Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Paper Mario

Paper Mario

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 17, 2021 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:45, 14 June 2021 (UTC)



Paper Mario is a video game spinoff series of the Mario franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for its various video game consoles. The series began when Square took its Final Fantasy franchise to Sony's PlayStation console, leaving Nintendo without a role-playing game (RPG) for the Nintendo 64. The series follows Mario on various quests to defeat one or more antagonists (including Bowser) in worlds created with papercraft materials. The first game in the series, Paper Mario, was released in August 2000. The series has received praise for its writing, characters, and graphics, but garnered criticism for its transition from traditional RPG to action-adventure, starting with Super Paper Mario for the Wii. The newest game in the series, The Origami King, was released on July 17, 2020.
 * Most recent similar article(s): May 24 (Final Fantasy IX)
 * Main editors: Panini!
 * Promoted: Literally a couple of hours ago (May 25, 2021)
 * Reasons for nomination: I pinned this one to an anniversary date, the one-year anniversary of the most recent video game in the series, Paper Mario: The Origami King. Boy, was it difficult to shove this entire article into a 1025 character blurb! Any comments for improvement would be appreciated. The specific date isn't absolutely necessary as I know a lot of things are much more important.
 * Support as nominator. Panini! 🥪 15:43, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment, the Paper Mario series is a good topic. I saw Final Fantasy IX stated in its blurb that it was in a featured topic, would I do the same thing here? Or is that only for content that's part of featured topic and good topic hasn't reached that yet? Panini! 🥪 11:56, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Pinging . Panini! 🥪 19:35, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Pinging ? Panini! 🥪 11:54, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, it's only for featured. There's some discussion here.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:34, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Would it be a good idea to ratify something like this example? In my opinion, it shouldn't be a problem considering it's not the primary focus and most other content on the front page is not featured status either. Panini! 🥪 12:51, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support -- excellent parent article! --truflip99 (talk) 17:34, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support - Great article. I would suggest tightening up the summary here a bit - let me know if you'd like copyediting help. &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 18:46, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , that would be lovely. What's also odd is that you have a lot under your belt but I've never seen your name around at WT:VG! Panini! 🥪 19:02, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I've been here a long time, but was on extended wikibreak (about six years, I think). Basically just came back. I'll take a stab at updating the text. &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:04, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Updated. Whatcha think? &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:18, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks awesome, thank you! I listed out dates because I had the space to do so and I wanted to mention that it was the anniversary. Panini! 🥪 19:31, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! Good luck. :) &mdash; KieferSkunk (talk) &mdash; 19:35, 26 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Support as it currently stands. IceWelder  &#91; &#9993; &#93; 22:14, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 20:58, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Support – ♠Vami _IV†♠  23:18, 11 June 2021 (UTC)