Editing Dark Horse Comics

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'''Dark Horse Comics''' is a prominent American comic book publisher and manga translator. It was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon. The company translated the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]'' on October 23, 2018, in partnership with [[Nintendo]], after successfully translating several ''The Legend of Zelda'' books. Subsequently, the company translated ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'' on October 22, 2019.<ref>Nintendo Life (May 31, 2019). [https://nintendoeverything.com/a-look-inside-the-upcoming-english-version-of-the-art-of-super-mario-odyssey/ A look inside the upcoming English version of The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]. ''Nintendo Everything''.</ref>

Dark Horse publishes a variety different comics and manga, including ''Star Wars'', ''Indiana Jones'', ''Predator'', ''RoboCop'', ''Planet of the Apes'', ''Astro Boy'', ''Ghost in the Shell'' and ''Akira''. Prior to publishing ''Super Mario'' books, Dark Horse had translated ''The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia'', ''The Legend of Zelda: Arts & Artifacts'', ''The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia'', and ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Creating a Champion'', all for the ''Legend of Zelda'' series.

==Controversy==

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Following the release of the English translation of the ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'', Dark Horse Comics was criticized for using fan names for enemies and characters lacking official English names. Transliterated Japanese names for some enemies were taken as well, resulting in inconsistent names for the ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' enemies.<ref>Nintendo Life (October 24, 2018). [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/10/it_looks_like_the_official_super_mario_encyclopedia_plagiarised_a_fan-made_wiki It Looks Like The Official Super Mario Encyclopedia Plagiarised A Fan-Made Wiki]. ''Nintendolife''.</ref> The book also contained numerous translation errors, such as conflating different enemy species as the same species, as is the case for [[Spoing]] and [[Scuttlebug]].

 

To a further extent, the book used conjectural and foreign names for certain characters and enemies from sites such as Super Mario Wiki and Mario Wikia. For instance, [[Winged Strollin' Stu]]s are erroneously referred to as "Soarin' Stus" due to the conjectural name being used prior to an actual name, whereas [[Comet Tico|Lumacomète]] possesses the character's official French name for a lack of an English name, among various other errors.