Talk:Super Mario Bros. Special

I just found an (unofficial) NES port of this. Should I mention it? Paperphailurethemariomonster99 00:42, 18 July 2012 (EDT)

According to MarioWiki:Canonicity, the SMW only covers official content. The fan-made port above should not be mentioned in the article.

Shokora (talk · edits)

you need to put super mario bros special music for both pc88 and sharpx1 version.

please put.

--46.130.44.4 07:21, 10 January 2016 (EST)

Lucky Star description

Can I change "similar to a POW Block except it also affects airborne foes" to "similar to a POW Block in Super Mario Bros. 35"? Their effects are almost the same. Wynn Liaw 07:23, November 27, 2020 (EST)

I think it's better to be more descriptive of it (especially when Super Mario Bros. 35 has limited availability and in the future will be a quaint game not much have played), but you can simply add a reference to a later game, such as "similar to a POW Block except it also affects airborne foes, similar to a POW Block in Super Mario Bros. 35". It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 16:12, November 28, 2020 (EST)

I added it. (Probably could've worded it better though; feel free to change it) Harvstar (talk) 13:21, January 3, 2025 (EST)

does anyone know where we got the name Carolina Software?

I've been doing a bit of searching about the Korean SPC-1500 and trying to find information about the copy of SMBS that was released on it. I'm early into the search but so far the only game publisher name I've seen (relating to the only snippet we have about SMBS existing on the SPC-1500) mentions a company called 스태틱소프트 (Staticsoft), I've also found a couple names of other game publishers for the SPC-1500 but I haven't seen anything like Carolina Software. I was wondering if anyone knew where we got the name.

Thanks
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by CMAYK (talk).

• Caroline was added by an IP poster back in 2017. The circa 1987 date is also a guesstimate from the forum post. The magazine is dated to March '89 but the ad says SMBS was popular so it should have been around for a while. I cannot vouch that Static Soft made an official copy as piracy was very rampant in Korea back then.--Platform (talk) 11:45, October 20, 2023 (EDT)

Translate names?

Should we translate the names/use the English ones, or keep them the way they are? (Assuming the names are different in the English versions) Harvstar (talk) 13:31, January 3, 2025 (EST)

Determine what language(s) to use for the SMBS enemies

This proposal will not only impact this article, but the articles for the SMBS worlds/levels as well.

This proposal is predicated on the credits of the game, which contains a (very, very slow) cast listing with the Japanese names of the enemies. For the longest time, the level articles have used the English names of enemies as they were known around the time of release, while the table on this article has used only the Japanese names. Recently, the contemporary English names were added to the table.

So like... Should we be doing that? The game itself makes no use of these English names, and in fact, its cast listing only lists the romanized Japanese names. On the other hand, though, including these English names does help clarify what enemy is what, especially in regards to the enemy table itself, so maybe only a partial adjustment should be made.

(Before you ask about items, those are all already--for the most part, obviously Hachisuke was Romanized Japanese at the source--listed in English by the game. The table even keeps the "Hummer" typo for the Hammer.)

Proposer: Camwoodstock (talk)
Deadline: March 29, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Romanized Japanese Names Only (be literal!)

1. Camwoodstock (talk) Primary option. It's what the game uses, and we don't see any reason to use names that the game itself doesn't provide.

Romanized Japanese & Contemporary English Names on Table, level articles use Romanized Japanese Names (be literal, except for that!)

1. Camwoodstock (talk) Secondary option. While we would prefer fully using the Romanized Japanese names, we can see the merit in at least including them on the Enemy table itself.

Comments (enemy name language proposal zone place)

In a vacuum, I agree with using the names as they were presented in the material as released, but if we do that, the next question would be what to do with the likes of anime and Wrecking Crew '98. LinkTheLefty (talk) 17:17, March 15, 2025 (EDT)

To be honest, we think that a more generalized approach would be fine, but we could definitely see that being a bit contentious. For right now, we'd like to keep this to Super Mario Bros. Special, though we do acknowledge the precedent this could be setting for sure. ;P ~Camwoodstock ( talk • contribs ) 17:24, March 15, 2025 (EDT)