Talk:Sasuke vs. Commander

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Did you know... that Sasuke vs. Commander, one of SNK's earlier arcade games, was among the earliest to feature multiple boss fights?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Sasuke vs. Commander, one of SNK's earlier arcade games, was popular in Japan in 1981, but is better known today for its boss fights? Source: Game Machine (for popular) and Moyse (for boss fights)
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Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 17:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sasuke vs. Commander; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Interesting: - It would perhaps be more interesting to introduce it as "one of the first videogames with boss fights"?

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Maury Markowitz: it looks good, but I am not convinced by the structure of the hook. One would expect but to introduce a contrasting clause, but in this case I don't see how it is contrasting with the first statement. It would perhaps more interesting to introduce it as "one of the first videogames with boss fights"? Broc (talk) 13:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Broc: I agree, that is a better hook, so...

ALT1: ... that Sasuke vs. Commander, one of SNK's earlier arcade games, was among the earliest to feature multiple boss fights? Source: Game Machine (for popular) and Moyse (for boss fights)

good for me with ALT1. --Broc (talk) 09:26, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]