Eric B
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When SMW was released, they changed so many things; one of them redesigning the Goomba from a two-part mushroom body, to a single walking head, and that it no longer squished with one jump; you now had to jump on it twice, to flip it over, and then to kick it away (Basically like the old Koopa Troopa, but not sliding on its own).
They afterward went back to the earlier form and defeat behavior, but in 3DW decided to bring the SMW form back as a separate character, the "Galoomba", side by side with the regular Goomba. Afterward, the name "Galoomba" was retconned back to SMW (especially on Mario Maker).
So on SMW, the same measure of changes had been done to the Koopa Troopa. They now walk on twos instead of fours, and now you have to jump on them once to kick them out of the shell, and then dispose of the naked character and the shell separately. This, like the new Goombas, felt so different from the original.
However (unlike the Goomba), in subsequent games, they kept the two legged design, though, I believe, restored the always in their shell behavior. The Galaxys were the only exception where they were four-legged again. In 3DW, they revived the pop out of their shell behavior, and so that once again is how all of them are.
I had never liked the SMW designs of either character, but was glad to see the Goombas split into two distinct characters. I think that the same should be done with the Koopas. If the SMW Goomba is really a "Galoomba", then the SMW Koopa is a "Kaloopa"! It's so obvious! Restore the original Koopa Troopa form where they walk on all fours and stay in their shell, turning upsidedown when stomped, and kicked away in one piece. The current upright version becomes a "Kalooopa troopa", and pops out of his shell when stomped.
You can have them together, for whatever new Mario series and Mario Maker game.
They afterward went back to the earlier form and defeat behavior, but in 3DW decided to bring the SMW form back as a separate character, the "Galoomba", side by side with the regular Goomba. Afterward, the name "Galoomba" was retconned back to SMW (especially on Mario Maker).
So on SMW, the same measure of changes had been done to the Koopa Troopa. They now walk on twos instead of fours, and now you have to jump on them once to kick them out of the shell, and then dispose of the naked character and the shell separately. This, like the new Goombas, felt so different from the original.
However (unlike the Goomba), in subsequent games, they kept the two legged design, though, I believe, restored the always in their shell behavior. The Galaxys were the only exception where they were four-legged again. In 3DW, they revived the pop out of their shell behavior, and so that once again is how all of them are.
I had never liked the SMW designs of either character, but was glad to see the Goombas split into two distinct characters. I think that the same should be done with the Koopas. If the SMW Goomba is really a "Galoomba", then the SMW Koopa is a "Kaloopa"! It's so obvious! Restore the original Koopa Troopa form where they walk on all fours and stay in their shell, turning upsidedown when stomped, and kicked away in one piece. The current upright version becomes a "Kalooopa troopa", and pops out of his shell when stomped.
You can have them together, for whatever new Mario series and Mario Maker game.