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Noob Saibot

I just noticed today that someone had recreated the article, but it still doesn't look to meet notability guidelines as it's literally the old redirected article with some Shacknews cites and speculation about the MK movie sequel added. There's still no distinct out-of-universe coverage of the character aside from his one Fatality, which was already present when the article was redirected two years ago. πŸ’₯Casualty β€’ Hop along. β€’ 17:12, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Pinging the person who recreated this article. @Tintor2. Kazama16 (talk) 18:10, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Well, there's a couple things you can do. Youre technically free to follow WP:BRD and do a WP:BLAR. That said, it looks like it was created, and later edited, by a few experienced and active editors, so there's a good chance they'd revert you. So you could just jump to a WP:MERGE discussion on the talk page or WP:AFD. Sergecross73 msg me 18:21, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Oops, I didn't recognize yourname as assumed you were a newbie. Didn't realize you had changed your name. Sorry, you probably knew all of that already. Sergecross73 msg me 18:23, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Sergecross73 Not a problem. GreenishPickle initially thought I was a sock when I first changed it. :) πŸ’₯Casualty β€’ Hop along. β€’ 02:17, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
I see. I guess it's better merging it back. Tintor2 (talk) 21:24, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Confusion on something

Why Is Gyromite and Stack-up not their own pages? I get it’s connect to R.O.B. but also i feel like it should be it’s own page and so? And if you do agree could you created the page? GyroidGalaxian (talk) 13:14, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

I personally don't know what either of those things are, but generally speaking, the answer to most questions related to whether or not something has an article are:
  1. Does it meet the WP:GNG? If no, it shouldn't have its own article.
  2. Does it fail any points of WP:MERGEREASON or WP:NOT. If yes, then it probably shouldn't have its own article.
  3. If it meets the GNG and doesn't fail MERGEREASON or NOT, is it possible that simply no one has gotten around to it yet? There's a couple of video games released years ago that I believe meet all the requirements, but I simply haven't had the time or motivation to create them, nor has anyone else.
If you aren't able to apply these ideas to these things, hopefully someone else can give you a more specific answer. Sergecross73 msg me 14:24, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Looking at the sections, its potentially due to limited coverage. If more coverage of the games outside of their relationship to R.O.B. can be found, they could be expanded. Its just likely that no one has bothered yet. Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:45, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
It's likely due to WP:OVERLAP because they overlap so heavily with ROB. They could be their own articles, but it would get heavy pushback and probably get merged. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 15:02, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Looking at the current R.O.B. article, I don't see any reviews or other sources on the specific games. I think because these two and R.O.B. were practically a single package (the real investment is the robot), few publications bothered to review the games separately from R.O.B. itself. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 06:33, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:01, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

7,500 or fewer Stub-Class articles reaching completion

I've noticed this a couple of days ago but on WP:VG it says were are approaching one of the four major milestones. (I've checked the archives and the last disusssion on this was in 2016(?))

It was 192 two days ago. Now at 165. Congrats everyone on the hard work :D

A lot of them probably aren't stubs anymore either.

That begs the question should changed the goal? Once we reach it of course and to what. Timur9008 (talk) 14:34, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

This goal was started April 9, 2024, at which point we had 8832 stubs left (there's a hidden comment for each goal at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/goals); the discussion was Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive 174#Goals. If we finish it off soon that might be the fastest we've ever completed a goal; the bottom two goals are from November 2020, which isn't extreme for how we do these. --PresN 17:23, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Draft:Roco Kingdom (game)

Submitted for review, improved from an older draft. I think it is notable - led to a franchise that has several video games and even movies and such in China. If anyone here reviews stuff for AfC, do check it. This was started by a student of mine, and improved recently by @Vacosea Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:56, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

New Articles (October 6 to October 12)

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I'm not quite convinced the Minecraft Java article is notable. It seems to largely just be Wikipedia:ROUTINE game updates, which iirc goes against policy. There doesn't really seem to be much dev info that isn't just "an update released, here's what was added in each update". Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 06:07, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Encarta MindMaze

Hello Wikiproject Videogames, I recently created MindMaze (video game). I don't have a ton of experience editing videogame pages--am I missing some standard info that most videogames pages have? I think the page passes notability criteria but it was a little difficult to find sources. Rwelean (talk) 18:47, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

