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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)|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 weren't used in that game (despite the enemy clearly being named in-game) and sometimes it uses the name of a completely different enemy or gets the names of two enemies mixed up (whether they are related to each other or not), the section below describes all the inaccuracies, their possible origins, and the correct names and terms.
Despite the illegitimacy of the enemy names from the Mario Portal and the amount of errors and misinformation the source had, the Super Mario Wiki itself would later go on to incorrectly use names from the English Mario Portal as either the main names or alternate names for various enemies (even when the Mario Portal names were obviously errors or misnames of the enemies (e.g. [[Monty]] being incorrectly referred to as [[Rocky Wrench]] by the Mario Portal was treated as an alternate name for Monty on their Super Mario Wiki page, despite it obviously being an error)). Additionally, the Super Mario Wiki prioritized the English Mario Portal enemy names over actual legitimate sources such as official Japanese names, filenames, names taken from guidebooks, and even in-game names.
==Naming Misconceptions==
*On all the sections featuring them, the [[Podoboo]]s 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 [[Lava Bubble|subspecies of them in the early ''Paper Mario'' games]]. This misconception is repeated in every game section suggesting that this error was derived from the Super Mario Wiki.
**Similarly, on the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' section, the [[Blooper]]s are labelled under their current name despite the fact that they were referred to as [[Bloober]]s 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 Goomba (species)|Mega Goombas]] are not the same as a [[Grand Goomba]] as Grand Goombas are [[Goomba]]s 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 ''SSBB'' 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 Goomba]]s and [[Fire Chomp]]s 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-Goomba]]s 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 [[Galoomba]]s 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 [[Swooper]]s 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]].<ref>Super Mario 64 Nintendo Official Player's Guide pg. 33</ref> 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 (species)|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 [[Snufit]]s are misnamed as [[Snifit]]s (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" ([[List of misconceptions#Gooble Name|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 (boss)|Cannon]] bosses manned by the [[Undergrunt Gunner]]s as "Water Bazooka" and "Electric Bazooka" respectively, naming the [[Octopus (Super Mario Galaxy)|Octopus]] (who's name is said in-game by a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] on [[Kamella]]'s Airship) as "Rocto", treating the second [[King Kaliente]] as a seperate individual naming him "King Kaliente (black)", naming the [[Underwater Mine]]s as "Mikey Mine", the [[Pokey]]s<ref>''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' Official Prima Games Guide - "There is a Pokey lording over the next planetoid. Mario cannot touch Pokeys because they hurt, just like a...prickly plant?"</ref> as "Pokeynuts", the [[Red Pokey]]s as "Pokeyplants", the [[Boulder]]s as "Ruby Rocks", the [[Galactic Tornado]]es 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 Plant]]s"), the [[Puffer Fish]] as "[[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]" an unrelated species of [[Cheep-Cheep]] from the mainline games which behaves very differently, with the
**Additionally, in the same section, most of the enemies unique to the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (series)|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]],<ref>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' [[Luma (species)|Luma]] ([[Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum]]) - "Careful! Octoombas!"</ref>
*The ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' section also came with a fair share of errors too, such errors include naming the [[Banzai Bill]]s as "Bomber Bills", the [[Parabomb]]s as "Parachute Bob-ombs", and the [[Missile Banzai Bill]]s as "Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills", other naming errors include using the current names for the [[Hefty Goomba]] and the [[Eep-Cheep]]s despite them being referred to as "Medium Goombas" and "Gold Cheep-Cheeps" respectively in this game. Other misconceptions include naming the [[Missile Bill]]s as "Bull's-Eye Bill" (despite them still being called Missile Bills in this game), the [[Swooper]]s as "Swoops" (despite them being called Swoopers in this game), and the [[Venus Fire Trap]]s 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 Goomba]]s 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 (Super Mario Galaxy)|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 [[Podoboo]]s as "Lava Bubbles" (despite the "Lava Bubble" name not being used for them in this game), the [[Lava Bouncer]]s 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 [[Clam]]s are mislabled as [[Clampy|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 [[Bomp]]s 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)|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 Plant]]s as "Big Piranha Plants" despite being labelled as [[Mega Piranha Plant]]s 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 (Super Mario Odyssey)|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'' incorrectly calls [[Banzai Bill]]s as "Bomber Bills," ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' would later go on to have [[Bowser]] refer to the Banzai Bill as Bomber Bill. Due to the amount of continuity errors and inconsistencies the film had, it is likely that the movie named Banzai Bills after their ''Mario Portal'' name rather than their official name (though this is unconfirmed).
**Similarly, the movie also referred to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]] as the "[[Blue Shell]]," with said name being commonly used by fans. Despite this, most official sources (aside from a couple ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazines and official patch notes for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'') never used this name for the Spiny Shell.
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