MarioWiki:Featured images

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At the Super Mario Wiki, Featured Images are those quality, intriguing, witty, provocative, rare, important, and otherwise simply interesting images that can be found throughout the site's articles. Users are encouraged to submit and vote on nominations for the Featured Image displayed on the Main Page. Every week (on Thursdays at 17:00 EST), a new image is selected to be featured. This is done by subtracting the number of oppose votes from the number of support votes in each nomination - the image with the most "points" at the end of the week will be featured. Any image with a negative amount of points at the end of a week (that is a nomination with a majority of opposes) is removed from the selection process. The only condition for nominated images is that they must be in an actual mainspace article on the wiki. No personal images or images from non-mainspace pages are allowed. New image nominations can be added to the Featured Image Nominations section below.

Archived nominations of images that were featured in the past are found here.

This page follows the No-Signature Policy.

Description of Image (Ex: 1-Up Mushroom from New Super Mario Bros.)

 * Subject: Main subject of image; include a link to the article it is included in. (Example: 1-Up Mushroom)
 * Nominated by: If you nominate the image, place your name here.

Comments
Place some comments here if you want to explain why you think this image should or should not be featured. Note: it is very important to include   at the end of the comments section!

Mario Super Sluggers Group Picture
Subject: The group of characters on the Mario Super Sluggers cover. Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) I love this picture and I love Mario Super Sluggers too!
 * 2) don't care for baseball but this is a pretty good picture.
 * 3) Good picture. :D
 * 4) I love this picture!I also realy like that game,it's fun!
 * 5) got my vote
 * 6) i love this game, and so this pic!
 * 7) Love this picture!!! You can't get enough of this. I more than agree it should be a featured Image.
 * 8) Great Quality
 * 9) Common or not, it's a great picture.
 * 10) Per all; this is one of my personal favorite group pictures for a Mario spinoff installment. Enough said.
 * 11) It's okay,and there's a boo in the benches.
 * 12) Yoshi Koshi Moshi Nice 'n colorful.
 * 13) Better than most other pictures we see.
 * 14) The quality is great,the picture isn't boring,even though almost every one seen this picture,it's great.
 * 15) This is a great pic and a fun game!
 * 16) I like this picture because A) It has great quality B) It shows a fair amount of characters and C) It's just a good picture! The ball is blurry and I'm not sure if that's supposed to happen.
 * 17) Even I don't like this game, this picture have everything to be featured.
 * 18) Great game, great pic.
 * 19) It's a colorful picture! Besides, the actual boxart doesn't show Wario, Waluigi, or Boo.
 * 20) Per LeftyGreenMario
 * 21) This pic is way too overused, even in Europe, but Petey is in the background so its an automatic yes from me!
 * 22) I love Mario Super Sluggers, and Diddy's in there, so it's a yes!

Oppose

 * 1) - This is like the ssbb picture. It's just too common of a picture.
 * 2) Per my reasons for opposing the Mario Party DS box-art.
 * 3) I am Zero! This is the box art, seen too many times. Zero signing out.
 * 4) Per SMB.
 * 5) I've decided box art shouldn't realy be featured.
 * 6) Like Lu-igi board said, box art shouldn't be featured.
 * 7) Per Lu-igi Board.
 * 8) Using logic, I don't think anyone except the umpire and the catcher are allowed behind the batter. It makes the picture seem a little crowded behind Bowser.
 * 9) All you can really see is Mario and no one else.
 * 10) Per Zafum... I've seen this WAY too many times before...
 * 11) I like Super Mario Sluggers but I don't think this should be featured.

Comments
Images like this are the reason we have the 'featured image' page!

I think we have enough boxart covers in this list.

I like how green and colourful the image is, but it centers too much around Mario and neglects the other charas in the background (And Bowser looks like he seriously needs a potty break *pats Bowser*). -

why wont this picture just die!!?? Lu-igi board 07:29, 10 October 2009 (EDT)

Quite obviously because there's 11 more support than oppose votes. (I don't know if you really wanted an answer but here ya go!)

Um... Come visit my page! And by the way I like it but it stinks in a way too... :-)

Wing-Cap Mario Around the World

 * Subject: A picture of Mario flying around the world.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) I think it looks much better than my other FI nominations. The real image (not the thumbnail) is larger, but only has one resolution. Besides that, I think it looks nice. It is very colorful, and represents a good amount of SM64 worlds and levels.
 * 2) Yoshi! This actually  quite a good picture. Nice job. But maybe you could give it a better name?
 * 3) I am Zero! Alright I'll support, but make the image bigger, or find a better quality one. Zero signing out.
 * 4) I'll support it because it looks awesome, it's from one of my favourite games,and there's a Boo in the background.
 * 5) The image is covered with the perfect amount of Mario so that we can see him, and the planet.
 * 6) i like super mario 64.
 * 7) We all do. Nice pic!
 * 8) I've decided to support this image.  It has a nice cartoon-like look.  And besides, who doesn't like Super Mario 64?
 * 9) Yoshi Koshi Moshi Per Booman, Marioguy1 and Hrothgar.
 * 10) This Picture From Super Mario 64 Looks So Cool!
 * 11) I support for it's color.
 * 12) A nice quality image.
 * 13) I'll support...
 * 14) Classic!
 * 15) Super Mario 64 is my favorite game ever, and this picture reperesents it soooo well.

