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If the games and their accompanying paratexts (i.e., in-game bestiaries, instruction booklets, officially-licensed guidebooks, encyclopedias, Mario Portal, and other such sources) recognize similar subjects as different types of enemies, even if perceivably or explicitly members of the same species, they warrant having dedicated articles. If a discrepancy exists between sources from different regions, deference should be directed towards ones from the region where the game was developed.

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Caveat I - enemies of different colors: If an enemy subject is differentiated by color in its published name, it warrants receiving a dedicated article only if it is also accompanied by behavioral or mechanical differences, RPG statistics, or comparable attributes that affect gameplay. If color is the only differentiating attribute of the subject, creating a dedicated article for it is discouraged. It would have to appear in a release where it has an accompanying gameplay difference first. (e.g., all Biddybuds behave the same regardless of color and should not receive their own articles. The same is true for the green Cataquacks on Peach Beach and the blue Koopa Paratroopa from Cloudtop Cruise.) For colored enemies that do warrant article coverage, appearances of the subject in subsequent games and other genres should be covered in their article as well, as one would for other characters and enemy species. (e.g., the Pink Shy Guy from Mario Kart Tour would ontologically be considered the same subject from Super Mario Bros. 2.) For appearances within the same or similar genres of game, the exact type of behavioral difference between the subject and related enemies of different colors does not have to be the exact same one between different games for it to be considered the same subject. (e.g. the Red Cheep Cheep in Super Mario Bros. is the slow-moving variant, whereas the Red Cheep Cheep in Super Mario Maker swims quickly and homes-in on Mario. They are still ontologically considered the Red Cheep Cheep and should share an article.)

Clarification: This does not mean broader articles for recurring subjects, like those for Koopa Troopa or Shy Guy, would disappear. As exemplified by the Koopa Shell article (which coexists with Green Shell, Red Shell, Blue Shell, and Gold Shell articles) and the POW Block article (which coexists with Red POW Block despite normal POW Blocks occasionally being red in older games), rich and thorough articles can be written without being in conflict with colored variants. This also does not mean colored variants with mechanical differences that are not recognized as distinct in games or accompanying media cannot receive their own articles if the arguments for them are strong or self evident, as is the case for Gold Mini Goomba. This also does not mean subjects for less recurring colored variants cannot be lumped with each other in one article in the future if it determined that the information is kept presented together.

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Caveat II - enemies of different behaviors: If a subject is differentiated by its behavior in its published name, they also warrant receiving their own article, but only times when the subject goes by the same (or a similar) name as the subject does in its attributed debut. This is because some recurring enemies inherited the behaviors of their variants in future appearances, but Nintendo still recognizes the original variant as distinct when they discuss the original releases. If a subject with a distinct behavior is not differentiated from its parent in name, they are assumed to be the same subject and dedicated article coverage is discouraged.

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