Talk:I Wanna Be the Guy

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Battletoads hack.

First of all, look at the "cite" (which is first-person and doesn't qualify in the first place) in context. "shut your *** *** mouth and take my word for it" sounds far more like humor than a reliable source. Also, the Battletoads engine used large sprites (this game uses small ones), 3-d movement (IWBTG uses 2d), and a damage meter (ITBTG uses 1-hit kills). Also also, if it were a hack of an NES game, it would run on NES hardware. It doesn't. And finally, there is this post on the IWBTG forums, where he explains how he made the game in response to someone asking if it was a Battletoads hack. That said, the answer "It's a Battletoads hack" probably belongs someplace in the article, but not stated as fact.--UsaSatsui (talk) 14:09, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There we go, a forum post. Congratulations, you managed to disprove it with fact. Try doing that first next time. --Ifrit (talk) 04:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need to be rude about it. Truth be told, I thought it was pretty obvious that the answer wasn't a serious one...--UsaSatsui (talk) 07:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't we just remove it altogether? It seems a lot like sarcasm, and the question was probably asked by a relatively young/new user who had seen the **** Battletoads video with that guy screaming (O Riley or something), so he/she thought that the game might be a rom hack because it's just as hard. 24.18.240.159 (talk) 02:43, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Homestar Runner Reference?

Isn't the title and plot just a big reference to the Stinkoman Strong Bad Email? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.116.156 (talk) 15:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. According to the FAQ, he came up with the title before seeing the SBEmail. --UsaSatsui (talk) 17:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In regards to the POV statement of the game being difficult

It is allowed as per WP:DUE, as it is the majority point of view; please see the second bulleted item, If a viewpoint is held by a significant minority, then it should be easy to name prominent adherents;.— Dæ dαlus^Contribs /_Improve 10:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the website says its a "difficult" and "unfair" game. Though that is opinion, it's from the creator who wanted to make the game difficult to play. I know there is a wikipedia guideline on this. I just forgot which one. 24.18.240.159 (talk) 02:43, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the line in the article that states that the game is difficult is not sourced to the creator, but to an article on Boing Boing dot net.— Dæ dαlus^Contribs /_Improve 07:09, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But if it was sourced to the creator, it would be fine, correct? I would think yes, but it's POV (but then, the creator intended to make it this way). 24.18.240.159 (talk) 19:27, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, as to this information, please remove the POV statement, as, for the statement to be included, it must be a 3rd party source that is not trivial in the matter, and as to the current sourcing of the statement, it is a conflict of interest.— Dæ dαlus^Contribs /_Improve 19:30, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

'If it isn't 'hard', then it must be something else, i.e 'easy' or 'intermediate'. Since this games default difficulty setting is 'Hard', along with the games website describing it as 'very hard', along with the fact that every screen contains at least three unpredictable ways for you to die.... Can we just take common sense into consideration?