Talk:Panser

Merge with Volcano Lotus

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Current time: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 20:03 GMT

These two enemies have the same Japanese name and ultimately have very similar behavior. While they are divergent in appearance and behavior to an extent, I'd reckon they're more similar than different, being largely stationary flowers with similarly-shaped buds that repeatedly open their buds to shoot fireballs in an arc. It seems like the significant differences between these two are similar in scope to the redesign of Bob-ombs for Super Mario Bros. 3 (which have a different Japanese name from Super Mario Bros. 2), Pokeys in Super Mario World, or even Shy Guys in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (they look similar, but have very different behavior from Super Mario Bros. 2).

I'd reckon that these are meant to be the same enemy with a somewhat revised design and behavior, and it seems likely (though this is speculation) that a Japanese player would see these two as the same enemy. I'm looking to cases like Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars' Sparky or Yoshi's Island's Piro Dangle as points of comparison; being enemies that changed only slightly in appearance and behavior between games but were given different names during localization, for one reason or another (and are now recognized as the same entity by the wiki). This appears to be a similar case at its core.

Proposer: Pseudo (talk)
Deadline: August 15, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Pseudo (talk) Per proposal.

Oppose

1. Axis (talk) Different enemies with different names and different behavior. They are related, but they are different enemies.

Comments

Axis, the whole point of this proposal is that they don't have different Japanese names, so I would question why you're bringing that up in your vote... -- Pseudo (talk, contributions)