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== Mario Party 10 Wario Render ==
Hello, I signed up a while back, but never really posted. Hope I'm doing this right... I was curious to know if you have sources and can by chance find and update [https://www.mariowiki.com/File:Wario_MP10.png this Wario artwork from Mario Party 10] with the official highest-res piece you can find. The current on is lo-res and I know you and User:L151 seem to have uploaded a few hi-res official .pngs from that game. Thank you! [[User:MarioLandCitizen|MarioLandCitizen]] ([[User_talk:MarioLandCitizen|talk]]) Sunday, January 7th 2018, 19:29 (EST/EDT)

:I can't seem to find that one. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 01:28, 8 January 2018 (EST)

== PidgiWiki Coverage ==

I learned a few days ago that [[Bulbapedia:PidgiWiki|Bulbapedia covers PidgiWiki]]. You are a member of that wiki. Just thought I share that bit of knowledge with you. --{{User:Wildgoosespeeder/sig}} 12:42, 14 January 2018 (EST)

== Saw you do something there ==

Does this mean you're back, buddy? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 15:43, June 10, 2019 (EDT)

:Hey! Not exactly, just lurking. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 21:59, June 10, 2019 (EDT)
::So how are things? You left so abruptly it worried me a little. Tried PMing you on TSR but you didn't respond there either. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 22:15, June 10, 2019 (EDT)

No need to worry, we all have our lives to lead. I haven't logged in to TSR for a long time, sorry about that. I'm doing well, making progress in my degree, working and drafting my two books (one non-fiction, one an amalgamation). Tell me about you? {{User:Shokora/sig}} 06:01, June 11, 2019 (EDT)

== Hey there! ==

So, you're back. I didn't expect you to be back that early. But. Welcome back! I'm FanOfYoshi. --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 06:34, June 11, 2019 (EDT)

== Hello hello ==

:Life treats you well, I hope. --{{User:Lord Grammaticus/sig}} 00:52, July 20, 2019 (EDT)

==Intent to continue==
Greetings. I was wondering if you were still intending to continue your [[User:Shokora/List of audio samples used in Mario games|List of audio samples used in Mario games]] project? If so, then you are more than welcome to ignore this entirely. If not, could you please let me know? I will probaby end up deleting the extra audio files if you don't plan on keeping the project around. Thanks! [[User:Trig Jegman|Trig Jegman]] - 21:29, February 8, 2020 (EST)

:Hey, thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately I can't commit to finishing that project. Anybody is welcome to adopt it and see it through. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 21:23, February 10, 2020 (EST)

::Thank you very much for responding. I will try to hold on to these audios in an offline storage in case you (or someone else??) wants to try and use them later. [[User:Trig Jegman|Trig]] - 22:51, February 10, 2020 (EST)

Actually, I'd like to at least split off the complete information on that page to the individual game articles. Please allow me a week or so for that. Cheers. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 00:32, February 11, 2020 (EST)

== Hi ==

How've you been? Just popping in occasionally? {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 20:20, February 18, 2020 (EST)

:Hey mate! I've been well, just having a good old lurk. How are you? {{User:Shokora/sig}} 20:25, February 19, 2020 (EST)

::That's good to hear. I'm doing well, wiki's fine but different now with everyone resigning :') {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 23:28, February 19, 2020 (EST)

== Friends? ==

Can we exchange userboxes? [[User:DarkNight|DarkNight]] ([[User talk:DarkNight|talk]]) 00:58, June 24, 2020 (EDT) [[User:DarkNight|DarkNight]] ([[User talk:DarkNight|talk]]) 00:58, June 24, 2020 (EDT)

:Sure we can. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 23:49, June 24, 2020 (EDT)

==''Wario Land 4'' Enterbrain==
Hi, so I know this was quite a while ago, but I noticed that you added references to an "''Wario Land 4'' official Enterbrain Japanese game guide" in a few places like the Kaentsubo and Yūrei articles. I've been thinking lately that the wiki really needed to clean up foreign references to ensure they are all from official sources. Just for clarification, what was the name of this guide, and does it have the credentials mentioned [[User talk:Mister Wu#Non-K.C5.8Dshiki Japanese guides|here]]? Also, is the reference for Hotaru supposed to be the Shogakukan guide or the Enterbrain one? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:15, July 1, 2020 (EDT)

