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==Nintendo Power #90==
Hi again! (Btw, thanks for archiving your talk page!) I have a request for you: You are the only accessible person on the internet who apparently owns Nintendo Power issue 90 (the one with Dixie and Kiddy Kong in a toboggan). Could you please look at the DKC3 segments in that issue, and tell me if you find anything stating that the Kremlings were mutated by something? Many users on the internet, including me, remember something about that being the case, so I'm trying to find a source proving this. (While you're at it, please let me know about anything else obscure in the DKC3 segment!)
This would really help a lot! (You don't have to, I don't want to pressure you into doing anything)<br>{{User:Scarlet Pairo/sig}} 14:14, December 11, 2021 (EST)
:Thanks a lot!! {{User:Scarlet Pairo/sig}} 14:34, December 11, 2021 (EST)

== RE:December update ==
It's great to hear from you again. This past month has seen slower progress in regard to my wiki contributions; instead, I've directed my attention to several outside endeavours.

It's nice that you have taken the initiative to better the databases that document various franchises, but I have to wonder if the prospective workload of such task won't take a toll on your finances and, more importantly, you.

At any rate, thank you for the update. I appreciate everything you do! {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 13:00, December 12, 2021 (EST)
:Playing the long game is a commendable approach, and I've acknowledged that you love doing it, but I do have to wonder how much you find to be enough. I'd be adamant about not overexerting yourself. Your contributions are much needed with how terrible some of the mainstay sources of information are to navigate, e.g. Bulbapedia; I'm just saying that, realistically, you'd fare much better if you focused yourself on one project, then moving on when it can sustain itself at the earliest.
:Anyway, should you need any help, I'm here to hear your requests. As ever, I'm busy with Mario Wiki projects, but I should be able to squeeze some time for whatever you need of me. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 12:04, December 13, 2021 (EST)
::That's reassuring. If any drama of sorts arises, it's best you take it in stride, like you said. I'm sure you'll prove your mettle, if you haven't already :) {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 12:24, December 13, 2021 (EST)

== RE:DK Wiki PT ==
You create for me on this site [https://meta.miraheze.org/ Miraheze]? Because you have more knowledge. [[User:ChristopherPAraujo|ChristopherPAraujo]] ([[User talk:ChristopherPAraujo|talk]]) 15:31, December 12, 2021 (EST)
:[[User:ChristopherPAraujo|ChristopherPAraujo]] Hi, I am DarkMatterMan4500, an acquaintance of Results May Vary on the wikifarm that is known as Miraheze. I was sent here by a link from him directly to his talk page, and I wanted to say, if you want to join Miraheze, then that's great. --[[User:DarkMatterMan4500|DarkMatterMan4500]] ([[User talk:DarkMatterMan4500|talk]]) 10:56, December 13, 2021 (EST)

== You're welcome! ==

Happy to be of help! {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 14:38, January 1, 2022 (EST)

== Nintendo Holiday Pinterest board ==

So I just found [https://www.pinterest.com/nintendo/nintendo-holiday/ this Pinterest collection] dedicated to Nintendo-themed holiday creations. It was promoted by Nintendo of America in a [https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/photos/a.120520318032430/557163717701419/?type=3 Facebook post], and it has tons of redirects to official Nintendo social media posts where they present their own printable stuff. Might be worth bringing some of that material over here, maybe? {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 11:15, January 2, 2022 (EST)