Oppose

 * 1) Nah, the quality's bordering on 'too small' and the background characters look a bit off.
 * 2) - It looks too simple, doesn't have the highest quality, and looks too simple (Note: I said simple twice on purpose).
 * 3) Not much to see in this picture.
 * I agree with all the opposers.
 * 1) It just really doesnt look that good to me.
 * 2) 4.75/10. It's OK, but not FI quality.
 * 3) Agree with above comment.
 * 4) What?! Mario looks orange! This picture dosen't deserve to be on the front page!! I mean seriously,the quality stinks!!
 * 5) It's been here so long I've seen enough of it.
 * 6) Per everyone.
 * 7) There are better images on this page. Also, it's been here for a long time.
 * 8) I think it's about time this image should get taken off.
 * 9) I should have opposed this the second I saw it! this makes Mario look huge and the planet look tiny. Who would want that to happen even if he's awesome? Also, theres a sky background! This picture was made slovenly.
 * 10) I changed my mind. This picture has been here too long and it doesn't appeal to me anymore.
 * 11) ........I'm speechless. This is worse than the Wario's Battle Canyon picture!
 * 12) Seems like a bland picture to me. Not FI worthy at all.

Comments
I think this image looks better in its full resolution.
 * What's funny is that the image was uploaded a year ago to the day (30 June 2008)

if this image was remade today, it would look great, but at the minute it looks to simple.I won't support or oppose.

Well, might I point out that most older artworks of Mario games have this kind of simplicity and quality, per say. What makes up for its simplicity, however, is that it is colorful, it represents a unique and classic game. The game it represents, SM64, is revolutionary in the time it was released, and defined a new era of Mario games. Also, this artwork represents a video game that is over a decade old (if this image were selected as FI, this would be the first to represent an N64 game, and the second oldest FI in terms of what game it relates to). So you see, this image is decent enough and would represent a very important point of time in gaming itself.
 * Besides, our next F.A. to be displayed on the main page is SM64. Why don't we feature this image of SM64 along with it on the main page? That would be rather nice to have both of them related. This would be the first time a FI and a FA are featured on the main page at the same time and are related to the same game.

How do I make the image bigger?
 * On this page? You're not allowed to do that. The image is supposed to be only a thumbnail here.

Oh, okay. Thank you.

Dry Luigi: The Super Mario 64 box-art is with the featured article on the main page.

This one is Meh-ish. Like I said as my reason for opposing, it's good, but not THAT good.

I know! Like I said. It was made slovenly, there's too much that doen't fit in. It's like they just threw stuff in just to make it look epic.


 * DaisyRox02 has a good point. Give me one good reason to support this image, because I don't see anything better than some of the rejected image, and this is actually kind-of lame.

I can't beleive this image hasnt been eliminated yet! I also found that there is NOTHING that has detail, the most important thing about an image.

Smash Bros Army

 * Subject: The cast of Super Smash Bros Melee, assembled for battle.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Yoshi! This is a great pic, great quality and Not Box-art!
 * 2) I am Zero! This is sort of like the SSBB image, but I'll support it, I want to see it one more time in the main page, just enlarge the image more. I can really see this with a comment like "The whole cast of Super Smash Bros. Melee, assembled in for a Melee". Zero signing out.
 * 3) per Zero, I only opposed the SSBB picture so it could be deleted as it was around for way too long.
 * 4) Very good! My favorite so far!
 * 5) I SEE ROY!!! (and young link with his milk) can't say no to this
 * 6) - I like this one.
 * 7) I remember how amazed I was when I first saw this picture.  It's great.
 * 8) It seems a bit repetitive to use the word "Melee" twice in the subject area, but the image is good.
 * 9) Yoshi Koshi Moshi I WANT THIS PICTURE FEATURED.
 * 10) Super Mario Bros. is right, and I think "battle" would be better. Looking at Luigi, though, it actually seems like what he'd do during an important pic like this.
 * 11) looks awesome
 * 12) - I actually like this picture.
 * 13) Why do a bunch of Luigi fans whine about what Luigi is doing? he looks cool to me. And the Brawl cast picture is just like this except they're facing the other way and with a white background.
 * 14) This is actually pretty good.
 * 15) Great pic possibly better than the Brawl one.
 * 16) Melee was fun! The picture is nice! Great game with great picture!
 * 17) A great image from a great game.
 * 18) Very actiony. Plus, Luigi's shooting himself
 * 19) It's a awesome picture with Luigi doing the green missle!
 * 20) Pichu is riding on Bowser, which makes it extra awesome.
 * 21) Well Luigi is flying which is LOL, but the pic isn't box art. I like it. :-) P.S: Mr. Game and Watch is in there; he's awesome!

Oppose

 * 1) i just think of this as the Brawl one.... they were used a lot in the past.
 * What the!? LOOK AT LUIGI!!!
 * 1) I am really tired of this image. P.S. Luigi is doing Green Missile.
 * 2) Just to hate the graphics in this game, they look to fake. Also, nothing stands out, they don't even blend in. Not a good picture in my opinion.
 * 3) ...I hope this wont turn into a war like the Mario Party DS picture...
 * 4) - With so many characters, the image looks (to me) like a mess at 300px.
 * 5) I'd like the SSBB cast better than this. It's just more action-packed than this.
 * 6) it has too much going on!!! When i first saw the picture i was looking for Luigi...i found him.....IN THE SKY!!!
 * 7) Image is extremely overused.
 * 8)  it can't stay here for ever.....
 * 9) it's not all mario characters :/
 * 10) - I saw that picture on quite a lot of other pages already. If we put it at the main page, that'd be the same as saying "Hey, we are just one of the thousand other sites with Mario/Brawl content!" I doubt I'd want that to be thought about the wiki.

