Talk:Blending World

Rename to Blending World

So, ever since the inceptions of the two Building World articles in 2018, and for the longest time until today, it seems that the two Building Worlds are largely identical in appearance and the only thing different is the gameplay, what with both worlds supposedly being represented by building blocks and the world itself having pipes and a puzzle piece background... despite the PC version obviously taking place at a baseball game. Hardly seems worth a split; one could imagine to just merge the two together, and describe that the SNES version has a different minigame compared to the PC version... right?
Well, inspired by a proposal that mentioned one of these worlds, I decided to do some digging. I looked over some longplays of both versions, and then checked their respective manuals. Here's what I found:

1. First, the icon representation that both icons mentioned was entirely incorrect. Neither version was represented by building blocks at all; Last Letter World is represented by those instead. Instead, the SNES version of Building World is represented by a jigsaw puzzle depicting a red crayon, and the PC version is represented by a baseball bat; these also indicate what's inside those worlds much better than the building blocks.
2. Second, and more importantly, the SNES version of Building World is actually in the PC version as well! Just under a different name. For the longest time, the wiki page claimed that the SNES Building World was entirely exclusive to the SNES version of Fun With Letters, i.e. it could not be found in the PC version (which houses a different Building World in place). But as it turns out, the PC version also hosts a world that and works identical to the SNES version of Building World, and even looks near identical as well, down to its use of puzzle pieces both in its gameplay and its icon on the main menu. But since the PC version already has a different Building World, the SNES version of Building World is known on PC as Blending World instead. Something which, baffling enough, up until today, wasn't mentioned ANYWHERE on the wiki's relevant pages at all!

So I made rectifications based on my findings. Now all that's left is regarding the article titles, whether we should prioritize the PC version (rename this article to Blending World) or the SNES version (keep the current article name). I would personally go for the rename, given that the aforementioned proposal is looking to fail very soon has now failed, which may indicate that this article might have to be renamed to Building World (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters for Super Nintendo Entertainment System), which is a title for a short article with an overly long identifier for disambiguation with the PC release, when the much shorter, unique title of "Blending World" would be much more preferable and not need any identifier. That way, the PC version of Building World can also be renamed to simply Building World as well and would only need to be prepended with {{about}}, and the disambiguation page currently named "Building World" would no longer be necessary.
Also I didn't make this a proposal because I thought it wasn't that necessary. rend (talk) (edits) 18:23, September 3, 2024 (EDT)

I've went ahead and renamed the SNES version of Building World to "Blending World", per your findings. ThePowerPlayer 00:02, September 5, 2024 (EDT)