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==English Mario Portal: reliable or unreliable?== | ==English Mario Portal: reliable or unreliable?== | ||
On mid-2022, the [[ | On mid-2022, the English [[Mario Portal]] was released on Nintendo's Japanese website displaying the "English names" and descriptions for several enemies from various games such as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', and more. | ||
However the names displayed were unofficial and illegitimate as the site has given many enemies outdated or outright false names (such as naming [[Swoopin' Stu]] as "Gooble" (which was used on the Super Mario Wiki from 2015-2019 due to a hasty rename)), the site has been shown calling enemies either by names that were not for the game they appeared in (such as naming all of the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' enemies by their names from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''), enemies inconstantly being called generic names (such as naming the [[Starbag]]s as "Tracks"), or flat out calling an enemy using the name of an entirely separate species regardless of if they are a part of the same species or not. (A couple examples of this include the [[Monty]] being incorrectly called [[Rocky Wrench]] or [[Prickly Piranha Plant]] being incorrectly called [[Spiny Piranha Plant]]). | However the names displayed were unofficial and illegitimate as the site has given many enemies outdated or outright false names (such as naming [[Swoopin' Stu]] as "Gooble" (which was used on the Super Mario Wiki from 2015-2019 due to a hasty rename)), the site has been shown calling enemies either by names that were not for the game they appeared in (such as naming all of the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' enemies by their names from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''), enemies inconstantly being called generic names (such as naming the [[Starbag]]s as "Tracks"), or flat out calling an enemy using the name of an entirely separate species regardless of if they are a part of the same species or not. (A couple examples of this include the [[Monty]] being incorrectly called [[Rocky Wrench]] or [[Prickly Piranha Plant]] being incorrectly called [[Spiny Piranha Plant]]). | ||
It was later discovered that about 89% of the names were taken from the Super Mario Wiki (both old versions and new versions), 4% were taken from MarioWiki (on Fandom/Wikia), and the other 7% were names that are either outright false or names that were lost in translation a similar thing that happened with the [[ | It was later discovered that about 89% of the names were taken from the Super Mario Wiki (both old versions and new versions), 4% were taken from MarioWiki (on Fandom/Wikia), and the other 7% were names that are either outright false or names that were lost in translation a similar thing that happened with the English [[Super Mario Encyclopedia]] in late 2018. | ||
==Enlarged Goomba merges== | ==Enlarged Goomba merges== | ||