Comments
Yoshi! Looks Even Better bigger...

if only roy and mewtwo were in brawl...

IS PICHU RIDING ON BOWSER!

I got my Brawler Card on my page.

why does everyone care about graphics!!! so what? it was for the gamecube and the gamecube doesnt have the best graphics in the world.


 * One person criticized the graphics.

I certainly do not like the fact that not even half of Bowser is visible on this picture, but opposing because my favourite character has a disadvantage on a picture seems not right to me, so I better abstain so I'll vote with a more valid reason. -

Zafum voted twice
 * I removed his second vote.

DK Jungle Party

 * Subject: The Mario Party 1 characters in full swing of the party.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Yoshi! Great Pic. It's classic, not box-art and quite unique.
 * 2) nice.
 * 3) Per all. Tis a good image indeed.
 * 4) I am Zero! It's a little out-dated but I'll support it. Zero signing out.
 * 5) i like the one on the beach better, but this is still good
 * 6) haha warios falling on his face
 * 7) - OK, the image is filled up, I like it!
 * 8) - This image is stellar. I think all the Mario Party board artwork like this need FI attention.
 * 9) Great board, great picture
 * 10) One of the best images I've seen!
 * 11) Good quality, nice pic. I'm all for it.
 * 12) Look at Wario! He fell!
 * 13) Great image. Also per WarioLoaf.
 * 14) Can't hate Mario Party pictures
 * 15) I'm going with BabyLuigionfire with this.
 * 16) Nice quality picture.
 * 17) This pic made me laugh when I saw Wario. I'll support.
 * 18) Per all. This picture is great. It's colorful, has good quality, and it's fun to look at. I don't care if it's "out of date" or the characters "look weird".
 * 19) I loved this pic the second I saw it. Donkey Kong is awesome, and Wario falling just makes me laugh.

Oppose

 * 1) GARGLE HARGLE BARGLE! translation- All they are doing is swinging on vines!
 * 2) I've seen it to many times. It's become boring now.
 * 3) Per Galactic Petey.
 * 4) Luigi looks weird, Wario is face down, and Mario, DK, and Peach are swinging on vines!!!oh wait, how can you forget Yoshi, who is to swinging on a vine! Boring AND lame!!!!!
 * 5) - The graphics are a bit out of date.
 * 6) Good but not good enough to be featured.
 * 7) Per Dark Boo not featured material.
 * 8) A bit out of date and quite boring....
 * 9) Boring.
 * 10) Don't like the color scheme.

Comments
Lu-igi Board, do you mean "bliss"?

no.....I imagine it is not a word americans are used to. Lu-igi board

How is being "out of date" such a bad thing? It's still a good image.

Well, I am an American... I do not say "bliss" that often. I say.. well I don't know what I say. I just talk. :-) Lolcats124

NSMBWii Character scene

 * Subject: The characters of NSMBWii together on a level.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Yoshi! I like this one even if there is a white background as it is new and shows a peek at NSMBWii. fantastic quality.
 * 2) We NEED to put this on there. We NEED to spread the news.
 * 3) per all. I can't wait to play this game!
 * 4) I am Zero! Very unique, and since it's an upcoming game it should go on the main page, but if there is one with a background then I'll reconsider. Zero signing out.
 * 5) We've already had an image based on the original, but I like it anyway.
 * 6) just can't say no
 * 7) per all, and i cant wait either
 * 8) - I've decided that from now on my biggest concern in images will be the placement of characters and for this image, I rank it a Pass!
 * 9) - Can't wait and great artwork.
 * 10) Per all.
 * 11) - The first time I saw this, I almost fainted! I can't wait for NSMBWii!!!
 * 12) Like you all I can't wait for the release either and featuring this image will get people even more exciting. Gee, just check out the quality!
 * 13) Dispite the blank background this picture just looks so good it makes up for it.
 * 14) I can wait for this game to come out and the picture is really awesome even it has a white background.
 * 15) I love it! It looks so cool and so......... Mario!
 * 16) How could anyone oppose this or say it is boring? This is going to be a great game and this pic represents everything that will make the game great. The white background is a little boring, but the pic already has a lot of color
 * 17) I can't wait for this game so I support.
 * 18) I can't wait for this game and the pic rocks so I support it.
 * 19) This game is gonna rock just as hard as this picture does.

Oppose

 * 1) - Even though it has an extremely high quality, It's lack of background and there being a very small amount of things to see in the picture makes me much more inclined to oppose.
 * 2) It looks like the artist just randomly placed stuff on a white piece of paper.
 * 3) Per Hrothgar.
 * 4) It looks very cloudy which means it has no background. And it looks they are all giants right on the horizon.
 * 5) no backround says all.
 * 6) This is just artwork composed together without a setting. Lame.
 * 7) I think it looks like someone got a bunch of single pictures, scrambled them together and forgot to put a setting. a.k.a, it looks like a 3 year old made it.
 * 8) I agree with ForeverDaisy09.
 * 9) It's like the Ice Mario pic. It needs a background to be featured! It's so boring!
 * 10) Well, I can do that in Paint...
 * 11) Per Lpsc001.
 * 12) The background is white. Talk about boring.
 * 13) This picture is so boring. I can just take 3 new pictures, recycle some others, paste them together, and there: Featured Image!!!
 * 14) I dislike this picture because first, there's no background. Second, unlike New Super Mario Bros. DS, I can copy and paste the artwork into that and there.
 * 15) Per everyone.
 * 16) - It... it has no background. *refreshes* Uh, nope. Still no background. Just white emptyness. Hm, maybe if a version with a sky background or something like that is found, but in that state... better not.

