Mario Portal

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Mario Portal is a website manned by Nintendo of Japan that was opened in 2017. It details all the characters, games, and informations, in the Mario franchise. Upon the site's release, it was written entirely in Japanese however in mid-2022, an English version of the site was also released (which can be accessed by typing "?lang=en" at the end of the site's URL). The site itself includes four main sectors which include a Home Page, Game Archives (which list the informations of each game), a list of Characters, and a lineup of recently released games.

Incorrect Naming

Following the launch of the English Mario Portal, it was found that those who made the site had taken names (conjectural, foreign, or standard) for enemies from other Mario-related websites such as the Super Mario Wiki and MarioWiki (on Fandom/Wikia). Other names used were either outright false or names that were merely lost in translation. In some cases, it has been shown for the Portal to use names for enemies that either were not used in that game (despite the enemy clearly being named in-game), or using the name of a completely different enemy (whether said enemies were related to each other or not), the section below describes all the inaccuracies, their possible origins, and the correct names and terms for these enemy species.

Naming misconceptions from the Mario Portal

• On all sections featuring them, the Podoboos are labelled as Lava Bubbles, even in games such as Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they were clearly labeled as Podoboos (whether it be in-game or in the guides). "Lava Bubble" has become a common name for the Podoboo since Super Mario Maker (although it was first used in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) and is also the name of a variant of them in the early Paper Mario games. This misconception is repeated in every game section suggesting that this error was either derived from the Super Mario Wiki or from errornusly using their current name in the wrong context.
  • Similarly, on the Super Mario Bros. section, the Bloopers are labelled under their current name despite the fact that they were referred to as Bloobers in that game. They first used the name "Blooper" in Super Mario Bros. 3 and this became their permanent name starting with Paper Mario, other enemies with similar errors include the Goomba (which was labelled as "Little Goomba" in-game) and Piranha Plant (which was labelled as "Pirana Plant" in-game).
• In the Super Mario Bros. 3 section, all the large enemies which include the Grand Goomba, Gargantua Koopa Troopa, Piranhacus Giganticus, and Colossal Paratroopa are all labelled merely as "Mega Goomba", "Mega Koopa Troopa", "Mega Piranha Plant", and "Mega Koopa Paratroopa". These names are obviously false as the enemies were all given better names by the official guide for the game (alongside other guides) and it has been confirmed that Mega Goombas are not the same as a Grand Goomba as Grand Goombas are Goombas that are naturally large while it is shown in Paper Mario: Color Splash and Mario Party: Star Rush that the Mega Goombas are normal-sized Goombas that have been enlarged by Kamek (or have used a Mega Mushroom as seen in New Super Mario Bros.). Additionally, the Grand Goomba's trophy description in Super Smash Bros. Brawl confirms that the two Goomba variants are different.
  • The section also has the Shoe Goomba and Flame Chomp listed under their respective current names despite the fact that at the time of the game, the two enemies were called Kuribo's Goombas and Fire Chomps respectively, the Kuribo's Goomba became Shoe Goomba in Super Mario Maker and the Fire Chomp became Flame Chomp in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
  • On the same game, they also have the Micro-Goomba listed as "Mini Goomba" (an alternate name for the Micro Goomba in some game guides) despite the fact that all the guides and instruction booklets referring to the game call them "Micro-Goombas", they still have the Pile-driver Micro-Goombas labelled correctly suggesting that they also took this from the Super Mario Wiki as they've had the Micro Goomba labeled as "Mini Goomba" since December 2018.
  • Another error from the Super Mario Bros. 3 section, they also have the Boss Bass labelled as "Mega Cheep Cheep" (an unrelated Cheep Cheep variant which doesn't act anything like a Boss Bass, not to mention the fact that the game's guide has confirmed the Boss Bass's name).
• In the Super Mario Land section, there was a multitude of problems in the naming such as naming most of the enemies by their Japanese names instead of their English names (which were virtually plagiarized from the Super Mario Wiki but originated from official Japanese sources), they also named the Goombo, Bombshell Koopa, and Bullet Biff labelled under their respective Japanese names rather than their actual English names. The Hanging Piranha Plant was labelled as "Upside-down Piranha Plant" despite the former name being their only official name.