I thought of making a MindMaze article a few times, as there was some significant coverage for the minigame, but I couldn't find enough sourcing. This Rock Paper Shotgun article and this Adventure Gamers article were the best I could find, and it would need pretty substantial sourcing to overcome the issue of WP:OVERLAP with Encarta itself. Unfortunately I don't believe the current article would even pass WP:GNG and merging it to Encarta is probably the best option here. (P.S. It should be titled "Encarta MindMaze" if there ever was an article). α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 22:32, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Hmm - I also noticed that the Adventure Gamers article quotes a Kotaku Australia review and that in 2020 there was apparently a full article on MindMaze in Kotaku. However, Kotaku Australia is totally dead and that review obviously no longer pops up. If anyone can access it, let me know. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 22:37, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Encarta has an archive link since it used that article as a source. Sariel Xilo (talk) 22:42, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Unfortunately Adventure Gamers was marked as unreliable from 2021 onwards: Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources#Subject/Genre-specific. --Mika1h (talk) 23:15, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
That is fair, I'll get rid of the article. It seems that it still doesn't meet GNG in that case. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 23:20, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Can it be discussed in the Encarta article? It's not notable but still verifiable it seems. Then you can leave a redirect. Masem (t) 18:04, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Actually since then there has been an AfD that was withdrawn, it's probably notable. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 18:07, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
This AFD? That strikes me as far from some sort of final word on its notability... Sergecross73 msg me 18:19, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Template:Video game reviews

Can someone add Slant Magazine to Template:Video game reviews please? Helper201 (talk) 19:19, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

How often does Slant do reviews? We don't want to add every single source that has ever reviewed a game for some reason or another, that's why we have additional fields for one-offs. Masem (t) 19:21, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Very often. They have a whole main section dedicated to video games. In which you can see plenty of reviews. Helper201 (talk) 20:35, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Last time I asked at this talkpage how to cite old video game release dates, it was said that copyright dates were fine to use as references: Archive 169#Release dates for 80s games. Now they are removed from articles like Wizard Warz, Wizard Wars (video game). Mika1h (talk) 15:18, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm leaning no on this question because the copyright year may not be correct on some occasions. Putt-Putt Enters the Race, for example, is copyrighted for 1998 but in reality came out on January 1, 1999, as attested by a press release. This already caused a lot of headache over there because an IP editor kept inserting made-up 1998 dates, many chronologically impossible, based solely on that copyright year. IceWelder [βœ‰] 15:57, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
I know its beside the point, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who would immediately question whether or not a game (or any commercial product) truly released on the first of the year... Sergecross73 msg me 16:09, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Yep, I was wondering too. First day, of the first month of the year really smells like a database or spreadsheet mishandling a badly formatted, year only piece of data. - X201 (talk) 07:23, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
FYI the the official page for the rerelease does say 1998[1] so that's probably not helping with the confusion either. If you're positive it's 1999, maybe add a WP:SOURCEWRONG footnote or something... CurlyWi (talk) 16:46, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Copyright dates really should be a last resort. They've been shown to be wrong before. Both the articles you linked have magazine reviews so one of those must have mentioned a release month. TarkusABtalk/contrib 06:04, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
80s/early 90s magazines rarely mention release dates, usually they just say "it's out now". --Mika1h (talk) 08:07, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Yeah, they often state a month. I forget where i've read this in some game history video, but back then release dates are just so vague and often purporsely so if devs needed more time to release something or hold back on releasing something. For 20th century games, In Japan, they is often a lot of detail about release dates, American products it is much harder, and European release dates are even more of a wild west. Not to mention so many game sites now just became databases for every game ever and seem to pull these impossible to find release dates from seemingly nowhere. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:17, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
No, they really don't mention even a month. Usually it's not stated at all, and when it is stated, it's like "release: out now". --Mika1h (talk) 18:01, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Yeah exactly. Its very frustrating. I have found the rare occasion where a more specific date is available, but these are obviously rare butterflies of information. Andrzejbanas (talk) 20:27, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
I disagree with this approach. Copyright registration dates aren't release dates, period. Maybe it's fine to mentioned "Copyrighted in 19xx", but it should never be used to claim a release date. That's simply SYNTH. Copyrights and trademarks have often been filed well before any release, with these days sometimes occurring years before release. Even consider the '80s, it's a synth jump. They simply aren't the same thing. In some cases, the copyright has even been filed after release, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Defender and Donkey Kong itself (which is a famous litigation case). Current litigation for Activision over Call of Duty Warzone regards the trademark for "Warzone", which was in use by a web browser game in 2017 but retro-actively trademarked in 2020. -- ferret (talk) 13:04, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Would a phrasing like "Released c. 1998" work when using copyright as a source? ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 13:08, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
I think even that is too strong - if we're using a copyright year to date a game, then we should just say "Copyright 19xx" rather than trying to infer a release date. It's even a bit dodgy trying to guess the release date from when the first reviews and adverts appeared, since 80s/90s magazines (in the UK at least) were usually put together 2-4 months ahead of their cover date, and reviewers weren't necessarily playing the released version of the game. (And this all assumes that the publisher even had a specific release date in mind, rather than just whenever the game made it through the distribution chain to shops.) Adam Sampson (talk) 22:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
I'm going to assume this is partially per me removing dates from some articles as they cited a copyright as a release year. I feel like using it, even as a "last resource" is still just trying to say something that is not being applied by the source in question. The copyright can potentially give you a good hunt to try and find a time that it may have been released, but it no relationion to when something became commercially available. I'd rather have no release date mentioned in an article than shoving in square pegs into round holes by citing a copyright date as a release date. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:15, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Removal of MobyGames as a source for release dates for older games