:Hello Link! Apologies about the slight delay in responding. I do believe the Enterbrain guide is official; [https://imgur.com/gallery/sq03kpG here is the front cover as well as the publishing information citing Nintendo on the inner page]. Thanks for bringing up Hotaru, I think that non-specific reference was leftover from when I thought there was only one official Japanese game guide (I've since amassed three which all seem official albeit by different publishers). The Hotaru reference came from the Shogakukan publication, [https://imgur.com/a/iH4POb3 here is the page]. Walkazo translated it for me back in 2013, she said "Firefly is simply called "Hotaru" (in katakana), which is the word for "firefly" - but it'd still be better to rename the page accordingly." Let me know if you need any more info or any close-ups/other pages photographed. I'll try and work through your other queries on the WL4 enemy pages too. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 09:54, July 4, 2020 (EDT)
::Mister Wu told me that the phrase 「協力/任天堂株式会社」 or along the lines is the one to look out for, so it checks out. I don't need any specific scans, but if you don't mind, there are a number of images in the [[Gallery:Wario Land 4|gallery]] that can probably also clarify their guide and page ([[:File:WL4-Japanese_Logo_Artwork.png|I]] [[:File:WL4_Box_Artwork_Full_and_Text.png|c]][[:File:WL4-Frog_Switch_Artwork.png|o]][[:File:WL4-Wario_Climbing.png|u]][[:File:WL4-Keyzer_Artwork.png|n]][[:File:Princess_Shokora_WL4.png|t]][[:File:Dr_Arewo_Stein_Artwork_Wario_Land_4.png|e]][[:File:Treasure_Chest_Artwork_Wario_Land_4.png|d]] [[:File:WL4-Item_Icons_Artwork.png|s]][[:File:WL4-Jewel_Pieces_Artwork.png|e]][[:File:WL4-Entry_Passage_Symbol_Artwork.png|v]][[:File:WL4-Emerald_Passage_Symbol_Artwork.png|e]][[:File:WL4-Ruby_Passage_Symbol_Artwork.png|n]][[:File:Wl4-Topaz_Passage_Symbol_Artwork.png|t]][[:File:Wl4-Sapphire_Passage_Symbol_Artwork.png|e]][[:File:WL4-Golden_Diva_Symbol_Artwork.png|e]][[:File:WL4-Official_Passage_Map_Artwork.png|n]]). Otherwise, I'll ask: the guides don't give separate names for the [[Jewel Piece Box]] and [[jewel piece]] pickup, right? I suggested a merge since the similarly-contained [[Health (item)|Health item]] [does it have a Japanese name?] isn't separated. I'm also curious if Cuckoo Condor's unhatched [[egg (enemy)|egg]] is mentioned, and same with the unhatched [[black egg]]. I imagine it's probably 「タマゴ」 generically, but it might be worth adding to the article at least. Lastly, are the [[legendary treasure]] names conjecture, and I take it there isn't anything else workable for the conjectural titles [[User_talk:Time_Turner/unfinished#Wario_Land_4|here]] (maybe the [[Talk:Toy Block Door|slot]] is fine)? Thanks for your time. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 19:54, July 23, 2020 (EDT)

:::I'll need a few days to get back to you this- hang in there! {{User:Shokora/sig}} 05:52, July 24, 2020 (EDT)

Hi Link. I've updated the sources for all those images with the publication name and page numbers. Here is what I could find in relation to your questions across the three guides (see description for publisher/page no.)

*[https://imgur.com/gallery/fychztL Mentions of Jewel Pieces with the box]
*[https://imgur.com/a/kEptjD3 Health item]
*[https://imgur.com/a/lTmR9iQ Cuckoo Condor's egg]
*[https://imgur.com/a/SvByME1 Diva's black egg]
*[https://imgur.com/a/8ztkNYM Some more pages mentioning the firefly]

The treasures aren't collectively referred to in an obvious way. In fact I do believe the legendary treasure names are conjecture. Here's what I'd ideally like to be done eventually:

