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== Stop considering [[wikirby:Togezo|Togezo]] (''Kirby'' series enemy) to be the same as Spiny == | == Stop considering [[wikirby:Togezo|Togezo]] (''Kirby'' series enemy) to be the same as Spiny == | ||
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Based on discussions as seen [[Talk:King Bob-omb#Trade & Battle: Card Hero|here]] and [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Standardize the coverage of elements from guest appearance titles|here]]. So, since 2019 (as seen in [[#Kirby series|a discussion above]]), the ''Kirby's Adventure'' enemy [[wikirby:Togezo|Togezo]] has been considered as an appearance of Spiny (like, the one from the ''Super Mario'' franchise), and thus, Togezo gets coverage on the Spiny page as if its appearances in the ''Kirby'' series are actually cameo appearances of Spiny; based on the fact that its helmet resembles a [[Spiny Shell]], it can curl up into a spiky ball that resembles a [[Spiny Egg]], and it uses the Japanese name of Spiny for its own name (and the English name for Spiny as Togezo's Japanese name in its debut). Frankly, however, I think that at most, these are mere ''references'' to Spiny, rather than Togezo actually being ''the same thing'' as Spiny. | |||
Based on discussions as seen [[Talk:King Bob-omb#Trade & Battle: Card Hero|here]] and [[MarioWiki:Proposals | |||
Appearance-wise, Togezo looks virtually ''nothing'' like a Spiny. Aside from the spiky helmet, and its curled up version resembling a Spiny Egg (which is just a spiked ball), it's a black ball with oval feet and oval dot eyes. Spinies are yellow-skinned, quadruped turtles, typically with a couple toes. That alone should signify that Togezo and Spiny aren't really the same thing, but some would say that the black color of Togezo alludes to Spiny's shadowed face, as seen in its sprites for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (and its 16-bit rerelease in ''Super Mario All-Stars''), and ''Super Mario World''. However, it's only in those sprites where Spiny is shown with a black face. In artworks, Spiny is typically shown with a face in the same color as its feet, alluding that Spiny's head isn't shadowed at all, with only [[:File:SMBSpiny.jpg|one early artwork]] showing it with a red face instead (this red face may also allude to a shadowed face, as it mimics the [[:File:SMB Spiny Sprite.gif|sprite colors]] of the original ''Super Mario Bros.''.. though its [[:File:SMASSMBSpinySprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' sprite]] depicts its head as the same color as its feet too, no red or black head). Meanwhile, Togezo's artwork ''always'' depicts its body with a black color. | Appearance-wise, Togezo looks virtually ''nothing'' like a Spiny. Aside from the spiky helmet, and its curled up version resembling a Spiny Egg (which is just a spiked ball), it's a black ball with oval feet and oval dot eyes. Spinies are yellow-skinned, quadruped turtles, typically with a couple toes. That alone should signify that Togezo and Spiny aren't really the same thing, but some would say that the black color of Togezo alludes to Spiny's shadowed face, as seen in its sprites for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (and its 16-bit rerelease in ''Super Mario All-Stars''), and ''Super Mario World''. However, it's only in those sprites where Spiny is shown with a black face. In artworks, Spiny is typically shown with a face in the same color as its feet, alluding that Spiny's head isn't shadowed at all, with only [[:File:SMBSpiny.jpg|one early artwork]] showing it with a red face instead (this red face may also allude to a shadowed face, as it mimics the [[:File:SMB Spiny Sprite.gif|sprite colors]] of the original ''Super Mario Bros.''.. though its [[:File:SMASSMBSpinySprite.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' sprite]] depicts its head as the same color as its feet too, no red or black head). Meanwhile, Togezo's artwork ''always'' depicts its body with a black color. | ||
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#{{User|Sparks}} Per Arend. | #{{User|Sparks}} Per Arend. | ||
#{{User|Nightwicked Bowser}} Per proposal | #{{User|Nightwicked Bowser}} Per proposal | ||
#{{User|Nintendo101}} Per proposal and the comments I made in the talk page Arend cites above | #{{User|Nintendo101}} Per proposal and the comments I made in the talk page Arend cites above. | ||
