Talk:Spike (Wario Land series)

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Shouldn't this be called just "Thorn (Wario Land)"? Time Questions 17:01, 3 January 2010 (EST)

x_X Right. I forgot about that. I'll correct it. - Gabumon^(talk) 10:43, 5 January 2010 (EST)

Spark Trap

I think the "Wario Land spike" is basically no different than your average Spike Trap, but before merging this with that article, is there any point in salvaging the electrified variant separately? I'm pretty sure they have the same effect and don't appear in Wario Land 3, where Electric Wario appears. LinkTheLefty (talk) 11:24, March 25, 2022 (EDT)

Merge these to Spike Trap

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merge 9-0
This is 3 years overdue. How time flies!

Anyways, this is fairly straight-forward proposal; these have existed separately from Spike Trap since 2010, thanks to someone trying to fill in some red links. This split has gone entirely unquestioned save for one question above, and a template suggesting a merge has been around for almost a year; June 4th, 2024. We think it's time someone resolves this.

As for what these are... Well, they're spike traps in the Wario Land series, simply known as "spikes" or occasionally "thorns". In terms of form factor, it's nothing unusual for Spike Traps.

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  This being SMB2 spike traps...

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  ...these being SML poison needles...

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  ...this being a WL3 thorn...

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  ...this being a SMW spike trap...

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  ...these being NSMB spikes...

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  ...and this being a Wonder spike trap.

Outside of rarely being called "thorns", and an apparent electrical version, there's nothing really distinguishing them from your ordinary Spike Traps, who already are sometimes just called "spikes", and have their own strange name with "Poison Needles" for their appearance in Super Mario Land. This feels a bit cut-and-dry, but a proposal was called for, so a proposal we'll make.

Proposer: Camwoodstock (talk)
Deadline: June 4, 2025, 23:59 GMT Closed early on May 27, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Merge (what's the point?)

1. Camwoodstock (talk) Per proposal.
2. PopitTart (talk) can we also transplant the "spiked balls" from Super Mario Land 2 while we're at it?
3. Snowball (talk) Per proposal.
4. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) - I dare you to tell me the difference.
5. Platform (talk) Per proposal.
6. Pseudo (talk) Seems like spikes to me.
7. Tyrannosaurus Altendo (talk) I can hear the garbage truck! IT'S GETTING CLOSER! Everyone else has a point here.
8. EvieMaybe (talk) per prop
9. Rering644 (talk) per proposal.

Comments (pointed discussion)

@PopitTart - That has basis in official guides, actually. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:45, May 21, 2025 (EDT)

I get that it's officially called a "spiked ball" but like... It's a Spike Trap. that happens to be ball-shaped. Like several other Spike Traps are. --PopitTart (talk) 00:56, May 21, 2025 (EDT)

If I'm being honest... the spiked """ball""" is not even ball-shaped. It honestly looks more like a diamond shape with pointier angles (and I'm NOT talking about the spikes inbetween). It's like how the ball on chains is misinterpreted as a cog. rend (talk) (edits) 09:15, May 21, 2025 (EDT)

Hey @LinkTheLefty, where did the name "Spiked Ball" for the immobile SML2 obstacle come from? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:17, May 21, 2025 (EDT)

This is the name used in the Japanese release of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia. - Nintendo101 (talk) 18:45, May 22, 2025 (EDT)