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:As for Cap Block, I'm fine with splitting it, but if we do, I think [[Metal Box]] should be merged with it. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 19:28, November 30, 2021 (EST)
:As for Cap Block, I'm fine with splitting it, but if we do, I think [[Metal Box]] should be merged with it. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 19:28, November 30, 2021 (EST)
::I'm a bit disappointed, but it's your proposal, so you're the boss. The outcome of the Wing Cap proposal isn't something I particularly agreed with at the time either, and I'm not sure how I personally think about it now, but I believe it is part of a distinct pattern showing that the wiki overall prefers to keep original/remake info like that [[MarioWiki:Once and only once|more concisely in one place]] when the differences are basically aesthetic. The Nokottasu and Big Koopa Troopa split was sort of an anomaly in this regard, and I feel like that one may be revisited someday too, considering Presenter wasn't similarly split into Monty Mole. The existence of the Metal Box article somewhat complicating Cap Block is precisely why I wanted to open a discussion on it, but it seems someone's already made a [[Talk:! Block|proposal]]. I guess I'll wait and see how things turn out first. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 13:01, December 1, 2021 (EST)
::I'm a bit disappointed, but it's your proposal, so you're the boss. The outcome of the Wing Cap proposal isn't something I particularly agreed with at the time either, and I'm not sure how I personally think about it now, but I believe it is part of a distinct pattern showing that the wiki overall prefers to keep original/remake info like that [[MarioWiki:Once and only once|more concisely in one place]] when the differences are basically aesthetic. The Nokottasu and Big Koopa Troopa split was sort of an anomaly in this regard, and I feel like that one may be revisited someday too, considering Presenter wasn't similarly split into Monty Mole. The existence of the Metal Box article somewhat complicating Cap Block is precisely why I wanted to open a discussion on it, but it seems someone's already made a [[Talk:! Block|proposal]]. I guess I'll wait and see how things turn out first. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 13:01, December 1, 2021 (EST)
::I also want to point out, though, since I'm not sure it was clear enough during the proposal, that the "''Cap''" Switch and Block moniker is a change to the original English localization - they are actually the less specific "''Item''" Switch and Block in the Japanese version, so by that metric, there is no contradiction. There are "[[tcrf:Super Mario 64 DS#Cap Blocks (0x0021 to 0x0023)|Cap Blocks]]" unused in the game, but these aren't intended to be the same "''Cap''" Blocks - in fact, the used, red "? Block" is still known as <tt>ITEM_BLOCK</tt> internally (VS game, <tt>VS_ITEM_BLOCK</tt>), just like the ''Super Mario 64'' version. Additionally, while the English manual gives the name "! Block" to the yellow block, the Japanese manual gives the name "''Orange Block''" which, while different from the ''Super Mario 64'' version ("''yellow block''"), still fits within the colored block naming scheme despite there no longer being green or blue blocks to have to make color differentiation necessary. In some ways, maintaining symbol-strictness between game versions is like splitting Tower of the Wing Cap and ? Switches of Rainbow Tower. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:26, December 4, 2021 (EST)
::I also want to point out, though, that the "''Cap''" Switch and Block moniker is a change to the original English localization - they are actually the less specific "''Item''" Switch and Block in the Japanese version, so by that metric, there is no contradiction. There are "[[tcrf:Super Mario 64 DS#Cap Blocks (0x0021 to 0x0023)|Cap Blocks]]" unused in the game, but these aren't intended to be the same "''Cap''" Blocks - in fact, the used, red "? Block" is still known as <tt>ITEM_BLOCK</tt> internally (VS game, <tt>VS_ITEM_BLOCK</tt>), just like the ''Super Mario 64'' version. Additionally, while the English manual gives the name "! Block" to the yellow block, the Japanese manual gives the name "''Orange Block''" which, while different from the ''Super Mario 64'' version ("''yellow block''"), still fits within the colored block naming scheme despite there no longer being green or blue blocks to have to make color differentiation necessary. In some ways, maintaining symbol-strictness between game versions is like splitting Tower of the Wing Cap and ? Switches of Rainbow Tower. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:26, December 4, 2021 (EST)


== Cap Block ==
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