Talk:List of spirits (Metroid series)

Revision Reversion

Just as a heads-up, Autismo555, if your edit is reverted, you should discuss before reverting the reversion, not the other way around. Otherwise, that's edit warring. I admit that I may have been guilty of this in the past, but ever since a particular incident on another wiki, I've been trying to be far more cognizant about this.

Anyways, let's break this down piece by piece:

"Sorry Peabody, but I'll have to revert a few things and wait until Aaronitmar covers these battles."

I'm not sure I understand why Aaronitmar is important or relevant here. While his videos are certainly popular, he is not the authoritative all-knowing master of video games, and I'm sure he probably pulls a lot of information from wikis like SmashWiki to fill gaps in his knowledge. I've seen what happens when people (not just fans, but also creators of official media who can't remember every detail) parrot wikis without fact-checking. That's why it's all the more important for our articles to be as accurate as possible without going into extra speculation.

"Also, I have a tendency of comparing Final Smashes to a Legend Class Spirit's attack. Y'know, if the shoe fits and all that."

Many (if not most, if not all) spirit battles can use Final Smashes. Therefore, unless the spirit battle directly draws attention to it (such as Super Star from Mario), it's not really that special or noteworthy. That's why it's better to limit moveset comparisons to favored moves, more powerful moves, etc. because those are the ones that are clearly meant to directly reference the spirit itself; anything outside of that is more speculative.

"*The music track represents the musical theme of Sector 1, an area in Metroid Fusion, the game which features the Gravity Suit."

There's a reason why I had changed this. Metroid Fusion is not "the" game which features the Gravity Suit. It's only "a" game which features the Gravity Suit. It's neither the first (Super Metroid) nor the most relevant. It's not even the game depicted by the spirit's artwork! Why is Sector 1 (a music theme that isn't associated with the Gravity Suit or lava) used instead of Magmoor Caverns or another more relevant music track? I honestly don't know. But it's not like it's anywhere close to being the theme of the Gravity Suit.

As a general blanket statement, remember what I've told you before about the spirit battle inspiration column: be concise. This isn't the full-fledged Origins section of an article that can have as much detail as needed; this is a narrow column just meant to quickly cover how the spirit battle is relevant to its spirit. Therefore, "The music track originates from Metroid Fusion" is preferable to "The music track represents the musical theme of Sector 1, an area in Metroid Fusion" because the latter has unneeded bloat that isn't relevant to the Gravity Suit. I won't be going over every change/reversion, but keep this in mind for many of the others that I do not mention here.

"*The music track features a remix of "Silence", the musical theme that plays in rooms containing the Chozo Statues in their debut game, Metroid."

This is also true for almost all other 2D Metroid games featuring Chozo Statues, the only exceptions being Metroid II (but not its remake) and Dread. That's why it's not necessary to specify "in their debut game, Metroid." It's true, yes, but again remember that this isn't an origins section; it's a short column.

"*The music track represents the boss battle theme of the Zeta Metroid, an earlier stage of Metroid's life cycle."

There's no need to say "represents" instead of "is". This track isn't representing the boss battle music; it is the boss battle music. Again, be concise.

"*The Giant King K. Rool represents Kraid, a giant, reptilian antagonist who features a golden belly and a blue color scheme"

Kraid is green, not blue. That's why I removed this before. The only reason why K. Rool is blue is because almost all base game spirit battles use alternate costumes; this trend wouldn't be consistently broken until DLC spirits. Otherwise, his default costume would be a much closer match to Kraid.

"*The music track represents the musical theme of the X Parasite's debut game, Metroid Fusion."

Aside from the prologue, the Sector 1 theme isn't really "the musical theme" of Metroid Fusion. It's just one of various tracks used for the various sectors of the game's setting. Wording it like this gives a false impression of the Sector 1 theme's importance to Metroid Fusion as a whole, similar to saying that Metroid Fusion is "the" game featuring the Gravity Suit.

"*The green Samus features a yellow color scheme, representing Kanden, an intergalactic bounty hunter with a yellow color scheme.<!--Kanden is not green; despite Green Samus being used in this spirit battle, the "Hello, Sunshine" event treats Kanden as yellow.-->"

Green Samus isn't really yellow; she's predominantly green. Her new black alt with yellow lines is a much closer match to Kanden's color scheme. So why is Green Samus used instead? Like Sector 1 with the Gravity Suit, I don't know. But at this point, it's such a loose connection that the color scheme shouldn't be cited.

--PeabodySam (talk) 21:01, September 26, 2022 (EDT)