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==English Mario Portal: reliable or unreliable?==

On mid-2022, the [[English Mario Portal]] was released on Nintendo's Japanese website displaying the "English names" and descriptions for several enemies from various games such as ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', and more.

However the names displayed were unofficial and illegitimate as the site has given many enemies outdated or outright false names (such as naming [[Swoopin' Stu]] as "Gooble" (which was used on the Super Mario Wiki from 2015-2019 due to a hasty rename)), the site has been shown calling enemies either by names that were not for the game they appeared in (such as naming all of the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' enemies by their names from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''), enemies inconstantly being called generic names (such as naming the [[Starbag]]s as "Tracks"), or flat out calling an enemy using the name of an entirely separate species regardless of if they are a part of the same species or not. (A couple examples of this include the [[Monty]] being incorrectly called [[Rocky Wrench]] or [[Prickly Piranha Plant]] being incorrectly called [[Spiny Piranha Plant]]).

It was later discovered that about 89% of the names were taken from the Super Mario Wiki (both old versions and new versions), 4% were taken from MarioWiki (on Fandom/Wikia), and the other 7% were names that are either outright false or names that were lost in translation a similar thing that happened with the [[English Super Mario Encyclopedia]] in late 2018.

==Enlarged Goomba merges==

On the Super Mario Wiki, most of the larger [[Goomba]] varieties (such as [[Grand Goomba]] and [[Mega Goomba (species)|Mega Goomba]]) all share the same page and are treated as the same species with "Big Goomba" (one of the alternate names) being used as the standard name. The two pages were originally split before being merged on May 2015.

However Grand Goombas and Mega Goombas are completely separate as not only do they have different names in most other languages, the Mega Goombas are confirmed in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'' to be standard Goombas enlarged by [[Kamek]] (in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', it is stated that the Mega Goomba was enlarged by eating a [[Mega Mushroom]]<ref>''New Super Mario Bros.'' Nintendo Official Player's Guide pg. 14 - Looks like a Goomba got into the Mega Mushrooms! Regular stomps won't cut it this time, but you can Ground-Pound the Mega Goomba by leaping from the rising platforms or using wall jumps.</ref>) while the Grand Goombas appear to be naturally large, additionally, while Mega Goomba's appear to be larger than Grand Goombas, the Grand Goomba's trophy description in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' has confirmed that Grand Goombas and Mega Goombas are different.<ref>Giant Goomba Trophy Description - A giant-sized Goomba, as the name suggests. In ''Super Mario 64'', punching and kicking had no effect on this brute. It could be stopped like normal Goombas--by jumping on it from above. A colossal Goomba appears as the boss of world four in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', but that's a Mega Goomba, not a Giant Goomba.</ref>

However, big Monty Moles and Mega Monty Mole are completely separate as they both have different names in other languages (besides their Chinese names), with big Monty Moles seemingly being a natural species while Mega Monty Mole is confirmed in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]'' to being a standard Monty Mole who was enlarged by [[Kamek]]. Super Choropū also seems to be an individual big Monty Mole (like [[Choropūko]]) rather than being a generic big Monty Mole due to their different name. Big Monty Mole was also merged with Mega Mole before getting their own page on the Super Mario Wiki.