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Final Fantasy XIII: RPG or Action RPG?

An unregistered user or two is not content with calling Final Fantasy XIII an RPG, with one giving it the 'Action' and 'Tactical' monocles as well, while the latest is determined to call it an Action RPG. I would just call it an RPG, but what do other people think? I don't want this to become an edit war. (Update, 16.37: I have checked the definition of Action RPG, and the way XIII plays seems against the Action RPG article in many respects, in that it uses menus rather than direct button commands, and there is certainly more of a slant on turn-based and ATB combat rather than combat on demand. I've adjusted the said article accordingly, but it can easily be changed again if others disagree. I still need opinions here.) --ProtoDrake (talk) 15:30, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Action RPG is all done in real time and have freedom to move around and instead of menu based attack, attacks are connected to the buttons. Let's just call it an RPG. any other name without sources is original research.Lucia Black (talk) 16:04, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Lucia on this one. FFXIII is obviously a console role-playing game as with all other titles in the FF series. Action RPGs, for example, include the Kingdom Hearts series (three of which I have contributed to featured status, including the first game obviously). Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:05, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Move Characters of Final Fantasy IV?

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 – Page has been moved. Now, go edit somewhere else. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:14, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Should the article be moved to Characters of the Final Fantasy IV series for consistency with FFVII and FFXIII characters articles? Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 22:32, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, since it includes The After Years characters. --PresN 22:37, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, sounds good.Lucia Black (talk) 22:38, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, just noticed the article for the KH series is Characters of Kingdom Hearts. Should this also be moved or is this a different case? I'm not sure what's best ("...series" is more precise but that makes for quite long article names). Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 22:46, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It seems "Kingdom Hearts" is the name for the series aswell, and unlike VII, IV, and XIII (not really for XIII) there is no confirmed name. But it wouldn't hurt to rename "Characters of the Kingdom Hearts series".Lucia Black (talk) 22:52, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think "Characters of Kingdom Hearts" is fine- the first line is even "Kingdom Hearts is a series". "Final Fantasy IV", on the other hand, is just that game, and not the name of the miniseries as a whole, so it should be "the Final Fantasy IV series". --PresN 22:55, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, page moved! Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 23:13, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Charts updated again

And the "by quality" one is looking really good- every month gets better! ([1]) --PresN 02:09, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

wow that's some improvement for one month.Lucia Black (talk) 02:26, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (series) deletion?

Since Final Fantasy Tactics (series) got axed, I was considering also axing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series considering its mainly universe info and hardly any coverage of it as a series. What do you all think?Lucia Black (talk) 05:39, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's a bit more tricky because without this article the FFCC games would have no obvious parent article at all. If this series article can't be expanded, maybe a List of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles media would be good? Though I remember Akitoshi Kawazu being very vocal about the latter games so maybe with that and the whole Game Designers Studio there may be just enough content out there to write a real series article. Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 00:00, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We could try to make the original Crystal Chronicles article the parent, thoughts? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More than 1/3 GA+!

As of today, more than 1/3 of all of our articles are Good Articles, Featured Articles, or Featured Lists. Which, you know, I think is pretty cool, and worth point out. --PresN 04:14, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is very cool to me too. I have a feeling getting 1/2 is coming close.Lucia Black (talk) 04:53, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Go team! We are also approaching 2/3 C+, so the floor keeps being raised. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:09, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats guys. I'd love to be more involved, but full-time jobs tho. Maybe when things calm down a little on my end. Anyway, keep it up! Axem Titanium (talk) 22:30, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good work, everyone! I plan to be more involved in the GA nominations or make some things GA like character articles such as Characters of Final Fantasy VI. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 00:59, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Characters lists can become GA or they have to become FL?Tintor2 (talk) 01:01, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think they can become GA or if possible, they can become FL. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 01:03, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that the Character pages should be articles, because they are not really lists at all, they are huge blocks of text just like an article. That's why we changed all the titles of those articles to "Characters of" a month or two ago, to standardize this approach. I agree though, we should get them to GA status. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:07, 11 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chrono titles in danger of losing its status?

