Talk:Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

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"Hedgehog Engine 2" was added in revision 896636428 by an anonymous user. Sonic fans seem to have a strange obsession with "ENGINES!!", e.g. slamming games that "don't have an engine" while praising games that "do" have an "engine" regardless of the actual gameplay.

Never mind the fact that "Hedgehog Engine 2" is not a game engine; it's a lighting engine.

Is there any confirmed source indicating that M&S 2020 does in fact use HE2? ---GerbilSoft (talk) 03:09, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Sixth and possibly final installment"

I removed part of the text that suggested this was the game's final entrance to the series. There's nothing, to my knowledge, supporting this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.55.193 (talk) 19:02, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Who in the world quoted the Onion about this!? 2600:1700:CC40:E890:1D09:67EE:4E5A:8FE (talk) 23:33, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Article name after delay

Opening up a discussion, as there seems to be some back and forth and misconceptions.

AppTrigger and TheGamer are not reliable sources. They’re amateur bloggers. Their sentiments should not be included.
Its worth mentioning that the game will retain its original name/year despite the actual Olympics being delayed into the next year. If not now, in the future, it will be confusing why the years don’t match. It should be acknowledged and explained to the reader. Sergecross73 msg me 02:00, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Pointlessness of mentioning that the name isn't changing due to delay

Despite the delay of the Tokyo Olympic Games from 2020 to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the game will retain the "Tokyo 2020 Olympics", name for the purposes of branding.^[1]

I know this might seem like I'm splitting hairs over something that could, theoretically, be left in, but I just feel like this addition adds nothing to the article. Like I've said before, using an unrelated source about a general fact to do with Tokyo 2020, that doesn't have anything to do with the game itself, to point out that something ISN'T happening, with no other context, doesn't make sense. If that is considered "notable", than you could come up with absolutely anything that also is NOT happening to this game, then find a general source that is able to proof it. Just because it's something you can prove with a source that doesn't make it worthwhile as an addition, and just because it is a notable fact in general, that doesn't make it notable within the context of this specific article. Putting a footnote on all Tokyo 2020 stuff that the name isn't changing is utterly pointless. The only argument I can see, as to why this needs to be included is because there are, for whatever reason, a bunch of people who don't seem to understand that SEGA aren't gonna be changing the name of the game to "Tokyo 2021" and have tried to edit the article in the past to change the name to this. However this is an individual's problem, and not something that matters when talking about what does and doesn't belong on an article. People should be able to take it upon themselves to look into a matter like this one themselves, if it bothers/interests them enough. An article shouldn't assume that people don't have the capacity to do further research beyond what's on the article and feel the need to shove absolutely all frivolous information onto that article, regardless of whether it's a needed addition or not. --94.10.99.121 (talk) 19:11, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

While I originally mostly made the addition just to try to salvage at least some of your original misguided efforts in the reception section, after reflection, it really is worth mentioning. There’s a difference between “reporting on a non-action” and “reporting on non-action in response to an action”. We’re not just adding a note that says “Hey guess what, two decades later, it’s still called Sonic Adventure”. We’re reporting that even though the event the game is based off of is delayed a year, it’s still using the original year in the title”. Very different. Now please stop edit warring, I warned you of that yesterday and yet you still continue to revert today, despite me starting a discussion about this one section above yesterday... Sergecross73 msg me 19:23, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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^ EDT, Scott McDonald On 3/25/20 at 8:16 PM (2020-03-25). "The reason why Olympics in 2021 will still be called the 2020 Olympic Games". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] EDT, Scott McDonald On 3/25/20 at 8:16 PM (2020-03-25). "The reason why Olympics in 2021 will still be called the 2020 Olympic Games". Newsweek. Retrieved 2020-03-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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