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http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/baten-kaitos-eternal-wings-and-the-lost-ocean/critic-reviews Sergecross73 msg me 19:33, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sales

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/3667/baten-kaitos-eternal-wings-and-the-lost-ocean-gamecube - Mentions a sales goal of 500,000 copies sold that I hadn't seen elsewhere. Putting here for now, as this would be more useful if actual sales are found. Sergecross73 msg me 18:43, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2005/1175.html - Namco's internal figures showed 161,000 copies in its debut months in NA. If they gave figures like this back then, it may be able to piece together a picture here... Sergecross73 msg me 20:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/namco-reports-strong-q3-profits-despite-poor-us-sales - Namco had a good quarter in BK's Japanese release. Sergecross73 msg me 20:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2004/1043.html Aaand this one shows some JP sales and Namco's disappointment in the sales. Finally, something can be written. Sergecross73 msg me 21:18, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019

https://kotaku.com/baten-kaitos-speedrunner-loses-97-hours-of-progress-due-1838075407/amp The appearing itself is inconsequential to the article, but it may indirectly be helpful in sourcing some gameplay mechanics. Sergecross73 msg me 00:48, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect Baten Kaitos

Baten Kaitos currently redirects to Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean. I changed it to a disambiguation page here but the move was reverted by @Sergecross73:. Please support or oppose changing Baten Kaitos to a disambiguation page. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 17:33, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - it doesn’t make sense to have a dab page when none of the 3 entries are actually the word itself. Everything naturally disambiguates itself with the current titles. Sergecross73 msg me 17:52, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Except that Baten Kaitos is the proper name of the star, and so the redirect Baten Kaitos doesn't naturally disambiguate. However, the video game may well be the primary topic - the proper name for the star was highly obscure until adopted by the IAU recently and is still not in widespread use. The star receives far fewer page hits and the video game dominates web search results and even book results, although I'd never heard of it until today. Lithopsian (talk) 19:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that’s why I made the change years back - the page views for the game is a lot higher, and Baten Kaitos isn’t even the common name for the star. Sergecross73 msg me 20:19, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]