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<blockquote>"''First, the Elder Shrooboid will trap Mario and Luigi in crystals (like the Shroids) and will run off and grab a heavy metallic ball on a chain. Mario and Luigi must jump to break their crystal imprisonments while the Elder Shrooboid spins the ball and chain towards them. The spinning will then cause the Shrooboid to become dizzy, he will then drop the metallic ball and fall down. However, the Elder Shrooboid will get up again, knock the ball into Either Mario Bro. then lunge head first into the other Mario Bro. If the Mario Bros. cannot break their crystal prison quick enough, they will not be able to avoid the Elder Shrooboid's assault.''"</blockquote> | <blockquote>"''First, the Elder Shrooboid will trap Mario and Luigi in crystals (like the Shroids) and will run off and grab a heavy metallic ball on a chain. Mario and Luigi must jump to break their crystal imprisonments while the Elder Shrooboid spins the ball and chain towards them. The spinning will then cause the Shrooboid to become dizzy, he will then drop the metallic ball and fall down. However, the Elder Shrooboid will get up again, knock the ball into Either Mario Bro. then lunge head first into the other Mario Bro. If the Mario Bros. cannot break their crystal prison quick enough, they will not be able to avoid the Elder Shrooboid's assault.''"</blockquote> | ||
==Frequently misused terms== | ==Frequently misused terms== | ||
A prequel is a narrative | *'''Prequel''': A prequel is a work released as part of an establish series whose narrative is chronologically set before another, ''previously released'' work. However, it's frequently misused to say "The previous game in the series". ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'' is a prequel to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', but ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' is not a "prequel" to ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Most usages of it on the wiki should be substituted with "predecessor". | ||
*'''Sprites''': "Sprite" refer to pre-rendered graphics, but it is often used to refer to any graphical assets in games with a 2D playing field, including ones such as ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' where almost all graphics are fully-rendered 3D models. Of course, ''pre-rendered'' 3D graphics can be sprites (such as with ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''). | |||
"Sprite" refer to pre-rendered graphics, but it is often used to refer to any graphical assets in games with a 2D playing field, including ones such as ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' where almost all graphics are fully-rendered 3D models. Of course, ''pre-rendered'' 3D graphics can be sprites (such as with ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''). | *'''Remix''': "Remix" is frequently used to refer to a new recording of a music track, when the proper term for that would be "cover". A "remix" uses the original recording and modifies it (such as by altering the pitch, adding new percussions and beats... etc) while a cover version is a new recording of an existing composition. | ||
"Remix" is frequently used to refer to a new recording of a music track, when the proper term for that would be "cover". A "remix" uses the original recording and modifies it (such as by altering the pitch, adding new percussions and beats... etc) while a cover version is a new recording of an existing composition. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||