Comments
Shouldn't there be another character instead of two generic, nameless Toads?

who's to say they won't be named? 08:29, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

I have an idea so crazy it just might work. The third character is the Toad named Toad, but player 4 is... a Shy Guy! It sounds odd, but it may work. For example, when it gets a Propeller Suit, it becomes a Fly Guy! Genius, right?

my god that is genius! 11:53, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

Thanks. I came up with it while looking at the page for "Mario Power Tennis" when I saw the pics of Shy Guy and Fly Guy.

They should have Hammer Bros. in Galaxy 2.

it will be beter than the ds game

having no background makes the picture look better! Lu-igi board 06:17, 29 July 2009 (EDT) p.s I have a poster of this! woot!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dudes and dudettes, I have found the tentative release date for this game! It is November 2nd, 2009!

Who was it that thought, on the wired.com interview, that Miyamoto was serious about the cake thing? It was a joke!

Why are alot of people supporting it because they think the game looks good, but they're not saying alot about the picture which, by the way, I made an exact replica of in MS Paint.

I hope Nintendo would make better game art than this.

This picture is stupid. I hope it gets removed soon. It only meets one condition of a FI: quality. And I don't consider FIs actually do-able on Paint for, like, 5 minutes.

Lemmy Koopa Fan is right. People aren't considering the image itself (which can be done by almost any person) before voting. They are only supporting it 'cause the game looks epic. And yes, the game will surely be epic. Now, supporters, go find a "Which one of these games do you think will be great?" poll with a "NSMBWii" option on it and cast your votes there, not here.


 * Is anyone paying any attention to what me and Paper Yoshi just said?! Consider the image, people! Stop supporting because you think the game looks good!
 * I'm paying attention, but that won't do you any good because I am already opposing. Sadly, pleas like yours are a wasted effort... BTW I am greatly interested in that MS Paint replica. Could you upload it at an image dump site and give me the url? -

Sorry. I guess I clearly didn't think when I posted that comment :).

Barrel Blasting through the Jungle

 * Subject: DK Barrel Blasters Scene of a few characters. Enlarge to see better.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Yoshi! There have been no DK featured Images so far so i decided to do DK some justice with this picture. Fun to look at as well.
 * 2) Im not really a DK fan but this picture looks really good.
 * 3) I am Zero! Smae thing as the MKDD!! one, I'll support, it can have a comment like, "One lap for Donkey Kong to go!" Zero signing out.
 * 4) - This image is very descriptive, if you enlarge it you can see everything crystal clear.
 * 5) per all.
 * 6) the best DK pic I've ever seen! Lu-igi board 09:33, 10 August 2009 (EDT)
 * 7) Per all.
 * 8) This is very cool. I like it because it reminds me of a Mario Kart image.
 * 9) It's a great image, even with the blurry background (obviously that happens cause they're at high speed).
 * 10) YES!!!! It could have more characters but YES!!
 * 11) This pics great, but could include King.K.Rool on a giant barrel jet! Its still a cool pic, though.
 * 12) Love this picture.
 * 13) - I like the blurry style of the picture, even if it doesn't have much in it.

Oppose

 * 1) - There are only three characters and the background in blurry. Really boring!
 * 2) Yawn!!! It is SOOO boring. this should NEVER be featured!!!
 * 3) This is blah. :P
 * 4) I agree with McQueenMario.
 * 5) Per McQueenMario
 * 6) This is the MarioWiki, not DonkeyKongWiki.
 * 7) Too boring to be featured
 * 8) Too blury
 * 9) It looks so empty. This is not a bad picture, but it's just not good enough to be featured.
 * 10) Per LeftyGreen...
 * 11) I never thought there would be a bad Donkey Kong game. Then I bought Barrel Blast. This pic is just as bad as the game.

Comments
to those whom care...: I'm going on holiday to Italy today, so you wont see me for 2 weeks :O. see ya later!!! Lu-igi board 05:25, 12 August 2009 (EDT)

Vini64: So what? We cover the Donkey Kong series just as we cover the Mario series.
 * Oh yeah, that's right. Sorry.

Battle of the Minis

 * Subject: Mario and DK placing bets on their minis.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) Yoshi! I know its a screen shot an all but its just great with good lighting and fun to look at.
 * 2) Let's see how this turns out...
 * 3) This is a screenshot? It looks like artwork. And this picture is also very unique. i've never seen it before.
 * 4) Awww! I like it.It's cute. Plus I never saw it any where else!!!
 * 5) - Nice image, like the reality of it
 * 6) Per Lemmy.
 * 7) I am Zero! Great resolution and overall a great picture to be in the main page. Zero signing out.
 * 8) this image is full of power! Lu-igi board 04:30, 27 August 2009 (EDT)
 * 9) - There is no blank space or lack of characters...
 * 10) Though I agree with Time Q that it's a low quality picture (when enlarged), I really like it so I support this one :)
 * 11) it's one of those screenshots that you really want and can never find online!!! Like all the other good screenshots out there that Nintendo doesn't care about and we do
 * 12) I think it looks great! Why not? It looks better than some past featured images.
 * 13) Per Bloops.
 * 14) At first glance, the Minis looked strangely realistic.
 * 15) I loved the picture at first...and still like it! It's a rare image.
 * 16) Low Quality, but rare.
 * 17) love pic not a big fan of the game though
 * 18) This pic reminds me of the game, epic and fun!
 * 19) Cool! The mini Mario looks like a Lego but who cares? Realistic pics are cool! ;-)

