' ''Playing with Power: Nintendo NES Classics''.

 

*Page 63: [[Fire P-Pakkun]] is known as "Fire Jumpin’ Piranha," which is based on the conjectural "Fire Jumping Piranha" title from 2015 to 2018.

 

*Pages 75 and 76: With the exception of "[[F Boy|Fireball Boy]]," nearly every enemy name from ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' is directly lifted from the wiki titles, with macrons removed from romanizations where applicable. This includes "[[Bē|Be]]" and "[[Bomubomu]]," which went under the names B Fly and Bomubomu 1 2 3 in the Japanese version. A similar action was also done to unlocalized enemies from ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'' in Dark Horse's ''The Legend of Zelda: Arts & Artifacts''. Additionally, "[[Antotto|Ant]]" was a general term and "[[Bee (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Bibi]]" had a name in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', leading both articles to be retitled in 2019.

 

*Page 78: The [[Moneybag (item)|Moneybag]] item is known as "Money Bag," which was an unsourced title from 2007 to 2017.

 

*Page 85: In the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' section, the "[[Boss Bass]]" entry states that it is also known as "Bubba" in the description, which is not mentioned in the Japanese version. With current information, it is [[Cheep Chomp]] that is considered to have had the alternate name Bubba, with Boss Bass being a separate but similar enemy, although Cheep Chomp is referred to as Boss Bass in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.

 

*Page 86: The [[Moneybags]] enemy is known as "Moneybag" in the ''Super Mario 64'' section only. This was the same mistake on the wiki from 2009 to 2018.

 

*Page 92: [[Chair]] is known as "Killer Chair," which is a translation of an unsourced Japanese name styled after [[Bookend|Killer Book]] and [[Mad Piano|Killer Piano]]. In the book, the latter two are listed among enemies, while the former is listed among items & obstacles. Additionally, it has a completely different name in the Japanese version of the book (Poltergeist).

 

*Page 92: [[Keronpa Ball]] is known as "Kuromame," which is a romanization of its original Japanese name used as the wiki title from 2011 to 2017. The Japanese version of the book uses the name Keronpa Ball, which is based on the enemy's appearance as [[Flame Chomp|Keronpa]] in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.

 

*Page 99: [[Huge Red Electrokoopa]] is known as "Electro-Koopa (green)," which was a conjectural title from 2015 to 2019.

 

 

*Page 100: [[Winged Strollin' Stu]] is known as "Soarin’ Stu," which was a conjectural title from 2007 to 2017.

 

*Page 101: The [[captain]] is known as "Pianta Captain," which was a conjectural title from 2007 to 2019.

 

*Page 101: The [[Noki grandson]] is known as "Noki Elder's Grandson," which was a conjectural title from 2010 to 2019.

 

*Page 105: The electric goop is known as "Electric Graffiti," the Orange Juice Generator is known as "Forcefield," and the burning goop is known as "Lava Graffiti," which were conjectural names in the [[goop|graffiti]] article from roughly 2008 to 2019.

 

*Pages 113 and 117: [[Kyodai Hanachan]] is known as "[[Big Wiggler]]," which was conflated by the wiki since 2013 until a 2019 proposal.

 

*Page 119: The [[face block]] is known as "Platform Block," which was an unsourced title from 2009 to 2019.

 

*Page 119: [[Blue Coin]] is known as "[[Silver Coin]]" in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' section, which was the case in the Silver Coin article until a 2018 proposal.

 

 

*Page 127: [[Spoing]] is known as "Bouncing [[Scuttlebug]]" in the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' section only. This is a remnant of when Spoing and [[Sprangler]] were erroneously considered Scuttlebugs by the wiki, which was settled via a 2012 proposal that was mistakenly neglected until 2018.

 

*Page 127: [[Skeletal Fish Guard]] is known as "[[Fish Bone]]." The wiki considered them the same thing despite different appearances and Japanese names until a 2018 proposal.

 

*Page 128: [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bat]] is known as "[[Swoop]]" in the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' section only. The wiki considered them the same thing despite different appearances and Japanese names (but with basis within internal data) from 2007 to 2017.

 

*Pages 127 and 159: [[Mini Wanwan]] is known as "Chibi Chomp." This is a localization of its alternate Japanese name (Chibi Wanwan) that was used as the wiki title from 2016 to 2017.

 

*Pages 127 and 159: [[Fire Pressure]] is known as "Fire Shooter," which was a conjectural title from 2007 to 2015.

