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"The player" refers to the real-world person who is controlling the game. It is correct to write "the player can press {{button|A}} to make Mario jump", not "the player jumps when {{button|A}} is pressed". It's Mario, not me, who's jumping on dolphins. In games like ''SMW'', Mario and Luigi are completely interchangeable, with the same controls and movement options, so it's redundant to mention both of them every time. For games such as ''SMB2'' and ''SM3DW'', I prefer to use "the characters" or "the playable characters", or even focus on describing the level design itself rather than what Mario has to do to get through it. It's also possible to reword sentences to remove any use of "the player", such as "after completing this level, the player unlocks Vanilla Secret 2" to "Vanilla Secret 2 is unlocked after this level is completed." {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 18:16, May 9, 2021 (EDT) | "The player" refers to the real-world person who is controlling the game. It is correct to write "the player can press {{button|A}} to make Mario jump", not "the player jumps when {{button|A}} is pressed". It's Mario, not me, who's jumping on dolphins. In games like ''SMW'', Mario and Luigi are completely interchangeable, with the same controls and movement options, so it's redundant to mention both of them every time. For games such as ''SMB2'' and ''SM3DW'', I prefer to use "the characters" or "the playable characters", or even focus on describing the level design itself rather than what Mario has to do to get through it. It's also possible to reword sentences to remove any use of "the player", such as "after completing this level, the player unlocks Vanilla Secret 2" to "Vanilla Secret 2 is unlocked after this level is completed." {{User:Scrooge200/sig}} 18:16, May 9, 2021 (EDT) | ||
:I do understand where you're coming from, which is why I prefer using character names when applicable (e.g. Mario is the only playable character in (the original) ''Super Mario 64''), but there is nothing in the manual of style that supports your pedantry, especially since your suggested alternative of "the playable characters" in such a context sounds awkward. For example, let's try inserting it into this sentence: "[[Chimp Chase#Gameplay|If one of the adult Ukikis screams out, the Ukikis of the same color freeze, giving '''the playable characters''' a chance to get them.]]" It's not ''wrong'', it just sounds clunky. | |||
:If this bothers you ''that'' much, then as you said, you can rewrite the article to omit the need for such terms. In fact, [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Vanilla_Secret_3&diff=3196331&oldid=3196293 I just did]. {{User:7feetunder/sig}} 19:28, May 9, 2021 (EDT) | |||