So this is something I've been thinking of doing and I wanted to hear what others think. MobyGames release dates for older games (mostly pre-1995) aren't always accurate.

For example, Video Business lists Mario Paint US release date as August 17, 1992 [2] while MobyGames list it as August 1, 1992 [3].

I've been removing GameFAQs as source as a release dates for a while now. The problem is i'm not sure what to replace the MobyGames and GameFAQs sources with because there is not always a trade magazine or Newspapers source available.

Any advice would be great. Timur9008 (talk) 15:06, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that's been the eternal struggle. Neither Gamefaqs nor MobyGames are supposed to be used as sources per WP:VG/S. But there's often no replacement source either... Sergecross73 msg me 15:16, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Exact dates are not essential particularly for older games before street dates readily became a thing. If you can source "August 1992", that should be sufficient. Masem (t) 15:23, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
I've had success before with checking the archived AllGame pages; it's slow to find a particular game but they often have release dates or months. --PresN 15:56, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Though not always, it just has Mario Paint as 1992. (Though it does have the Japanese version as July 14, 1992.) --PresN 16:00, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
Definitely drop all the MobyGames links in general. Its all user-submitted content with little oversight of how/where it was collected. I've submitted things to that site, had its ratings changed and it was all inconsistent. By my experience, Japanese release date tend to be very specific and can be found in Famitsu and other gaming sites with relatively little inconsistency on how dates my clash with other sources. With US release dates, you may be lucky to devine it down to a month, while others might have more direct release dates (i.e: Mortal Kombat and some early Sonic games had a huge marketing push for its games to be released on home console on a set date. For home computer games, its often a lot more obscure, especially in the UK and EU market. You'll be lucky if you can confirm a year. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:41, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
I keep MobyGames for External links (although I guess I can stop using it for that as well) Timur9008 (talk) 08:08, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
Yeah I'm comfortable for having it as an external link. That might be just an old habit dying hard like having nearly all film articles link to IMDb. And I don't really hear about anyone using IMDb anymore in the same way that...lets say people use Letterboxd. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:30, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
Be mindful that some websites use date templates that require a full date (with a day), but they may only know the month, and so they default to the 1st of the month. Then other sources see this and copy it, and it creates a citogenesis issue. TarkusABtalk/contrib 21:16, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Gameplay sections and ideas on how to improve them

I'm curious about whether people think having access to a video game would make it easier to write a gameplay section. I go back and forth on that. Sometimes I think it would help because I occasionally don't understand what reviewers are talking about when they use genre-specific jargon or poorly explain a game mechanic. On the other hand, I own quite a few of the games that I created articles for on Wikipedia, and I still haven't gotten around to playing them years later. Having even more games in my backlog probably wouldn't incentivize me to make faster progress through it.

That said, Steam's curator program is something I've thought about off and on over the past few years. It would provide a way to collect unwanted or duplicate Steam keys while letting a group have legitimate access (Steam's rules allow multiple people to operate the curator account). If it were an official WMF-branded account, we could also request that publishers donate keys to the curator so that article creators could access the games they were writing about. Access would presumably be like The Wikipedia Library (or even a part of that project).

