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Meophist from Toronto, Canada Since: May, 2010
#1: Jun 18th 2011 at 3:35:28 PM

I noticed that we don't have any pages for Nintendo's Art Style series of games. That said, I'm currently unsure how to make them, so I'm hoping we can discuss it here.

The Art Style series of games for the Wii and the Nintendo D Si are based on the Bit Generation series for the Game Boy Advance. One question is whether we should have separate pages for the two series or a single page for both. Four of the seven original Bit Generation games have Art Style equivalents.

Another important question is what to call the individual Art Style games themselves. Each has up to three names: the original Japanese/Bit Generation name, a name for the North American version, and a name for the PAL region versions. For example, one of the games is called Decode in Japan, Code in PAL, and Base 10 in NA. The games do all have an "Art Style" prefix, at least the North American versions. I cannot confirm if the other versions have them.

So, I would like to hear everybody's thoughts in how to make these pages.

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#2: Jun 18th 2011 at 5:41:05 PM

I don't get it, you mean Cel Shaded, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, polygonal, etc.?

Stylized vs. anime-ish vs. animesque vs. realistic vs. actual real human models(like Mortal Kombat)?

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#4: Jun 18th 2011 at 5:53:41 PM

Not enough interest. That's why there's no page. A page for every last title or series Nintendo made would end up being its own wiki.

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#5: Jun 18th 2011 at 6:00:31 PM

...what the heck did I just watch?!

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AceNoctali A lil' bentô ? from France Since: Nov, 2009
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#6: Jun 20th 2011 at 7:23:38 AM

Just barging in to say to the OP not to be discouraged by reactions. I admire people who are trying to make pages for video games that aren't very well known, because it allows you to discover things you never knew before, and eventually enjoy them a ton or even become a fan of.

I'd love to help you, but I don't know this series, so the best I can do is to give you my moral support.

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#7: Jun 20th 2011 at 9:03:22 AM

I've made a page for a game no one but me has played. grin It's really not very hard.

It's this, by the way.

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Meophist from Toronto, Canada Since: May, 2010
#8: Jun 20th 2011 at 1:17:12 PM

Well, I made a start for the page here. I'll work on it more later, but how is it for now?

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AceNoctali A lil' bentô ? from France Since: Nov, 2009
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#9: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:05:37 AM

It's too much of a Wikipedia list of games right now. The purpose of a work's page is to show tropes occuring in the work along with the work's presentation.

In short, you should make in your page a list of tropes occuring in the series.

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Meophist from Toronto, Canada Since: May, 2010
#10: Jun 23rd 2011 at 10:25:27 AM

...Actually, this should probably be an index. Aside from its minimalism, there really aren't any tropes that connect the games together. They're all pretty much completely different, only sharing some mechanical themes(having simple graphics and gameplay, and having elegant design).

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