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#'''Support: Move them all''': Cascading Stones, vanishing platforms, and moon platforms would be moved to the [[Falling Platform]] article, the same way it looks in my preview.
#'''Support: Move them all''': Cascading Stones, vanishing platforms, and moon platforms would be moved to the [[Falling Platform]] article, the same way it looks in my preview.
#'''Support: Only move Cascading Stone''': The ''Super Mario Odyssey'' objects would not be touched.
#'''Support: Only move Cascading Stone''': The ''Super Mario Odyssey'' objects would not be touched.
#'''Support: Only move vanishing platform and moon platform to Falling Platform''': Cascading Stone would not be touched.
#'''Opppose: Keep them all split from one another'''
#'''Opppose: Keep them all split from one another'''


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===Support: Move them all!===
===Support: Move them all!===
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Per proposal.
#{{User|Rykitu}} Per Nintendo101.
#{{User|Super Mario RPG}} Per proposer.


===Support: Only move Cascading Stone===
===Support: Only move Cascading Stone===
===Support: Only move vanishing platform and moon platform===
#{{User|Arend}} I feel we should leave the Cascading Stone out of this. Not only are its Japanese names very different (with only the SM2YI one being ''slightly'' similar to the Japanese name of ''specifically'' the SM3DL one (which also happens to be the ''only'' one of the other falling platforms made of stone)), but ''Yoshi's Island'' also features sections such as [https://youtu.be/mRND0tMP3hc?t=113 this one] where Cascading Stones will drop down automatically and Yoshi has to climb upon the dropped stones without getting crushed. The stones in these sections do not require being stepped on by the player character to fall down, and as far as I know, none of these other falling platforms have a auto-dropping variant like that. Also, as far as I know, none of these other falling platforms stay put when dropping to the ground (in fact, most of them crumble into disappearance, or vanish in a puff of smoke). In addition, Cascading Stones frequently appear in varying rectangular shapes and sizes, whereas each of the other platforms mentioned have a more consistent size and shape. Moreover, the Cascading Stone article also seems to cover a variant in ''Yoshi's Island DS'' called Slide Block, that uh, doesn't actually ''fall down'', as can be seen [https://youtu.be/_o_X5SoNNeI?t=155 here].
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Secondary option, per Arend.


===Oppose: Keep them split===
===Oppose: Keep them split===
#{{User|Axii}} Per my reasoning in the comments. If some platforms were to be merged, this is not the right way to do it.
#{{User|Rykitu}} Each are different enough from one another.
#{{User|Hewer}} Per Axii, I think this proposal's reasoning is too reliant on shared functions alone. Different objects can have the same functions, such as the excluded [[Donut Block]].
#{{User|Arend}} Secondary choice, per Axii, on top of my reasoning to leave the Cascading Stones out of this.
#{{User|Salmancer}} I think what's happening is that we should split the large platforms from [[World 8-Bowser: Part 2]] and merge that with Moon platform, if we're doing things based on functionality. Type of crumbling platform exclusive to final scenarios with square proportions that can be triggered by forces aside from Mario. (Bowser's flames in 3D Land, Moon chicanery in Odyssey.) And Cascading Stones don't vanish and respawn, a core part of the concept.
<s>#{{User|Rykitu}} Each are different enough from one another.</s>