*Merge [[legendary treasure]] with [[Wario's Treasures]]
*Merge [[Jewel Piece Box]] with [[jewel piece]]
*Merge [[Treasure chest (Wario Land 4)]] with [[treasure chest]]
*Merge [[Pinball Block]] with [[Pinball]]
*Merge [[Game Bot]] with [[Mini-Game Shop]]
*Merge [[Angry Spear-Mask]] and [[Tornado Spear-Mask]] with [[Spear-Mask]], and refer to the coloured variants in brackets. I don't know where the "Tornado" and "Angry" descriptors came from.
*Move [[Compressor]] to [[weight]] (Czako_piston.c)
*I think [[Toy Block Door]] could just be incorporated into [[triangle block]] rather than using a very generic "slot" article name.
*I agree with merging [[Kaeru Block]] with [[shake block]] if we keep the alternate name on the article and refer to them by Kaeru Block on every ''WL4'' instance.

After those are sorted, here's a list of the remaining conjectural articles which probably need to be eliminated using generic terms from the Japanese guide books, or otherwise from the internal files seen in the recent leak (do you have experience reassembling source code?)

*[[Decompressor]]
*[[Game Bot]]
*<s>[[Money Flower]] (Czako_flower.c)</s>
*[[Pig Head Statue]]
*<s>[[Puzzle Room]]</s> [[pink area]]
*[[Spike Cannon]]
*<s>[[Spiked Head]] (Czako_[[togemasuku]].c)</s>
*[[Pearl Bird]] (Czako_glass_bi.c) - Glass bird?
*[[Eggplant Warrior]] (seemed to be named totumen_pinkie in the source code leak)
*[[Pin enemy]]
*[[Green enemy]]
*[[Mechanical fish]]

That ''should'' account for everything! {{User:Shokora/sig}} 11:51, August 3, 2020 (EDT)<br>
EDIT: Updating as files/potential names are found
:The source code stuff is interesting timing... I don't see why not put it all to good use. I did notice that the pin enemy is mentioned in <tt>s_BOSS_YOKI_TEKI_IN_1.o</tt>, <tt>s_BOSS_YOKI_TEKI_IN_2.o</tt>, <tt>s_BOSS_YOKI_TEKI_IN_3.o</tt>, and <tt>s_BOSS_YOKI_TEKI_IN_4.o</tt> under the sound effects, so maybe "Teki" really is the correct name after all, as odd as it sounds? Otherwise, I agree with your proposed changes in general (well, I'm not so sure about moving Compressor to weight). [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 03:42, August 9, 2020 (EDT)

::Judging by the naming conventions the source is using, Teki is probably a collective term for enemies. There's a whole folder called "TEKI" at sound\midi\SFX with sound effects for many enemies. I think the graphics for the pin enemy is grouped with the boss, I saw that the [[mechanical fish]] graphics were included with the [[Catbat]] bat on <tt>Cdoramori_hage.c</tt>. There's a lot to sort through- there's an object called <tt>Oshittuki_togedon.c</tt> which could be it.

::Compressor seems to be a conjectural name, and we could either go with "weight" from the manual, or "piston" from the files (and the object is more accurately represented as a piston than a generic weight).

::{{User:Shokora/sig}} 09:26, August 9, 2020 (EDT)
:::Right, I thought you meant merging it to the current weight article. Yes, the article definitely needs to be changed, although for what it's worth, the Scholastic ''Warioland 4'' book uses both terms at least once: on page 29 ("''I went back and messed with that number block and made the mistake of setting it on 4. WHAM! This huge piston flattened me!''") and then on one of several color pages between pages 32 and 33, which just references the Flat Wario profile from the manual ("''Wario has been smashed flat by a weight.''"). Piston also shows up regarding The Curious Factory on page 57 of ''Nintendo Power Advance'' V.3 ("''In the first area, Wario will have to busy himself with rotating platform machines and huge, smashing pistons.''"). Overall, "piston" seems to be specifically that object while "weight" sounds more generic. What I would do is go with piston, but either move the ''Wario Land II'' info over to Pouncer or split it into its own "weight (object)" article (D-Bat has a separate profile in the Shogakukan guide and is only identified by itself in ''Picross NP Vol.7'', so it doesn't seem like its block properly belongs in the same article). The ''Yoshi's Story'' object is also referred to as a "piston" in the Player's Guide (pages 112 and 114), as well as the [https://web.archive.org/web/19990508195736/http://www.yoshisstory.com/6-1.html official website] and Prima's ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' (page 115), so it can stay for now. Additionally, I noticed some early names that may be worth noting, like ''Kondarā'' (Cuckoo Condor) is "CONDOKE" according to the sound files. Other than that, I was thinking of having "Wario's Treasures" changed to something like "Treasure (''Wario'' franchise)", since it's more of a proper title and more accurately said that the treasures don't exactly belong to Wario until the player collects them. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 13:31, August 9, 2020 (EDT)

