Talk:Big Boo (character)

No SMW?

If we are listing big Boos with leader and boss roles, shouldn't we include the Big Boo secret boss from Super Mario World, especially considering he is nothing like the standards Big Boo enemies? Mariuigi Khed 07:59, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

The Super Mario World Big Boo was split before and was merged after this proposal. I'm assuming that's why it's not here. Nightwicked Bowser 08:31, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

Additionally, there unfortunately seems to be too little evidence that the SMW Big Boo boss is the same character, given that its Japanese name appears to be the same as the regular Big Boo at the time (Atomic Teresa). Though Mario Part 4's Big Boo being blue-hued might be a reference to how Big Boos were colored in World, so maybe that's something? rend (talk) (edits) 09:56, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

The reason I didn't include it was I'm erring on the side of caution for it. The Super Mario Pia, which explicitly merged the SM64 and SMS bosses, left it out due to it being Atomic Teresa. As such, it seems to be more like the Baby Bowser to this one's Koopa Kid and King Boo's Bowser Junior, if that analogy makes sense. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 11:49, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

This is a long shot, but perhaps some Super Mario Advance 2 guide might retroactively attribute it as an appearance of this guy? Also, maybe we can put the Super Mario RPG Terrorize Big Boo here as well since that one's Japanese name otherwise hasn't been attributed to normal Big Boos as far as we know. LinkTheLefty (talk) 12:13, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

SMRPG I'd find highly unlikely, as it's just the English word "big" primarily associated with Yoshi bosses (so despite Bigger Boo not using it in SMW2, it may have been intended as him). Granted, I don't know if it's mentioned in the remake's script... Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:45, May 11, 2024 (EDT)

Encyclopedia Japanese

I feel that we should mention the Japanese encylopedia's mention that all the enemies and the Yoshis were created by Bowser Jr. using his Magic brush because it seems to me that Mr. Fruit Dropper wasn't intended to be the same guy as the 64 boss at first despite sharing the same Japanese name. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 00:59, May 16, 2024 (EDT)

Super Mario Sunshine + Luigi's Mansion 2

I don't understand... Super Mario Sunshine doesn't even feature Big Boo, but King Boo. Can someone please explain why the Big Boo page has a Super Mario Sunshine chapter? Bwario 02:25, July 8, 2024 (EDT)

It's literally written in it, but... basically that is not King Boo: all enemies in the game are Bowser Junior's scribbles come to life, that's why they look so drastically different. Also, the Japanese name (aka, the original name) makes him shares the name with the Big Boo boss "Boss Teresa" (Boo boss), the rest of the translation, due to that crown, gave it the name of King Boo. One would say: then why the Big Boo from Luigi's Mansion 2 isn't considered as Boolossus if we follow this logic? Because they only share the name, but have a very different appearance: Boolossus' eyes are yellow and are covered by the shadow of his eyebrows, but in LM2 it's a plain and simple Big Boo (btw, shouldn't we technically include it here? It is a big Boo with the function of a boss with a different Japanese name from the standard species). But this King Boo has both a different design, it's artificial and it's also a Sleepy Boo (the game's counterpart of the Big Boo) with a crown: it's basically the Big Boo boss. Mariuigi Khed 04:39, July 8, 2024 (EDT)

There was a proposal about including the Dark Moon Big Boo in Boolossus which failed. I'll also direct you to the proposal that led to this page's creation (also including why the Super Mario Sunshine King Boo is here). Nightwicked Bowser 05:13, July 8, 2024 (EDT)

Super mario world appearance?

Look, I know king boo in super mario world isn't as big as regular big boos but couldn't he the same character as the character big boo because Thier both separate from regular big boos 148.252.132.184 09:05, December 23, 2024 (EST)

See above, in the very first section. In short, unless we find an official source explicitly differentiate the Big Boo miniboss from the normal Big Boo enemies, or that this Big Boo boss is the same as the one(s) listed in the page... we have no real reason to include it. Mariuigi Khed 09:29, December 23, 2024 (EST)

Okay then Goomba mushroom (talk) 12:21, December 23, 2024 (EST)