Talk:Fire Emblem Shadows/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 03:03, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: OpalYosutebito (talk · contribs) 00:53, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've always wanted to review a Fire Emblem article, and now's my chance, even if the game wasn't what I had in mind. I worry that it might be a little too soon for the article to become a GA, but that's just my paranoia kicking in! :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 00:53, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At a glance, I've noticed some sources comparing the game's mechanics to Among Us. It might be interesting to mention for broadness purposes :) - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 01:00, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added a few sources that include Among Us comparisons Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:24, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like the sentence would fit a little better in the "Critical reception" section, since that's where all the opinions and reactions typically belong - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 22:43, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will shift it there momentarily. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:58, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pokelego999 do you have any information on who wrote/produced/programmed the game? I'm looking at Fire Emblem Heroes as a reference article of sorts, and FEH's infobox looks pretty in-depth in comparison... - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 23:07, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OpalYosutebito that is because FEH's infobox includes a lot of unsourced information. I previously removed this from Shadows's article to avoid having unsourced info. That information should typically be cited in the body, but given that most of the people who worked on this game aren't discussed in secondary sources, I see no reason to include the information. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:58, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This sentence is a bit unclear to me: Players then must fight the traitor in combat; if the other players defeat the traitor, they win, but if the traitor defeats the other players, they win. I'll edit it right now - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 22:44, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Butting in, I think that the line "Upon release, the game received negative responses from Fire Emblem fans" is not really supported by the source. The article only cherry picks three griping fans on Xitter and doesn't cite any sort of larger fan survey about how much the game is liked. I don't think this is enough to really make any definitive statement on fan satisfaction, though critics obviously panned it. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:17, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To add to this, the lede states that the game "received negative reviews from critics and fans" - I don't see a source where entire negative fan "reviews" are discussed, apart from the above source, which only quotes short social media posts that couldn't be called reviews. It should probably just remove the "fan" part and only cite negative critical reception. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 00:24, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, calling anything "negatively received" has to have a diverse array of reliable sources to back it up. Also, sorry for not responding sooner; I've been busy with midterm week - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 00:32, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OpalYosutebito I assume you want me to remove the fans mentions? Just want to make sure. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 01:47, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An additional note: the plot section's missing Book 2's plot summary, as two books have in fact been released so far. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:28, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated this before Book 2's release; I'll add this sometime tomorrow when I have some time on my hands. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 02:38, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. I took a glance at another article for a video game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and it didn't mention anything fan-related until the "Legacy" section - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:29, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OpalYosutebito I've removed the fan mentions and added Book 2's plot info. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 20:41, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll take a look at it soon. Midterm week ended for me, so we've got plenty of time - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 20:43, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good so far! Just please be sure not to include "nowiki" markup next time you want to include an apostrophe. Instead, you should use the apostrophe template:

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- OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 20:55, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]