::::Completely agree with moving to "Treasure (Wario franchise)". Regarding the different pinball blocks, I think I'll roll with (pun intended) creating the articles for them as they are separate objects with different functions. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 08:52, August 15, 2020 (EDT)
:::::On the topic of treasure, I was also thinking of splitting the ''Wario Land 3'' treasures, or at least making a "list of ''Wario Land 3'' treasures in other languages", because most all treasures in that game have individual Japanese and English names and I'm not sure where else to put that information without cluttering the level articles. What do you think? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 05:05, August 31, 2020 (EDT)

Hi Link. The ''[[WL3]]'' treasures are an interesting case. I feel the table on the level article is too long to keep in its entire state. What I would do is keep the first five Music Box treasures on the level article in table form, as they are essential to completing the game, and having a <tt><nowiki>{{main|List of Wario Land 3 treasures}}</nowiki></tt> link at the top of the section to direct readers if they want to see info about the other 95 treasures. Of course, it could still get a section on "Treasure (Wario franchise)", but again the large table warrants its own article.

I think a "List of Wario Land 3 treasures in other languages" page could also be made separately, as we already have [[List of Kingdom Builder items in Super Mario Run]] and [[List of Kingdom Builder item names in other languages]] split (although I think presentation could be improved on the latter).

{{User:Shokora/sig}} 06:58, August 31, 2020 (EDT)

== Hiya! ==

Nice to see you back around and editing more! Quarantine must've been boring if you had to come here :P {{User:Alex95/sig}} 01:17, July 22, 2020 (EDT)

:Hey Alex!! Good to see you too. Yes my city is in lockdown again after a second wave. I’m only doing the right thing by playing games and editing, haha. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 01:39, July 22, 2020 (EDT)

::Hope you're doing okay, Shokora, stay safe. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 09:21, July 22, 2020 (EDT)

Thanks mate, you too. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 22:47, July 22, 2020 (EDT)

== Welcome ==

Hey Shokora, we retired the {{tem|welcome}} template in 2017 so we're no longer transcluding it on user talk pages. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:58, August 12, 2020 (EDT)

:Oh... Sorry! Old habit, that completely dodged me. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 07:05, August 12, 2020 (EDT)

== ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' Wiggler ==

<del>Are you certain you want to override <nowiki>[[:File:SleepingWiggler.jpg|this file]]</nowiki> with [[:File:PMSS-Wiggler Shot.png|this file]]? {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 10:33, August 25, 2020 (EDT)</del>
:Never mind. Apparently you do. {{User:Toadette the Achiever/sig}} 10:34, August 25, 2020 (EDT)

== How are you awake?! ==

In Australia it's 3AM! Also, why aren't the BJADON pages semiprotected? {{User:DarkNight/sig}} 13:19, August 26, 2020 (EDT)

:Well... depends where I am in Australia :) The west coast is two hours behind. I'll ask what the rest of the admins think about protecting the pages. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 13:24, August 26, 2020 (EDT)
::Still, it could be also 2AM or 1AM! {{User:DarkNight/sig}} 13:27, August 26, 2020 (EDT)

:::You got me there. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 13:31, August 26, 2020 (EDT)

== Kersti's advice ==

I saw your in-progress "Kersti's advice" page, and I like the idea. Would it be okay if I made a "[[Huey]]'s advice" article for ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''? {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 15:32, August 29, 2020 (EDT)

:Hey, thanks very much! It's been a long time in the making, since I wanted to play through both a North American and PAL copy to record all the differences. You're very welcome to go ahead and make one for ''Colour Splash''. I read somewhere you had access to the game's text files? That'll make the work much easier, because at least in ''Sticker Star'' depending on the order you complete things, not all of Kersti's advice can be heard on a single play-through. Let me know if you need a hand with formatting/presentation, I like that kind of stuff.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 01:51, August 30, 2020 (EDT)
::I do have the text files for both ''Sticker Star'' and ''Color Splash'', but only the North American versions for both. I don't think ''Color Splash'' has many regional changes, but I'll keep it in mind and will ask you if I need help with formatting. {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 02:24, August 30, 2020 (EDT)

:::Do you mind if I see the files for ''Sticker Star''?