It's something to think about, I suppose. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm usually sitting on couple Steam keys that I could donate to a curator. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 23:16, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

I think it's totally possible to write a decent gameplay section without having played the game, based purely on sources alone, especially if you're broadly familiar with the genre or similar games. After all, we have no choice but to do this for games that haven't been released yet, and it tends to work fine. But playing the game improves your chances of correctly interpreting what a source is saying. (As for the Steam key idea, sounds neat, though I personally wouldn't use it as an editor.) Popcornfud (talk) 23:21, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
I am skeptical towards the Steam curator idea. First, this only covers games released on Steam; Second, this might give developers a false impression that their game guarantees an article. MilkyDefer 02:51, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Considering we want sources for gameplay, it might be even better to try and write a gameplay section without having played the game, it would stop us from taking any liberties going beyond what sources say. Andrzejbanas (talk) 17:32, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
Speaking for myself, the vast majority of the game articles I've done any extensive work on have been ones I never played (all the survival horrors I've done, all the JP exclusives, the list goes on). I think saying something like "wouldn't it be better if you played the game first" might set up an unworkable precedent, regardless of sourcing issues that arise from fringe mechanics that some users might insist be included. Just my quick take. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:42, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Tomonobu Itagaki

Article if often out dated with text likely written years ago, and needs to be updated. Often includes fluffy fan style prose. The works chart is uncited. Harizotoh9 (talk) 13:18, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

To note, he just died and it would be nice to get improvements so that it can be put on the recent deaths line at ITN Masem (t) 13:54, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Characters of Dragon Age: Inquisition#Requested move 10 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Characters of Dragon Age: Inquisition#Requested move 10 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. veko. (user | talk | contribs) [he/him] 14:53, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Possible new sources to use in older game articles

This is according to the press coverage page for the game Total Distortion [4]

Many sources (both offline and online) I haven't even heard of. There are more than 100 listed there (I know of more than half of them).

Does anyone know how to access the rest of them? It's unlikely the Wikipedia library has all of them so I'm just wondering. There could of use to this project. Timur9008 (talk) 17:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

Late response here! But this is fascinating, thanks for sharing this list! I have newspapers.com access through the library which should be helpful for the local reviews, but let me see what I can dig up of the rest. Would be incredibly helpful for some of the old game articles I like to write as well! Nomader (talk) 14:56, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Requesting input

There's an ongoing discussion at Talk:List of best-selling video games about whether the list should be limited to titles with at least 25 million copies sold or the top 50 entries. Feel free to participate in this discussion and give your suggestions. Kazama16 (talk) 17:55, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Should we import scores from Metacritic to Wikidata?

Hi, as I understand, Metacritic info is not copyrighted, and it is possible to legally parse it? I imagine a script that doing that. Vitaly Zdanevich (talk) 11:19, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Or better - bot, that triggers on adding Metacritic ID to Wikidata - in such case the bot will import all ratings. Vitaly Zdanevich (talk) 14:46, 17 October 2025 (UTC)
Feel free to open the discussion at d:Wikidata talk:WikiProject Video games. :-) There is precedent for importing scores, see eg OpenCritic and RottenTomatoes. Jean-Fred (talk) 19:03, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Voice123

There's a discussion about using Voice123 as a reliable source for voice actors at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Voice123. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 07:32, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Using quotes as sources for plots

Quite a few years ago, we've used in-game quotes as sources for plot summaries such as the Final Fantasy series. Since the game itself is a primary source, should we consider removing them? Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 07:37, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I don't get why you would remove them. The problem with citing a game in general is that it's incredibly vague. Said information could be anywhere in a potentially hundred hour length, and people aren't going to be able to track it down without specifying exactly where the information came from. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 08:08, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Of course, we can always use the instruction manuals for plot details and character information. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 08:10, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Instruction manuals have barely any plot detail besides the most basic, in order to not spoil the game. There's still an obvious need for quote-based sources. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 08:26, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
They're better than nothing, but if it's possibly to cite a plot to reliable secondary sources, that's certainly preferred. That makes it easier to identify which elements are considered relevant and useful to include in our plot summaries, versus which elements are irrelevant/considered unimportant. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 09:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
I think it's simply fallen out of fashion as an editing style. There's no harm in adding quotes/citing the game script, but for most statements of fact about the plot, it's unnecessary. On the other hand, there's no need to spend effort to remove them either. Axem Titanium (talk) 11:51, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Plots are allowed to be sourced to the primary work. Quotes are generally used to make sure that if a key plot element fundamental to the story slips by in a single line that a player might miss, then the quote affirms that line to avoid the appearance of interpreting the plot. Masem (t) 12:11, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
I'm of the opinion that quotes can be useful, but they should only be used, as Masem said, when a concept is maybe more complicated or ambiguous and not for more explicit things. Cukie Gherkin (talk) 13:41, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
I agree with Axem/Masem/Cukie above. Sergecross73 msg me 15:39, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

