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Sonic Origins Plus topic before June 23?

Not sure if anyone still reads this, but I just had this thought. Sonic Origins Plus releases on June 23, and look how close we are to having every game in the compilation to GA or better. Skeptical that this would qualify as a Good Topic, but I thought this would be kinda cool to have the remaining 3 (or 4 if you count Sonic Origins) articles to GA before the game releases. I've already started on Sonic Drift. Red Phoenix ^talk 01:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh… so Sonic Drift turned into Maestro2016 cleanup. Most of the sources for development were badly misrepresented and the section has needed extensive gutting. Red Phoenix ^talk 23:14, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Discussion

Two Sonic games were proposed for merging here. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:08, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FAC feedback request

Hi all, I'm looking for any feedback at the FAC‎ for Daytona USA. Any and all feedback is welcomed and appreciated. Red Phoenix ^talk 01:32, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sega Ages Article

There are some minor things to be done on the Sega Saturn version. While the article itself talks about the developer Working Designs as being the publisher of the game I am having a lot of trouble finding reliable sources for a lot of things. If anyone has a copy of the manual for the version published by Spaz, please post the page numbers the references are on so it can be noted as a source to prevent removal of information.

- Items that need addressing.

1. In the USA release of Sega Ages in order to get all three games to fit on one CD some cuts had to be made to the sound track. Outrun had its original arcade tracks removed. The only thing that was kept in was the arranged sound. Because of the way the music sounded it seemed appropriate for driving after all according to them.

2. The three games seem to have it's cheat codes modified, unreleased , disabled or unknown from Japanese versions. Later on after the release of this compilation, Working Designs actually posted a code in their hint guide section on the now defunct site that told how to enable smooth mode and some other cool things they changed. I could probably use the Wayback machine to find the information on this.

Also speaking of codes through trial and error, at random I had an idea of mashing buttons during the Sega Logo and Sega Ages Logo with controller 2 and somehow I was able to get a dip switch menu for both After Burner 2 and Space Harrier but it did not work all the time.

If there are any replies to this message please post on my talk page so I can come back here and continue to chime in on this. JasonHockeyGuy (talk) 05:21, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JasonHockeyGuy: I'm just going to ping you, you should get a notification. Most of what you suggested is original research so we would need reliable sources to add to the article. Regarding Spaz, they were a division of Working Designs. See images of back cover of the game. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 01:21, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Amy Rose potential article discussion

Per Talk:List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters#Amy/Metal Sonic articles?, interest has been generated in attempting to create an Amy Rose article that might actually be viable, demonstrate her notability, etc. I've volunteered my userspace for a draft at User:Red Phoenix/sandbox/Amy Rose since we're unsure whether or not this will be an article and it's easier speedy deleted via WP:U1 if it turns out not to be.

So we don't clutter up my user talk, and to move discussion away from Talk:List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters as we'd no longer be talking about that list specifically, I'm opening up discussion here and inviting all users to make edits and discussions. My theory, from looking at the history, is that there may be an article here if the fluff and listicle-based stuff can be stripped away; there are reliable sources that discuss Amy's concept and creation, and her role as a female video game character and theory on that, as well as her evolution over the years. That's the kind of real-world discussion that makes a fictional character notable to more than just fans of the series.

In my sandbox I've copied over the most recent version of Amy Rose that isn't a redirect. I'd also like to link this version, which is the GA-promoted version from April 2014, and unfortunately is even more full of fluff but may have some salvageable bits as well. Hopefully these resources will help editors who wish to pitch in to see if we can make this a reality. Red Phoenix ^talk 01:10, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll try to work on it however I can (I don't know much about Amy and her franchise appearances, unfortunately). NintenBOUND (talk) 01:29, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, you've at least been trying with your attempts to find sources. Even if they haven't all been good, the effort is still commendable. We'll filter through and see what's useable and what isn't, and we'll try to salvage as much as we can. Red Phoenix ^talk 01:38, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. Thanks for doing so. I'll try to streamline my process for finding sources in the future. It stinks when most of your sources are actually unusable. NintenBOUND (talk) 14:39, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:VG/S is a great guide to this, though; the great editors at the Video games WikiProject have extensively discussed these sources and come up with a general consensus on many sources of information as to whether they’re reliable or not. Otherwise, WP:RSP is a good resource as well about more general sources such as common newspapers or tabloids, and what they write about video games applies under the same guidelines. If you have any questions about the reliability of a source as well, I can usually answer that, and would seek a second opinion if I don’t feel I can. Red Phoenix ^talk 15:07, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also want to recommend WP:VG/SE. It’s a custom search engine that WikiProject Video games maintains to search known reliable sources specifically. Red Phoenix ^talk 15:12, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. NintenBOUND (talk) 14:15, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]