Editing Dayvv Brooks

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'''Dayvv E. Brooks''' (formerly spelled "'''Dayv Brooks'''"<ref name="wiki 1">"I worked at NOA from 1988 to 1993 and, among other things, named all of the characters in SMW and SMB3. [...] and yes...I had one less 'v' in my name back then." ~ [[User_talk:Walkazo/Archive_11#Proving_Identity|Dayvv Brooks]]. July 18, 2012.</ref>) is a former employee of [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]].<ref name=email>As confirmed by Dayvv Brooks via email. July 20, 2012.</ref> His most notable contribution to the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise was naming the [[Koopalings]] as part of his job of smoothing out rough Japanese-to-English translations during the localization of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.<ref name=Kotaku>Klepek, Patrick. (December 29, 2015). [http://kotaku.com/how-a-mario-character-was-named-after-motorheads-lemmy-1750180427 How A Mario Character Was Named After Motorhead's Lemmy]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved January 1, 2016.</ref> He currently lives in Missouri where he works as an internet marketing specialist for [[wikipedia:Bass Pro Shops|Bass Pro Shops]].<ref name=email/>

==History==
Dayvv Brooks was a fan of [[Nintendo]] long before becoming an employee. After seeing an advertisement in a newspaper, Brooks applied for a job as a gameplay counselor, himself having previously called the tip line for assistance with a difficult [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game. He enjoyed and excelled at the game, dropping out of college and advancing in the company, first as a gameplay counselor manager and then participating in some marketing projects. He eventually joined the R&D department as a product analyst, with one of his early tasks being to help localize games by improving the writing quality of basic Japanese-to-English translations.<ref name=Kotaku/> Two such games were ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]'', with Brooks providing the English names for all of the games' characters, among other things.<ref name="wiki 1"/> Before coming to Nintendo, Brooks worked at Tower Records and had experience DJing, and drawing on this love of music, he named the Koopalings<ref name=Kotaku/><ref>"Larry Koopa was named after Larry Mullen Jr." ~ [[Special:Diff/1299498/prev|Dayvv Brooks]], July 18, 2012.</ref> and [[Reznor]]<ref name="wiki 2">"Reznors were named after Trent Reznor. Source: Me. I named the characters for US SMB3." ~ [[Special:Diff/1299502/prev|Dayvv Brooks]], July 18, 2012.</ref> after musicians. Brooks worked at Nintendo from 1988 to 1993,<ref name="wiki 1"/> and has been an internet marketing specialist at Bass Pro Shops since 1999.<ref name=email/><ref name=Kotaku/>

==Games credited==
Credited as "Dayv Brooks" in all cases.
*''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' - uncredited
*''[[Super Mario World]]'' - Special Thanks (international version only)
*''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' - Special Thanks
*''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' - Special Thanks

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