==Re:thank you==
Sure! I understand the excitement of proto-documentation, so I look forward to seeing how much gets covered. (This may be more up your alley since I feel the GBA version is a bit out of my jurisdiction as it were, as while I have memories of the SNES version, my experience with the GBA version is mostly limited to checking out Pacifica.) By the way, there's been something I've been meaning to mention: I've noticed you added some Miraheze wiki links on your user page not too long ago. I'm curious as to the goal/approach compared to alternative wikis such as those for ''Kirby'' and ''Super Smash Bros.'' Is it like the Zelda Archive sitch, or something else? I don't know much about Miraheze. Asking for a friend who ''might'' be interested in "The Kirby Encyclopedia" in particular. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 11:30, January 6, 2022 (EST)
:Interesting. I think I remember that ''Super Smash Bros.'' proposal, and I honestly think the future of this content in the long term here is uncertain, so it's good that you have a "fork" backup ready. So, other points of interest: what's the Miraheze Super Mario Wiki? (I'm amused that it apparently takes a stance on "canon warnings" like FANDOM's MarioWiki while our stance has almost always been "there is no canon" <small>but secretly it's really "draw your own conclusions for yourself."</small>) And can you tell me about ShoutWiki? There was another wiki I was interested in a while back, which I thought was an independent alternative to a Wikia site, but then I realized it was on ShoutWiki and I guess the Gamepedia buyout spooked me from it. I'm not too savvy on the specifics, but I suppose, since both ShoutWiki and Miraheze more openly pride themselves as open source projects, would you say there's less of a chance for the same thing to happen to them? Anyway, I'm in agreement that WiKirby has pretty much gone in its own direction. I remember you asked me once if you can "<s>steal</s> borrow" my ''Kirby''-related contributions, so if there's a unified goal of making it more like this wiki, I say it's fine in case you were thinking of doing that again, though I should add if you do that I've changed my stance on the gender thing since then - I still think it's a little annoying that my old, novice arguments have been overemphasized in some other places, but it's hard to argue when the main creator, voice actor, and Japanese sourcebooks have all repeated the same thing at some point, which I wasn't aware of until recently...so it looks like I was accidentally right all along, just not for reasons I stand by now that I have more knowledge on how the language works, if that makes sense. At any rate, good luck with these wikis! [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 19:21, January 6, 2022 (EST)
::Yes, I noticed that Gamepedia had a "corporate" identity from day one, so really the Wikia acquisition might've been inevitable in some ways. The wiki I had in mind was Bomberpedia - I'd never heard of ShoutWiki until that point, so my first thought was: "oh, it's named after the ''Bomberman'' character, Shout!" Regardless, it's a pretty tight-knit community, so I don't see them migrating anytime soon. So with Triforce Wiki having moved its hosting to Grifkuba Gaming Services, is there a reason why Triforce Wiki doesn't appear to be listed on Grifkuba's main page? <small>"Asking for a friend" was my bad attempt at being somewhat subtle lol.</small> Not to get too off-topic here, but one more thing while I'm talking about other wikis: since you handle both Final Fantasy Wiki and Wiki of Mana, I'm curious as to your stance on ''Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden'' (''Final Fantasy Adventure'' / ''Adventures of Mana'') and ''Shinyaku: Seiken Densetsu'' (''Sword of Mana'') coverage. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 08:50, January 7, 2022 (EST)
==Emergency==
My [https://dkwiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Donkey_Kong wiki site] has received a [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Community_noticeboard#Things_to_note_for_the_upcoming_migration_and_downtime_notice warning] that some things will be disabled.
[[User:ChristopherPAraujo|ChristopherPAraujo]] ([[User talk:ChristopherPAraujo|talk]]) 18h42in de January 7, 2022 (EST) (UTC)

== RE:Pokémon articles ==

I've scanned them, and all I can say is that you're off to a great start. Keep 'em coming! I can't find a Play Nintendo page, though. Does it currently exist only as a draft? {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 18:15, January 8, 2022 (EST)
:I'm curious, what is the exact scope of Nintendo Wiki? Is it gonna cover all Nintendo media, just without minor subjects like certain enemies and items? Or will it only do so for games like Game Builder Garage which don't have a dedicated wiki? {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 12:32, January 31, 2022 (EST)
::I think I heard there's some controversy surrounding certain wiki farms but I'm not knowledgeable enough on the subject to understand why. As for wiki farms in general, this is the first time I hear some people are outright wary of them. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 15:17, February 4, 2022 (EST)

==Player's guides==
Exists the ''Mario Super Sluggers'' player's guide?
[[User:ChristopherPAraujo|ChristopherPAraujo]] ([[User talk:ChristopherPAraujo|talk]]) 22h18, January 31, 2022 (EST)

Because I want the artwork of Kritter in big size with good quality.
[[User:ChristopherPAraujo|ChristopherPAraujo]] ([[User talk:ChristopherPAraujo|talk]]) 23h53, January 31, 2022 (EST)
==DKC Player's guide in Japanese==
You DKC3 japanese player's guide have artwork of Dixie or Kiddy riding Ellie?
[[User:ChristopherPAraujo|ChristopherPAraujo]] ([[User talk:ChristopherPAraujo|talk]]) 14:51, Febuary 4, 2021 (EDT)

==RE: ayoooooo==
Haha, been busy with real life. Got two jobs nowadays and I wish I had more time for this place but I... 😭😭 well, that's the price you pay for getting old. But I miss and love you too fam I appreciate you!!! You a real one. {{User:Paper Jorge/sig}}

