Talk:Ring (projectile)

Do we need this?

Decide on a name for this thing
Let's quickly go over all the names this item has had in the games it was in/mentioned in:

(you can find all the sources for these names on the main article page)
 * SMB3: Here they are striped, and are known as candy rings by Nintendo Power and lifesavers/life savers by PRIMA.
 * NSMBW: In this game, they're now yellow and are known as deadly rings and death rings by PRIMA, but just rings in the trading card.
 * NSMBU: In this game, they are referred to as energy rings by PRIMA.
 * SMM2: No name given by external sources and/or the game, and I doubt the internal name is anything noteworthy.
 * M&LSS: Called golden rings by the Player's guide and magic rings by PRIMA.
 * M&LPJ: No external name or in-game name given.
 * M&LBIS+BJJ: In-game they are referred to as boomerang rings because they act like boomerangs now.
 * PMCS: Wendy calls her ring a golden ring in-game.
 * MK8: They're called magic rings in Wendy's bio.
 * M&S2016: The dialogue in-game just calls these rings.

Since it's clear there's not going to be a single consistent English name for this subject, and I don't want to gore this page up with 15 options, let's just decide on two possibilities; do we move it to "ring", or leave it as is?

Proposer: Deadline: April 26, 2022, 23:59 GMT

Rename to ring

 * 1) I prefer this one personally, as the "candy" part of them was lost after SMB3
 * 2) "Ring" is a constant part of the name (except for that one time), and clearly the original "candy" part was referring to the candy cane-like version only in Super Mario Bros. 3 and older Super Mario Maker 2 styles.
 * 3) - the original coloration was due to sharing a palette with Wendy anyways; her original sprite had red-and-white bracelets.

Comments
By the way, how would this affect the existing ring disambiguation? LinkTheLefty (talk) 10:45, April 12, 2022 (EDT)
 * We could just move this page to "Ring (projectile)". Somethingone (talk) 10:48, April 12, 2022 (EDT)