New Articles (October 13 to October 19)

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I apologize to anyone who has to gaze at the Sanma no Meitantei game cover for obvious reasons. *woof*. Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:35, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Pepsiman (video game)#Requested move 14 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Pepsiman (video game)#Requested move 14 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPathtalk 09:48, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Characters of the Overwatch franchise#Requested move 13 October 2025

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Assistance with Game Boy Printer

I've been slowly working on finding citations for games that support the Game Boy Printer, but the article is in need of a much more drastic overhaul. Basically everything after the supported games list is extremely detailed technical information that has little to no sourcing, and what sources are there don't pass muster. Unless better sourcing can be found, I fear the article will need to be merged back into List of Game Boy accessories, so I'm putting the call out to see if anyone would be willing to assist with condensing, cleaning up, and sourcing those details. If it ends up having to be merged, I want to be able to say we gave fixing things an honest shot before taking that route, y'know? -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 05:33, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm not seeing anything. It's possible there are Japanese sources out there though. Timur9008 (talk) 05:58, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
While it's fairly unlikely you will find modern Internet sources for it, there are lots in older magazines.
α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 08:20, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
Thanks. I ended up taking a hatchet to the article, and while there's still room for improvement, I do feel better about the state of things overall. IF anyone else wants to take a crack at it, though, I certainly won't object. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:01, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Gothos (video game)

Does anyone see any sources for this game? Aside from what I found on Microforum's website I'm not seeing anything else and the two reviews aren't reliable. (I've checked the Internet Archive as well) Timur9008 (talk) 04:42, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

It's also a Coin945 article and he had a history of iffy pages, so I'm going to say it's likely non-notable and you should AfD it. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 06:16, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Perhaps a redirect to Microforum International (the game's publisher)? I don't do AFDs
I didn't even notice it's a Coin945 page. Timur9008 (talk) 06:26, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
A WP:BLAR should also be acceptable, yes. α΄’xᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (α΄›) 06:34, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
I went ahead and redirected it. Timur9008 (talk) 06:37, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Stickerb[r]ush Symphony and Internet checkpoint: opinions needed

Hi, I have noticed recent attempts by multiple editors to cover the above topics. There was an attempt to un-redirect the article Stickerbush Symphony (version here) earlier this year. And more recently, there is a new article Internet checkpoint, first as a draft then undrafted by the author himself. The new article seems properly sourced but I do find the sources somewhat non-conventional. I would appreciate any feedback on this new article and the new attempt. MilkyDefer 13:58, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

As a side note, during the un-redirect attempt, a redict Internet Checkpoint (note the different capitalisation) was created to point to the "Stickerbush Symphony" article. When the "Stickerbush Symphony" article was reverted back to a redirect, the "Internet Checkpoint" redirect now points to DKC2 article as a result of double-redirect fixing. Should the new "Internet checkpoint" article be accepted, the redirect would need to be adjusted accordingly. MilkyDefer 14:09, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
I retargeted the redirect. Either the target article will exist or both will not; there's no need for the redirect otherwise. Axem Titanium (talk) 19:38, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Jackbox Games

Look at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackbox_Games

What's the MOS on sections like Games Developed in the above page Kingsacrificer (talk) 20:22, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

FAC for Tetris

Hi. I have nominated Tetris for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tetris/archive1. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks. Lazman321 (talk) 13:58, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

New Articles (October 20 to October 26)

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Love the cover art for Majo-tachi no Nemuri, even if its really trying to channel the same vibe of Kamaitachi no Yoru. So many of VN games for the SNES really wanted to look like the Chunsoft games that its highly amusing to me. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:30, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Likely slipped between the cracks of the bot updates, but I did get Ball x Pit created last week. Masem (t) 16:56, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Added; I think the page move confused things. --PresN 17:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
Oh, I forgot to fair use upload the gameplay screenshot, will do AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 00:08, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kurenai no Tsuki

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The article Kurenai no Tsuki has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and for Notability concerns for 5 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate.

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WikiProject discussion

Hi, folks. Just wanted to let you know there's an ongoing discussion regarding the potential inactivity of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Visual novels on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#Merging defunct WikiProjects. Your comments there would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:14, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Voice actor discussions

There's a discussion on getting famous English and Japanese voice actors up to GA/FA status. It can be located at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#Voice actor GA/FA drive?. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 07:51, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Development of Minecraft: Java Edition#Requested move 13 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Development of Minecraft: Java Edition#Requested move 13 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 16:33, 29 October 2025 (UTC)