:::{{User:Shokora/sig}} 02:33, August 30, 2020 (EDT)
::::Sure, here's a ZIP of them on Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GorMgwYhT4LXMwQWiflYtv3CjaYR3EeI/view?usp=sharing). I'll delete this file once you've downloaded them, so please let me know when you do. They're in MSBT format, and my program of choice for opening those is [https://github.com/IcySon55/Kuriimu/releases Kuriimu]. {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 02:47, August 30, 2020 (EDT)

:::::Downloaded. Looks fascinating, thanks very much.

:::::{{User:Shokora/sig}} 02:54, August 30, 2020 (EDT)
::::::Ah, good. It might take a bit to learn where specific text is stored, but it's much easier than getting it while playing through the game. {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 03:13, August 30, 2020 (EDT)

Yeah looks like they're all in global_event, and I've already seen a couple that I didn't manage to trigger in-game.

{{User:Shokora/sig}} 03:50, August 30, 2020 (EDT)
:::::::I'm pretty sure that's the same with [[Olivia]], because you can press {{button|NS|X}} to have her say something depending on what area you're in. {{User:DarkNight/sig}} 14:18, August 30, 2020 (EDT)

== RE: Pinch punch ==

Yeah it's neat, I think I <s>stole</s>borrowed the code from one of your old signatures actually. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:58, September 1, 2020 (EDT)

:Aw, it's not the same without that ''tilt''. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 06:49, September 4, 2020 (EDT)

== Thank you ==

By the way, these photos are from the official Japanese [[SSBU]] Twitter account... {{User:Blhte/sig}} 08:05, September 1, 2020 (EDT)

== A simple question ==

Do you like the gifs I have been adding? 
[[:File:MIM-Mario Sprite.gif|thumb|Mario walking in Mario is Missing]]
[[:File:BowserEmbarrassed.gif|thumb|Bowser after getting his shell removed in Mario is Missing]]
[[:File:HotelMarioBowserWalk.gif|thumb|Bowser walking in Hotel Mario]]
{{User|MarioIsMissingDos}} 09:00, September 1, 2020 (EST)

:Not when they're on my page, but I don't mind them elsewhere. Are you making them yourself?

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 09:05, September 1, 2020 (EDT)

I found the Mario is Missing walking animation online, but all the others were made by me. Do you know of any way to get the background from this image, as I have been after this background for a long time, as I would like to use it in a sprite comic. Here is the image that I would like the background from [[File:BeachKoopa-Bowser.png|thumb]]
{{User|MarioIsMissingDos}} 10:02, September 1, 2020 (EST)

:Hm, if sprite resource sites don't have that background, what I would suggest is going and disabling the sprite layers in the emulator where that was taken, or extracting the map data. I'm not experienced in DOS though.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 10:09, September 1, 2020 (EDT)

Oh ok, very little from the MS-DOS version of Mario is Missing has been ripped. Really the only things that have been ripped are Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Ludwig, but not his death animation, and nothing else. It's kind of sad that this game has been out for almost 30 years and none of the backgrounds, Koopas that are not Ludwig or Bowser, and the Koopaling death animations have ever been ripped. 
{{User|MarioIsMissingDos}} 12:00, September 1, 2020 (EST)

== Weird glitch in the exclamation block image ==

Whenever I view the full image (ie, with the black background showing transparency), there are strange gray marks on the block's lower rim. Know what that's about? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 14:53, September 3, 2020 (EDT)

:Oh really? I think I see what you're seeing, and it's not on the original from the site. It must have been the way I exported it. Thanks mate for pointing that out, I'll go and reupload it.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 14:59, September 3, 2020 (EDT)
::Looking closer, it's almost definitely uneven transparency. There's a more subtle version on the red one. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 15:01, September 3, 2020 (EDT)

:::I see that now. I must have totally klutzed somewhere in the process, thank you.