:Totally late response but yeah, I totally f' with the vision. The Wikia Fandom websites beat us to the punch in a lot of wikis...but...as I've complained before...bro their layout and formatting is so much infinitely worse! Wikia has awful syntax and a confusing layout! Every time! I love what y'all are doing, I wish I could help with the B-K Wiki a whole lot more. I definitely would if I was still 13 and had all the time and enthusiasm in the world, it's a shame really. Man, it's insane to me that I will probably die having never seen another real Banjo game again. 8 year old me would always be so hyped about the possibility of Banjo-Threeie on the Gamecube, and I'd look up fan made content sometimes thinking it to be real. If only that little kid knew that he'd be, one day, 25 years old and still not have the game. Nuts & Bolts doesn't count, but I sure enjoyed it a lot for what it was. JonTron's complaints were very valid, though. It felt very dead; it wasn't full of life and exploration and things to do, overall. It didn't even feel like they were Banjo characters. And the graphics overall, the redesigns and coloring, it all felt dull and sad. {{User:Paper Jorge/sig}}

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==Re:''Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu''==
So I actually do have reason to have done this a little differently. As you said, ''Kirby's Super Star Stacker'' isn't necessarily a finalized title, so I wouldn't have used that. The Game Boy version box art romanizes the ''Kirakira Kizzu'' part as ''KiraKira Kids'', but that's not what I'm thinking of either. The title I'm thinking of was used right in ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''. If you recall, there are unlockable stickers based on artwork from previous games. The stickers from the Game Boy and Super Famicom versions are grouped together as ''Kirby's Star Stacker'' since they have the same Japanese name. So I'd reference that as the English title and come up with identifiers to differentiate from the Game Boy and Super Famicom versions. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 13:16, March 3, 2022 (EST)

