Talk:Bowser's Brother

English name

If he's referred to as "Bowser's Brother" or "Bowser's Twin" in the SMAS player's guide, should this page be renamed to reflect that?Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:02, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

Considering we don't describe Kaptain K. Rool as being the brother of King K. Rool despite there being an in-game source for that, I don't think we should. The "Family relationship" section at the bottom is good enough. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 16:08, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

I'm just saying that Mariowiki:naming would give that credence as a solution...Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:37, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

It's true that we name articles according to English sources first (heck, the current article's title isn't correct; considering it comes from the Japanese text, it should be Koopa Ao or Kuppa Ao), but since modern sources don't mention a familial relationship between this guy and Bowser, calling him "Bowser's Brother" seems like a misleading misnomer. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 17:09, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

I would like to specifiy a thing: Blue Bowser is not in Super Mario All-Stars. The other Bowser in World 8-4 has the same appearance of Bowser, he's just an unnamed character, referred to improperly as Fake Bowser on page 92 of the Official Nintendo Guidebook of Super Mario Collection (the Japanese mame of Super Mario All-Stars). He isn't a Fake Bowser, of course, since if you defeat with fireballs he doesn't become another enemy, but he isn't Blue Bowser either, since he has the same coloring of Bowser. Same for the Bowser of World 9-3, that one was actually referred to as being the real Bowser even in the NES versionMedia:SMCE pages 150 151.png, and of course the same was said for Super Mario All-Stars, which is even more credible since this time he had the very same appearance of Bowser. From what I've seen so far only the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. started stating that the Bowser of World 9-3 is Blue Bowser; since of course it is also the most recent official source, I included also that level in the page, although I'll probably rewrite that part once I have the translations of the books I found.

Long story short: Blue bowser is not in Super Mario All-Stars, making that reference from NOA even more surprising.

Anyway, this is why I stated in the Family Relationship section The character who replaced him was also stated to be Bowser's brother in the Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide instead of Blue Bowser was also stated to be Bowser's brother in the Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide.

Regarding the naming, effectively I haven't been enforcing the rule recently in the strictest manner, although we always report the name in the way it is written in Japanese. In the case of the Perfect Edition of the Great Mario character Encyclopedia I even asked and was told to use the translated name. After all, when names with a specific Western counterpart or words which aren't personal names and can be translated are found, it makes sense to use the translation, provided the actual Japanese name is also reported. This is what I did here: 「クッパ」 has a Western counterpart, Bowser, while 「アオ」 is just an adjective, blue. This way it's more clear to the readers what the subject of the page is, so we should probably review the naming policy on this part and see if it should be changed or just no longer strictly enforced.--Mister Wu (talk) 20:58, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

So "Blue Bowser" is a one-time name that describes a single depiction of the character? He was never blue anyways, as he was originally on the greener side of turquoise. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 21:11, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

First of all Blue Bowser is an official name, which was even reused in the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros., whether he's actually blue or not is not really relevant, as the NES had severe palette limitations anyway. We have contradictory information on whether the "other Bowser" from SMAS should be considered the same as him, the only source suggesting this is page 65 of the Perfect Edition of the Great Mario character encycloepdia, here is 2257 (talk)'s translation:

"Mario Interest Academy

Vanished Character, Altered Character

Huuh? Bowser is Blue

A fake Bowser appears in the Famicom version of Super Mario. Since his color is blue, you can tell at a glance that he's a fake, but unfortunately in Mario All-Stars he became the same green.

Yoshi in Mario 3 as Well

In Mario 3, the kings were transformed into various animals. In the Mario All-Stars version, these animals were changed to typical Mario characters. A king who became Yoshi also appears."

captions:

"He can't be distinguished from the real thing."

"Obviously fake blue Bowser."

"Yoshi is at a place like this!"

"He was safely returned to the form of a king."

The Official Nintendo guidebook of SMAS clearly doesn't call the normal colored Bowser Blue Bowser and neither the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros., Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and the Super Mario PiaMedia:SMP Blue Bowser.png, the three most recent sources on him, mention him having a different color in SMAS, actually the body being blue is noted as being the main feature. I'm still waiting for the translation of the Super Mario Bros. Daizukan, another 1994 character book written under the supervision of Nintendo, but we have little evidence that the SMAS "other Bowser" is just Blue Bowser, and certainly not from the current sources.--Mister Wu (talk) 22:06, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

"A fake Bowser appears in the Famicom version of Super Mario. Since his color is blue, you can tell at a glance that he's a fake, but unfortunately in Mario All-Stars he became the same green."

"he became the same green."

"he became the same green."

Became. As in he (one character) was one way before, but was in a different state later. But still the same character. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:34, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

Please, read everything I write. Blue Bowser is both a past and current name, used both in the Super Mario Complete Encyclopedia as well as the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros., Bowser's Brother isn't - it was exclusively used in the Western SMAS guide to refer to a character we aren't even sure it is the same character, as current sources don't make this claim at all.--Mister Wu (talk) 22:50, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

And "Bowser's Brother" is the only English name for the character with this particular placement in the game, and policy dictates that English names get the foremost treatment, regardless of age. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:55, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

Policy can be overcome if we make a proposal out of it. Hello, I'm Time Turner. 22:56, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

That's different because alternate names for Scorchit and Klamber were English anyways. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:57, 15 September 2017 (EDT)

A talk page proposal might work, though, so we also see if we should enforce the Japanese naming rule strictly instead and use the romanized Japanese name, putting it as third option.--Mister Wu (talk) 23:05, 15 September 2017 (EDT)