Oppose

 * Low quality. Even in its standard size, which is quite small, it's pixelated.
 * 1) Per Time Q.
 * 2) Just plain boring. This shouldn't be a FI! Also, per Time Q.
 * 3) Per Time Q.
 * 4) Per Time Q
 * 5) How can we have a so low quality Image in the Main Page, even if it's "cute" or something like that.... saddly i think this time "Quantity wins over Quality"
 * 6) Per all. The quality is just too poor.
 * 7) Small, blurry, and uninteresting image.
 * 8) Time Q's right.
 * 9) Yup... Per Time Q.....
 * 10) - Although images have passed before this with resolutions almost as low as this one, this picture is very boring.

Comments
Time Q: For a screenshot, this actually has pretty good quality.
 * Click on it and you'll see it has very low resolution. We can't put that on the main page, since it needs to be enlarged.

Well,I admit it's kind of small. But I'm still not removing my vote.

Before you keep supporting this image, please click here. This is as big as the image can get, and even in this size it's pixelated and low-quality. We need images that can be enlarged further if we want to put them on the main page.

Yeeeaaahhh...? It doesn't really seem THAT small. I still think it's featured image worthy.

Yoshi! Time Q, main page resolution is lower than this one.
 * Yes, but visitors should be able to enlarge the image on the main page. When you hover over it, it even reads, "Click for a larger image." When users do that they'll see a pixelated image, which is bad.

Great... looks like this is going to be our first low-quality FI... oh well :(

Mario in the Forest of Illusion

 * Subject: Artwork from Super Mario World depicting Mario, Goombas, Wigglers and a Bob-omb in the Forest of Illusion
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * It's a quite funny scene in a likeable comic style from an excellent Mario game :P
 * 1) Well, we currently have one that's similar, but you do have a point.
 * 2) Ehh, What the heck! I'll support it.
 * 3) - It accurately shows the many different varieties of foes available in that certain level of Super Mario World, no more, no less.
 * 4) wow this is just epic!
 * 5) It's awesome.
 * 6) Every Super Mario World artwork must be featured :D!
 * 7) Simply LOVE SMW artwork
 * 8) I love comical moments like this!!
 * 9) Liked the game, liked the picture
 * 10) Another comical moment
 * 11) I like Mario's expression in this picture!
 * 12) I like SMW, artworks of this game. SMW doesn't have Wigglers and Bubbles simultaneously, but this is nothing.

Oppose

 * 1) Alright this has been here for too long and it's become boring.
 * 2) I changed my mind. This is kinda funny, but per Lemmy Koopa Fan.
 * 3) - This picture looks sort of... cut off, and it's boring as well. Just another all-round bad picture.
 * 4) - Nice too look at once in a while, but it's a boring picture.

Comments
Lemmy Koopa Fan: Too long? It's not even been two weeks, just look at the images at the top of the page :P

Yes, I think this has been here for too long. Because it just doesn't have as much "pazazz" as the ones at the top of the page. So when there's a picture like this compared to the other ones, after about two weeks, it gets boring fast. P.S. When it comes to images like these, I'm slightly impatient.
 * I guess that's okay.
 * But please remember that Featured Images are not for us editors of this wiki, but rather for the readers. They probably have never seen this picture, and thus would not be "bored" if it was featured on the Main Page.
 * I thought this picture was terrible from the very moment I first saw it. This should not go on the main page of the wiki. -
 * I thought this picture was cool from the very moment I first saw it. This should go on the main page of the wiki. :P

Wario's Battle Canyon

 * Subject: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Wario at Wario's Battle Canyon.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) I am Zero! This picture I like and it's funny. This picture tells a lot, though it shows little. I thought to myself if the other Mario party pic. is going well and will most likely pass, why not this one. This scene sort of look like it came out of a movie, which movie I'm not sure. Zero signing out.
 * 2) Yeah, I like this picture, very funny.
 * 3) Wario is going to get owned
 * 4) Very great and very funny at the same time! (Look at Yoshi, one of the best LOL moment)
 * 5) I'll support.
 * Good one. I wonder why there's no one complaining yet how strange the characters look...
 * This is an EPIC pic. And t is funny. Has my vote.
 * 1) AWESOME! Yoshi fell LOL. :)
 * 2) Yoshi is... gah, never mind... I'll support it ;D!
 * 3) Definitely. Picture is both hilarious and shows that Wario owns.
 * 4) Even if it doesn't exactly have the best quality in the world, it is funny and shows alot, which is good enough to get my vote.
 * 5) Great pic and per Lemmy Koopa Fan.
 * 6) Very funny and its got my support!
 * 7) I've never actually seen it before!! it's funny!!
 * 8) - The images are really clear and the sunset background just makes it perfect!
 * 9) - It's a great picture! I love all of the MP1 pictures! Who cares if it's old?  (Zero and some others, why did you oppose my beach MP1 picture saying how "old" and "outdated" it is? This one is the same thing)
 * 10) - I finally reached consensus with myself, horray! So, for the high level of interpretion and thought one conflicted mind can put in this picture, my appreciation goes to the creators, and my support goes into this poll.
 * 11) - High quality, very comical and great character interaction. I want this on the Main Page!

