User:DandelionSprout

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Have played through:

I'm not a userbox kind of fellow, even less so outside of Wikimedia projects (The latter of which they'd make sense on to list language skills).

For screenshots, I use Elgato HD60 Pro, and OBS Studio with a hotkey attached to screenshotting.

Connecting the Elgato HDMI cable either directly into the Switch, or into "HDMI 2" of a Yamaha RX-V685, seems to make no differences at all, not even in regards to a docked Switch's output resolutions.

My default English writing is British Isles English with a heavy northern continental slant, but I can write American English too for projects that need it, which very likely includes this wiki.

Notes taken from feedback

To show I can receive and learn from feedback.

  • 0-9 must be spelt as words, e.g. "zero to nine". Double-check for things like in-level info additions.
  • Crops of OBS screenshots must be PNG too, as their source screenshots are.
  • Inter-locale comparisons are best suited for Trivia, presumably meaning that Trivia sections are allowed to be added to pages if none are already there.
  • Notes in parenthesis should generally speaking start with a small letter.

In-game achievements I feel proud of

  • Mario Kart: Super Circuit:
    • Managed a spectacular Time Attack run at GBA Rainbow Road, and while it'd be tricky to export the replay, I'm certain it has to be close to whatever the WR is.
    • Came back from 40sec behind to win in a 5-lap VS Race on GBA Sky Garden in a self-imposed challenge.
  • Mario Kart DS: Set up a 32-race VS Race cup at 150cc with Hard CPU, and won all 32 races.
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Completed the game with two characters as one player. The carry system helped, but I'm still very proud of doing so.
  • Super Mario Sluggers: Was allowed to enter the Bowser Jr. boss match with only some random Toads and Nokis I found on a beach, won the 3-innings match 34-0, then immediately went on to win against Bowser, beating the career mode in 70 minutes on my first playthrough.
  • WarioWare Gold: Got 67 in SplitScreen Mash.
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe:
    • Got to 7,800 ranking points in online races, before the last two Expansion Pack cups were so bad that I abandoned the entire game (Athens Dash has to be the worst track in all of Mario Kart history).
    • Technically not my achievement, but rather Luigi's, as I managed to pull off a "Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing": I put him in VS Mode 50cc Easy CPU at N64 Royal Raceway, turned on Auto-Throttle and Auto-Steering for him, laid back in my couch like it was horseracing, and he somehow got 1st.
  • Princess Peach: Showtime!: 1-shot the boss fight of A Snow Flower on Ice.

Test

  • The backend of Super Mario Wiki seems to be unable to handle three-= category headers at all, which leads to "Error code: Plessie".
    • The backend doesn't seem to like turning headers into pagelinks either.
  • Ribbonеr
    • How in the name of goodness did the backend's wordfilter mess up so much that I had to use a Cyrillic Е to avoid getting Error Code Plessie?
  • Ribboner
  • Ribboner
  • Ribbone
    • Turns out that the wordfilter objects to "b*ner", but it only objects to me and no one else…???
  • Zero-width spaces, zero-width joiners, and left-to-right markers aren't helping. I think the backend hates me and specifically me.
  • Ribbo\ner
  • Link autofilling doesn't fix it either. How.
  • I can only presume the site doesn't consider me truly autoconfirmed. Or something. Goodness knows. If it hasn't got better by Sunday noon CEST, I need to contact at least 1 beaurucrat.
  • Ribbo''''ner
    • Why.
  • Ribboner
    • This can't possibly be the intended method either.
  • Ribboner
    • …Close enough. Or not. But still.
  • Ribboner
    • Works now (9 April 2024), it seems. Will certainly make level-page updates much easier.

Minor notes that aren't needed in the top section

  • Miitopia 3DS will likely remain de facto online well into the 2030's, due to its QR Code system to add new Miis.

To-do

6 April 2024

  • Make GoödFeël a redirect to Good-Feel if no one objects to it.
  • Upload and add a track layout comparison image for Wario Stadium (MKDS), though it'd have to be placed in a part of the page where it wouldn't stick out too much.
  • I'd say there's a fair few features in the demo that would warrant a subsection in Princess Peach: Showtime!#Development :
    • Demo save data are not carried over to the full version. I know quite a lot of non-wiki players, me included at the time, wondered about it.
    • Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids and Cowgirl in the Wilderness has their doors fenced off with tied ropes. No such ropes are used at any point in the full game.
    • The demo's intro menu has "Start" and "Nintendo eShop" options, while the full game only has "Press A Button".
    • The Lobby Shop never opens, whereas in the full game, the shop opens after The Castle of Thorns.
    • The 3 leftmost Plus Button-menu options cannot be selected.
    • Basement cannot be entered in the demo. In the full game, it can be entered after The Castle of Thorns.
    • X Button is used in the demo.
  • Add a "Controls" section to Princess Peach: Showtime!. Make mention of how only 4 buttons are ever used in the entire game, and that X Button and Y Button are never used at any point. Control instructions reflect the A Button/B Button setting.
  • Take a screenshot for sideways Sparkle. If there's one chance I've got to make myself "in" on the wiki, this is a good chance.
    • Sparkle quotes: "Fantastic.", "Lovely."
  • Game runs 720p, both docked and handheld. Framerate approximately 30fps.
  • The Castle of Thorns cannot be left during the first time the play is performed. Closing the game mid-level, will make the game resume from the Toad "I've got the tickets" moment.
  • Heart Charm increases HP from 5→8 with no negative effects, but the extra hearts are shown in green.

7 April 2024

8 April 2024

  • Add descriptions of the shapes of Figure Skater Peach, for the benefit of colourblind players.
  • Take Elgato screenshots for: Lobby Shop
  • Attempt a futile layout comparison for GBA Sky Garden, whose MK8DX layout is so different as to be all but unrecognisable.

9 April 2024

  • Sparkle Peach "Ran out of hearts" quotes: "No way.", "Oh no."
  • Get a screenshot of Peach's de facto blue dress during transformations.
  • Add pages: Figure Skater (I still doubt that could possibly be his official name, but sure), who of course happens to be moderately popular on Tumblr.

10 April 2024

  • Add full (though only with non-existing rows) translation tables to relevant pages that don't already have full tables, because, sure, it can't hurt. The changelogs of User:Mariuigi Khed in particular inspired me to add this on my to-do list.
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