 

*Pages 128 and 160: [[Stink Bug Parent]] is known as "Mandibug Stack," which was a conjectural title from 2013 to 2017.

 

*Pages 128 and 160: [[Micro Mecha-Bowser]] is known as "[[Mechakoopa]]" in the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' section and "Mini Mechakoopa" in the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' section. The wiki considered them the same thing despite different appearances and Japanese names until a 2018 proposal.

 

*Pages 128 and 161: [[Petapeta]] is known as "Starbag," which is the wiki's fan-translation of its apparent German name used as the article title from 2009 to 2017.

 

*Pages 128 and 161: [[Jump Beamer]] is known as "[[Sentry Beam]]," with the actual Sentry Beam known by its Japanese name "Laser Pod" in the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' section and the name "Mobile Sentry Beam" (on page 160) in the ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' section. Additionally, [[Ball Beamer]] is known as "Bolt Beam" (on page 126) and its description suggests that it is a derivative of the book's Sentry Beam, which is not mentioned in the Japanese version. This is all based on previous versions of the Sentry Beam article from 2010 to 2018, where the conjectural names "Mobile Sentry Beam" and "Bolt Sentry Beam" also appear initially.

 

*Pages 128 and 161: The names of [[Spiny Piranha Plant]] and its sequel derivative, [[Prickly Piranha Plant]], are swapped. This mirrors a mistake on the wiki that went unnoticed from 2010 to 2019, when the [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations#Piranha Plant|Piranha Plant guidance]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' Ver. 2.0.0 used the correct names.

 

*Page 136: [[Banandelion]] is known as "Fling Flower," which was a separate article using a conjectural title from 2011 to 2018.

 

*Pages 137 and 171: [[Rubbery bulb]] is known as "Stretch Plant," which was a conjectural title from 2010 to 2019.

 

*Pages 137, 171, and 186: [[Note]] is known as "Rainbow Note," which was an unsourced title from 2006 to 2019.

 

*Pages 144 and 146: [[Hefty Goomba]] and [[Big Goomba]] are respectively known as "Big Goomba" and "Mega Goomba" in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' section only. This is taken from the original wiki articles, which were not fixed until 2018.

 

*Page 150: [[Obake Stand]] is known as "Ghost Vase," which was a conjectural title from 2010 to 2017.

 

 

*Page 159: [[Gobblegut (fiery)|The fiery version of Gobblegut]] fought in the [[Battle Belt Galaxy]] is known as "Fire Gobblegut," which was a conjectural title from 2010 to 2016.

 

*Page 160: [[Golden Gummit]] is known as "Gold Gummit," which was a conjectural name in the [[Gummit]] article from 2013 to 2019.

 

*Page 161: [[Tongari]] is known as "Spiny Hermit," which was a conjectural title from 2010 to 2019.

 

*Page 161: [[Bee Eater]] is known as "Spiny Stretch Plant," which was a conjectural name in the Stretch Plant article from 2010 to 2019.

 

*Page 161: [[Flower Mimic]] is known as "Venus Flower Trap," which was a conjectural title from 2011 to 2019.

 

*Page 161: [[Pattan]] is known as "Whimp," which was a conjectural title from 2010 to 2018 that was briefly changed in 2015.

 

*Page 210: [[Dai Gorō]] is known as "Mega Grrrol," which was a conjectural title from 2012 to 2017.

 

*Page 215: [[Huge Fire Bar]] is known as "Big Fire Bar," which was a conjectural title from 2015 to 2019.

 

*Page 217: [[Switchback]] is known as "Switchback Platform," which was a conjectural title from 2012 to 2018.

 

*Page 227: The [[Hisstocrat (pink)|pink Hisstocrat]] is known as "Queen Hisstocrat," which was a conjectural title from 2013 to 2019.

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Artwork - ROSALINA-LUMA.svg|[[Rosalina]] and a [[Luma (species)|Luma]]

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{{Foreign names

|JapM=Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: Nintendo Official Guidebook

|FraE=Super Mario Encyclopedia : Les 30 premières années

|FraEM=Super Mario Encyclopedia: The first 30 years

|Ger=Super Mario Bros.-Enzyklopädie (working title)<ref>[http://tokyopop.de/programm-april-bis-juli-2017/super-mario-bros-enzyklopadie-die-ersten-30-jahre Tokyopop April-June 2017 programme]. ''Tokyopop''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.</ref><br>Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre

|GerM=Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia<br>Super Mario Encyclopedia: The first 30 years

 

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