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New Articles (March 9 to March 22)

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/New article announcements
 A listing of all articles newly added to the Video Games Wikiproject (regardless of creation date). Generated by v3.4 of the RecentVGArticles script and posted by PresN. Bug reports and feature requests are appreciated. --PresN 04:11, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Covid-19 is affecting everything, including the weekly new article report- catching up now! --PresN 04:11, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hmm, it shows up on the log as an assessment, so bug there- I know they did something with the code because some older books suddenly popped up as well; if it keep happening I'll change my script to check for those bugs. --PresN 14:55, 24 March 2020 (UTC

Video game release template update

@Plastikspork: just made an update to VGRelease to support "split regions". In many cases, a game is released in several regions at once but not world wide. Sometimes we simply list them out individually, but often times they get combined like {{Vgrelease|[[North America|NA]]/[[Japan|JP]]|January 1, 2020}}. The regions had to be manually linked in these cases, or they would simply be black labels without links.

With the update, you can now use {{Vgrelease|NA/JP|January 1, 2020}} and the template will correctly link the two regions.

  • NA/JP: January 1, 2020

If you see manual piped links in your gnoming, feel free to remove them now. -- ferret (talk) 13:55, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Polish translation help

(also posted about this at WikiProject Poland: link / permalink)

Hello, I do not know if there are any Polish speakers among the WP:VG regulars, but figured I'd post about this here anyway.

As you may know, I've been working on articles for the World of Darkness video games for a while, and today I came across a seven-minute radio interview in Polish with the game designer of Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York, and would need help with translating it into English.

I understand that it's a big ask considering the length, but I'd be very grateful, and would in return do a peer review, good article review, etc, of an article you're working on (or do a Swedish-to-English translation of something of similar length, if you happen to have any Swedish sources you need help with).

Thanks, AlexandraIDV 21:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Predator: Hunting Grounds

How comes this is a redirect? Has anyone created a draft yet? Govvy (talk) 16:14, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold and create it yourself! It's certainly notable enough. JOEBRO64 18:05, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@TheJoebro64: really... Be bold, I am not Batman! And anyway, I feel it's always good to double check that no one has already started on it yet! :/ Govvy (talk) 18:13, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ports

I was working on Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and was confused at how the reception uses the update Special Edition only. The original version and Special were released around the same year so I wonder if the article has to cover both. However, this year Capcom released another port for the Switch. Should it also be covered in the reception section? When I worked in Devil May Cry 4 I covered its updated port (released about five years after the original one) in another section so I'm kinda lost.Tintor2 (talk) 13:49, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not sure but the Switch version did include exclusive features such as on the fly weapon switching and a local co-op for the Bloody Palace mode so it may make sense to mention them if the reviewers decided to focus on them when they reviewed fhe switch version.--69.157.252.96 (talk) 18:24, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a guideline for this? I mean, the port was released literally fifteen years after the original game. It's why I wonder why the DMC4 Special Edition has to be covered in the gameplay and plot sections of the game despite being released about five years after vanilla. Kinda reminds me to all Street Fighter game.Tintor2 (talk) 21:03, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Started Talk:Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening#Reception seems lacking?.Tintor2 (talk) 23:54, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Street Fighter

Just asking for a few more eyes at Talk:Street Fighter#Human_Killing_Machine, if nothing else to endorse my decision to remove the content as discussed there. Thank you! —Locke Cole • t • c 05:22, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How is this sandbox?

I never created an article like this due to the rereleases I have had not enough content to write some paragraphs. However, Devil May Cry 4's updated version had quite some coverage by the media (to the point the vanilla article was kinda tricky) so I gave it a shot here in my sandbox. What do you think? I think there is enough reception but I'm not sure if it's enough to give Special Edition its own article.Tintor2 (talk) 18:39, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Super Mario 35th anniversary