Considering the past issue of Final Fantasy XII losing its featured topic status, i was looking at Characters of Chrono Trigger and Characters of Chrono Cross arent included. If one to have noticed this, it probably leave another threat to have it be removed from featured status. I was wondering if one would help me on that so it wouldnt come to that. I'm only familiar with Chrono Trigger, not Chrono cross. On another note, Music of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross are at least at GA status. So adding them as part of the featured topic wont be an issue.Lucia Black (talk) 07:05, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Now hear me out on this... I think that we should consider doing a Characters of the Chrono series article by merging the two. The articles are still very poor, and have characters that track between the games. That way, one robust article that covers everything and keeps to topic whole.Judgesurreal777 (talk) 17:49, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Characters of Chrono Cross are way too long. It would be too convoluted. Im not sure it would be a good idea. Especially with Chrono Cross having over 20 playable characters.Lucia Black (talk) 18:01, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I kind of think that the Characters of Chrono Cross article should be taken out back and shot. The flipside of the game having 40 characters is that none of them are individually notable or have any sort of reception or development info. Chrono Trigger has core, recognizable characters, but Cross just has a ton of filler. --PresN 23:43, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I dont know. well lets work on at least work on them see what we can find. I wont mind axing the chrono cross characters as long as consensus agrees.Lucia Black (talk) 01:33, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Personally, I don't see a problem with the topic right now. Its called "Chrono titles". It has the video games in the series. The reason FF 12 was a problem was because it didn't have everything FF 12 related in its topic at the time. So I don't see any huge problem this one has. GamerPro64 13:33, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • For a time, I had been working on the "Characters of Chrono Cross" article, but I've been taking an extended break from it. It was rather difficult work, between the sheer number of characters, and the complexity of the plot, with it including both time travel and alternate dimensions. I'll likely take a stab at it again, but I don't know if I'd ever get it to GA or FA type status.
  • As PresN was saying, there's not much in the way of development/reception on individual characters. There's a lot of reception for the cast as a whole. (ie x website thought the cast was too big, Y website was impressed so many of the characters were interesting, etc) and there dev info regarding the setting and some of the core cast, due to coverage detailing the connections between CC and RD, but there's still a ton of holes to fill with much of the rest of the cast.
  • I'm against merging the two character articles too, CC is too much to handle as it is... Sergecross73 msg me 01:05, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Number 101

Who wants to review our 101st GA? We have four nominees, and you get to choose! We already have a review going for the 100th, the creator of Dragon Ball Z and Square Enix game contributor, but now who will put us even further over the top??? Step right up! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:56, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I dont feel adequate for GAR. But i see some small issues with Chrono Trigger. I could look up info so that it maintains featured status.Lucia Black (talk) 23:14, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

I just wanted to pop in from a massively long absence and say that you guys are awesome, and I have lots of fond memories of all the work we did. Happy editing! —Deckiller (t-c-l) 06:00, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to see you again Dec, feel free to stop by anytime! --PresN 06:08, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey man! Great to have you visit, I came back after a long break too and picked up where I left off, and its been good. Stop by or do an edit or two, catch the fever again :) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 10:54, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good to see you again! Axem Titanium (talk) 21:13, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Final Fantasy XIV

This article is under assault by vandals again, and not the regular kind that you revert and that's it, they are relentless. Time for some ip blocks and semi protection unless we want the article to be called "Final Fantasy 4.0" and the official language to be "horse bird". Judgesurreal777 (talk) 10:50, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Final Fantasy portal

Hey, I'm cleaning up the Portal:Final Fantasy, for absolutely no good reason besides the fact that it seems that no portal that's been put up for featured has been rejected in years. If anyone has any suggestions for things to put in it, let me know- otherwise, the layout as it is will stay, and I'll just keep putting featured article blurbs into the random rotation. Also- if anyone knows of any Did You Knows for Final Fantasy articles that aren't already listed at Portal:Final Fantasy/Did you know let me know- we don't have a lot, and I'm willing to go pretty tangential to fill it out. --PresN 02:16, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