:::{{User:Shokora/sig}} 15:10, September 3, 2020 (EDT)

::::Oh actually, it ''was'' in the originals! Looks like whoever was processing them for the official site let their hand slip with the erasing tool or something... I'll pop a white layer underneath and patch them up tomorrow.

::::{{User:Shokora/sig}} 15:15, September 3, 2020 (EDT)

== Re:Latest revision as of 10:12, September 11, 2020 ==

Oh, yeah, it was me: I just got logged off without noticing. But it is me. --[[User:Mariuigi Khed|Mariuigi Khed]] ([[User talk:Mariuigi Khed|talk]]) 10:32, September 11, 2020 (EDT)

== Electric spark ==

Do you think this is similar enough to [[Denki]] to share an article? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 12:03, September 16, 2020 (EDT)

:Hey Don. They're certainly similar, but don't think they were intended to be the same. Denki and electric sparks fall from different objects. Denki are much faster and transform Wario into [[Electric Wario]], and the other simply harms him. This is the case with [[Big Mouth]] and [[Utsuboankō]], similar enemies with different names/appearance/behaviour get different articles. However in the case of [[Bee (Wario Land II)]] and [[Beezley]], I feel they should be merged even though they have different English/Japanese names. Their appearance/behaviour is virtually alike, and they're clearly intended to be the same enemy.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 08:48, September 17, 2020 (EDT)

== Re:Reminder ==

Yeah, sorry. My bad. --[[User:Mariuigi Khed|Mariuigi Khed]] ([[User talk:Mariuigi Khed|talk]]) 16:00, September 17, 2020 (EDT)

==Re:Coin Heaven image==
I'm here to express my gratitude on how quickly you're able to replace that image. Thank you very much. {{User:Ray Trace/sig}} 01:30, September 19, 2020 (EDT)

:You’re very welcome! It was a fun warm-up to 3D All-Stars, which is yet to arrive :)

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 01:34, September 19, 2020 (EDT)

== Re: File redirects ==

Awesome, thanks! {{SPM item|Heartful Cake|text=}} {{User:gbui/sig}} 05:32, September 19, 2020 (EDT)

: Sounds good! I'm currently working on [[Recipes]] {{User:gbui/sig}} 06:14, September 19, 2020 (EDT)

== :P ==

I didn't know that. Is it okay if I remove it? {{User:DarkNight/sig}} 18:11, September 24, 2020 (EDT)

:No, user talk page comments should be kept as a record. But don't stress!

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 04:13, September 25, 2020 (EDT)

== Re: Images ==

Oh thank you for the compliment! I've noticed that you've uploaded loads of higher quality images in the past yourself. I work with PidgiNet to get all these high quality images out there -- I've been trying to expand it across to places such as Wikirby, Lylat Wiki, Pikipedia, and so forth (as all those need high quality ones too). I tend to closely inspect artworks as well -- that's how I was able to find small, subtle differences with the [[? Block]] artwork for the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' series of games (see [[:File:Question_Block_NSMB.png|here]] and [[:File:Question Block NSMB2 artwork.png|here]]). [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 11:56, October 4, 2020 (EDT)
:Hi there, RMV again. I again want to thank you for complimenting me yesterday. The reason I say this is because I've had some rough history around NIWA (big mistakes on my end, arguing with others, etc.; staff can tell you more because this isn't the place to discuss internal conflicts). Okay, so like long story short: I've sometimes wondered how Super Mario Wiki feels about me in the community as a fellow editor since I'm infamous around NIWA from feeling strongly about the Mario Wiki standard & carrying it everywhere I go (dunno why, I just have a strange obsession for it, and it has got on lots of peoples' nerves). Just wanted to let you know that your compliment means something to me & I take it to heart, thank you. :) [[User:Results May Vary|Results May Vary]] ([[User talk:Results May Vary|talk]]) 13:19, October 5, 2020 (EDT)

