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==Mega Goomba is Big Goomba==
==Mega Goomba is Big Goomba==
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The current state of the article is erroneous. If you look through the page history, the wiki considered the "Mega Goomba" species to appear in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' as early as [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Mega_Goomba_(boss)&diff=710001&oldid=671892 2010] - however, the Prima guide of that game doesn't mention it at all, so the name seems to be an extrapolation based on the [[Mega Goomba (boss)|previous boss]]. ''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.'' also has different Japanese names for them: 「こでかクリボー」 (145 & 209) ''Kodeka Kuribō'' for what we have as Big Goomba, and 「でかクリボー」 (145 & 210) ''Deka Kuribō'' for what we have as Mega Goomba; however, ''Deka Kuribō'' is the usual name for a Big Goomba, meaning ''Kodeka Kuribō'' is a separate middle size. Moreover, we do have an English name that we overlooked for "''Kodeka Kuribō''" - Hefty Goomba, from the ''New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide''.
The current state of the article is erroneous. If you look through the page history, the wiki considered the "Mega Goomba" species to appear in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' as early as [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Mega_Goomba_(boss)&diff=710001&oldid=671892 2010] - however, the Prima guide of that game doesn't mention it at all, so the name seems to be an extrapolation based on the [[Mega Goomba (boss)|previous boss]]. ''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.'' also has different Japanese names for them: 「こでかクリボー」 (145 & 209) ''Kodeka Kuribō'' for what we have as Big Goomba, and 「でかクリボー」 (145 & 210) ''Deka Kuribō'' for what we have as Mega Goomba; however, ''Deka Kuribō'' is the usual name for a Big Goomba, meaning ''Kodeka Kuribō'' is a separate middle size. Moreover, we do have an English name that we overlooked for "''Kodeka Kuribō''" - Hefty Goomba, from the ''New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide''.


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::The original name for Big Goomba, as referenced in the ''Color Splash'' line [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK-OBvIa9_M&t=7m37s "''PRETTY BIG, RIGHT?''"] [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 23:30, 29 April 2018 (EDT)
::The original name for Big Goomba, as referenced in the ''Color Splash'' line [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK-OBvIa9_M&t=7m37s "''PRETTY BIG, RIGHT?''"] [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 23:30, 29 April 2018 (EDT)
:::Darn it, Nintendos, keep your various words for "big" straight! This is worse than the still not-fully-resolved situations surrounding Boss Bass and Piscatory Pete combined! [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:34, 29 April 2018 (EDT)
:::Darn it, Nintendos, keep your various words for "big" straight! This is worse than the still not-fully-resolved situations surrounding Boss Bass and Piscatory Pete combined! [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:34, 29 April 2018 (EDT)
:::How about ''Super Mario Maker'' where the "Big" Goombas were the Hefty Goombas? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:36, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
::::I was also thinking that enemy would be a Hefty Goomba, but on second thought, the name "''Kodeka Kuribō''" indicates it's a state in between big and normal forms. It's approximately the size of the original Grand Goomba from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', and the "Big" sizes have ranged wildly depending on the game, so it can be considered a Big Goomba. On the other hand, the sound effect for stomping one is closer to the sound effect when stomping on a Hefty Goomba instead of a Big Goomba, and coupled with the same action of splitting into two normal Goombas, that suggests it's a Hefty Goomba. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:00, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
:::::[https://youtu.be/7Lesf9b_IWA?t=937 Except the 3DS version apparently calls it a Big Goomba directly....] [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 19:46, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
::::::In that case, I guess we should keep the ''Super Mario Maker'' enemy as a Big Goomba until we can check the Japanese version to see if it is just a mistake in the English version. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 21:13, 30 April 2018 (EDT)
==(Con)current?==
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I kind of forget ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' (2019) existed. If we count ''that'', then [[Challenge Mode (New Super Mario Bros. U)#1-Up Rally|Big Goomba]] is the most recent name. Thing is, this is just text that was arbitrarily copied verbatim from the original 2012 release, ignoring the instances of Mega Goomba in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' and ''Mario Party: Star Rush'' in 2016. The wiki decided at some point not to factor emulations, but ''Deluxe'' is an enhanced port. Then again, the wiki has been lax on unchanged text in ''Super Mario RPG'' and ''The Thousand-Year Door'', which had more involved remakes. Maybe there should be a proposal? Or maybe we should start thinking of breaking up the Big/Mega-Mini/Small articles in a logical way to mitigate re-piping? I'd like more input. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:56, October 18, 2024 (EDT)
==Image==
I have reservations about the main image. On the one hand, it shows the size...but on the other hand, it's pretty clearly the NSMB Goomba artwork just with three downscaled Goomba images thrown in. [[User:PrincessPeachFan|PrincessPeachFan]] ([[User talk:PrincessPeachFan|talk]]) 08:19, November 3, 2024 (EST)
:Do many games have a proportional difference between Goomba and Big Goomba? This is probably a case where just using an image editor gets the same result as making a entire "new" piece of art. [[User:Salmancer|Salmancer]] ([[User talk:Salmancer|talk]]) 09:36, November 3, 2024 (EST)

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