Talk:Densetsu no Stafy 3

Sta(r)fy

This game was only released in Japan. The original game is romanized as Densetsu no Stafy in the credits. The first four games, including Densetsu no Stafy 3, are officially referred to as the Densetsu no Stafy games in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. 「スタフィー」 (Sutafī) more literally translates to Stafy. Starfy himself was still referred to as "Stafy" in English until The Legendary Starfy (the fifth game in the series) was released in 2009, relocalizing the name in the west. As far as I know, the older games were never retroactively called as such, since the apparent western name of the series takes after its fifth and only game. Even Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, which reportedly looked up our names, uses Densetsu no Stafy 3. So, why "Densetsu no Starfy" here? It's a weirdly eclectic, anachronistic mix of Japanese and localization. I am aware that "Starfy" has been rumored to date back to an unreleased translation of the first GBA game, but that still doesn't change the fact that it's been "Stafy" in released games from at least 2003 (Superstar Saga) to 2008 (Brawl). The pre-fifth games/appearances should really be called Stafy (ditto for any other characters mentioned in Brawl such as Stapy). Note that this change would also be broad enough to affect these pages. LinkTheLefty (talk) 11:25, April 6, 2022 (EDT)