== apologies ==

Yes. Logrithm_Games/LogrithmGames is an older account name i have (proof can be found [http://www.deviantart.com/logrithmgames here] and is probably an error (most likely login trouble) on my part. I did create that account, but had login trouble with it. SOrry about the confusion. If needed ill leave the wiki.
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== RE:Tim ==

I made it up because it would sound funny in Romanian, given that the character is a giant koi fish, ''koi'' sounds like ''coi'' ("testicle") and ''mare'' means big. Hence, ''coiu' mare''--"the big testicle". I then cut it because the simple nature of the name "Tim" (used by DK Vine) is funnier. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 06:51, November 3, 2020 (EST)
:I'm curious, have you finished that novel you were writing a few years ago? I remember you mentioning it on your user page. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 07:52, November 3, 2020 (EST)
::When you are ready to show either novel to the world, let us know! I wish you great luck in your endeavours. {{User:Koopa con Carne/Sig}} 14:23, November 3, 2020 (EST)

== Wait... hold up just a second... (Princess Shokora article) ==

Yo, was checking this wiki to check on if any new edit adjustments could be made on the Mario female character articles this afternoon only to see that [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Shokora&curid=1899&diff=3111058&oldid=3111049  you undid this edit of a quote that I took out] because I felt it was a "generic quote" itself. Plus, I'm confused of the reasoning that you put there; why is that? I'm really baffled here. <i>Please</i> let me know A.S.A.P.; thank you. --M. C. - [[User:MeritC|Profile]] | [[User_talk:MeritC|Talk Page]] 16:25, January 24, 2021 (EST)

:Apologies, I accidentally hit enter before I could finish the edit summary. I meant to say 'not a generic quote'. I'd consider something like 'Hi' or 'Wohoo' as generic, but Shokora's quote actually represents her involvement with Wario in the game. I think it's better than no quote at all. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 23:01, January 24, 2021 (EST)

==MKT Talk Archive==
Hello, may you please protect the [[Talk:Mario Kart Tour/Archive 1|''Mario Kart Tour'' talk page archive]], similar to what has been done with the Mario talk page archives? Thanks. {{User:Doomhiker/sig}} 11:49, January 27, 2021 (EST)

:Done, thanks! {{User:Shokora/sig}} 12:34, January 27, 2021 (EST)

==Featured Article Nomination==
Hi Shokora, could you look over my featured article nomination for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury and give your critique on whether you think it should be featured? If so, I would greatly appreciate it. {{User|TasteTheFiresOfHelp}} 8:32, May 4, 2021 (EST)

== 35th anniversary artwork ==

Heyo, some time last fall you and some other users uploaded some artwork from Nintendo's site for different games. Thing is, they had been heavily retouched (or made new) for use on that site, and as such shouldn't be grouped with the originals in their subject galleries, instead going per the actual chronology of when they were made (ie, putting the "35th anniversary" ones roughly between TOK and MGSR), as otherwise it could mislead users as to when specific designs or colorations debuted. Same reason why re-release ''Mario Bros.'' art isn't listed near the top of their relevant articles, see? Thanks. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:53, May 19, 2021 (EDT)

:Understood, thank you for picking up on that.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 08:24, May 20, 2021 (EDT)

== Kersti's advice again ==

I'm glad to see you're still working on this! I now have all translations of ''Sticker Star'', including the British English one, so I can send that to you if you want. {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 14:25, May 23, 2021 (EDT)

:Oh, yes please! Otherwise I'd need to do one more playthrough to gather some final few PAL dialogues that I likely missed.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 17:03, May 23, 2021 (EDT)
::Okay, here's a ZIP that I uploaded to Google Drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ORpatEaljLZEsjJbIevP0u2_NOCUdZ3K/view?usp=sharing. Tell me when you've downloaded it, and I'll delete it. {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 17:43, May 23, 2021 (EDT)
:::Deleted, and thank you! {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 14:12, May 24, 2021 (EDT)

==Foreign title italicizing==
Hey, so there is an [[Special:Contributions/98.37.139.13|IP]] going around updating a few articles, and I think they mean well, but something I was confused about is their italicizing foreign game titles in the articles' names in other languages section. For example, the DK: King of Swing article had no italicization previously, which looks strange when the German title is the same as the English one. Are foreign titles supposed to be italicized? Romanizations are already italicized so it personally looks a little strange to me to have both italicized, but does seem like things are pretty inconsistent right now. Also, does this include translations of titles? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 10:40, May 25, 2021 (EDT)

:Hey Link! Sorry for the delay in responding, had a busy week. I've consulted another staff member for a second opinion on this, and it seems good practice to italicise the foreign name as it appears in official media, but not the 'meaning' because it's only a translation and not a proper title. I hope this answers your question.