• The Super Mario World section also labels the Galoombas by their current name despite the fact that in this game, they were still known as "Goombas" and they didn't earn the name "Galoomba" until Super Mario 3D World.
  • Also on the Super Mario World section, they have the Swoopers labeled as "Swoop" (another name for the Swooper in some recent games (the two names appear to be used interchangeably) and also the name used for them on the Super Mario Wiki since mid-2014) despite the fact that they were referred to as Swoopers in the game as well as the guide for the game. Additionally, the Amazing Flying Hammer Brother's name is shortened to A. F. H. Bro which was their abbreviated name in Super Princess Peach.
• The Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins section came with similar errors to that of it's predecessor with many enemies being named by their Japanese names plagiarized from the Super Mario Wiki (rather than using an English name) such as Ragumo, Bomubomu, Kyororo, etc. (the Super Mario Wiki would later go on to incorrectly cite the EMP as the source for these enemies' names rather than their legitimate Japanese source). Several other enemies were given generic English names such as calling the Sutāzu a "Star". The Venus Fire Trap is also generically labelled as "Fire Piranha Plant" despite them being called Venus Fire Traps in this game, "Fire Piranha Plant" is also the name of a different fire-spitting Piranha Plant which debuted in Super Mario 3D Land and the misconception was likely derived from the Super Mario Wiki merging the two species.
• The Super Mario 64 section also has several errors, one of the most notable being that it labels the Unagi as "Maw-Ray" (a similar Eel enemy appearing in Super Mario Odyssey which the Super Mario Wiki has merged with Unagi due to a few minor similarities) despite the fact that the enemy was referred to as a "Unagi" by the guide additionally, the guide identifies this Unagi as a standalone Unagi named Unagi the Eel. A couple more errors included in the section include naming the Grand Goomba as "Big Goomba" (taken from the Super Mario Wiki due to their merge of "Grand Goomba" and "Mega Goomba"), the Micro Goomba being labeled merely as "Small Goomba", both Venus Fire Trap varieties being labelled as "Small Fire Piranha Plant" and "Big Fire Piranha Plant" respectively (both of which were taken from the Super Mario Wiki) Bub and Bubba are also misnamed as "Cheep Cheep" and "Cheep Chomp" respectively despite being confirmed to be a separate species by the guides, and also looking drastically different, (the Cheep-Chomp didn't make it's debut until New Super Mario Bros. in 2006), the Snufits are misnamed as Snifits (their living counterparts), and the King Bob-omb is also under his current name despite him being named Big Bob-omb in this game (he wouldn't be officially named "King Bob-omb" until the USA version of Mario Party 9 in 2012).
• The Super Mario Sunshine section has a handful of errors and most of the names included in these sections are either false or lost in translation, many of the misnames in this section include naming the Wind Duppy/Wind Spirit as "Cyclo", the Coo Coo as "Plirp", the Jumping Blooper as "Bloopad", the Pokey Sprout as "Pokey Head" (the name of a similar enemy from Super Mario Galaxy), the Sleeping Boo as "Big Boo" (an unrelated variant of Boo), the Huge Red Electro-Koopa as "Electro-Koopa King", the Polluted Piranha Plant as "Proto Piranha", the Soarin' Stu/Winged Strollin' Stu as "Swipin' Stu (blue)" (the name of a similar flying Stu enemy that steals Mario's Cap whereas the aforementioned "Soarin' Stus" don't), the Swoopin' Stu as "Gooble" (based on a misjudgment the Super Mario Wiki made with the MGTT scoreboards), the Pink Boo as "Block Boo", and Mecha-Bowser as "Mechakoopa" (probably the biggest error of all in this section, as "Mechakoopa" is the name of an unrelated wind-up Koopa toy not to mention that the robot is literally named Mecha-Bowser in-game).
• The Super Mario Galaxy section also came with a fair share of inaccuracies too, most of them were naming the enemies by their names from the game's sequel. Many of the names used were false and completely mismatch what is said by the game, the guide, and Nintendo Power some examples include labelling the Bubble Cannon and Cannon bosses manned by the Undergrunt Gunners as "Water Bazooka" and "Electric Bazooka" respectively, naming the Octopus (who's name is said in-game by a Toad on Kamella's Airship) as "Rocto", treating the second King Kaliente as a seperate individual naming him "King Kaliente (black)", naming the Underwater Mines as "Mikey Mine", the Pokeys as "Pokeynuts", the Red Pokeys as "Pokeyplants", the Boulders as "Ruby Rocks", the Galactic Tornadoes as "Bone Twisters", Fiery Dino Piranha as "Dino Piranha (black)" (even though his name is literally said in-game and he's moreso a dark red), the Prickly Piranha Plant as "Spiny Piranha Plant" (the alternate name for the Spiky Piranha Plant from the next game, not to mention at the time of this game, the