===Comments on the Falling Platform proposal===
===Comments on the Falling Platform proposal===
{{@|Rykitu}} what do you think of the information I laid out in the proposal? - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 17:24, December 14, 2024 (EST)
{{@|Rykitu}} what do you think of the information I laid out in the proposal? - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 17:24, December 14, 2024 (EST)
:{{@|Nintendo101}} Sorry about that! Often times I don't read the full proposal and just read enough info for me to understand the full thing unless there's a TL:DR section at the bottom. I thought you were referring to Donut blocks. And when I think of the Cascading Stones from Yoshi's Island, I think of ones that fall from the sky that aren't triggered by the player, which isn't the case for the Donut blocks. I had no idea a falling platform page even existed until now. So can I delete my vote and support or am I supposed to cross it out? {{User|Rykitu}}
::No worries :) Yes, you are supposed to cross-out your current vote and just write in a new one for the option you like. In case you you do not know how to do that, you put <nowiki><s></nowiki> and <nowiki></s></nowiki> around your current vote. The result looks like this this: <s>#{{User|Rykitu}} Each are different enough from one another.</s>. Hope that helps! - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 18:57, December 14, 2024 (EST)
The fact that these platforms have a similar functionality should not be a deciding factor. We should always question if these platforms are different objects first and foremost. [[User:Axii|Axii]] ([[User talk:Axii|talk]]) 09:05, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:Yes, I agree. I do not think these are different objects (or at least the ones from ''Super Mario Odyssey''). - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 11:09, December 18, 2024 (EST)
::Vanishing platform only appears when a scarecrow is active. Moon platform can be activated by falling rocks, not just the Bowser capture. [[User:Axii|Axii]] ([[User talk:Axii|talk]]) 11:45, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:::[[Seesaw|Seesaw lift]]s also appear in [[:File:SMO Metro Moon 19.png|Timer Challenges]] and [[:File:SMO Mushroom Moon 29.png|levels]] themselves, and I do not see this as a dissimilar scenario. To me, the Luncheon Kingdom platforms are just Falling Platforms with different proportions, which is already the case in the levels themselves. In the Wooded Kingdom, the platforms are [[:File:Collapsing platform.png|narrow]], whereas the ones in the Metro Kingdom are [[:File:SMO Metro Coins W.png|wide]]. As for the moon platforms, I do not really see the fact that boulders can cause them to fall to be a meaningful enough distinction between them and the other Falling Platforms in the game. iirc, we do not really see any context where other objects collide with Falling Platforms in other parts of the game. And even if we did, I don't think that would outweigh their similarities, especially considering large cubed Falling Platforms also appear in the final stretch of ''Super Mario 3D Land''. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 12:04, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:::: The difference with collapsing platforms is that they're referred to the same way by the Prima guide (as inconsistent as Prima is, its name is shared). For other platforms, I do not believe function alone is enough. Sure, their behavior is pretty much identical, but it's very clear that these platforms are different. Covering them on the same page would just lead to one big pile of random objects that have a similar functionality. [[User:Axii|Axii]] ([[User talk:Axii|talk]]) 12:59, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:::::In your personal view, should the platforms from ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''Super Mario Odyssey'' not share an article because one is stone and one is metal? - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 13:03, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:::::: From what it seems, they are different objects used in different contexts and different appearance with no links to each other. I would say they should stay separate. [[User:Axii|Axii]] ([[User talk:Axii|talk]]) 14:19, December 18, 2024 (EST)
:::::::Interesting. When I played ''Odyssey'', I immediately recognized them as the same platforms from ''3D Land'', and this even seems to be attested in their most recurring proportions, how they fall, the speed with which they fall, how they are arranged in levels, their similar Japanese names, and the fact that ''3D Land'' and ''Odyssey'' share much of the same staff. I feel like I have been provided every reason to substantiate the view that they are the same object. Our positions seem analogous to {{wp|lumpers and splitters}}. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 21:13, December 18, 2024 (EST)
@Arend: There are moon platforms in the last bit of the escape sequence in Odyssey that fall on their own without being stepped on. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 12:37, December 18, 2024 (EST)
I'm fairly certain the moon platforms are a non-respawning set, and therefore functionally distinct from the Wooded Kingdom crumbling platforms. But now I gotta head to the game to verify. Moon platforms respawning wouldn't make sense though, since the platforms are falling to ratchet up the tension. If they just poofed back into existence by waiting, then all the panicked runs up these sequences would be meaningless. Give me a day or so. [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 05:03, December 21, 2024 (EST)
:Yeah, Moon platforms do not respawn. Which personally creates a very different feeling than the compatriots of falling platforms and donut blocks. It makes the situation more desperate and tense, since you can never retrace steps inside the moon where as you eventually can on the falling platforms. (Yes, a skilled player will never run out of leg room, but like, the design intention should still stand). [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 00:55, December 23, 2024 (EST)

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