Collab: Articles for All of the Levels

[Time Turner]

As our MarioWiki:New Articles Policy states, every level and every mission should have an individual, distinct article. That was written in 2012, so I'd say we're a bit behind. This isn't going to involve creating an article for literally every Star and Shine Sprite that can be collected, so 100-Coin missions, unnamed stars, and maybe one-level stars, but otherwise, it's fair game. To get us started, I'll be listing every mission by level, which will certainly be a process. We will have two lists: one is a massive table comprising every mission in Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Mario Galaxy 2, while the other is a simple list of all games who need to have their levels split.

• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Land
• Mario & Wario
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
• Virtual Boy Wario Land
• Super Mario 64
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong
• Super Princess Peach
• New Super Mario Bros.
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
• New Super Mario Bros. U
• Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
• Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
• Yoshi's Woolly World
• Super Mario Maker

Super Mario 64
Cool, Cool Mountain	Slip Slidin' Away	Li'l Penguin Lost	Big Penguin Race	Frosty Slide For 8 Red Coins	Snowman's Lost His Head	Wall Kicks Will Work	Switch Star Of Cool, Cool Mountain
Big Boo's Haunt	Go On A Ghost Hunt	Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round	Secret of the Haunted Books	Seek the 8 Red Coins	Big Boo's Balcony	Eye to Eye in the Secret Room	Switch Star in the Basement
Hazy Maze Cave	Swimming Beast In The Cavern	Elevate For 8 Red Coins	Metal-Head Mario Can Move!	Navigating The Toxic Maze	A-Maze-Ing Emergency Exit	Watch For Rolling Rocks	Underground Switch Star
Lethal Lava Land	Boil The Big Bully	Bully The Bullies	8-Coin Puzzle With 15 Pieces	Red-Hot Log Rolling	Hot-Foot-It Into The Volcano	Elevator Tour In The Volcano	Flaming Silver Stars
Shifting Sand Land	In the Talons of the Big Bird	Shining Atop the Pyramid	Inside the Ancient Pyramid	Stand Tall On the Four Pillars	Free Flying For 8 Red Coins	Tox Box Switch Star	Pyramid Puzzle
Dire, Dire Docks	Board Bowser's Sub	Chests In The Current	Pole-Jumping For Red Coins	Through The Jet Stream	The Manta Ray's Reward	Koopa Surfin' Switch Star	Collect the Caps
Snowman's Land	Snowman's Big Head	Chill With the Bully	In the Deep Freeze	Yoshi's Ice Sculpture	Whirl From the Freezing Pond	Shell Shredding For Red Coins	Into The Igloo	Red Coins in the House
Wet-Dry World	Shocking Arrow Lifts!	Top O' the Town	Secrets in the Shallows and Sky	Express Elevator--Hurry Up!	Go to Town for Red Coins	Quick Race Through Downtown!	Soaked Silver Stars
Tall, Tall Mountain	Scale the Mountain	Mystery of the Monkey Cage	Scary 'Shrooms, Red Coins	Mysterious Mountainside	Breathtaking View from Bridge	Blast to the Lonely Mushroom	5 Secrets of the Mountain
Tiny-Huge Island	Pluck the Piranha Flower	The Tip Top of the Huge Island	Rematch with Koopa the Quick	Five Itty Bitty Secrets	Klepto the Condor	Wiggler's Red Coins	Make Wiggler Squirm	Switch Star on the Island
Tick Tock Clock	Roll Into the Cage	The Pit and the Pendulums	Get a Hand	Stomp On the Thwomp	Timed Jumps on Moving Bars	Stop Time For Red Coins	Tick Tock Silver Stars
Rainbow Ride	Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow	The Big House in the Sky	Coins Amassed in a Maze	Swingin' in the Breeze	Tricky Triangles	Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Switch Star of the Manor
Super Mario Sunshine
Bianco Hills	The Road to the Big Windmill	Down with Petey Piranha!	The Hillside Cave Secret	Red Coins of Windmill Village	Petey Piranha Strikes Back	The Secret of the Dirty Lake	Shadow Mario on the Loose	The Red Coins of the Lake	Red Coins of the Hillside Cave	Red Coins of the Dirty Lake
Ricco Harbor	Gooper Blooper Breaks Out	Blooper Surfing Safari	The Caged Shine Sprite	The Secret of Ricco Tower	Gooper Blooper Returns	Red Coins on the Water	Shadow Mario Revisited	Yoshi's Fruit Adventure	Red Coins in Ricco Tower	Blooper Surfing Sequel
Gelato Beach	Dune Bud Sand Castle Secret	Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam!	Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!	The Sand Bird is Born	Il Piantissimo's Sand Sprint	Red Coins in the Coral Reef	It's Shadow Mario! After Him!	The Watermelon Festival	Red Coins in the Sand Castle	Sandy Shine Sprite
Pinna Park	Mecha-Bowser Appears!	The Beach Cannon's Secret	Red Coins of the Pirate Ships	The Wilted Sunflowers	The Runaway Ferris Wheel	The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret	Shadow Mario in the Park	Roller Coaster Balloons	Red Coins in the Cannon	Red Coins in the Yoshi-Go-Round
