Talk:Ristar

Pronunciation

How is his name pronounced? 67.188.172.165 20:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

It's "RIST-ar" (as in "wrist"). Brittany Ka 03:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I thought it was "Rye-star". 67.188.172.165 22:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

It's written in katakana as "リスター" (risutaa) Brittany Ka 03:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I've always pronounced it "REE-star", and here's why. I called both the ESRB and Sega's game counselors back when Ristar was a new game. The pre-recorded ESRB message pronounced it "REE-star", and multiple live Sega game counselors pronounced it this way as well. (Yeah, there were Sega game counselors back in the day, not just Nintendo ones... I remember being angry at having to listen to a two-minute advertisement before even being placed on hold... and it was a long-distance call!) Anyway, my two cents. I guess all of those people could have all been wrong... I definitely am not confident enough to say that this is the "official" pronunciation, but I have heard it pronounced this way by multiple people, including people who worked for Sega. _{Doc Sigma} ^{(wait, what?)} 14:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

rye-star?!! There's no "ye" in there, retard! -lysdexia 01:22, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

That...was unnecessary. RedZion^X 06:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Ristar Cluster

Does anyone know what happened to the Ristar Cluster fansite? It contained quite a treasure trove of information, but I can't seem to find it now. Alternately, does anyone know how to contact Djbrayster to find out what happened to it? Esn 03:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

It was an awesome website... They were even in the middle of uncovering more beta stuff. Maybe Djbrayster couldn't manage the site any longer? Someone should still pick it up, it had a lost of exclusive material on there. Actually, now that I think of it, wasn't it affiliated with Sonic CulT at one time? I'm sure if you were to ask around there, you can find out what happened. 208.101.152.167 17:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

http://forums.x-cult.org/index.php?showtopic=3678 - Yay, it's back! 208.101.138.72 (talk) 15:59, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Djbrayster (talk) 21:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC) Sorry for the delay in the site coming back. had some major issues offline which are still present and caused a delay in bringing the site back. It is really nice to know people really like the site. I am trying to keep up with updates and small site changes. thanks again.

It was a great site! Unfortunately, it looks like I missed its resurrection; as of now, it is down once again. http://ristar-cluster.org/ currently goes to a 404.

If you are having trouble paying for the site to stay up, Djbrayster, perhaps you might want to consider asking Classic Gaming to host you? Explain your situation and ask if they're interested. The hosts of The Pages of Now and Forever did that a few years ago, and it seems to be working well. Esn (talk) 02:37, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

==Version Differences/Planets==

What happened to these 2 sections?!?

Lockshaw13 14:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

They were deleted by User:TTN. Good luck arguing with him about it. -- RattleMan 20:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

This article looks more barren than ever. 208.101.173.66 12:57, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Ristar prototypes released

Some prototypes of Ristar for both versions have recently been unearthed and are in need of coverage. One interesting thing about it is that at one point in development he was known as Dexstar. — NES Boy (talk) 23:39, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Ristar = Sonic Rabbit

Ristar developed from an idea originally put forward during design talks for the character who would later become Sonic the Hedgehog. Yuji Naka, head of Sonic Team, recalled in 1992:

“ At first we used a character that looked like a rabbit with ears that could extend and pick up objects. As the game got faster and faster, we needed to come up with a special characteristic to give our character some power over his enemies. I remembered a character I had thought about years ago who could roll himself into a ball and slam into enemies. Hedgehogs can roll themselves into a ball, so we decided to go from a rabbit to a hedgehog. ”

Some years later, the game starring that rabbit-type character was developed separately from Sonic, and eventually evolved into a prototype called Feel. The rabbit resemblance in Feel was already phased out and the character no longer used his ears, but his arms.

That was taken from the main page. While Yuji Naka did say what is quoted he didn't say that Ristar is an evolution of Sonic the Rabbit. We need a citation cause we cant have mis-information like this going around the internet.--MathUser2929 (talk) 18:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

GG Release dates & Bare URLs

Does someone have the dates on hand? Will also needs sources, obviously, and for the other release dates too, if possible. I'll look into it. Should also think about converting the bare URLs in citations to proper {cite...} templates. --Salvidrim! ^T·_C 17:02, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

RfC: "Sega Mega Drive/Genesis" instead of just "Genesis"?

Should the article simply mention this game was released for the "Genesis" or should it state "Sega Mega Drive/Genesis" (and possibly just one of the terms after the first usage for the sake of brevity) for the sake of clarity and non-North American users? --85.211.134.202 (talk) 20:36, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• Support "Sega Mega Drive/Genesis" is more accurate, less region-specific, and provides better clarity as a result. --85.211.134.202 (talk) 20:38, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• Genesis - Its redundant to write out "Sega Mega Drive/Genesis" over and over again. At Sega Genesis, the name of the article, it explains the name differences in regions. Just as it is unacceptable for user to switch from different region's spelling on whims (ie switching "favorite" to "favourite",) this is unnecessary. There is no product called "The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis", so we shouldn't write it out like that. There has been tons of arguments on how to handle this at the talk page for Sega Genesis, and using "Sega Genesis" is the current consensus. I see no reason why not to follow that consensus here. Sergecross73 msg me 20:39, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• Comment - I didn't suggest writing "Sega Mega Drive/Genesis" through the entire article, only in the first instance (and potentially category fields, etc.) and then a single term thereafter (which should be "Mega Drive" in my opinion as that's the most neutral term. The fact the Genesis article explains the naming issue isn't an excuse for using a regional term in this article, rather than a more international one, or a compromise between the two, as I've suggested. The fact the game originates in Japan where the Mega Drive is known as such, rather than Genesis is further weight in favour of using the Japanese/International name. A simple solution to the fact no product isn't called "Sega Mega Drive/Genesis" (although I don't think that's a valid argument, frankly) would be to instead say "Sega Mega Drive (known as Genesis in North America)". There are plenty of reasonable ways to work through this rather than just stubbornly refusing to change it from "Genesis" for no good reason. --85.211.134.202 (talk) 20:48, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• This has been discussed to death. Current consensus is to use "Sega Genesis" at that article's page. You're not introducing any new concepts here, its all been said before. The categories consensus is also to use "Sega Genesis". This issue is far bigger than the single game Ristar, and this really isn't even the proper place to discuss this. I suggest you take this to the Sega Genesis article if you truly want to open this can of worms again. Sergecross73 msg me 20:52, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• (edit conflict)Genesis - Having both names everywhere makes the article messier and doesn't add anything particularly useful. If the reader wants additional clarification, clicking and reading Sega Genesis would easily solve that problem. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 20:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

• Comment Again, if you would actually ready what I'm proposing, I'm not suggesting using both names throughout the article. I'm suggesting we use the international name, and for the sake of compromise after the first revert I was suggesting we use both names in the opening paragraph to it's clear to both North American and international readers what is meant. If we are to opt for one name over another, it should obviously be the more widely used term of "Sega Mega Drive" rather than "Genesis". --85.211.134.202 (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)