Oppose

 * 1) ewwwww...... very ugly picture....
 * 2) Per Lu-igi Board. It's not very colorful. Also, what's with Yoshi?!
 * 3) I'm sick of MP images.
 * 4) All of the characters are either doing something extremely boring, or they look weird. And the mountain that their standing on looks just like the n64 graphics, which not only looks bad, but makes too much unneeded contrast. Per Fawfulfury and Lu-igi board.
 * 5) Per all.
 * 6) Though I like Mario Party pictures, I wouldn't want to see this on the main page.
 * 7) Yikes! Per BabyLuigiOnFire.
 * 8) This is a joke... Look at the Poor graphics. This Image makes Yoshi look bad, and this was a terible game!

Comment
You could almost write a philosophical essay about this picture. It shows how if a conflict is settled, another one will immediately arise, symbolized by the allied Bob-ombs that attack the persons, who helped them forge their alliance in the first place. Apart from the philosophical aspect I must say that this picture is decently composed, even if Peach seems a bit too helpless and weak to me, and Yoshi in this pic somehow reminds me of yoghurt (I have absolutely no idea why). I will perhaps vote later when I thought about it long enough. -
 * It looks to me like Peach is using her powers from SMRPG.
 * I'd like to see that she's using her frying pan from SMRPG (I think she's just praying). - 14:24, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

I don't think characters "looking weird" is a valid reason to oppose because the characters at the time looked like that
 * Yeah. We can't remove votes for "invalid reasons" here though.
 * I didn't say they all looked weird, I just meant Yoshi, because he didn't look like a frog in the original Mario Party games. The rest of the characters are just boring. By the way, wasn't it you who first said the characters looked strange, Time Q? - PS. if you think the opposers have "Invalid Reasons", then just look at most of the supporters.
 * No, I just expected other users to think they look strange :) Also, no reasons here are invalid, since there simply isn't any requirement to give a reason when voting on this page.
 * Guys, I never intended for people's votes to be removed (hey, anyone can have their own opinions)! Let me reword it: characters looking weird is an odd reason to oppose because, uh, I don't know. It's just odd.
 * Hey, all you people opposing for some certain reason, let me put it this way: it's a battle scene, so you won't see all the pretty different colors like other images. This image looks very great for the N64 (just because we have better graphics means that all old ones are ugly). Everybody in that picture is doing a strange thing because Peach appears to be praying for peace, Mario, Luigi, & Wario, DK is holding a Wario flag (which means that the area belongs to them) and Yoshi appears to have been blown away by a bob-omb. It also has a very intense and interesting background, so it's not that boring as you think. Just think all about that, and see if you like that decision.
 * I don't think the N64 graphics look bad, but I just don't think they should have but a "Textured" mountain in this battle picture. It's just really out of place. I also don't doubt that the background is good, but the main points of focus in the picture are Mario and his friends (who I still think are all just boring), and the mountain (which I've already explained what I don't like about). -

Mario's Rainbow Castle

 * Subject: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Wario at Mario's Rainbow Castle.
 * Nominated by:

Support

 * 1) I am Zero! If you look at this one at it's full size it has quite the opposite of the Wario's battle canyon one, this one has more of a heavenly look or feeling to it. Zero signing out.
 * 2) Poor Wario. He looks like he's about to die.
 * 3) - Very clear
 * 4) HAHA! Wario! Per Zero.
 * 5) I'll accept.
 * 6) I like the picture. It's funny because Luigi is grabbing Wario by the leg, and you see Wario dangling off over there. The characters even look like they are struggling to hold on to Mario. This is a great picture.
 * 7) WOAH?! I didn't know Luigi was that strong. Fully support.
 * 8) You got to be kidding me! I can't believe we all haven't nominated this before! We have it as the FA sign background. This image is amazing! Such artwork deserves this! P.S. If you are opposing because you are tired of MP pictures, then don't vote!
 * 9) Per Gamefreak. I twould have totally dropped him if I was holding on to him.. Not because I 'm weak like luigi, I think he is SANTA CLAUS DEVIL!
 * 10) Very colorful :)
 * 11) I have always wanted this image to be on the Main Page!
 * 12) Per Zero. :)
 * 13) i like
 * 14) The Rainbow Castle looks so awsome in the clouds!!! also it's the artwork of a classic game!

Oppose

 * 1) I would support, but I've seen this on the FAs pages lots of times. So no.
 * 2) Though the quality is high, this picture is very boring to look at.
 * 3) - From a graphicer's point of view I'd say this picture lacks too much contrast to have an impressive effect. Yoshi's body can barely be distinguished from the background, Luigi's face is shown from an disadvantegeous perspective, the light reflections in Mario's eyes look misplaced, etc. etc. The other MP picture does this way better. Old man talks way too much, so to shorten his rant: Nah!
 * 4) Per 'the old man'. I'm also sick of MP images and they're making this place unoriginal, can someone please find an image not from MP that's good quality?
 * 5) I've seen this image way too much. It's not great.
 * 6) I hate it.

Comment
I am Zero! Let me tell you this, it's hard to look for an image to nominate even if you press the random page button! Zero signing out.

I think there's a lot of Mario Party images here, but this image have a perfect quality! Then, my vote will be null.