:{{User:Shokora/sig}} 06:53, May 29, 2021 (EDT)

:: Unfortunately, it seems that people began to italicize Japanese titles in {{tem|foreign names}} on articles such as ''[[Paper Mario]]'', despite [[MW:JP]] saying "''Do not italicize Japanese script to indicate titles''". Should we have a rule for which languages should have titles italicized and which not? --[[User:Dine2017|Dine2017]] ([[User talk:Dine2017|talk]]) 02:20, August 9, 2021 (EDT)

:::My take is that non-Roman script languages like Japanese, Chinese etc. shouldn't be italicised, since it doesn't look very neat as you said and most of the time it doesn't work anyway (for example, I added italics to ''マリオ'' but it doesn't show, and when a simplified Chinese name includes a mix of simplified and traditional characters like ''超级玛利欧世界'', only some simplified characters are italicised, which looks bad). {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 07:48, August 10, 2021 (EDT)

::::I've looked around to see what other sources have to say on the matter ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_punctuation here] [http://www.localizingjapan.com/blog/2011/02/27/italics-in-japanese/ are] [http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~tyamamot/aboutitalicsinJapanese_E.html some] [https://aqworks.com/en/blog/2016/09/20/perfect-japanese-typography/ examples]), and the conclusion I draw is that it's highly discouraged to use italics in Japanese; you might see slanted fonts used as occasional stylization, but the general concept of italics is not at all to be used like in English - and the same seems to be true of Chinese and Korean. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 10:53, January 6, 2022 (EST)

== Mario Golf 64 Picture Question ==

Hello,

I am curious, where did you get this Mario Golf picture from? Was this from the original game or advertising? Or was this image made after the game was created?
https://www.mariowiki.com/Gallery:Mario_Golf_(Nintendo_64)#/media/File:Mario_golf_lean.png
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:Hey, thanks for getting in touch. If I remember correctly, that image along with other 64-era stuff was included in an archival press release distributed by Nintendo Spain around 2016. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 07:02, July 15, 2021 (EDT)

== friend request ==

Hi wanna be frends? {{User:Bubbasour11/sig}}

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:Sure :) My box is on my page. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 00:19, July 28, 2021 (EDT)


FYI I just changed my userbox so if you can change that it is on my page. {{User:Bubbasour11/sig}}

== Help! ==

Hi, can you please help restore the Super Smash Bros. pages that I deleted? I was trying to revert them to their original names, but I made an error. {{User:WildWario/sig}} 08:57, September 7, 2021

Oh, it was just a redirect overwrite. Sorry about that! {{User:WildWario/sig}} 09:02, September 7, 2021

:No worries thanks for stepping in ;) I can delete the left-over redirects. {{User:Shokora/sig}} 09:03, September 7, 2021 (EDT)

== How do I put in my archive box? ==

{{User:Remembered Old Buddy/Archive Box}} I had this on my talk page but it doesn't show up. What's up?

{{User:Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness/sig}} 15:43, October 7, 2021 (EDT)

== Friend request ==

Hi! I'm Scarlet Pairo, you may remember me from Twitter. Wanna trade userboxes :D {{User:Scarlet Pairo/sig}} 20:58, October 23, 2021 (EDT)

By the way, if you want, you can sign my page at the friend list at the bottom of my user page. Doing so will earn you a prize ☆ {{User:Scarlet Pairo/sig}} 22:36, October 23, 2021 (EDT)

:Sure, added your userbox and signed :) {{User:Shokora/sig}} 03:00, October 24, 2021 (EDT)

::Hi, you won a prize by signing on my page! You can view it on my user page's gallery, under the caption ''for Shokora'' :) I'd be happy if you check it out! {{User:Scarlet Pairo/sig}} 06:39, October 24, 2021 (EDT)