MarioWiki:Featured articles/N1/Super Mario Bros. Special

Super Mario Bros. Special

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Super Mario Bros. Special was nominated to be a featured article at 22:17, October 31, 2025 and passed at 13:04, 17 November 2025.

Support

1. Camwoodstock (talk) We know, we know, we've been very vocal about our enjoyment of this game before! We can assure you though, that no, this isn't just because we like the game in question. We earnestly believe this page meets, and in some ways exceeds, each of the standards listed for a Featured Article, and we'd like to ask people look past its, admittedly, extremely gaudy graphics, and look at the quality of the page itself. Over the past several months, we've fleshed this page out with plenty of additional sections to properly fit it in with standard game pages, with text and tables alike, have taken care of each of the maintenance tags by finding proper sources for the release dates (or, as close as one can get with a game released for Japanese home computers), red links have been completely taken care of, and plenty of images and multimedia are present for just about anything you'd want. While not the longest page, it's roughly on par with Yoshi Touch & Go, and that length makes sense considering the game is fairly short (at only 32 levels.) The only real "blind spot" we can think of is the SPC-1500 version, however, since that version of the game is presently lost media, we think it is excusable; what little information that has resurfaced is all accounted for, and until the day comes where that version of the game resurfaces, or some development happens in the world of emulating these old computers that makes glitch hunting far more feasible for the versions we do have, the page is more or less "complete" in its current state.
2. Rykitu (talk) Per Camwoodstock. This is a really high quality article for such an obscure game! The SPC-1500 port of the game likely wouldn't have much changes like the other versions of the PC Mario games by Hudson, but I still think it is worth preserving.
3. The Dab Master (talk) Per all. I'm honestly surprised a game like this could get such a comprehensive article. Hopefully this will set a standard to separate a game from its article, and better document other generally disliked and/or obscure games.
4. Power Flotzo (talk) Per the others, this article is definitely in good shape. It's also nice to have a brand new featured article after the last few nominations.
5. Xiahou Ba, The Nasty Warrior (talk) Have to support an article regarding the worst official Mario platformer ever made.
6. Mario (talk) Go for it!
7. Paper Plumm (talk)Per all!
8. Killer Moth (talk) Per all! I seriously didn't expect this of all thing to have such a well made article.
9. Nelsonic (talk) Per all.

Oppose

#Ihavenoideaboyo (talk) I just find it difficult to read. I can't put it into words the most elegantly, nor can I say it particularly elegantly either. All I can tell you is that it's just not correct. Not the most constructive description for a vote I've ever given, but if I know how to put it better, I would.

Removal of opposes

Ihavenoideaboyo

1. Xiahou Ba, The Nasty Warrior (talk) Writing "I just don't like how it is written" is not specific enough to consider a valid reason to improve the article. Please elaborate in the comments section on which parts of the article you think should be better written, because I can read the article perfectly fine.
2. Camwoodstock (talk) We earnestly don't know what is meant by "It's just not correct." A page being difficult to read for one doesn't really make for a valid oppose in our opinion; we have a hard time following the Super Duel Mode page, but that's not its fault, nor is it any less comprehensive for it. If the source material is somewhat confusing, it shouldn't be held against the page.
3. Mario (talk) Needs constructive feedback. Please point to specific instances of the article where you are having difficulties with it.