Sirena Beach	The Manta Storm	The Hotel Lobby's Secret	Mysterious Hotel Delfino	The Secret of Casino Delfino	King Boo Down Below	Scrubbing Sirena Beach	Shadow Mario Checks In	Red Coins in the Hotel	Red Coins in Boo's Big Mouth	Red Coin Winnings in the Casino
Noki Bay	Uncork the Waterfall	The Boss of Tricky Ruins	Red Coins in a Bottle	Eely-Mouth's Dentist	Il Piantissimo's Surf Swim	The Shell's Secret	Hold It, Shadow Mario!	The Red Coin Fish	A Golden Bird	Red Coins on the Half Shell
Pianta Village	Chain Chomplets Unchained	Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb	The Goopy Inferno	Chain Chomp's Bath	Secret of the Village Underside	Piantas in Need	Shadow Mario Runs Wild	Fluff Festival Coin Hunt	Red Coin Chucksters	Soak the Sun
Super Mario Galaxy
Gateway Galaxy	Grand Star Rescue	Gateway's Purple Coins
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy	Racing the Spooky Speedster
Sweet Sweet Galaxy	Rocky Road (change name)
Space Junk Galaxy	Pull Star Path	Kamella's Airship Attack	Tarantox's Tangled Web	Pull Star Path Speed Run	Purple Coin Spacewalk	Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance
Rolling Green Galaxy	Rolling in the Clouds
Battlerock Galaxy	Battlerock Barrage	Breaking into the Battlerock	Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe	Topmaniac's Daredevil Run	Purple Coins on the Battlerock	Battlerock's Garbage Dump	Luigi under the Saucer
Hurry-Scurry Galaxy	Shrinking Satellite
Bowser's Star Reactor	The Fiery Stronghold
Bowser's Star Reactor	The Fiery Stronghold
Sling Pod Galaxy	A Very Sticky Situation
Beach Bowl Galaxy	Sunken Treasure	Passing the Swim Test	The Secret Undersea Cavern	Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone	Beachcombing for Purple Coins	Wall Jumping Up Waterfalls
Bubble Breeze Galaxy	Through the Poison Swamp
Ghostly Galaxy	Luigi and the Haunted Mansion	A Very Spooky Sprint	Beware of Bouldergeist	Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run	Purple Coins in the Bone Pen	Matter Splatter Mansion
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada	Sinking the Airships
Drip Drop Galaxy	Giant Eel Outbreak
Gusty Garden Galaxy	Bunnies in the Wind	The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows	Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble	Major Burrows's Daredevil Run	Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube	The Golden Chomp
Freezeflame Galaxy	The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr	Freezeflame's Blistering Core	Hot and Cold Collide	Frosty Cosmic Mario Race	Purple Coins on the Summit	Conquering the Summit
Dusty Dune Galaxy	Soaring on the Desert Winds	Blasting Through the Sand	Sunbaked Sand Castle	Sandblast Speed Run	Purple Coins in the Desert	Bullet Bill On Your Back	Treasure of the Pyramid
Honeyclimb Galaxy	Scaling the Sticky Wall
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant	Darkness on the Horizon
Bigmouth Galaxy	Bigmouth's Gold Bait
Sea Slide Galaxy	Going After Guppy	Faster Than a Speeding Penguin	The Silver Stars of Sea Slide	Underwater Cosmic Mario Race	Purple Coins by the Seaside	Hurry, He's Hungry
Toy Time Galaxy	Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser	Mario Meets Mario	Bouncing Down Cake Lane	Fast Foes of Toy Time	Luigi's Purple Coins	The Flipswitch Chain
Bonefin Galaxy	Kingfin's Fearsome Waters
Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor	King Kaliente's Spicy Return
Sand Spiral Galaxy	Choosing a Favorite Snack
Rolling Gizmo Galaxy	Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets
Loopdeeswoop Galaxy	The Galaxy's Greatest Wave
Bubble Blast Galaxy	The Electric Labyrinth
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor	The Fate of the Universe
Grand Finale Galaxy	The Star Festival
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Sky Station Galaxy	Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum	Storming the Sky Fleet	Peewee Piranha's Speed Run
Yoshi Star Galaxy	Saddle Up with Yoshi	Spiny Control	Spiny Rainbow Romp
Spin-Dig Galaxy	Digga-Leg's Planet	Silver Stars Down Deep	Digga-Leg's Daredevil Run
Fluffy Bluff Galaxy	Search for the Toad Brigade Captain	The Chimp's Stomp Challenge	Every Planet Has Its Price
Rightside Down Galaxy	Breaking the Laws of Gravity	The Great Crate Incinerator
Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla	Gobblegut's Aching Belly	Fiery Flotilla Speed Run
Flip-Swap Galaxy	Think Before You Shake	Purple Coin Flip 'n' Sprint
Puzzle Plank Galaxy	The Puzzling Picture Block	Bugaboom's Back	Purple Coin Shadow Vault
Hightail Falls Galaxy	Hot-Stepping Dash Pepper	Hightail Falls Speed Run	Silver Stars in Hightail Falls
Boulder Bowl Galaxy	Rock and Rollodillo	C'mere, Goomba	Rolling Crabber Romp
Cosmic Cove Galaxy	Twin Falls Hideaway	Exploring the Cosmic Cavern	Catch that Star Bunny
Wild Glide Galaxy	Fluzzard's First Flight	Jungle Fluzzard Race
Bowser's Lava Lair	Bowser's Big Lava Power Party	Lava Lair Speed Run
Honeybloom Galaxy	Bumble Beginnings	The Secret Wall Jump

