Talk:Contact (video game)

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Holy crap, whoever edited this has no idea what they're talking about. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.38.6.10 (talk • contribs) .

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As soon as I had written that comment on this talk page, I ended up massively editing the content on this wiki and bringing it up to some minimal standard. All of this took place months ago... ==Vespertilio 13:38 PST, 29 August 2006

I should point out that I have gone through again, and edited for content which was wrong. ==Vespertilio

Fine enough. I cleaned the article as much as I could, referenced everything I thought interesting, and tried to expand it, but I don't own the game, nor I really know about it (other than the fact I may be buying it someday). -- ReyBrujo 03:09, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Introduction

I don't have the game, so obviously I can't make any authoritative decisions, but is the part about that Professor's intentions being questionable an important plot point? If it is, it might count as a spoiler. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tsst (talk • contribs) .

I neither, but that reads like advertisment, don't you think? -- ReyBrujo 00:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I tried to change the European release date yesterday to February 2007 but somebody reverted it to October 2006. Since it isn't Nintendo who is publishing the game in Europe, the source to NoE's website isn't valid. Here is the news that confirms the European delay by its publiser Rising Star: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68994 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.151.103.89 (talk • contribs) .

Sony Reference

In the trivia area, it says "In the first boss fight of the game, The professor tells the player to "Attack its weakpoint for massive damage!" This is a reference by the localization team to Sony's embarassing E3 2006 press conference.", and then it asks for a citation. Tomm Hulett, head of the localization team, mentions in the comments area of a ToastyFrog entry (http://www.toastyfrog.com/verbalspew/pivot/entry.php?id=160), "Oh come on... I had the chance to make the most CURRENT parody game of all time. Tell me you wouldn't take that chance." -- I, unfortunately, cannot be bothered to figure out how to cite sources on my own, so if anyone feels like doing so for me, there's your proof. --Feidian 06:47, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I see. However, these kind of posts should not be used as references. Check also here. -- ReyBrujo 01:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Over at GameFAQs, a massive list of references is being compiled. Massive Damage is just one of many gags. [1] --Nintendorulez talk 18:34, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Would it be possible to find a link to a video of the Sony Press Conference? That would likely suffice as a reference. DocDragon 04:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The main problem is that we must reference that the game was modified to match Sony, not that Sony said that. In other words, we must reference that proves what the translators did, not what Sony did. However, the tricky part is finding a reliable secondary source. If the programmer says "I did it on purpose", we can't include that because he is a primary source, and Wikipedia can't use primary sources for references. We need to find an article in eWeek (in example) where the programmer says "I did it on purpose". -- ReyBrujo 05:25, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

dumb question time, why would a primary source be prohibited in this case? it would seem to me that the localization expert coming out on Taosty Frog and saying "Yes, I did it!" would suffice in this scenario. at the very least we can provide the press conference as a comparison and present it as what amounts to a rather obvious jab(espescially considering that the boss in question didn't really have an obvious weakpoint for "massive damage." the closest it came was a 20 HP a stroke boost if you got up under his arms)--Stickmangrit 19:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Check this: Wikipedia articles may use primary sources only if they have been published by a reliable publisher e.g. trial transcripts published by a court stenographer, and may use them only to make purely descriptive claims. A primary source published in a comment or forum or mailing list is not a reliable source. -- ReyBrujo 01:52, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Japanese Reception

as much as i don't want to throw heresay and unofficial info in the article, i seem to remember hearing that this game was faring far better in terms of sales and reception in Japan than in the US(which the article seems to focous on exclusively). just occured to me that it might bear some looking into.--Stickmangrit 19:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Characters

I've never played this game so I'm confused about the characters. According to the English website for Contact, these are the English translations for some characters names, but they aren't all correct.

• ラスター・スプロール = Rasutā Supurōru = Lester Sprawl (Seams like it should be "Luster Sprawl")
• ブルーイ・ビートニクス = Burūi Biitonikusu = Bull Beatnix (Should be something like "Bluie Beatnix", although, I think "Bull" is his nickname.)
• マリア・クラール = Maria Kurāru = Nadia Kehal (Should be something like "Maria Krawl".)

Korean references?

Having played the game, I noticed that there were a few references to Korean music, food, etc., which was quite surprising to me (as Korea in general is not referenced often). I was just wondering why that was. Was it because Koreans worked on developing the game? Or was it the localization team? (Note: I can't find this info anywhere on the web.) It may be trivial, but I think it's somewhat notable, because it was shocking to me. :P SKS2K6 07:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Good Article, maybe?

I'm thinking of submitting this article to be a Good Article. Does anyone here think that this article would pass the Peer Review? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DocDragon (talk • contribs) .

The trivia section is just too long to pass. -- ReyBrujo 12:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Mash-Up of other games

The cooking system is similar to that of Paper Mario. The combat system, and the idea of having non-combat skills, is reminsant of RuneScape. The Equipment Decal system is similar to the Ex Gem system from Tales of Symphonia. I think we can safely say this Contact is a mash-up of elements from other games. --66.188.230.197 02:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

The Trivia Section

Since the Trivia section seems to be almost wholly composed of references the game makes to other games, would creating a seperate section for the references the game makes work for the trivia-removal cleanup the article needs, or would it just cause more trouble? DocDragon 21:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

"X GET" is a common idiom in Japanese games, RPGs especially. There is no reason to assume that "King GET" is a reference to Super Mario Sunshine specifically, is there? 76.17.172.169 21:21, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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