The First Battle

 * Subject: The first battle against Bowser in Super Mario Bros.
 * Nominated By:

Support

 * 1) I think this is a fantastic picture, and it really deserves to be on the Main Page.
 * 2) - This... is... genius! Featuring this might establish a splendid and impressive contrast! Plus, I have a thing for pixel graphics! Absolutely per!
 * 3) - It's the 80s! Whats so bad about that? Per Edofenrir.
 * 4) I don't know what to say. I'll just Support.
 * 5) Per Edo.
 * 6) Sign what ever happedned to the retro games?
 * 7) - I like the good old games with power stars.
 * 8) I am Zero! Though this is a screenshot, this is a true classic that deserves to be in the Main Page. Zero signing out.
 * 9) This is what i call awesomeness!
 * 10) I don't know what's making me do it, but I'm supporting it!
 * 11) I've been meaning to nominate a SMB screenshot.
 * 12) While this is history! This made Mario Mario! Go Mario! Lol!
 * 13) history's most epic fight captured perfectly!
 * 14) It's classic!
 * 15) Upload it in better quality, and I'll support. Tis good now!
 * 16) CLASSIC!!
 * 17) Lower the quality! It's fantastic... wait... isn't that artwork? It's scene from game. Memories...

Oppose

 * 1) - I think that the Mario Bros. series was good, but you can't just go putting NES pictures on the featured image page. It's extremely low quality and really doesn't look good in the first place.
 * 2) Per Zafum and it's still a screenshot.
 * 3) The picture is too small, it's only a screenshot, it isn't very colorful at all, and it doesn't look interesting. It may be a classic, but that still doesn't make it F.I. worthy.
 * 4) This is just a boring no-color, black backrounded, 8-bit, 2 character, bad quality picture. I can't see it getting Featured. Might as well make a terrible drawed picture of Mario by a 5-year old and put that up as a Featured Pic.
 * 5) No. This should not be a featured image. Why? Anyone can go to a sprite resource and paste these sprites together. This picture is not colorful, interesting, or very epic (IMO)
 * 6) Looks like a screenshot (is it?) bad quality and boring not much happening.
 * 7) Kinda boring and dull.

Comments
Vini64: Screenshots can be featured...
 * I know, this is just my opinion. I think screenshots are not good enough to be featured.
 * Screenshots are pictures of the very essence the whole Marioverse is based on. They are in no way of lower value than other pictures. At least that's what I think. -

In my eyes, featuring this would be an excellent way to show that this wiki still acknowledges and appreciates the older games of the Mario series. The roots which made the series as big as it is today! -

Why does everybody keep voting because it's a great game? It was certainly a true classic, but if you really want this game to be on the front page, feature the whole SMB page. If you had never seen this game before, what would you think about this picture? -
 * I didn't vote because the game is great, but because the idea is great. See my reason above. -
 * It is a great idea, but I thought this was about the pictures themselves and not the games they come from. But that's just my opinion. -
 * I agree with Zafum, if someone can find a better quality picture from this game I'll support, for now I'll refrain from voting. -
 * I don't see where this picture is low quality. It is not blurred and it is no jpg. How about some examples before just complaining about low quality? -
 * @Karinmij and McQueenMario: The screenshot isn't blurry and it is the standard size of NES screenshots. It CAN'T be better quality. --
 * It probably isn't flashy enough and has too few special effects... -
 * By better quality I meant that I'd prefer a bigger image. @Grandy02: why can't a NES-screenshot be of a bigger size? Or did I misunderstood? @Edofenrir: It doesn't have to be flashy for me :) -
 * Well, we could double the size, but I can see how the people are complaining about how pixelated the picture is then. Also, I wasn't refering to you with my earlier comment. You were just saying your opinion in a polite way. There are some other comments that shock me way more, up to offending levels. -
 * @Karinmij: I just don't define the quality by the size of the pixels. Everyone can enlarge the pixels, be at a screenshot or any other picture, or one can even do that in the browser, it's still the same quality for me. I would have understood you if you had just said "size." ;-) --Grandy02 13:12, 15 October 2009 (EDT)

I just uploaded a larger version.
 * That was the same image scaled up in an image editor, which does not count as higher quality and wastes space.
 * Also. Actual resolution is EXACT copy of NES resolution. Higher size can be now only trick.

Bowsers children

 * Subject: All of bowsers children in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
 * Nominated By:

Support

 * 1) WOOT WOOT! 3-D Koopalings!

Oppose

 * 1) I am Zero! It looks like a screenshot from a japanese magazine, which it is. Zero signing out.
 * Extremely low-quality scan from a magazine.
 * 1) Even though I LOVE the Koopalings I refuse to let a picture with Bowser Jr. in it be featured! Also per Time Q.
 * 2) Everyone loves the Koopalings but not everyone loves this picture.
 * 3) It's a magazine scan of low quality complete with the article's text. Wait until there is a better quality version.
 * 4) terrible. Lu-igi board 07:57, 18 October 2009 (EDT)
 * 5) Scan from a japanese magazine + bad quality = fail.
 * 6) I nearly squealed with joy when I found out Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings were gonna be in a game together, but this pic is EPIC FAIL.
 * 7) I agree with DiddyKing- EPIC FAIL! Very low quality and it came right from a magazine. Actual artwork of the Koopalings would be better.
 * 8) NO.
 * 9) - I love the koopalings but this image has them in a magazine, please people, wait till the game comes out!
 * 10) Per Time Q.
 * 11) Per Time Q, per Marioguy1, and per myself in the comment section.
 * 12) - I would surely love to support this, just that this is a english website, so I don't think we should feature this until it is in english. Other than that, it is very good....
 * 13) - Someone uploaded a better version of that artwork (with Bowser Jr. excluded though).  This image serves no purpose anymore, now that it's replaced.  Go here and here for the new images.