#{{User|Camwoodstock}} Per proposal. We think this only caught on the way it did because of the similar treatment Nintendo's had with [[Chain Chomp]]s appearing in Zelda games--however, unlike Spiny/Togezo, this link (hah.) has actually been confirmed to be fully intentional, and has been something they've kept up for as recently as the Link's Awakening remake on Switch. In stark contrast, Nintendo is a lot more cagey if Togezo is a reference to Spiny, and hasn't exactly kept up with it in a good, long while. | #{{User|Camwoodstock}} Per proposal. We think this only caught on the way it did because of the similar treatment Nintendo's had with [[Chain Chomp]]s appearing in Zelda games--however, unlike Spiny/Togezo, this link (hah.) has actually been confirmed to be fully intentional, and has been something they've kept up for as recently as the Link's Awakening remake on Switch. In stark contrast, Nintendo is a lot more cagey if Togezo is a reference to Spiny, and hasn't exactly kept up with it in a good, long while. | ||
#{{User|Hewer}} Was considering proposing this myself but you beat me to it. Anyway, per proposal and per my comments [[MarioWiki:Proposals | #{{User|Hewer}} Was considering proposing this myself but you beat me to it. Anyway, per proposal and per my comments [[MarioWiki:Proposals#Standardize the coverage of elements from guest appearance titles|here]]. | ||
#{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all. | #{{User|FanOfYoshi}} Per all. | ||
#{{User|Technetium}} Per all. | #{{User|Technetium}} Per all. | ||
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#{{User|Sdman213}} Per all. | #{{User|Sdman213}} Per all. | ||
#{{User|Mario}} The resemblances aren't established. Information like this is good fit on a trivia section. | #{{User|Mario}} The resemblances aren't established. Information like this is good fit on a trivia section. | ||
====Oppose==== | ====Oppose==== | ||
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#{{User|Blinker}} There's a lot of discussion over whether or not these are regular Spinies, and that's fair, but there's another problem with this proposal, I think. The proposal aims to entirely remove the Kirby appearances from the History section, and simply mention them as a trivia point. Now, even if we say this isn't literally a regular Spiny, I don't think it would be controversial to say that it is at least directly based on one. In other words, a variant. And take a look at [[Rex#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|this section]] on Rex's article. No regular Rexes appear in this game, but it is still considered a part of the enemy's history. I feel like this is a similar case. Whether or not these are regular Spinies, this is still a part of the enemy's history, right? | #{{User|Blinker}} There's a lot of discussion over whether or not these are regular Spinies, and that's fair, but there's another problem with this proposal, I think. The proposal aims to entirely remove the Kirby appearances from the History section, and simply mention them as a trivia point. Now, even if we say this isn't literally a regular Spiny, I don't think it would be controversial to say that it is at least directly based on one. In other words, a variant. And take a look at [[Rex#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|this section]] on Rex's article. No regular Rexes appear in this game, but it is still considered a part of the enemy's history. I feel like this is a similar case. Whether or not these are regular Spinies, this is still a part of the enemy's history, right? | ||
#{{User|LinkTheLefty}} As mentioned in the comments, second-hand information indicates that at least one 90's-era guide made a statement on the matter. | #{{User|LinkTheLefty}} As mentioned in the comments, second-hand information indicates that at least one 90's-era guide made a statement on the matter. | ||
====Comments==== | ====Comments==== | ||
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:That would certainly change my impression, but I would feel more comfortable with seeing the page where this is said in the book. Hopefully it surfaces somewhere. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 00:27, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | :That would certainly change my impression, but I would feel more comfortable with seeing the page where this is said in the book. Hopefully it surfaces somewhere. - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 00:27, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||
::If a scan is found and the statement is direct, I think that's enough to outright overturn the proposal, no? Though I doubt we'll find out for sure before the proposal ends... [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:18, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ::If a scan is found and the statement is direct, I think that's enough to outright overturn the proposal, no? Though I doubt we'll find out for sure before the proposal ends... [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:18, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||