It's a work in progress, but it's a start.

 

[RandomYoshi]

For missions that exist in both Super Mario 64 and in Super Mario 64 DS, I feel like only images from Super Mario 64 should be used since they are usually of higher quality. If there's any difference that has to be visualised, then images from Super Mario 64 DS can be used. What does everyone think about this?

 

[Meta Knight]

I'd agree with that, but perhaps there could be the maps from DS in there

 

[Time Turner]

Generally, we try to use the newest incarnation, but I don't see why we need to choose one over the other. One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.

 

[Dardy]

One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.

Are we going to add an infobox to the new pages? No please, the page is already going to be nothing but few paragraphs and a foreign names table. Not sure how this should happen, but more than one picture on those articles (especially SM64) is going to be an overkill.

Also, can't we have a proposal for this on the wiki. I know it's already in the policy, but I guess we should run this to the MarioWiki users just to collect fresh opinions. It's a huge move, might be a risky one too.

 

[Time Turner]

One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.

Are we going to add an infobox to the new pages? No please, the page is already going to be nothing but few paragraphs and a foreign names table. Not sure how this should happen, but more than one picture on those articles (especially SM64) is going to be an overkill.

I don't see the problem with having an infobox. They're kinda the standard for a lot of articles, includes ones who have a lot less information like minigames, microgames, RPG items, race karts, and so on. The missions (levels? episodes? what's the proper nomenclature?) will have more than enough information to make the infobox not look lopsided.

Also, can't we have a proposal for this on the wiki. I know it's already in the policy, but I guess we should run this to the MarioWiki users just to collect fresh opinions. It's a huge move, might be a risky one too.

I mean, if enough people over here are in opposition to it, it could be done, but it was made by Steve and supported by the other mods. If nobody's complaining after the discussion that's started here, making a proposal seems like more trouble than it's worth.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

So.... does this mean we unfeature Honey Hive Galaxy, Clockwork Ruins Galaxy, and Rolling Coaster Galaxy? And what about Mt. Teapot, Rice Beach, and Mystic Forest? Shouldn't they get split, too? So that means we need nuclear wiki fission on Super Mario Land 3 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong related articles as far as I know.

For missions that exist in both Super Mario 64 and in Super Mario 64 DS, I feel like only images from Super Mario 64 should be used since they are usually of higher quality. If there's any difference that has to be visualised, then images from Super Mario 64 DS can be used. What does everyone think about this?