==Re:Some articles live on==
I have suggestions! There was a [[MarioWiki:Proposals/Archive/51#Smash Bros. Articles: What Stays and What Goes.3F|proposal]] that, among other things, condensed the Assist Trophies from their own articles into a list. We also had more ''[[Talk:Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic#Merge Imajin, Mama, Lina, Papa, and Poki and Piki with this article|Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Talk:Panel de Pon#Merge With Tetris Attack|Panel De Pon]]'' [[Special:Diff/3237496|information]] that got gutted. Do these sound like things you'd save at Nintendo Wiki and SSB Wiki? (Also, I'm pretty sure it's "Castle Dedede") [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 12:55, March 13, 2022 (EDT)
:Thanks for bringing that to my attention! That ''Yoshi's Island'' webpage looks so cool, but unfortunately, I don't think its [https://web.archive.org/web/19961222151332/http://www.nintendo.com/product/snes/smw2/index.html original] [https://web.archive.org/web/19980205061926/http://www.nintendo.com/snes/smw2/index.html form] was ever fully archived. A lot of those other web screenshot and descriptions also make me nostalgic somehow. I do have a few notes here you may find interesting.
*''Panel de Pon'': Neris looks like a mermaid, but she's called the sea fairy. The characters' full titles are: はなのようせい　リップ (flower fairy Lip), かぜのようせい　ウィンディ (wind fairy Windy), こおりのようせい　シャーベット (ice fairy Sharbet), みどりのようせい　ティアナ (green fairy Thiana), ほうせきのようせい　ルビー (jewel fairy Ruby), みずのようせい　エリアス (water fairy Elias), ほのおのようせい　フレア (flame fairy Flare), うみのようせい　ネリス (sea fairy Neris), つきのようせい　セレン (moon fairy Seren), ビッグバード　フェニックス (big bird Phoenix), モンスター　ドラゴン (monster Dragon), まおう　サナトス (devil king Sanatos) and めがみ　コーデリア (goddess Corderia). One minor character is shared between SFC ''Panel de Pon'' and SNES ''Tetris Attack'', named タイムくん / Mr. Time by the second character of Stage Clear mode.
*''Panel de Pon GB'' appears to have been developed much further along before becoming ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' - TCRF's page is really just the tip of the iceberg. Check out the bottom section of [https://hakuda2.web.fc2.com/game/pane/mo.html this page] for instance. Some things like story text was apparently overwritten, but from the recovered graphics it looks like the missing link between the original and the 64/GC game. There's a restoration project underway last I checked that uses the Japanese version since it's the one with the most leftovers.
*''Panel de Pon 64'' wasn't just "believed to have been retooled" as ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' - there's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0sl8xhYG4E&t=683s footage] of an in-progress build where the options screen is still ''Panel de Pon''-themed (which is actually still mentioned in the ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' article), so it's pretty much a strong certainty.
*Lina is Imajin's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL9o9zzCUsQ&t=8m38s girlfriend] (also, I'm pretty sure Mamu/Wart was never a king, even though he wears a crown). Could also mention that Mama's jumping is slightly different than Luigi's.
*NMS UK #28: [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-magazine-system-uk-28-january-1995/page/n89/mode/2up This] scoop on ''Donkey Kong Country'' might have a few things we didn't know about. For instance, a SGI-generated boxing tech demo was what impressed Nintendo and what eventually led to ''Country''. (Also, speaking of this issue, I don't know if you've ever played ''Chrono Trigger'', but [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-magazine-system-uk-28-january-1995/page/n9/mode/2up this] scene with two identical robots behind the gang in the time machine is not in the final game.)
*NMS AU #42: Not much to say [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1996_09/page/n39/mode/2up here] but just thought it was worth pointing out that they refer to ''Panel de Pon'' as "''Paneru Gopon''" like their [[:File:NMS UK I40 P88.jpg|UK]] [[:File:NMS UK I42 P8.jpg|counterpart]]. Maybe there's a bit more to it?
*NMS UK #50: Is the page background used [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-magazine-system-uk-50-november-1996/page/82/mode/2up here] a known DKC3 render? Compare it with the [[:File:DKC3 cover art.jpg|box art]] ([[:File:DKC3 Scene.png|flipped]]) and [[:File:DKC3 Title Screen background.png|title screen]]. This looks like an early version of that, except the title screen still has the landmass and background details (no Funky, Kuff/Klout). Dixie is in an entirely different position (which may not be as dynamic but I personally kind of like it because I feel it catches your attention more towards the character whose name is in the title), and Kiddy doesn't seem to be catching a banana (it looks like they sort of hastily added it in, and if you notice his angle was also tweaked for the box art version). The [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-magazine-system-uk-50-november-1996/page/84/mode/2up next] page is also interesting because at the bottom we have another screenshot of early Karbine (not the [[:File:Karbine proto design ingame.png|one]] that the wiki has). Quality's not that great, but worth adding.
*NMS AU #53: [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1997_08/page/n5/mode/2up Here] it says that ''Star Wing 64'' was planned to be the (PAL) title for ''Star Fox 64'' / ''Lylat Wars'', but cites "some clash over the Star Wing name and another company’s use of the title". That might be new information, since the story I'm aware of is the [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/09/want_to_know_the_real_reason_star_fox_was_renamed_in_europe StarVox] one. Speaking of which, [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1996_09/page/n33/mode/2up NMS AU #42] & [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1997_09/page/n23/mode/2up #54] and maybe [https://archive.org/details/64_magazine-volume_01/page/n95/mode/2up this unofficial magazine] has some pre-release screenshots I haven't seen before, as well as [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1995_05/page/n13/mode/2up NMS AU #26] on a potential PAL release of ''Star Fox 2''.
*NMS AU #55: A [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1997_10/page/n11/mode/2up preview] of a 60% complete build of ''Banjo-Kazooie'' (''Conker's Quest'' is on the previous page) mentions "Banjo's girlfriend Piccolo" which sounds a lot like Banjo's sister Tooty. The girlfriend part was [https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1177528103721197569 deconfirmed] to Gregg Mayles' recollection, so it's interesting that there's another source with that claim. It also refers to "Fungus Forest" and "Mount Fire Eye" ("Mount Fire Eyes" in NP 99).
*Also I observed that a lot of people wrote in asking about a PAL release for ''Super Mario RPG''. [https://archive.org/details/nintendo_magazine_system-1997_08/page/n51/mode/2up NMS AU #53] gives the explanation that Nintendo's falling out with Square started around the time the NTSC version released. That reminds me, I ought to get on to uploading the ''Super Mario RPG'' pre-release coverage sometime.
*What do you think about adding info to the wiki that's fan-submitted if the publishing source is official? I'm sure they edit the submissions a bit before it goes to print. I'm thinking the cheat codes and perhaps the mailbag.
I do want to ask, how's the process for making your own wiki at Miraheze? The thought has crossed my mind to make a companion wiki for a personal, RPG-related project I've had in the works for some time, and I'm wondering if Miraheze would be a decent fit. Merely a hypothetical for now since I'm unsure if I can work out the logistics. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 00:10, March 18, 2022 (EDT)
:Oh, if you want to add a citation for the ''Doki Doki Panic'' tidbit, I'm sure it's fine to borrow the one [[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic#Story|used]] for the article. The Render Archive or maybe Supper Mario Broth or even Forest of Illusion might be able to look into the mystery DKC3 render. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 12:18, March 18, 2022 (EDT)