Talk:Dinosaur Land

Is it true that this was renamed Dinosaur Island in the remake? If so, the article should be moved to Dinosaur Island, as that is the most canonically correct name. -- Son of Suns

I don't think there's enough information in this article. It should have a little bit about the geography of Dinosaur Land, and maybe some interesting features.

Wait a second! I know why you're not answering me! It's because you think I'm not being smart since I can edit the article myself. Well, maybe I'll do it... sometime. CrystalYoshi 19:36, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Okay, I'll answer you then :P Actually I think you're right, it would be a good idea to add something about the geography. Would be great if you could do it, since nobody else seems to wish to take care of it right now. You could also add the {{rewrite-expand}} tag at the top of the page. Time Questions 07:05, 2 February 2008 (EST)

I don't know how to do that. And all the information is good, just needs more. I could do it, but that'd be a big step from what I've done with articles before. But after all, if I don't do something more than what I already do, I'm not really ever going to be able to. CrystalYoshi 16:38, 2 February 2008 (EST)

Here's what I've got so far:

Geography of Dinosaur Land

Yoshi's Island, the first world of Dinosuar Land, is in the southwest part of the land. It has a mountain which has Yellow Switch Palace on it. Like the first world of many Mario games, it is a grassland-themed world. North of it is the Donut Plains, a large plain with a lake in the center. It also has a cave. It has many wide, open places (such as most of Donut Plains 1), which is convinient as the Cape Feather is first introduced in this world, and the landscape of Donut Plains lets the player use this new ability easily. After the Donut Ghost House is cleared, a river appears from the lake going north to the sea. A bridge over the river takes Mario to the rest of the levels. Also, Donut Plains has a secret entrance to an icy cave (Donut Secret 2) in the Valley of Bowser. Donut Plains is also generally grassland-themed, and it has mountains that are shown on the world map. The path leads to the Vanilla Dome, a mountain cave with a lake and underground hills. Mario starts at the entrance to the cave, then goes to the lake, then climbs a ladder to a hill. Vanilla Dome 4 oddly seems to be above the ground, with the Star World background. The top of Vanilla Dome, which is called Vanilla Heights, can be acessed from inside Vanilla Dome through secret exits and has two levels. One of the levels (Vanilla Secret 3) is in a lake, and there's also a waterall that the Vanilla Fortress is on. Next to Vanilla Dome is Cookie Mountain, another mountain. There is a bridge (Cheese Bridge) connecting the two mountains. The bridge is whole on the map screen, but the level has a big gap between the beginning and the end of the bridge. Cookie Mountain is a high mountain, because there are clouds in the background. Down from Cookie Mountain there is a ladder leading to the Forest of Illusion.

Anyone should feel free to add on as much as they want. You can also edit what I wrote if you want to make it sound better. Once there's a bit about each location, I'll add it to the article. Come on, SMW lovers: add more!

Come on, I'm gonna have to write this whole thing by myself? No one wants to help out? Okay then. CrystalYoshi

Time Q, is it really "point of view" to say it's odd the bridge is seen as whole but is actually broken? What if you saw a whole bridge far away and came to it and it was broken? What kind of person would say it wasn't odd? Never miond, it doesn't REALLY matter. CrystalYoshi

Phrases like "oddly" and "interestingly" are always POV (the writer judges that something is odd or interesting, but an encyclopedia should never judge), no matter what the context is. Sorry. Time Questions 17:59, 15 February 2008 (EST)

Okay. By the way, this is getting really long! Should I maybe make a simpler version for the Dinosaur Land page and add specific information about each world on their own pages? CrystalYoshi 18:18, 15 February 2008 (EST)