Talk:Thorny flower

Official name?-- 16:17, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
 * Actually, I don't know if that's the official name. That's just the name that appeared on the enemies list on the Super Mario Galaxy page.  I should probably add that conjecture template. - Smashgoom202 14:28, 23 October 2009 (EDT)
 * Same with thefake Block

Decide on a name for this article
Seeing the tag on this page, I think we should decide on the name of this page. I have no preference either way, but I think we should probably look into this.


 * The in-game description for the Mario Party: Island Tour calls these things "thorny flowers". The selling points are that the name is in-game and is the most recent, but the drawback is that it's more of a descriptor term than an actual name, though at least it's not a lengthy descriptor unlike, say, "flowers with sharp spikes".
 * Page 187 of the Super Mario 3D Land Prima guide calls them "thistles". While it's less of a lengthy descriptor, it has the disadvantage of being a name from a guide, and also is less recent.

I'm fine with either decision that's made.

Proposer: Deadline: March 13, 2019, 23:59 GMT

Stick with "Thorny flower"

 * 1) If it's not capitalized, we should search for a name in the Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima guides. I wonder what are both Japanese names for both normal and big.
 * 2) I think "thorny flower" describes their appearance in more recent games better than "thistle."
 * 3) Current name is perfectly fine. Inline tag isn't necessary, we require it when the source is like the wildly inaccurate Prima guides or Smash Bros. trophy descriptions.
 * 4) Per Bazooka Mario.

Comments
Given that Mario Party: Island Tour is a more recent source, Prima guides are unreliable, and that ingame names almost always take precedence, it doesn't matter what the Prima guides say what these obstacles are, it'll still keep the "thorny flower" name. 16:35, 27 February 2019 (EST)