Talk:Black Shy Guy

Should we merge this with Shy Guy?

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No. Mario200 16:23, 23 February 2011 (EST)

Shouldn't we include MK8 details on them here? The recent DLC with them in it? Problem is I don't know links very well here :( Pinkolol16 (talk) 17:42, 2 September 2014 (EDT)

Thoughts?
So, it turns out the Black Shy Guy in Paper Mario: Color Splash shares its Japanese name with Anti Guys instead of the name used for Black Shy Guys in Yoshi's Story or Mario Kart 8 (ブラックヘイホー instead of くろヘイホー). Considering that, the fact that this name (to my knowledge) was only used in Paper Mario games, and both enemies similarly being unusually strong black Shy Guys, it seems likely to me that the Black Shy Guy in Color Splash was just a renamed Anti Guy. Niiue (talk) 19:31, 18 May 2017 (EDT)
 * If we ended up merging the sections, would the article be renamed to since we use the most recent English name? Also, I'm not sure if they should be merged, as they have the same shoe color and mask color as a normal Black Shy Guy (along with the English name). -- 20:15, 19 May 2017 (EDT)
 * Following Big Boo (Paper Mario series), that would be the case if they were merged together. 21:10, 19 May 2017 (EDT)
 * Imo, the shoe/mask color is a minor issue considering the games came out almost 20 years apart. Niiue (talk) 21:36, 19 May 2017 (EDT)
 * Do you know if they have the same name as Anti Guys in any other language? I just don't know if there are enough differences at the moment to merge. -- 21:44, 19 May 2017 (EDT)
 * Not sure, actually. I'd guess not, though, because the other foreign names are based on the English localization. Niiue (talk) 15:07, 20 May 2017 (EDT)
 * Bumping this, anyways, given certain examples of our naming system being circled, I'd say the best thing here would be to go with most common name, and since more people have played the original Paper Mario (which is iconic) than Color Splash (which many are too apprehensive to buy after Sticker Star), I'd say we'd go with Anti Guy. Unless of course you'd prefer to keep it as-is. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:38, 25 October 2017 (EDT)

Merge with Shy Guy, split Shy Guy according to color, or delete this page
This might be one of the most ridiculous problems on the wiki. Why do we have this page and White Shy Guy when other colors like red and green don't have their own articles? Seriously, why? Are black and white Shy Guys any different from other colors? So what if they had special effects in Yoshi's Story? For consistency reasons, we must merge this and the white page with Shy Guy, make more Shy Guy articles, or delete this page and the white page. Proposer: Deadline: Monday, November 20, 2017, 11:59:59 PM GMT

Make more Shy Guy articles

 * 1) Per proposal. Honestly, this is my preferred option. I mean, we did it with the Yoshis.
 * 2) this annoys me. per YFJ.

Do absolutely nothing

 * 1) They're certainly different enough to warrant a different article just as much as Stretch is. Note the other Shy Guy colors don't have special behaviors in Story, only the monochrome ones. In fact, the colored ones change colors if ground-pounded near. The only game in which they have strikingly different behavior is SMB2, and even then, the colors are inconsistent between versions.
 * 2) Per Doc.
 * 3) The White Shy Guy in Yoshi's Story is very clearly treated as a unique character and therefore shouldn't be merged.
 * 4) Per all.
 * 5) Black and White Shy Guys feature a few more unique traits to them, Black Shy Guys appearing as a sort of named species in Paper Mario and the White Shy Guy having the revival abilities in Yoshi Story. And as tempting as it is to create articles for other Shy Guy colors, that would end up opening doors for other colored characters, such as Toads, Koopa Troopas or any other colored character in the Mario Baseball games and I'm not quite sure what the overall opinion is on that. So for now, perhaps the better option is to leave it as it for now.
 * 6) - Per all.
 * 7) Okay, why do you want to merge two articles that deserve to exist for no reason other than that they are simply color swaps? They are different enough to warrant their own article and we do not merge articles with each other for just being color swaps. That's not how the wiki works, and it's against policy. Per all, especially Doc and Tails777.

Comments
@Doc von Schmeltwick: The games consider Stretch Guys a variant of Shy Guys, but games like Paper Mario: Color Splash called each Shy Guy by their color, as if each color was a variant. If red and green aren't variants, surely black and white aren't either. Also, just to clarify, when I said "So what if...", I actually meant "What does it matter that...", and "they" referred to black and white Shy Guys, so I was basically asking "Does it really matter that Black and White Shy Guys have a few special abilities?" And what about the Yoshis? It's not in every game that they have different abilities. Since the Yoshis have separate articles, give me one reason why we shouldn't do the same with Shy Guys. -
 * Yes, it does matter, as they're extremely unique. Black Shy Guys act like D-Bats and Omodonmeka, which is such a far cry from other Shy Guy behavior that it warrants an article. However, given that the pink shy guys in SMB2 became blue in the remakes, while the red, yellow, green, and pink Shy Guys of Yoshi's Island were literally interchangeable (and often interchanged), as were the ones in Yoshi's Story and Paper Mario, I'd say that those don't deserve their own articles. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 04:04, 6 November 2017 (EST)
 * Not to be rude, but you still haven't answered my question about the Yoshis. The black and white Yoshis were special, but eventually each Yoshi had his own article.  Why do we have articles on each Yoshi color but not Shy Guy colors?  It doesn't make sense. -
 * Because every Yoshi is special in many games. Super Mario World? Had their own abilities depending on shells. Yoshi's Story? Had different favorite fruits, and I think jumping distance varied a bit as well? Super Mario Sunshine? Platforms do different things. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:27, 6 November 2017 (EST)

Also, I'd like to point out that Lantern Ghosts, a type of Shy Guy, also come in color variations. Do you think those should be split? How about the various palette changes in Super Mario Bros. caused by the limited palette depending on location (with brown things becoming blue underground, grey and black underwater, and grey in castles, while green things become turquoise and orange underground and in castles and grey underwater)? They do the same things as normal, but they're different colors, and since in all but a very small amount of games differently-colored Shy Guys typically act exactly the same, you're basically saying those should be split as well. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:04, 6 November 2017 (EST)
 * I recall there being arguments against splitting color variants. Why should various Shy Guy colors be split when something as basic as Koopa Troopa is a no-go? LinkTheLefty (talk) 17:15, 6 November 2017 (EST)


 * That is exactly my point ;) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:32, 6 November 2017 (EST)

By the way, the Yoshi's Story info wouldn't be merged with Shy Guy, it'd be merged with Propeller Shy Guy, as that's what it's derivative of in that game. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:08, 6 November 2017 (EST)