Talk:Lakitu

Are the lakitu's that carry those cameras normal lakitus or Fishin' Lakitus? - Ultimatetoad

Normal Lakitus. 23:24, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

Sorry, I was in a hurry when I wrote that... I mean the ones in the MK games, the ones that use poles to puul out the drivers. They seem to be Fishing Lakitu's, (particularly the one in SMK) but I want to make sure. - Ultimatetoad

Allies?
Are Lakitu allies? Most of the time they are neutral, some times they are enemies, and once they were allies. Does Lakitu fit under Allies because in SM64(DS), Lakitu is the one who warns Mario (Yoshi) about Bowser. 23:24, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
 * I guess.. Is the category there?

Nope. But does that mean I remove the enemies cat and replace it with Allies or do I put both? 23:27, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

I'd put the Allies one in, and leave the rest as is.

Gender
The Super Paper Mario Catch Card clearly says "it" and not "he". Yet, in Paper Mario, Lakilester was male and Lakilulu was female. Do Lakitus generally have a set gender? - 09:36, 30 March 2008 (EDT)
 * I'm not sure if you're refering to a specific part of the article, but here's the deal. When talking about an animal, say, in the wild, some people prefer to use it.  It's more professional, apparently, and it doesn't matter if you know the gender of the specific critter in question.  You could have a report on a female black widow spider and both he and it would be acceptable.  If you have something like a specific dog, though, people sometimes prefer to use use he or she because of endearment.  So, we have evidence of there being male and female Lakitus, but Nintendo of America's translation team talks about 'em generally, so they use "it".  I don't think there's anything more to it than that.  19:45, 6 April 2008 (EDT)