Talk:Vim

So, is Vim used to fuel Shroob UFOs, or does Swiggler convert it into fuel for them? I've seen both claims on the wiki, and I'm not sure which is correct, seeing as how I've never played PiT. Niiue (talk) 22:57, 13 August 2017 (EDT)

Swiggy drinks vim from a glass with a straw, then a spark-plug-ended strand of silk comes from his other side and connects to a UFO, recharging it. Shroobs also appear to be bathing in it (or some other green liquid) in the Shroob Mothership, and Princess Shroob drinks what might be some at a few points. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:18, 13 August 2017 (CT)

The official guide has this to say: "A massive centipede-like creature named Swiggler resides deep within the Vim Factory, sucking out the Vim through the forest and using it to power the Shroobs' UFO forces. If you use your attacks wisely, you can take out Swiggler and shut down the factory for good." (Page 31, written by Chris Hoffman) Hello, I'm Time Turner. 23:23, 13 August 2017 (EDT)

Bio-engineered Trees?

Where does it say in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time that the trees of Toadwood Forest are bio-engineered? The article says they are but I can’t find a source. --Seandwalsh (talk) 10:28, March 19, 2019 (EDT)

The word "Vim"...

Something I noticed while mashing buttons as I usually do--the term "Vim" is not a unique fantasy word to this game, and is in fact a dictionary word. It's an informal term defined as "energy; enthusiasm" under Google's dictionary service. The main use in modern-day speech is the saying "Vim and vigor". Basically, anytime Vim is brought up in-game, it can be assumed it's generally referring to energy.

The reason I bring this up on the discussion page is, this article is very much written under the pretense Vim is just some made-up concept representing the life force of Toads--but like, it very much isn't, it's just a straight up dictionary word describing the energy of *anything*. It's not explicitly stated everything has "vim" in-game, but between how vim is a word to describe energy as a whole, and early versions of the game even forgo the use of the term "Vim" for both the Vim Factory itself, but outright stating the Toad's energy has been stolen and not their "vim" (really.), it does potentially raise a question if this warrants an article, especially given since Happiness from Yoshi's Story had its article deleted, a genuine precedent for these sorts of articles not existing has been set.

I don't want to put it to vote unless enough people actually agree, but like, should we possibly either rewrite this article, or remove it under the same reason we removed Happiness? (P.S. "we removed Happiness" is a funny sentence out of context) ~Camwood777 (talk) 18:30, August 20, 2021 (EDT)

I think it's worthy of an article since it's actually being extracted and used as a physical resource. You can't do that with a person's energy in real life. -- Too Bad! Waluigi Time! 18:50, August 20, 2021 (EDT)

I definitely get that much, but also with the deleted Happiness article, there was also a "not in real life" element with the Yoshis of Yoshi's Story losing the happiness by losing the Super Happy Tree, and were left weakened and unable to do anything to Baby Bowser. As you can imagine, you can't really steal happiness and deprive someone's ability to fight you off in real life either (citation needed), but it didn't really stop the article from getting nixed. ~Camwood777 (talk) 19:14, August 20, 2021 (EDT)