Talk:Mario Is Missing!

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"rather dull game" seems biased

while, it is dull, very, very dull.--JesseMueller 00:11, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The music is great, though. CrossEyed7 01:48, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Common Words

Do NOT upper-case the letter "I" in "is" for "Mario Is Missing!", because "is" is a very common-type word. --ZachKudrna18@yahoo.com

Capitalization Error: Mario Is Missing! --ZachKudrna18@yahoo.com

Correct Capitalization: Mario is Missing! --ZachKudrna18@yahoo.com

Agreed When I came across the capitalization inconsistency, I found it difficult to verify the correct form because most instances of the title are in ALL CAPS. However, on the back of the box it is clearly printed Mario is Missing! with the 'i' in lowercase. I'm trying to resolve this issue, but I'm running into issues myself.

Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 21:28, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Macintosh Version

I own the Macintosh version of this game, but I don't see it referenced on this article. Shouldn't it be included? Thunderforge 02:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Of course. Feel free to add any relavent information. I don't have the game, so I can't. Koweja 14:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added it MRProgrammer 23:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SMW engine?

The article claims that "The SNES version runs on a very heavily modified Super Mario World engine". By comparing the radically different physics of the two games, I can say that it's most likely not the case. I also took a look at Mario is Missing's RAM memory layout, and it wasn't even remotely similar to that of Super Mario World, making it very unlikely that it's based on SMW's code at all.

I get the feeling that whoever wrote that statement couldn't tell the difference between "game engine" and "graphics". (MiM does use some SMW graphics.)

My suggestion is to either find a source to back up the article's claim, or to remove it.

Smallhacker 23:40, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since no one has backed it up, I am removing it. --Ninjaedit 22:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninjaedit (talk • contribs)

Hotel Mario

Are the two games similar in any way shape and/or form? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.112.188 (talk) 08:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Besides the fact that both games contain Mario characters, no, not at all. --Smallhacker (talk) 16:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Meme

Should there be any reference to the fact that one quote ("You won't find adobe here in Nairobi!") and the Luigi sprite from the PC verison of the game have become popular internet memes? If so, I'm not sure where it would go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoshiman64 (talk • contribs) 22:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The best way to do it would be a 'reception' section that quotes some reviews, and basically says "terrible game, but remembered fondly for being so cheesy, and resulting in internet memes" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 17:24, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I've decided to remove all references to Weegee. Why? Because in the last twenty edits, nearly all of them have been vandalism to the page related to "Weegee." Info about him has been removed several times by various members because it was unencyclopedic. The most recent edit, for instance, added the text "The belief of Weegee is that if you stare into his eyes, you will become Weegee and die." That's definitely vandalism to the whole article. So quite frankly, it seems like just removing everything about Weegee is the best way to prevent more vandalism because of it. I apologize if I seem a rather irate about this, but it's frustrating to continually revert vandalism about "Weegee" on an article about this game. If you disagree and have a better way to solve this problem, then please implement it. -Thunderforge (talk) 02:17, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 21 January 2018

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:13, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mario is Missing! → Mario Is Missing! – Verbs in creative titles are capitalized. Lordtobi (✉) 01:01, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:50, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lordtobi and Galobtter: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:54, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Consistently capitalized the current way in sources. Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:55, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Or maybe not consistently but >75% of the time. Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:58, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support per MOS:CT. According to Wikipedia's style guide, verbs in titles are always capitalized, including forms of to be. Darkday (talk) 23:24, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and MOS:CT. As above, "according to Wikipedia's style guide, verbs in titles are always capitalized, including forms of to be." Paintspot Infez (talk) 00:09, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination, Darkday and Paintspot Infez. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 23:49, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Reassessment to C-Class

Yesterday I rewrote the German Wikipedia article to Mario Is Missing! because it was quite lacking. The original version seemed to have copied the release dates, publishers and developers from the English Wikipedia without citing any sources. So I looked through this version here, but it seems that in this version the data on the release dates, publishers and developers aren′t quite right either. For my rewriting of the German version I primarily used these sources: [1], [2], [3] (Note: These sources are cited in the English version as well). But these sources seem to contradict what is written in the section "Development and release" and the infobox. E.g.: The MS-DOS release was in 1992, not 1993; Mindscape published the console versions and Radical published the MS-DOS version.

I know that there are sources for the other claims made in the English version. Unfortunately, I couldn′t access every source and the sources I could access didn′t say anything about the contradictory statements.

Long story short, I think that the data on release dates, publishers and developers and therefore the section "Development and release" is only semi-right and that′s why I reassessed the article to C-Class. SeGiba (talk) 11:47, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cover Art

This page uses the cover art from the SNES version of Mario Is Missing. While that's fine, I've also cobbled together a non-system specific version of the cover art, which is un-cropped and features only the art, the game's logo, and the Nintendo trademark. I feel this is acceptable because this game was not limited to a specific system; rather, it was made available for the NES, SNES, and PC, and other non-system specific games on this site use only their respective cover artwork. Let me know what you think. NintenBOUND (talk) 00:33, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weegee

Also, should Weegee be put back in again? Will this article be safe from vandalism if we do so? NintenBOUND (talk) 00:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]