Talk:Pale Piranha

Merge into Piranha Plant

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MERGE 8-1

There has been a translation inconsistency in English concerning the Piranha Plant variants in Paper Mario: TTYD. This enemy, which was named Pale Piranha in the English version, was just known as "Pakkun Flower", i.e. Piranha Plant, in the original Japanese version, and subsequently in all translated versions except English.

On the other hand, the enemy simply known as "Piranha Plant" that later appears in the Pit of 100 Trials was known as "Killer Pakkun" in the Japanese version, and subsequently according names in all translated versions except English.

It is apparent to me that there has been a mix-up in the English version and that "Pale Piranha" is a mistaken name for what should just be called Piranha Plant. On the other hand, I will separately propose that the "Killer Pakun" is split from the Piranha Plant article to a new page "Piranha Plant (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)".

Proposer: Cobold (talk)
Deadline: April 3 2010, 23:59

Merge

1. Cobold (talk) - For the same reasons that Yo'ster Isle will be merged with Yoshi's Island.
2. KS3 (talk) Looks like the English have trouble translating.
3. Vellidragon (talk) - Everything else is being merged/split based on the Japanese name, so this should too.
4. Grandy02 (talk) - Per all, the creators intended it to be a differently coloured regular Piranha Plant, which is also reflected by non-English localisations.
5. Walkazo (talk) - Per all.
6. Mr.C (talk) - Per All.
7. Mr bones (talk) - We're not about to split underground goomba(fan name) in SMB and Goomba.And per the reason given by Cobold.
8. Yoshario (talk): Per Cobold

No Merge

1. Commander Code-8 (talk) Haven't you noticed that the Pale Piranha and the Piranha Plant are different colours? So they should be different species.
2. yoshiyoshiyoshi (talk) this is just ridiculous.pale piranha is a completely different thing from piranha plant."killer pakkun" however is a normal piranha plant.just because it has high stats doesnt mean its a different species.this is a europe/usa wiki(i think) not a japanese one japan says ridiculously stupid things like vivian is male,when she clearly isnt. i think this should be un-merged with piranha plant(dark puff isnt merged with ruff puff is it?) and the other "killer" piranha plant should be merged with piranha plant and it should only be mentioned in the trivia about the killer thing

Comments

@Commander Code-8: This is by far not the only enemy appearing with different colour schemes. They are also both red and green Piranha Plants, especially in their early appearances, yet they don't have separate articles. The game creators intended "Pale Piranhas" to be normal Piranha Plants that only changed their colour due to their environment, nothing more. --Grandy02 17:42, 2 April 2010 (EDT)