Talk:Floor (block)

Merging with floor

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I didn't know that Wonder literally calls it a BlockMarioBrothers internally, that's a pretty strong point to merge them together. I considered just writing the info into floor originally, but decided against it because I considered the form factor to be more important. The floor in Wonder is certainly block-like, and I feel it would be strange to not classify it as a block. I see it similarly to the relationship of Flimsy Lifts and Donut Blocks, or ice and Ice Blocks. --PopitTart (talk) 16:17, January 29, 2025 (EST)

If there's a merge, I wouldn't mind reclassifying the original floors as blocks. They seem like a direct predecessor, not unlike Shellcreepers and Koopas. LinkTheLefty (talk) 16:25, January 29, 2025 (EST)

Well the thing is that NSMB and NSMBU bring back the floors in very un-block like form, where they exist in contrast to the blocks they inspired. I feel calling those blocks would be equally as strange.--PopitTart (talk) 16:37, January 29, 2025 (EST)

@Jdtendo, by any chance is this block mentioned in the Nintendo Dream guidebook? It is not uncommon for the developers of the mainline games to have both a lift and/or floor alongside a block of similar behavior (i.e. there is an ice floor ice lift, and Ice Block; there is a Cloud Lift and Cloud Block; etc.). I wonder if this block is really intended to be a "relative" of the Mario Bros. floor from the New Super Mario Bros. games, and not the same exact thing. Its Japanese name may be clarifying. - Nintendo101 (talk) 17:46, January 29, 2025 (EST)

Donut Block wasn't a block for its appearance in Super Mario 64 and later 3D games, for another pertinent example. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:50, January 29, 2025 (EST)