@Blinker: My stance is that we really don't even know if it was based on Spiny or not in the first place, let alone whether it's a variant or not. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 08:09, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | @Blinker: My stance is that we really don't even know if it was based on Spiny or not in the first place, let alone whether it's a variant or not. {{User:Hewer/sig}} 08:09, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||
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::::I'd still take it with a grain of salt. That book is from the コロタン文庫 ''Korotan Bunko'' book series which along with its sister series ビッグ・コロタン ''Big Korotan'' still gets new releases and is tied to CoroCoro Comic. Even if it was a Shogakukan publication, its status would be the same as those of other publishers' game encyclopedias and strategy guides that are not Nintendo Official Guidebooks, the 90's ones at least (that goes for [[Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]] as well). Then there's [https://kirby.fandom.com/ja/wiki/%E6%98%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A3_%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E5%A4%A7%E5%9B%B3%E9%91%91 Kadokawa's 30th Kirby Anniv. Character Encyclopedia] where Togezo is not listed as a guest. We also don't know if Kirby 3 official guide mentions if Togezo is a guest, or if Spiny all the way from Kirby's Adventure is a guest, or even if the Wikia is in the right splitting the two. [[User:SmokedChili|SmokedChili]] ([[User talk:SmokedChili|talk]]) 16:40, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ::::I'd still take it with a grain of salt. That book is from the コロタン文庫 ''Korotan Bunko'' book series which along with its sister series ビッグ・コロタン ''Big Korotan'' still gets new releases and is tied to CoroCoro Comic. Even if it was a Shogakukan publication, its status would be the same as those of other publishers' game encyclopedias and strategy guides that are not Nintendo Official Guidebooks, the 90's ones at least (that goes for [[Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]] as well). Then there's [https://kirby.fandom.com/ja/wiki/%E6%98%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A3_%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E5%A4%A7%E5%9B%B3%E9%91%91 Kadokawa's 30th Kirby Anniv. Character Encyclopedia] where Togezo is not listed as a guest. We also don't know if Kirby 3 official guide mentions if Togezo is a guest, or if Spiny all the way from Kirby's Adventure is a guest, or even if the Wikia is in the right splitting the two. [[User:SmokedChili|SmokedChili]] ([[User talk:SmokedChili|talk]]) 16:40, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||
:::::The book was released by Shogakukan in 1999, though, by which point they were definitely an official partner for guidebooks. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:40, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | :::::The book was released by Shogakukan in 1999, though, by which point they were definitely an official partner for guidebooks. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 17:40, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||
:::::Even so, I'd sooner trust a guide made when Sakurai and Shimomura were still at HAL and their games were still relatively fresh. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:18, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | :::::Even so, I'd sooner trust a guide made when Sakurai and Shimomura were still at HAL and their games were still relatively fresh. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 18:18, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||
Now, there's something else I just remembered. Most (if not all) enemies from Kirby's Adventure have names derived from English words. Bomber, Flamer, Bubbles, Laser Ball, Blade Knight, and so on. Now, this is just speculation, but that could explain why they went with "Spiny" rather than "Togezo". [[User:Blinker|Blinker]] ([[User talk:Blinker|talk]]) 09:19, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | Now, there's something else I just remembered. Most (if not all) enemies from Kirby's Adventure have names derived from English words. Bomber, Flamer, Bubbles, Laser Ball, Blade Knight, and so on. Now, this is just speculation, but that could explain why they went with "Spiny" rather than "Togezo". [[User:Blinker|Blinker]] ([[User talk:Blinker|talk]]) 09:19, July 21, 2024 (EDT) | ||