I'd use Super Mario 64 DS whenever possible.

Also, we should totally create separate 64 DS versions of the article and put "In Super Mario 64 DS, the star is the same as if it was gotten in the original version of the game that can be gotten in the original way." as its content.

 

[Time Turner]

So.... does this mean we unfeature Honey Hive Galaxy, Clockwork Ruins Galaxy, and Rolling Coaster Galaxy? And what about Mt. Teapot, Rice Beach, and Mystic Forest? Shouldn't they get split, too? So that means we need nuclear wiki fission on Super Mario Land 3 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong related articles as far as I know.

Maybe it'd be best if we sit down to map out just how much is going to be split or otherwise changed before we start splitting or otherwise changing stuff.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Probably in the level articles, we can describe important landmarks or features, especially in the galaxy articles. But if we're going to be removing information from those articles I mentioned, you might as well unfeature them since they'll be too short to remain featured.

 

[Walkazo]

One image can go in the infobox, the other can go in the body.

Are we going to add an infobox to the new pages? No please, the page is already going to be nothing but few paragraphs and a foreign names table. Not sure how this should happen, but more than one picture on those articles (especially SM64) is going to be an overkill.

Also, can't we have a proposal for this on the wiki. I know it's already in the policy, but I guess we should run this to the MarioWiki users just to collect fresh opinions. It's a huge move, might be a risky one too.

Infoboxes will look better than no infoboxes and make it more natural to have two images. Besides, they can just be simpler versions of {{levelbox (Template:Levelbox)}} - the name of the mission/episode, an image, the game title, the area, and a bottom section for the links to the preceding/following missions/episodes and a link to an overall list page, or the hub area, or whatever. Still plenty of stuff for the body paragraphs, and with a much more put-together look overall - infoboxes are good.

Besides, half the whole damn wiki is already articles that are a couple paragraphs long with a picture or two and a foreignname template - these new pages will fit right in, and actually be a lot better than the current clutter on the SMG galacy pages and whatnot. Plus it's consistent with the sidescrollers and will be better for navigation (section-linking is a pain) and funnelling in search traffic, which is why Steve made the policy in the first place - unless he reverses his decision himself, it's non-negotiable, so there's no point in making a proposal regardless of how many people complain.

So that means we need nuclear wiki fission on Super Mario Land 3 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong related articles as far as I know.

Yep, although I feel like it'd be better to focus on the SM64/SMS/SMG splits for now: once those are brought up to speed, then we can focus on getting round to whatever sidescrollers haven't been split yet, rather than dropping bombs haphazardly on everything all at the same time, or getting caught up in table-making (never a fun time with the forum's interface) or whatever.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

I do agree that we should focus our effort to split on those pages first, but you might have editors who are more interested in those subject matter, so maybe they can work on those while this thread's center are those articles. Anyway, I'm just making a heads-up, because I thought it's only 3D Mario platformer articles that need the split, but no, we have two other entire games, which means there may be more games that aren't in the radar yet.

 

[RandomYoshi]

Super Mario Bros. 3 needs to be put on the radar ASAP.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

So, since we have three entire games that need to have wiki fission, we should probably list games in the opening paragraph of this thread, but let's not go beyond that.

 

[Time Turner]

Duly noted and added, along with a few others.

 

[Time Turner]

The first article, Big Bob-omb on the Summit, is live! Also, our list of games that require fission or level expansion has reached fourteen twenty-one (cheated a bit by adding games who've been neglected and would normally have articles for their levels at this point, but it fits well enough).

 

[RandomYoshi]

I ... am not entirely sure how we're going to cover all alternative paths in each Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS missions. There are so many ways one can go about doing these missions, all range from low-level play to very high-level play. Should that even be done? The Wiki does not cover unofficial knowledge — does this include paths one may take to finish missions like these?

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Instead of describing each and every path, it would be better to just focus on the general layout and the goal point. Potential paths should be already covered in the respective level article rather than being lumped into the level article. If the path to the goal is straightforward, though, then feel free to describe it.

We also need to put in a navigation template for these levels.

 

[RandomYoshi]

Duly noted. I have tomorrow off so I'll see if I can't get around to making at least one of these. I don't know enough about the differences in missions in DS, though, so I'll start with something else: Super Mario Galaxy. More specifically, the Good Egg Galaxy missions.

