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Reviewer: Alexandra IDV (talk · contribs) 17:58, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Will be reviewing this, expect comments within a few days--AlexandraIDV 17:58, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Namcokid47: Oops, just saw what happened on the talk page. Do you feel the article is ready for GAN? (because if so I am still interested in reviewing it for you)--AlexandraIDV 18:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I think so. I read it multiple times and double checked my sources, so I believe it's ready. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 19:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Lead
  • checkY ウォー would normally be romanized as Wō
  • "published on the day that Nintendo ceased all services for the system." - this specific statement is not mentioned in the article body. The article body does mention that there was a "final call" before they ceased services, but not that the end of services happened on the same date as the game's release.
  • checkY "Its late release left it being largely ignored by video game publications." - is this OR? I can't see it backed up by any RSs in the article.
  • checkY There are a lot of currencies called dollars, if this is US dollars you should specify that (both here and in the development section). Additionally, the corresponding part in the article body says "over $1,000", which is not the same as "thousands".
Gameplay
  • Seems fine.
Development and release
  • checkY Is there any information available on who worked on the game - director, designer, etc? If not, that's fine.
    • The people listed in the infobox are the only ones I was able to find while making the article, unfortunately.
  • checkY Seems fine aside from the currency thing mentioned above.
Reception
  • checkY Again, is there a source for the game's late release leading to little coverage? If not, should be removed as OR.
    • It's definitely WP:OR after looking at it again. Removed.
  • checkY Do we know the identity of the Retrogames reviewer? If not, we should not assume that "he" is correct.
    • Yes, we have a name - Jason Moore. For whatever reason I forgot to add his name into the page, which I've since corrected.
  • checkY Reword the bit about "terrible combat sequences" to avoid sounding like we're claiming the combat is "objectively terrible".
    • Parish outright stated in the video that the combat scenes were "terrible", so I thought "okay, well if he literally said it was, I should add that into the article". I agree it does seem biased, so I just removed the word entirely.
  • checkY You should briefly explain what Virtual Lab is, to make the comparison make sense to readers not familiar with it.
    • The reason I didn't do that originally was because I had a draft article for Virtual Lab that I was planning to finish, so I'd just link the game from there. It's a long way from being complete, though, so I guess I just forgot about it. Briefly noted it's a puzzle game in the text.
Things I noticed that are not strictly necessary to address to meet the GA criteria
  • I would very strongly suggest adding alt text to the images for the sake of accessibility.
  • Not necessarily a problem, but it is a bit non-standard to mention the developer that late in the lead.
    • I thought that it made for a good segway into the development and reception part of the lead, so that's why I did it.
  • In the article body, dates are formatted as "December 22, 1995", while the references use "1 December 1995" - either is fine, but it should be consistent throughout the article

@Namcokid47: A few issues, but nothing too major. I will put this review on hold for seven days; ping me if you have any questions or when you have addressed the issues above.--AlexandraIDV 07:17, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Namcokid47: It's been a week - just wanted to check what's happening, since I haven't seen any activity in the article or on here.--AlexandraIDV 18:03, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Namcokid47: I see that you made some changes, but then have been working on other things since without responding here. If you need more time, that's fine, but I'd like to know what's happening and not be left hanging, since it's been almost ten days since I put the review on hold.--AlexandraIDV 23:27, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Alexandra IDV: - Addressed all issues. Sorry that I took so long. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 01:16, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Namcokid47: No worries, and thank you for addressing everything. I will go ahead and promote the article to GA now~!--AlexandraIDV 15:12, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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