Just posting this here so we can be on top of things. It's technicially still just rumors for now, but Eurogamer, Gematsu, VentureBeat, and VGC are saying it's legit based on their sources (which excites me, because I've imagined a remastered 3D Mario compilation for the past seven years or so). JOEBRO64 00:30, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've started a draft for it at Draft:Untitled Super Mario collection, in case anyone's interested in contributing or watching it. JOEBRO64 15:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I personally wanna see definitive evidence that points to these being true, rather than just what appears to be publications reporting on rumor mills. I'd love to see this happen though. Sunshine is still one of my favorite Mario games after all these years, so I'd be all for an HD remake of it. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 15:46, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, a ton of reputable sources are saying it's real. We shouldn't create a mainspace article about it until there's an official announcement, of course, but a draft is fine. That's what we've done with games that they didn't officially announce for a few months even though they were confirmed to be real by multiple sources, like Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Team Sonic Racing. JOEBRO64 20:07, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My AfDs

Hi everyone,

Does anyone feel like commenting on these two AfDs? Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PLIB (2nd nomination) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multimedia Applications Development Environment (3rd nomination). Thanks. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 14:40, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've closed them as soft deletes. -- ferret (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ferret, you shouldn't have closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multimedia Applications Development Environment (3rd nomination) as it had 2 afds resulting in keep. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 16:06, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Jovanmilic97 That was taken into consideration, read my close. The 2007 AFD literally had a Keep that acknowledged there was no sourcing. Feel free to refund and address the sourcing issue. I chose to soft delete with that in mind, but if you prefer, I will change it to an outright delete, which would still be valid. -- ferret (talk) 16:09, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've gone ahead and added some further clarification to my close. -- ferret (talk) 16:40, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There's been some chatter elsewhere (I think maybe on Iridescent's talk page) that it really doesn't make sense to immunize an article from PROD if the last PRODs or AFDs or whatnot were over 10 years ago, but that's not policy/guideline of course. I think there is a solid case for WP:IAR here for once given the history, but both WP:REFUND and WP:DRV are available to you if you think otherwise and want further community comment. --Izno (talk) 16:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In this case as well, both AFDs in 2007 were opened by the same individual (the second with no proper rationale) and had low participation with (literally) weird arguments and zero policy statements. -- ferret (talk) 16:20, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I see it now, and thanks for the explanation Ferret! There seems to be another of these at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Virtual Woman, same case as the two above. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 19:53, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Done After reviewing the sources myself, etc. -- ferret (talk) 20:37, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ferret, thanks for your help. I was worried that MADE wouldn't be deleted because it was the third AfD. Thanks! soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 05:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

About that Conquer COVID-19 Bundle

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I purchased Humble Bundle's Conquer COVID-19 Bundle, mostly for games like Hollow Knight, Superhot and Undertale. But there's a bunch of games I already own, on PlayStation or on Steam: indie darlings Psychonauts, Brütal Legend and The Witness; Zelda-inspired action games Darksiders and Darksiders II or Sniper Elite III's Nazi-killing fun, and some other titles. I don't want to keep anyone from editing Wikipedia, but maybe I can make another WP:VG member happy with these games. Anyone interested? soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 08:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I've got PSVR, which sadly doesn't work on other platforms. Would you send me an email, IceWelder? With Tilt Brush gone, I've got these up for grabs:
  • The Witness
  • Killing Floor 2
  • Darksiders Warmastered Edition
  • Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
  • Sniper Elite 3
  • This Is the Police
  • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
  • Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
  • Psychonauts
  • Brütal Legend
  • Broken Age

soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 11:40, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sega Ages

I've noticed a lot of edits on this page recently, all being reverts from random IP addresses. They keep removing the Sega Ages Online/Sega Vintage Collection table with no edit summary, and I'm getting a bit sick of it. Any chance this page could be protected for a bit? Namcokid47 (Contribs) 20:17, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Namcokid47: Doesn't warrant protection at this time. Special:Contributions/2A02:C7D:9020:6C00:0:0:0:0/64 blocked for disruption. -- ferret (talk) 20:23, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 20:24, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have the article on my watchlist too, FYI. Sergecross73 msg me 21:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Honkai Impact 3rd Article Reevaluation

The ″HI3″ article has come a long way from where it was a few months ago. I think it's beyond the ″Start″ rating it currently has (C or B level, I would guess). Since it is no longer April 1st, I thought it the perfect opportunity to ask, how does an article get re-evaluated? DriftWrench2k (talk) 04:39, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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