User:PopitTart

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I'm PopitTart. You may know me from hits such as "Calling the Goombrat Hefty!" and "Can't This Lady Shut Up About Hard Blocks?". I'm also on Pikipedia under the same username.

Model renders that I have made for the Wiki

Subpages

Draft 1

When going through the wiki, I often come across pages like Fwoosh that have infoboxes showing their first appearance in a game, and their latest appearance in... a port or remake of that game. Yes, Super Mario 3D All-Stars may literally be the latest release to feature it, but I feel like this misses the point of the inbobox entries. In my mind, it gives a quick look at the history of the subject. Bull's-Eye Blaster being introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3 and appearing in Super Mario Bros. Wonder quickly gives the jist that this is a historic subject that continues to see use today. Meanwhile, Bob-omb Buddy's appearances being Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 3D All-Stars just tells me that it was in 64, despite the extensive history that they actually have.

To remedy this, I propose that these infoboxes should distinguish when the latest appearance is in a reissue. When it is, the box will be split to have the reissue game displayed alongside the subject's most recent original appearance, in a fashion much like non-Super Mario characters list both their latest overall appearance and latest Super Mario appearance. This would have some caveats and nuances.

  1. A reissue should only be noted as such if the subject also appeared in the original game. Triangular Block does not appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, so Super Mario Advance 4 is an original appearance.
  2. Similarly, If a subject appears in new content within a reissue, then the reissue constitutes a new appearance. This would apply to Blockstepper as it appears in Bowser's Fury.
  3. If a subject only appears in a game and its own reissue, then no note is necessary. The original game does not need to be listed twice, much like subjects that are only in one game.


Proposer: PopitTart (talk)
Deadline: N/A

Support: SM64 is not a new game

  1. PopitTart (talk) Per proposal.

Oppose: The latest appearance is the latest appearance

Comments Deluxe HD (Nintendo Switch)

Draft Part II

This has been cooking for a long while... I've felt like the scope of the Hard Block article is overly broad. Super Mario Maker formally introduced the concept of Hard Blocks, as an extension of the mosty solid but still breakable blocks in the New Super Mario Bros. games. As SMM does, it retroactively applied this concept to Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World. The Hard Block article treats the blocks that bear these designs in these original 3 games as being Hard Blocks, which I do not like.

You can make an argument that the blocks in SMB1 and SMW, "Stairblocks" and "Stone Blocks" respectively, are predecessors to the Hard Block. They are solid ground which cannot be broken or interacted with, sure, but Mushroom Platforms in SMB1 were also fully solid. Becoming breakable is simply a trait they gained with the coming of more powerful hardware. I don't think this holds for SMB3's "Wood Blocks" though. While mostly acting the same as the aforementioned two blocks, Wood Blocks are also sometimes bumpable from the sides, or even contain items. This is a trait absolutely no Hard Blocks have. On top of that, the most significant thing in my eyes is Super Mario Maker 2. By drawing a one-block-thick line of Ground in the SMB3 Sky style, it takes the appearance of Wood Blocks. These are explicitly not Hard Blocks. It is fully solid ground that cannot be broken or moved. Yet, since it is Wood Blocks... It would go in the Hard Block article?

Hard Block
Hard Block
A Hard Block from Super Mario 3D Land
Wood Block
Hard Block
Both

So... I think Wood Blocks should be split. The article would document the various appearances of the circularly-striped rounded block that appears in Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Maker, and Super Mario Maker 2. Both the Hard Block and Ground versions would be included. The Hard Block article would then only cover the actual Hard Block in the Super Mario Maker games.

Proposer: PopitTart (talk)

Deadline: N/A, 23:59 GMT

Split Wood Blocks: Woodn't it be nice?

  1. PopitTart (talk) Per proposal.

Status Quo: It's a Hard Block life

Comments: Hard truths

Draft 4: This Time it's Three

This is a proposal for a... very, very, very major change. So... bear with me.

This wiki has a bit of a "breadth vs. depth" problem. It covers the entire Super Mario franchise, including Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and all environs, which is very cool and admirable. However... articles about subjects that span this massive franchise, like Mario, Goomba, or ? Block are... a bit shallow when it comes to talking about individual games? It's been a longstanding gripe of many that the wiki often doesn't even say what levels enemies appear in a majority of the time. Recently, I found myself befuddled by the wiki's frankly dire coverage of the Super Mario Maker games. Good luck figuring out what course parts can be put onto a track! All the information about everything is forced to fit into the prose of its History header, which really squeezes out the nuance.

Per discussion on the wiki, this could be fixed by the introduction of something we're calling subpages. Now, it should be stressed that this isn't referring to the specific MediaWiki formatting system of slashes indicating child pages. This is a general organizational concept, which may or may not need to use that system. Consider the Mario article like a Museum of Mario. The actual "Mario" page is the museum's atrium. A hub, showing off Mario as the famous Super Mario franchise mascot who has appeared in countless games and media. From the atrium, you can enter various dedicated wings. Individual articles covering Mario as he applies to particular games and series in-depth. Each area, such as one for RPGs, one for mainline platformers, and one for non-game media, would be free to act like an independent article, focusing solely on the topic at hand. These articles aren't truly about distinct subjects, they're all "Mario". But they all shine a light on a very distinct side of Mario.

As an example, I have drafted a subpage for Goomba focusing on its function as a course part in the Super Mario Maker series, which can be read here. As you can see, there is a lot to talk about in regards to this single facet of Goomba's history, which is currently only covered by the wiki in about two paragraphs.

Draft the reboot

Reclassify the different types of Bill Blaster

While writing coin blaster, I noticed a strange organization scheme with the existing Blaster articles which I chose not to follow. There's already been quite a bit of discussion on Torpedo Tube's appearance in Galaxy not really being the same thing at all as in the 2D games, with the big Mickey Mouse glove. Bull's-Eye Blaster as well covers any tube that fires Bull's-Eye Bills, regardless if the Blaster itself is the distinct red one. I disagree with this classification, because it disregards the design choices that make these unique objects in the first place.

Proposer: PopitTart (talk)
Deadline: December 17, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Option 1: Classify Blasters by form

  1. PopitTart (talk) Per proposal.

Option 1: Classify Blasters by projectile

Oppose: Keep Blasters as is

Comments Cannon

Navbox splitting



Extra Yoshi Table

Non games

Key Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Playable character Rideable mount Non-playable character
Media Green Red Blue Yellow Pink Light-Blue Purple Orange Black White Notes
colors for copypasting
Hot Wheels Mario Kart Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Yoshi Egg from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
LEGO Super Mario Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[a 1] Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[a 1] Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[a 1] Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[a 1] Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[a 1] Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[a 1]
Yoshi's Adventure Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Star from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a Winged Cloud without wings in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Introduced in an update after release.