Talk:Bumper (Super Mario series)

Rename to Bumper (object)

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canceled by proposer
I feel that a game identifier is too inconsistent with other naming conventions, so I propose that we move this article to Bumper (object) to give the name a better identifier. Just look at this example, as pointed out by Porplemontage!

Proposer: Toadette the Achiever (talk)
Deadline: July 17, 2017, at 23:59 GMT
Date Withdrawn: July 5, 2017, 23:59 GMT

Support

1. Toadette the Achiever (talk) Per proposal.

Comments

Does this really need a proposal? Naming policy indicates that it should just be moved without question. There is no reason for this Bumper to be identified by game when the others aren't. 15:01, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

Fortune favors the bold! If you're unsure about doing something, you're free to make a discussion for it (either here or on the forums), but making a proposal is just going to drag it out for two weeks. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 15:07, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

Just go ahead and move it, as policy states this is the better identifier. You can cancel the proposal yourself at this time, or I can do it. 15:23, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

Having been moved back to Super Mario Maker

That's a mistake. If anything, the identifier should be "Super Mario" or something, as the Super Mario Maker ones are clearly intended to be based off of the New Super Mario Bros. ones, just with a less baffling and less underwater-based design, as they act exactly the same. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 19:12, 10 December 2017 (EST)

New Super Mario Bros.

Are these really Bumpers? They do function similarly, but is there any indication that they are the same? We could possibly state that they are things that function similarly to them. -- FanOfYoshi 11:24, March 30, 2019 (EDT)

P Doors also appear in Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, so why would these be any different? ^(T|C) 11:55, March 30, 2019 (EDT)

They are definitely based off of one another. We can possibly state that they just function similarly then. -- FanOfYoshi 12:04, March 30, 2019 (EDT)

That's how it used to be like, but that's splitting hairs and kinda dumb. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:50, March 30, 2019 (EDT)

Are they really the same?

In line with the not-really-all-that-recent-but-still-on-my-mind proposal regarding Grab Blocks and their difference from White Blocks, is there any satisfactory indication that the bumpers on this page are the same? The ones in NSMB have a different Japanese name, and they all have different visual designs and preferred environments, from underwater cell bubbles to space graveyard meat to inner tubes. If the White Block proposal is any guide, these are not the same object and need different pages (even though they'd probably be stubby and unintuitive). I'm asking largely to gauge the consensus about splits/merges like this, because the NSMB and SMM ones work pretty much identically but aren't confirmed to be the same and have different names, while the meat is even more of a stretch but could still be considered "a bumper". WilliamFrog (talk) 01:19, January 28, 2024 (EST)

Personally, I think it is fine for objects of the same function to share an article if they are not meaningfully differentiated from each other in primary sources. Having different designs is less important since many objects will be visually tweaked to match the environment they occur in or the general art directions of the games they appear in. (For example, there are a million lifts.) With the texts currently available online (i.e. not the Shogakukan Guidebook for SMG, which may prove valuable) the bumper and meat from Super Mario Galaxy aren't even mentioned in any of the Japanese source material and that has generally been my reference for differentiating an "object" from "just part of the environment". Is it really beneficially for one or both of them to get their own dedicated articles, or is more helpful for readers to learn about them here, with objects that share the same function? I'm inclined to think the latter. - Nintendo101 (talk) 16:24, January 28, 2024 (EST)

Actually, honestly, it might even be worth lumping Bumper (Pinball) and Bumper (Mario Kart series) here. Do they all really need separate articles when they're essentially the same? - Nintendo101 (talk) 16:27, January 28, 2024 (EST)