Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-24203813-20160112230454/@comment-26593304-20160113061649

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I honestly don't know what should happen. Looking at both sides the way I do, it's hard to make a decision. Although, yes, I agree that both Cacti and Balloon zombies refer to the same "image," so to speak, and therefore should be merged for convenience and other reasons. However, at the same time, you have vastly different "functions" underneath those images.

Take Cactus for example. She has three different appearances (four if you count GW2, but her function will most likely be the same) in the franchise. Her debut (PvZ1, obviously) found her as a counter to Balloons. PvZ2 made her similar to a Laser Bean/Spikeweed hybrid, and more versatile than her original appearance (to me, at least). GW took almost everything we knew about her and flipped it upside down. She prefers to snipe, can drop Mines and Walls, can pilot a Drone, pretty much has total free will, etc. Heck, if she functioned in the exact same way in GW the way she did in PvZ1, we'd have snipers that could be as tall as a skyscraper and one-shot Zomboss's blimp. GW and PvZ1/2 Cacti are about as opposite as you can be. However, they are still the same image. But that doesn't mean they serve the same function. Now, I understand that people want to keep the two together in one for convenience, but at this point they are so different that they may as well have different pages, the way the PvZ1/2 Cacti are separated from the GW Cactus. As Dekagamer says above, with the return of Balloons Cactus doesn't even serve her original purpose anymore. Therefore, they should be separate. At the very least, the one page should be separated into a PvZ1 only section and a PvZ2 only section.

The same argument for Cactus may apply to Balloon Zombie wherever it makes sense. In this version, he's essentially a modern Bug Zombie.

I'll use Newspaper Zombie for this next one. In PvZ1, he was pretty much just a nuisance earlier on, but easily dealt with once you got the later plants. In PvZGW, as a spawnable zombie he was still just a nuisance, but had a noticable speed boost without his newspaper. Also, he serves as a pretty good Chomper distraction due to the paper shield. In PvZ2 however, we're seeing this guy from threat level 1 to threat level 5 maybe, due to the paper buff and his rage buff. However, through all three appearances, he serves the same purpose. His paper is a shield, and once destroyed he becomes stronger. Heck, GW even gave him a new image in the form of the Map Pirate. But under all those images is the paper-loving guy who freaks when you destroy the paper before he finishes reading. Therefore, no matter what version he's in, he could possibly be able to be crammed all into one page.

Again, I'm just saying what I seeing from both sides. However, due to the facts leaning more toward the Support side, I lean toward that side as well. The only reason I remain neutral is that I know making a new page for both would take some time out of certain editors' lives, and I understand how valuable that time could be to them, no matter how small it is. This may clarify things for certain people, but confuse it for others. I can't say a definite Support or Oppose, but I more so support it than oppose.