Talk:Gloop

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I'm not sure if the Nintendo Power preview is the ideal source for this name. The trivia that was on the page wasn't illegitimate: to clarify, the page clearly attributes the name "Pucka Jr." next to artwork and a screenshot of what became Fangfish. Above it, the regular "Pucka" is only listed with the unusual artwork. Here is the Pucka description: "As a big fish in a little sea, Pucka makes swimming a challenge. He’ll undoubtedly make diving dangerous for land-lubbers like Diddy and Donkey." The Pucka Jr. description: "Pucka Jr. is smaller and quicker than its senior counterpart." The assumption here seems to be that the names were mistakenly swapped and the non-Fangfish was redesigned, but that's not necessarily the only conclusion with current knowledge. Due to the lack of a pictured implemented sprite and the fact that both texts specifically mention size differences, I had the impression that the Pucka design was supposed to be an obviously larger enemy, but was cut, causing Pucka Jr. (Fangfish) to be renamed. There's no conclusive proof for either scenario; just because names from development can be used doesn't necessarily mean it's applicable.

There's also this important tidbit on pg. 89: "The game is still in development, so some of what you see here might change for the final version, but we wanted to give Nintendo Power readers an exclusive sneak peak at what's in store for them when Donkey Kong Land comes out this spring."

I've went ahead and looked for an official source of the previously unverified Japanese name, and found that it more clearly points to this enemy… Scan of 「スーパードンキーコングGB攻略ガイドブック」 (Super Donkey Kong GB Kōryaku Guide Book). LinkTheLefty (talk) 09:00, 10 January 2016 (EST)
 * I made the connection that the two fish enemies of varying sizes in-game were the same fish enemies of varying sizes from the manual. It's an assumption, sure, but it seems like a simpler and clearer assumption than one of the fish enemies being retooled into another fish enemy while the other was dropped entirely and then a third fish enemy was also created. I brought it up on the forums, and the path of least resistance seemed to win.