Nettles and darkroots
They do seem a nettle redesign for Rayman Origins. I would suggest to aglutinate this article with the main one about nettles, and the RO kind having its own section. --
Haruka 12:55, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- The things we call nettles are obviously not nettles at all, so I think it was probably a bad translation. 'Darkroot' is a much better description of the thorny brown roots we find in Rayman 2 and Rayman 3. —Spiraldoor
13:57, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- I saw this article before, and I wondered if the name was correct because both plants do look different. I always believed that the "nettles" were giant roots. --
Haruka 14:37, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- With the influx of renamed 'Dark' things, such as Darktoons, previously called Antitoons, I think the Darkroot might be a rename of the nettle. It's either that or they are two different species. --iHeckler9
16:25, 24 December 2011 (UTC) - I'm not sure if we should relate nettles with Darkroots. They have several phisical differences like the eyes and colour, and their behaviours are completely different in-game: the nettles move constantly like the tentacles of an octopus, and dissappear for a while when rayman attacks them, while the Darkroots can't be defeated and grow until they find a place to stay. Also, Darkroots seem to have a major role in Rayman Origins (they appear during the opening sequence). However, mentioning the "nettles" article is not a bad idea ^^ --Sergiomonty 17:31, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
- I was about to suggest that we merge the articles as I could not see any difference between 'nettles' and darkroots but I guess Sergio has a point when it comes to their different behaviour. Though that's really the only difference, and we might still want to merge them. What do you guys think? —
16:22, 26 March 2014 (CET)
- I was about to suggest that we merge the articles as I could not see any difference between 'nettles' and darkroots but I guess Sergio has a point when it comes to their different behaviour. Though that's really the only difference, and we might still want to merge them. What do you guys think? —
- With the influx of renamed 'Dark' things, such as Darktoons, previously called Antitoons, I think the Darkroot might be a rename of the nettle. It's either that or they are two different species. --iHeckler9
- I saw this article before, and I wondered if the name was correct because both plants do look different. I always believed that the "nettles" were giant roots. --
After our talk about the spiky balls some days ago, I wanted to get back on that one. Don't you think the nettles and the roots could be the same plants? There are a lot of similarities between then:
- - They are invasive plants
- - They have different sizes (cf. the nettle patches in the Menhir Hills)
- - There are many variants (cf. the nettles in Rayman M and R3 GBA)
- - They are able to destroy walls
- - Some move, some don't (cf. the nettle patches in the Menhir Hills)
- - Rayman can't destroy them (with his fists or his magic fist) -- Boomboleros7 02:26, 1 September 2014 (CEST)
- Darkroots retreat on their own, and nettles can't do that. The darkroots also have eyes. They're different species and deserve different pages. --iHeckler9 14:28, 1 September 2014 (CEST)
- Darkroots retreat on their own, and nettles can't do that. The darkroots also have eyes. They're different species and deserve different pages. --iHeckler9
- I think 'nettle' only refers to the moving ones that retract when hit, which makes Sergio's point rather valid though. Any other opinions? — 15:28, 1 September 2014 (CEST)
- I think 'nettle' only refers to the moving ones that retract when hit, which makes Sergio's point rather valid though. Any other opinions? —
- After a discussion with Hunch, we decide to create an article dedicated to the spiky plants of the Rayman games on the French wiki.
- To do this, we fuse the "Nettle" and "Darkroot" articles. We also create a new article for the skeletal and metallic nettles of RM, called "Tentacle (Rayman M)" (as they aren't plants, but things with the same pattern as the Nettles).
- In French, the R2 plants have been identified as "(giant) brambles" and "(giant) roots" by the official strategy guide. The R3 ones are incorrectly called "nettles" in-game, but called "roots" in the official guide. The RO/RL ones are called "roots" in the title of some RJR levels.
- The French article has been called "Giant bramble", by using the RayWiki's policy (this is the most used term in the R2 guide from 2000).
- The same changes could be applied on the English wiki, but then, we should change the title of the spiky plants article, because we can't keep the incorrect "nettle" term.
- By using the RayWiki's policy, it could be called "Thorn vines", a term used in the Prima's official strategy guide from 2000.
- By doing so, the first line of the article will be: "Thorn vines, also known as nettles, roots, darkroots and spiky roots".--Boomboleros7 17:23, 31 July 2016 (UTC)