One thing I noticed is the color scheme... So grey, could we make it more ff-like, perhaps white and blue? Otherwise great job updating the content! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:47, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Lightened it up a bit and added a header bar. --PresN 18:18, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Looks great! Can we nominate it at some point to be a featured portal? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:44, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yep! I'm looking for some images for the articles (free-use ones are hard to find), and then I'm going to tweak the wording a bit so that the lengths of everything stay pretty consistent (mostly done already, it's just that images will change things), and then FPC! FPC seems to take months, so maybe by Fall. --PresN 21:17, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Next featured article

Wonderful! You guys did so great and got Final Fantasy XIII-2 to featured status, that's awesome! I wanted to talk about an article we all could work on next for FA. For example, if we got Final Fantasy XIV to GA and then FA, we could revive our featured topic. Or, we still have the first five games, as well as seven we could get to FA next. Thoughts? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 13:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! I knew we could do it if we tried. To think what the article looked like a year ago... And now look at it! Yay! --ProtoDrake (talk) 14:13, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copy-edit request

In need of assistance with Final Fantasy Adventure. I've finally finished the game and the plot, so i need help with copy editing the plot now that it's mostly complete. Your help would be greatly appreciated.Lucia Black (talk) 19:13, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

XV redirect problem

I typed in Final Fantasy XV and got redirected to Final Fantasy Versus XIII, a relic from that moving fiasco from yesterday. Since nothing is confirmed, can someone delete the redirect page? It may have to be created again, but for now Versus XIII is Versus XIII. --ProtoDrake (talk) 15:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed; I actually had to redo the whole move, since the move back was done via copy and paste, leaving the whole article history behind at FFXV. Ugh, I wish people wouldn't make drastic changes to articles based on unconfirmed rumors. --PresN 15:37, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LR:FFXIII look-over needed.

I have been doing some major work on the article, getting it up to date, putting in more references. I would like some other editors within this project to have a look and see whether it can be improved and/or refined. The thing I am feeling a little uncertain about is the release date category, since the recent news says its releasing in November 2013 in Japan, and 2014 in North America and Europe. --ProtoDrake (talk) 21:46, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RfC: Template talk:Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy

We need consensus as to what kind of template should be used, given the recent announcement of Versus XIII as Final Fantasy XV. Help, suggestions and opinions needed urgently. --ProtoDrake (talk) 17:15, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possible new "Characters of" article

I have been thinking about this for a little while now, and an edit I did on Final Fantasy XV's article brought it to the fore in my mind. Now that a reasonable amount of info has come out about them, would it be jumping the gun to start off an article titled Characters of Final Fantasy XV? Or is it too early? Opinions are needed.

That depends, what is out there on these characters? Do we already have interviews by game makers, concept and creation type info? Reaction to the characters? Gotta make sure we arent creating a permanent Start article that never improves. But if you found stuff, I say go right ahead. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:42, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, thinking about it... It's way, way too early. Best to do it once the game is out, so everything can be brought to bear, and later add detail through later interviews and the inevitable Ultimanias.

The World Ends with You split

I proposed a split here regarding the music of The World Ends with You. Let me know what you think. I think its just another GA waiting to be born.Lucia Black (talk) 07:25, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tomb Raider 2013 and Hitman Absolution

Can I include this as a Square-Enix Titles? zerohot99 (talk) 02:38, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

they are part of eidos branch of square enix, and our scope specifically states we dont include them.Lucia Black (talk) 11:36, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That being said, we specifically said that if someone was interested in including them and would like WP:SE's support in improving them, our scope could organically expand to include them. So short answer is no, but long answer is yes if you're interested in engaging WP:SE to help with improvement of them. Axem Titanium (talk) 02:12, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP Square Enix in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Square Enix for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 01:32, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am so bummed that I missed this! (Was out of the country.) Great job to all you who answered the questions! --PresN 03:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You did get mentioned twice, and the Stub drive you started was a much talked about feature, so dont feel too bad! :) Once we do a bunch more GA nominations, I want to finish off these start articles, and I'll need your help! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:06, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article popularity report

