Talk:Sonic Boom (2014 video games)/Archive 1

Request lock

Too much vandalism. ScienceApe (talk) 21:35, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Already on it: 594425969 czar ♔ 22:02, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

 Done by Mark Arsten NFLisAwesome ^{(ZappaOMati's alternate account)} 21:44, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2014

Integrate the relevant details from this interview into the development and gameplay sections of the article, such as the gamepad functionality, upgrade system, and lack of Chaos Emeralds. 136.181.195.25 (talk) 14:16, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Would you have that interview information from a reliable source? (WP:VG/RS) czar ♔ 23:45, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Are Rafei and Frost not reliable enough sources? I mean, it's not like print where all we have to verify it's them is the word of whoever's publishing; you can very clearly see them giving answers to the questions, so unless they're lying to the camera, I'm not sure why this would be in dispute. Also, Sonic Stadium has traditionally been considered an acceptable source for news on Sonic related articles. -- 136.181.195.25 (talk) 13:47, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

The video itself, maybe, if it's a self-published source, but unless the site has editorial control or a similar mark of notability, I wouldn't use it. What's more is that there is no rush to include posts about fundamental details written by non-journalists: if it is worth mentioning, it will invariably be picked up by a RS. Where was the consensus established on Sonic Stadium as a RS? I didn't see it in WP:VG/RS. czar ♔ 03:54, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 00:02, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

I've started a discussion over at the Sega Task Force talk page. Feel free to contribute. -- 69.14.66.237 (talk) 17:29, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Renaming/splitting article?

Sega just put out an announcement that the two games will have different names: Rise of Lyric for Wii U, Shattered Crystal for 3DS, with both having different gameplay and storylines. In light of this, would it be a good idea to split the article, with a page for each version? Or at the very least, revise the title so it's now "2014 video games"? (Also, we should probably try to grab as much information from this release as possible to help flesh out the article and fill the gaps.) -- 136.181.195.25 (talk) 16:50, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Considering how the overwhelming majority of currently available reliable sources discuss these games as a set with each other, I think we should keep the two games together in one article for now. After the games are released, or as we approach the release date, more information about the individual games, including gameplay and reception, will become known, and I would support splitting the article then. As for now, I have  moved the page to Sonic Boom (2014 video games), as you suggested. Mz7 (talk) 21:26, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

I think at this point there's probably enough notable story/gameplay differences to split into seperate articles. Sega's put out boxart for both versions if that helps. Wonchop (talk) 18:06, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Right, seeing as the gameplay and story for the two games are both very different, it makes sense to split them into separate articles. I have no objections to splitting the article, but I don't have objections to waiting until we come closer to November before doing it either. Mz7 (talk) 02:00, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

I think we should split this into two pages, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal. I just saw "This page has some issues". So if any fan of the blue fast hedgehog can do it for me, that would be great! Project Fairy Member Grace (talk)