Prickly Piranha Plants were merely called "Purple Piranha Plants"), the Puffer Fish as "Spiny Cheep Cheep" an unrelated species of Cheep-Cheep from the mainline games which behaves very differently, with the misconception likely stemming from the Super Mario Wiki merging the two species), the Lava Bouncers as "Lava Bubbles" (an alternate name for the Podoboos used since Super Mario Maker and the name of an unrelated fire ghost enemy from the Paper Mario series), the Big Amps as "Zap Balls", the Banzai Bills as "Bomber Bills", the Monty as "Rocky Wrench" (an unrelated enemy from the Monty Mole species that is from the other mainline Mario games which although attacks similarly, is totally unrelated to Monty and has no connections to them. This incorrect name likely stemmed from a misconception that some fans and YouTube videos made where they incorrectly stated that Monty and Rocky Wrench were the exact same), the Spike Beamer as "Pulse Beam", the Mechakoopa as "Micro Mecha-Bowser", the Jammyfish as "Jam-o'-War", the Preying Mantas as "Jammyfish" (which is actually the name of the previously mentioned larger Jellyfish which was labeled as "Jam-o'-War"), the Chomp Pup as "Mini Chomp", and the "Big Goomba" and "Mini Goomba" names which were cited from the Super Mario Wiki. They also have the Clams labelled as "Clampies, a Clam species debuting in New Super Mario Bros. Wii which looks rather different along with the name never being used for the Clams from SMG (this was also likely done due to a hasty merge on the Super Mario Wiki's part in late 2017).
  • Additionally, in the same section, most of the enemies unique to the Super Mario Galaxy games are using their names from Super Mario Galaxy 2 rather than their names used in either the original SMG game as well as the guides and Nintendo Power, Crabber, Jack-o-Goomba, Flipbug, Cluckboom, Li'l Brr, Li'l Cinder Slurple, Octoguy, Octoomba, Spangler, Spoing, Topmini, and Goombeetle are all under their current names despite the guides and Nintendo Power stating their names to be Crab, Pumpkinhead Goomba, Bug/Flying Mandibug, Bomb Chicken, Brrr Bit, Burn Bit, Swoopin' Poink, Electrogoomba (this name applied for both the Octoguy and Octoomba), Hanging Spider, Spider, Mini Topman, and Astro Goomba for SMG1 clearly showing that the names were taken from the Super Mario Wiki, additionally, the Bomp was also under it's current name despite being referred to as "Sliding Stone" at the time of this game and not earning the name "Bomp" until Paper Mario: Sticker Star in 2012.
• The New Super Mario Bros. Wii section also came with a fair share of errors too, such errors include naming the Banzai Bills as "Bomber Bills", the Parabombs as "Parachute Bob-ombs", and the Missile Banzai Bills as "Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills", other naming errors include using the current names for the Hefty Goomba and the Eep-Cheeps despite them being referred to as "Medium Goombas" and "Gold Cheep-Cheeps" respectively in this game. Other misconceptions include naming the Missile Bills as "Bull's-Eye Bill" (despite them still being called Missile Bills in this game), the Swoopers as "Swoops" (despite them being called Swoopers in this game), and the Venus Fire Traps as "Fire Piranha Plants" (the name of a similar fire-spitting Piranha Plant which debuted in Super Mario 3D Land which was merged on the Super Mario Wiki), and the Micro Goombas as "Mini Goombas" (a nickname used in some guides), the Fish Bone is also labelled under it's current name despite being called "Wet Bones" in this game.
  • It is also worth noting that in the same section (most of this coming from the Super Mario Wiki), the larger variations of enemies are all mislabeled merely having "Big" at the beginning of the name despite the guides and Nintendo Power giving them better names. Examples include naming the Mega Urchin, Super Dry Bones, Super Thwomp, Grand Goomba, Mega Fuzzy, Super Piranha Plant, Mega Wiggler, Mega Cheep Cheep, Mega Deep Cheep, as "Big Urchin", "Big Dry Bones", "Big Thwomp", "Big Goomba", "Big Fuzzy", "Big Piranha Plant", "Big Wiggler", "Big Cheep Cheep", and "Big Deep Cheep" (pretty much the same way Big Boo and Big Chain Chomp are labeled (although those two names were used officially)).
• The errors in the Super Mario Galaxy 2 section are similar to those of the Super Mario Galaxy section but there are a few noteworthy mentions here as well, the Spiky Piranha Plant (labelled as "Spiny Piranha Plant") and Prickly Piranha Plant having their names reversed and mislabeled despite the guides and Nintendo Power having it the opposite way the Mario Portal had it, the Electricity Shooter being labelled as a "Zap Nozzle", the Octopus being labelled as "Rocto" once again, Fiery Gobblegut as "Gobblegut (black)" (despite him being more red than black), Fiery Dino Piranha as "Dino Piranha (black)" despite his name being confirmed in the previous game), the Silver Chomp as "Homing Chomp" even though (the guides, Nintendo Power, and even the game have used the name "Silver Chomp"), the Spring Robot as "Spring Vault", the Chomp Pup as "Small Chomp", the Puffer Fish as "Spiny Cheep Cheep" (a misconception most likely taken from the Super Mario Wiki due to a hasty merge), the Spiny Hermit as "Spinecone", the Podoboos as "Lava Bubbles" (despite the "Lava Bubble" name not being used for them in this game), the Lava Bouncers as "Lava Bubble (blue)" (which was taken from the Super Mario Wiki), the Spiny Stretch Plant as "Spindleburr", the Venus Flower Trap as "Trapdragon", the Boulder as "Ruby Rock", the Banzai Bill as "Bomber Bill", the Chomp as "Chain Chomp" (despite them clearly not possessing chains and merely just rolling around), the Big Amp as "Zap Ball", the Jammyfish as "Jam-o'-War", the Starbag as "Tracks", the Mechakoopa as "Micro Mecha-Bowser", the Preying Mantas as "Jammyfish" (which is actually the name of the larger Jellyfish which they have named as "Jam-o'-War"), the Underwater Mine as "Mikey Mine", and the Ground Urchin as "Hot Urchin". Just as before, the Clams are mislabled as Clampies (a different Clam variant which debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii) despite never being called "Clampies" in this game instead merely "Clams" (this was most likely done due to the merge on the Super Mario Wiki).
• Just as before, the Bomps are still labeled under their current name despite them being called "Sliding Stones" in this game and not earning the name "Bomp" until Paper Mario: Sticker Star, additionally, the Flomp is also labelled under it's current name despite still being called "Flimps" in this game despite not earning the "Flomp" name until Mario Party: Island Tour.
• The Big Boo is labelled as "Mega Boo" (an alternate name for the Big Boo), despite this, all the large enemies are still labeled as having "Big" at the beginning of their names (despite the guides for the game and Nintendo Power providing better names), the Grand Goomba, Gargantua Koopa Troopa, Piranhacus Giganticus, Super Thwomp (who is under the name "Mega Thwomp" in this game), Huge Paragoomba, and Mega Wiggler are all merely labelled as "Big Goomba", "Big Koopa Troopa" "Big Piranha Plant" (which is actually a different species of large Piranha Plant and differs from the Piranhacus Giganticus), "Big Thwomp", "Big Paragoomba", and "Big Wiggler" respectively. All these names were taken from the Super Mario Wiki.
• Most of the errors in the New Super Mario Bros. U are similar to that of previous sections but there are a couple new ones too. Some of these errors include labeling the Venus Ice Trap as "Frost Piranha" (a similar ice-powered Piranha Plant variety found in the Paper Mario series), Kamek as "Magikoopa" (which is literally the name of his species and not the name of the character), the Piranha Plant Egg as "Piranha Pod", the Parabomb as "Parachute Bob-omb", the Banzai Bill as "Bomber Bill", the Micro Goomba as "Mini Goomba" (an alternate name from some guides), the Missile Bill as "Bull's-Eye Bill" (despite their name still being "Missile Bill" in this game), the Venus Fire Trap as "Fire Piranha Plant" (the name of a similar fire-spitting Piranha Plant which debuted in Super Mario 3D Land), the Swooper as "Swoop", and more.
  • And then there's the larger enemies, while the Big Boo, Big Amp and Big Buzzy Beetle are labelled correctly, the Grand Goomba, Gargantua Koopa Troopa, Piranhacus Giganticus, Super Piranha Plant, Giant Pokey, Super Thwomp, Super Dry Bones, Mega Fuzzy, Mega Urchin, and Mega Wiggler, are all (erroneously) generically labeled as "Big [insert enemy name here]" rather than by their traditional names given by Nintendo Power.
• In the Super Mario 3D World section, there were a few errors, some of these include labeling the larger Piranha Plants as "Big Piranha Plants" despite being labelled as Mega Piranha Plants in this game, Queen Hisstocrat as "Hisstocrat (pink)", the Banzai Bill as "Bomber Bill", the Cat Banzai Bill as "Cat Bomber Bill", and the Micro Goomba as "Mini Goomba."
• There were slightly less errors in the Super Mario Odyssey section but there were still several, examples include labelling the Mega Poison Piranha Plant as "Big Poison Piranha Plant", the Banzai Bill as "Bomber Bill", and the Micro Goomba as "Mini Goomba" (once agin a nickname). Goombette is also labelled as an enemy despite not technically being one.
• It is also worth noting that in all the sections featuring them, the Koopalings merely use their shorthand names and aren't seen using their full names (eg. Larry Koopa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa, Wendy O. Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., and Ludwig Von Koopa are all merely labelled as "Larry", "Roy", "Lemmy", "Wendy", "Iggy", "Morton", and "Ludwig").

Trivia

• Although the Mario Portal erroneously refers to Banzai Bills as "Bomber Bills," The Super Mario Bros. Movie would later go on to have Bowser refer to the Banzai Bill as a "Bomber Bill," as well as Super Mario Party Jamboree later going on to refer to Banzai Bills as Bomber Bills. Wether this decision was done due to the Mario Portal or other means remains unknown.