Alright, I know I stopped summarizing the monthly article popularity report a while back due to lack of reader interest, but I thought I'd point out that according to the latest stats, when you sort by page views you have to go all the way down to position #64 to find a Start-class article- everything higher-ranked is C-class or higher. (and down to #175 to find a list that isn't featured... yet.) That's pretty damn awesome, I think, and deserves some notice- hats off to Judgesurreal777, who's been the one really pushing the Start -> C drive these last few months, and applause for everyone who's been involved in this 2013 article improvement drive so far- this is the biggest push we've had since 2009, and a strong indicator of why this is one of the few video game projects that has survived over the past five years without going dormant like so many others. --PresN 06:53, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

yes, i do agree Judgesurreal777 has helped alot in this start to C drive and has also helped alot in hounding GA-material articles as well(i hope that comes off as a compliment, i know the word "hounding" isn't always a positive one in wikipedia). If he is reading, i hope he feels appreciated.Lucia Black (talk) 00:17, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think anyone can see me blushing right now, but I assure you I am :) Thanks to you guys as well, without whom I would not have the courage to push beyond what any of us might think is possible. Cheers to us! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:37, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikbreak

if someone could cover for me on the GAN, that would be great. I have some family-related issues to take care. ANd how ANI works i may not even be able to enjoy wikipedia so well. see you soon.Lucia Black (talk) 19:56, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we'll see how extensive the GAN requests are and if I'll be able to address them for you, but I've watchlisted it so at minimum I can post a notice here when it starts. --PresN 21:37, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chrono characters sources

Hey all, New Age Retro Hippie dropped a bunch of sources on me that could be used to expand the Characters of Chrono Trigger article, and I thought I should share them here if anyone wants to take a crack at working on that article or breaking the characters out into their own articles (As NARH has done for Crono). They're arranged by character because that's how they were given to me, but there are a lot of duplicate entries so it's not as many sources as it appears. Happy editing! --PresN 22:44, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lavos

Lucca

Marle

Magus

Robo

Frog

Ayla

Still busy with real life, but i will look into these sources very soon and see what i can add to the characters article.Lucia Black (talk) 23
44, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Comment requested on Infobox video game

Your comment is requested at Template talk:Infobox video game#Use of Wikidata. Thanks. --Izno (talk) 03:49, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Squall Article

I am confused as to why the Squall Leonhart article is rated as Low Importance. Giving the Importance Scale a quick look over, should it not be a mid considering that he is the main protaganist in the game. The Mid-Importance Criteria says "Most people and characters involved in the community of Square Enix will be rated in this level."

On an entirely different note however, I am trying to gauge opinion on putting the article forward for FAC on its talk page. Any comments about what i can do to improve the article would be greatly appreciated. --Bailo26 11:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's "low" because no one really bothers keeping the importance ratings even, just the quality ratings. Change it if you want. As far as an FAC, given that it was made a GA in 2006, (though it looks like Tintor2 has been improving it over the years, I'd recommend doing a PR before taking it to FAC. Actually, I'd recommend taking a fine tooth comb over it yourself in any case to fix grammar issues, content gaps, etc.- if nothing else, FAC is generally pretty dismissive of articles when the nominator hasn't done a lot of work on it themselves, and I see that you've only done 3 edits to Squall. --PresN 05:16, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your input. Its true, i haven't done much to it yet. I'm considering it my new project. --Bailo26 11:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Q3 2013 Roll Call

  1. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 21:35, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. ProtoDrake (talk) 21:38, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Bailo26 01:49, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Lucia Black (talk) 17:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  5. PresN 23:28, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fortress (Grin) mini info dump

Just thought you'd all like to know. Talk:Fortress_(Grin)#New_info. Axem Titanium (talk) 15:11, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Expand scope?

Since the merger, Eidos games have been more and more associated with the SE brand. I was wondering if we should add them into the wikiproject's scope? Possibly, "Eidos (post merger)" games?Lucia Black (talk) 23:00, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania interviews translated

Thanks to the efforts of user Gwendal on GameFAQs, the FFVIII Ultimania interviews have now been translated to English! You can read them over at http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/197343-final-fantasy-viii/66115498 Jonathan Hardin' (talk) 12:09, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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