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open How to upload images in the characters page. Videogame
I'm trying to create a folder for an easter egg character in https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FiveNightsAtTreasureIsland that are called "DEEZ & NUTS" (they are joke characters), but for some reason when I use the "media uploader" and press the "submit" button, it doesn't do anything, and the image is nowhere to be found on the image list. What am I supposed to do?
Here's the image in question:https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/treasurei/images/1/18/Deez_extras.png/revision/latest?cb=20211006202115
Edited by Numbuh1507openAdding Group and Character Specific Tropes for Octopath Traveler II Videogame
So I've been thinking of applying Four-Temperament Ensemble to the main characters of Octopath Traveler II and The Protagonist to Temenos. I think what I want to write makes sense but I would appreciate some feedback. Here's what I was currently thinking:
- Four-Temperament Ensemble:
- Eastern Continent and Toto'haha Characters: Ochette (Sanguine), Throné (Choleric), Osvald (Melancholic), Temenos (Phlegmatic).
- Western Continent Characters: Agnea (Sanguine), Partitio (Choleric), Hikari (Melancholic), Castti (Phlegmatic).
- The Protagonist: Temenos arguably serves as this for the entire story, given that A number of major revelations during the Final Chapter follow up on his story and he has the most personal adversity with Arcanette.
openAre in-game memorials meta? Videogame
I've stumbled upon a few games where memorials/tributes are listed on the heartwarming/Tearjerker pages. The memorials *are* part of the games, but they reference something distinctly out of game.
Take for instance: Michel Koiter, a late Blizzard Entertainment employee - he shows up both:
- In World of Warcraft as an Easter Egg in the Barrens as the titular warrior on the "Shine of the fallen warrior" - an angellic Kyrian bearing his name stands in front of it.
- In the penultimate cutscene of Starcraft II Wings Of Liberty as a dead marine identified by his dogtags, dogtags which are part of the final sentence in the Dare to Be Badass speech that follows a few minutes later just before the final Hold the Line mission as "some things are just worth fighting for".
open Should Eastern and Western RPGs be sorted by aesthetics or by their country of origin? Videogame
I've seen a lot of RPGs being sorted as Eastern or Western according to their country of origin, but some games such as Undertale are sorted according to aesthetic. In that game's case, it's sometimes classified as an Eastern RPG despite being made by an American, like in the Eastern RPG index. What should be the standard here?
Edited by TroperNo9001open"Western" vs "Eastern" RPGs Videogame
I want to add a Temtem example to Anti-Debuff, but I don't know which folder to put it in. It's made in Spain, so geographically it counts as a western RPG, but it's heavily inspired by Pokémon, which is eastern. Is there a meaningful distinction between these two genres besides location?
Edited by NitroIndigoopenRPG Maker games as "Eastern RPG" Videogame
I noticed video games made by RPG Maker are almost all listed in the index of Eastern RPG. Now RPG Maker is indeed a Japanese game engine, but not every video game made with it is from a Japanese production. Wouldn't it be better to remove RPG Maker from Eastern RPG unless they're an actual Japanese production? Right now it appears to be but a redundant index which lists the same exact things.
openCoincidince or shoutout? Videogame
Some people found an Easter Egg in overwatch that consists of two books in a mini fridge. http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1161333-overwatch Being a savy gamer, I noticed that the books, one red, the other blue, bear a resemblance to the trap books from Myst. Now, if I went ahead and just added this to the shootout page, someone else is sure to say "Nobody will confirm that," and remove it. So I want to cut a potential edit war out well before the debatable entry even exists. Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgement and such. What do you think? Coincidince? Or Reference?
Edited by sailing101
selphius and I have been working in harmony on the pages for VideoGame.Story Of Seasons A Wonderful Life and VideoGame.Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life, including character pages (This also includes pages for VideoGame.Harvest Moon DS), discussing things back and forth to try and keep things consistent. However something's come up and I feel like community census will help to make sure we're both on the same page with the community, regarding games being in the same universe so facts from one would apply to others.. Forgive me if this is long, I'm trying to be as clear as possible what the issue is.
Explanation: HM:AWL was released first on the GameCube, later followed by HM:DS/DS Cute on the Nintendo DS. In the Japanese version of DS, it's clear that the characters are the descendants of the HM:AWL characters, not them in a remake version—this is helped by the characters having different names. However, Natsume's English translation gave everyone the exact same names, which made everything confusing about it being a sequel. e.g. Celia's descendant 100 years later is also named Celia, and looks almost exactly like her and lives in the exact same place and everything—and because of the same names, DS/DS Cute can appear like a remake, not a sequel.
Now SoS:AWL is out for the Switch, which is a enhanced remake of said GC game with some changes on some characters, but the same overall in story beats and characterization as HM:AWL. So I'm not sure if this game is considered related to the DS Games at all, being a remake, or should be troped like its own separate universe, even though this interview states a relation between them.
My reasoning is that, for example, the Pokemon Games aren't treated as the same game universes—Fire Red/Leaf Green are remakes of Red/Blue, and so are the Let's Go games, in that they have some of the same gyms and story beats. But things from Red/Blue aren't always applicable to FR/LG or Let's Go, and because they're remakes of the old Red/Blue this doesn't make, say, Let's Go connected to Soul Silver. Another example would be how the Final Fantasy Remake is a remake of FF7, but it's not the exact same universe as that game and almost like a different timeline.
The interview is closer to Word of God. There's no confirmation in game that it's related to DS/DS Cute, just items outside the games relating them and what might be some Easter Eggs. So mentioning that, say, Witch Princess is in DS/Cute and stated there she's lived in the valley for 100s of years doesn't 100% confirm she's in the Switch game.
Can y'all help us make things clear between what's related to DS/Cute and what's not?
Thanks.
Edited by Nethilia