I feel like we should describe where coins can be found in Super Mario 64/DS and Super Mario Sunshine levels since they unlock 100 coin Stars/Shine Sprites, respectively. Comments on this?

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

I don't think that's a good idea since coins are found through various means (defeating enemies, blue coin blocks, red coins, and blocks to name a few). I mean, yeah, we can talk about some coin formations and all, but it's best if we just confine constant coin locations (like blue coin blocks) to the level articles themselves.

I just worked on The Floating Fortress from Buoy Base Galaxy since I decided to take another approach to this thing rather than start on the first level of the first game or whatnot, so don't mind me.

One of us should really work on the navtemplates too, but for Galaxy's case, I think I'm going to put level names in the Galaxies navbox instead.

 

[Walkazo]

Instead of describing each and every path, it would be better to just focus on the general layout and the goal point. Potential paths should be already covered in the respective level article rather than being lumped into the level article. If the path to the goal is straightforward, though, then feel free to describe it.

Yeah, describing the paths through the landscape would be too much like a walkthrough (unless the path is linear by default like in 2D platformers, then it's kind of a given that the route and procedure will be described - as long as it's not too detailed and instruction-like, of course).

I feel like we should describe where coins can be found in Super Mario 64/DS and Super Mario Sunshine levels since they unlock 100 coin Stars/Shine Sprites, respectively. Comments on this?

I don't think that's a good idea since coins are found through various means (defeating enemies, blue coin blocks, red coins, and blocks to name a few). I mean, yeah, we can talk about some coin formations and all, but it's best if we just confine constant coin locations (like blue coin blocks) to the level articles themselves.

SMS world pages already have the Blue Coin locations (example (Sirena_Beach#Blue_Coin_Locations)), and those could be added to the applicable levels as well, I guess?

One of us should really work on the navtemplates too, but for Galaxy's case, I think I'm going to put level names in the Galaxies navbox instead.

I feel like for the galaxies, it'd probably work to put the mission names as bulleted entries below the bolded galaxy names, and switch the template to be left-justified with only the galaxy names and headers manually centered. To see a quick example (since I don't have time to make a bigger mock-up right now), just replace the Good Egg Galaxy part of Template:Galaxy with:

|style="background:#ccccff;text-align:left"|<center>'''[[Good Egg Galaxy]]'''</center>
*{{fakelink|Dino Pianha}}
*{{fakelink|A Snack of Cosmic Proportions}}
*{{fakelink|King Kaliente's Battle Fleet}}

For more linear games (and potentially SMS since it only has a few areas), regular level nav templates along the lines of Template:SMW Levels would probably be fine, and games with only a few levels or easily compacted level lists (i.e. numeric) could possibly be kept within the overall game nav template (i.e. Template:WL3 has all the levels, Template:SML could handle the levels, and Template:SMB1 Levels could conceivably fit into Template:SMB too, but that's only because the games overall have few pages to link, so more often than not, separate templates will probably be needed).

 

[RandomYoshi]

Before I start going crazy on Good Egg Galaxy, should I write 'Mario or Luigi' or 'the player'?

On the topic of navtemplates, I feel like making {{SM64 Missions}} that lists all missions wouldn't be too bad (just look at Template:SM3DL Levels), and I'll get on creating that tomorrow.

 

[Ray Trace]

I've pruned Cosmic Cove Galaxy of its missions and rewrote and formatted a table, similar to how Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon handled it (ex Gloomy Manor), What do you think?

Pi: write "players", it's cleaner that way. Also, yes you should, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon also does this as well

 

[RandomYoshi]

BLOF: Very good, but one question remains: what do we do with the Green Star missions of Super Mario Galaxy 2? Do we make separate pages for those too, or are we still relegating those to the articles about the levels themselves?

Also, thanks.

 

[Ray Trace]

That's one of the reason I left it there. Considering it's like a comet mission that's relegated to a specific mission rather than something entirely new, I feel we should list Green Stars in their respective level articles they appear in (ie Green Star 1 is in Twin Falls Hideaway).

 

[RandomYoshi]

What do we do with other comet missions (Speed Run, Daredevil, Fast Foes, Cosmic Race, Purple Coins, Double Speed, Cosmic Clones)? Do we just include those in the regular level articles they're based on? What if there is no mission they're based on, or at least none that's very easy to easily decide: yes, this is what the mission is based on?