Talk:Pata Mario

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I really really doubt that the Jamboree ones are similar to this mostly because Pata Mario is him after beating a Paratroopa to get its wings in typical Kun weirdness while Jamboree has the Mario Bros wearing strap-on wings. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 01:07, December 12, 2024 (EST)

I agree, I in fact originally put it as a trivia: then Koopa con Carne (talk) put it as a section and I... "rolled" with it. Mariuigi Khed 05:15, December 12, 2024 (EST)

My read on the situation, as someone whose only contact with the manga have been the articles on the wiki, is that the Pata form does not quite parallel traditional power-up forms such as Fire Mario or Raccoon Mario. I took it that Mario attains the form by simply stealing a Paratroopa's wings and physically attaching them to his body, the wings themselves being more of a tool that grants him flight, unlike, say, a Super Leaf, which is a consumable that inherently transforms Mario into a flying creature, which is, of course, a raccoon. I'll ask Mariuigi Khed (talk) to correct me if my assessment is wrong, but if what I say is the case, then the Jamboree instance mustn't be functionally different, no? That game also has users attaching Paratroopa wings to themselves in order to fly. I think "attaching the wings of a particular Mario enemy to oneself in order to fly" is a specific enough scenario that its instances can be covered on this page regardless of whether or not there was intent in referencing the manga. The aesthetic aspects of the form are kind of irrelevant, considering established power-up forms have changedMedia:Fire Mario SML2.png appearance over time. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 14:03, December 12, 2024 (EST), edited 14:10, December 12, 2024 (EST)

You're not at all wrong. Yours is a very validissimo point. Mariuigi Khed 15:52, December 12, 2024 (EST)

I feel that we should put it back under Trivia because I highly doubt Nintendo would be inspired by a volume of a gag manga they've barely acknowledged. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 09:01, December 13, 2024 (EST)

"Barely"? Half of that stuff made it to the game. Just look at chapter 15 of Volume 1. And let's not also talk of the SMM course Mariuigi Khed 09:34, December 13, 2024 (EST)

My point wasn't that Nintendo acknowledged the manga in Jamboree, it's that there was already a page for an instance where Mario wears Paratroopa wings, and by that criterion it makes sense to place the Jamboree info here too. I think a stronger argument to be made for excluding the Jamboree section is that one instance covered here is deemed a power-up (however loosely the term is applied), and the other isn't. IMO it's a bit like treating the infant form of Mario that appears in the DIC cartoons as the Baby Mario character from spin-off games; the article for Baby Mario notes the cartoon precursor, but describes him as a distinct entity and does not cover him further in its own section. I think whether Pata Mario should follow that model or not hinges on how generic you consider the concept of Mario wearing flying turtle wings to be and whether it is truly a 1:1 to the baby scenario. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 18:25, December 13, 2024 (EST)

This guy is spitting facts after facts. Mariuigi Khed 18:31, December 13, 2024 (EST)

You're being too nice over my nerding out, I appreciate it :)) While I'm the one who created the jamboree section, I wouldn't mind the article going either way. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 18:41, December 13, 2024 (EST)