Comments
wot have you got against bowser jr. Lemmy Koopa Fan? Lu-igi board 08:32, 18 October 2009 (EDT)

I do... not know I just hate the guy. He's just very unoriginal I guess... But why does everyone else seem to like him? (no offence Bowser Jr. fans) P.S. Bowser Jr. + Koopalings = (in my opinion) CHAOS!!!

Chamchir9482: For an easy reason: Originally, you should only support because you think a picture is suitable for the main page, not because one of your favourite characters is in it. The fact that many people tend to forget that doesn't change the fact that this is the original purpose of the supporters! As for my case, there are f.e. tons of images around here with Bowser in it, but I do not simply support them because of that. -

Surprise Attack

 * Subject: Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings attack in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
 * Nominated By:

Support

 * 1) This is an awesome scene in this and it sort of foreshadows parts of the game. For example, the Yoshi egg to the right hints that Yoshi is in the game.

Oppose

 * 1) - It is very, very small and it looks kinda pixelated... I think it's too early for NSMBW pictures. Wait for official artwork or until the game is released.
 * 2) - Did everybody see that? Go back to practically the start of my FI votes and you'll see that edo just covered almost every point I've ever made on the oppose side (which is sad because he only has two points). Per him.
 * Another one with terrible quality.
 * 1) - Per Time Q. It looks more like a screenshot...
 * 2) This picture = print-screen from YouTube
 * 3) Too small and looks like a random screenshot a guy did just for kicks.
 * 4) It's nice to see another glimpse of the game we're all waiting for, but it's too small, and the quality is terrible, so for that, I'm opposing.
 * 5) I am Zero! This has way too low of quality and it's a bad screenshot. Zero signing out.
 * 6) I'm afraid to say it is terrible. also we know yoshi is in the game anway...

Comments
Well Edofenrir that might be true but it is higher quality than most of the pictures like this and just saying there already is some artwork. -
 * If this is really the highest quality that is available at the moment, that that's all the more reason to wait longer. -

Vini64 it is NOT a shot from Youtube. End of story. Also Edofenrir I can find a better quality version. Would THAT please ANYONE? -
 * No.
 * If you have a better version, why didn't you load that one up in the first place? -

Listen. If I don't get 1 piece of support by tomorrow then I am retiring this picture. -
 * Do whatever you want. -

Does anyone even like the picture besides the size and/or bad quality? Also just saying if you CLICK the picture it will be bigger and in better quality.
 * Not really, its bigger but remains crappy.

Mario's Past

 * Subject: Wallpaper dedicated to Mario's past adventures.
 * Nominated By:

Support

 * 1) It's an awesome wallpaper as it shows various artworks of Mario and how they have changed over the years.
 * 2) - Look at it full size and there's so much detail.
 * 3) - I am always more into retro-games, but this image shows both sides of the Marioverse, old and new. I like this fact, so I support.
 * 4) This picture is quite informative and it has good resolution.

Oppose

 * 1) This is just one of those pictures that I don't like and the yellow background looks stupid. The giant artwork of Mario in the middle is too overused for NSMB and all those other games. And I think all the Marios are too spaced out and there could be more artwork of Mario in the picture. I hope this never appears on the main page! Sorry, I just don't like this one.
 * 2) I am Zero! Though this is a large picture I would not like to have this on the main page, because of the overuseage of Mario's NSMB artwork. Zero signing out.
 * 3) Ugh, it's fanart. I DEFINITELY do not want to see this on the main page. Plus, it got nominated before...and passed down.
 * 4) This picture's cool, but no.
 * 5) It hardly represents Mario's history. Most games featured in this picture are from the 2000s. The only older games are Super Mario Bros. 3, which is even covered by five artwork pieces and a tiny sprite, and Super Mario Bros., which is represented by nothing but a small sprite. Not any 90s game to see. It's just badly arranged.
 * 6) I think I remember seeing this nominated before, and getting turned down. Besides, it's out of date.
 * 7) Per Grandy02. Any N64 Mario artwork is absent from this picture. Besides, it looks too crowded and clumped up.

Comments
Chamchir: o_O???? How can I add something here if this picture is from Nintendo? This wallpaper is from the GameCube era, so the Star Spin is not there.
 * It's invalid to add things to a picture. We can only cover official stuff here, and editing pictures will make the official character of an image forfeit- -

BabyLuigiOnFire: Clarify the part with fan art, please. If it really is fanart unapproved by Nintendo, we cannot use it. -

wow! the first contraversial pic to rear it's head on this page is back! (also my first nomination). memories..... Lu-igi board 13:14, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

Edofenrir: Ok, so yeah, it is approved by Nintendo (see logo on upper right hand, missed that). I think it LOOKS like fanart. Or a better word for it is artwork mixed together. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

NSMB Wii full box image

 * Subject: New Super Mario Bros. Wii full box image.
 * Nominated By:

Support

 * 1) I need to say something? =P
 * 2) This is great!

Oppose
Just don't like this picture. There is plenty of empty ground at the bottom that could have been filled if the artist so desired, so in other words; No.