| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the GT Cube article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
| Find video game sources: "GT Cube" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images · free news sources · TWL · NYT · WP reference · VG/RS · VG/RL · WPVG/Talk |
Proposed merge edit
I propose that this article be merged into GT Pro Series on the basis that it's the same game in just about every aspect. Nova Prime 09:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- I disgree, they are seperate games. TJ Spyke 23:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, Mark Bozon of IGN seems to think it's the same game; from the review: The title is a simplistic cel-shaded racer from Ubisoft that originally hit Japan on GameCube over three years ago ... Fast forward more than three years to the Wii launch, and a little title by the name of GT Pro Series lands on our doorstep. It's the same game, features the same licensed cars, the same 10 tracks, and the same visuals. In fact, it's the same game down to the most minute detail. The only difference is Wii control support, and a tiny wheel shell that comes packed in for the $49.99 price tag. [1] Also see the first paragraph of the preview of the game for similar information. Nova Prime 07:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- He was saying that because he didn't really like the game. It may not be much different, but there has been nothing even hinted by Ubisoft that they are the same game. TJ Spyke 00:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I really don't think that's the case. He clearly states the content of the game is the same, with the very same tracks and cars. I don't think that could be opinion, and I certainly don't think he's going to lie about it. Also, one of his main reasons for not liking the game seems to be the fact that it's the very same game. And as my second link says, he says it's the same game in the early preview for the game, before he's reviewing it. And there's no doubt the preview article has more of a positive tone than a negative one. As for Ubi saying nothing about the game being a port (not entirely true anyway, an interview on IGN says that it's 'based on' GT Cube), don't you think that might have something to do with the fact that the previous version was only released in Japan, so the public at large wouldn't be aware of it, and also the fact that the public would likely be more receptive to a new game than a port of an old one? Nova Prime 04:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- From what I've seen, anyone who's played both versions (not many people, since GT Cube was only released in Japan) agrees that they're about the same, so I feel that for now it might as well be merged. I imagine there's several occasions in which a company won't bother telling everyone a game's really a port when it's not in their interest to do so. If at some point enough information becomes available that's different for each game, then the article can be split again. ADeveria 14:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Personally, I feel that they are different games. One was developed for the GameCube, while the other was developed for the Wii. Granted, they do have the same content, but they are different games in this respect. As was said by Nova Prime, the GC version was only released in Japan. The rest of the world wouldn't have come across it before. DRS1992 07:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- By that logic, there should be a separate article for, say, Burnout on Xbox, GameCube and PS2, which is obviously ridiculous. The fact that the rest of the world doesn't know about it doesn't mean a lot, it's the reason why this article would be merged into the other and not the other way around. Nova Prime 11:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
- Personally, I feel that they are different games. One was developed for the GameCube, while the other was developed for the Wii. Granted, they do have the same content, but they are different games in this respect. As was said by Nova Prime, the GC version was only released in Japan. The rest of the world wouldn't have come across it before. DRS1992 07:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
- From what I've seen, anyone who's played both versions (not many people, since GT Cube was only released in Japan) agrees that they're about the same, so I feel that for now it might as well be merged. I imagine there's several occasions in which a company won't bother telling everyone a game's really a port when it's not in their interest to do so. If at some point enough information becomes available that's different for each game, then the article can be split again. ADeveria 14:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I really don't think that's the case. He clearly states the content of the game is the same, with the very same tracks and cars. I don't think that could be opinion, and I certainly don't think he's going to lie about it. Also, one of his main reasons for not liking the game seems to be the fact that it's the very same game. And as my second link says, he says it's the same game in the early preview for the game, before he's reviewing it. And there's no doubt the preview article has more of a positive tone than a negative one. As for Ubi saying nothing about the game being a port (not entirely true anyway, an interview on IGN says that it's 'based on' GT Cube), don't you think that might have something to do with the fact that the previous version was only released in Japan, so the public at large wouldn't be aware of it, and also the fact that the public would likely be more receptive to a new game than a port of an old one? Nova Prime 04:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- He was saying that because he didn't really like the game. It may not be much different, but there has been nothing even hinted by Ubisoft that they are the same game. TJ Spyke 00:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, Mark Bozon of IGN seems to think it's the same game; from the review: The title is a simplistic cel-shaded racer from Ubisoft that originally hit Japan on GameCube over three years ago ... Fast forward more than three years to the Wii launch, and a little title by the name of GT Pro Series lands on our doorstep. It's the same game, features the same licensed cars, the same 10 tracks, and the same visuals. In fact, it's the same game down to the most minute detail. The only difference is Wii control support, and a tiny wheel shell that comes packed in for the $49.99 price tag. [1] Also see the first paragraph of the preview of the game for similar information. Nova Prime 07:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- I vote merge. The game was blatently not developed for the Wii - it was developed for the GameCube and then had the controls altered (and not very well!) to make some money from the Wii launch. It really is the same game. Tim (Xevious) 11:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)