Talk:Tomodachi Life/GA2

GA Review

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Reviewer: Bluecrystal004 (talk · contribs) 05:24, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

I guess I'll tackle this. If I haven't reviewed this by Saturday shoot me a reminder! Bluecrystal004 (talk · contribs) 05:24, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

@Bluecrystal004 PerryPerryD Talk To Me 17:24, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): (mostly good) c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Unfortunately, I am Failing this nomination as I feel it needs a lot of work to get it over the finish line. There are some prose issues from the first GA review that have yet to be addressed (and others), there are many instances of WP:OR or dubious sourcing, and the gameplay screenshot needs a much better fair-use rationale. Before nominating again, focus especially on the OR problems—all claims that could be challenged need to be directly supported by a reliable source(s). I've marked the ones I spotted in red text below. My comments are below (although I didn't do Development or Reception, it was already taking me a while). I hope you'll improve this article and nominate it again! If you have any questions for me, ask on my talk page.!

Copyright

• Cover art is fine, but gameplay screenshot absolutely needs a new fair-use rationale. The current one is almost non-existent and is definitely not sufficient. I noticed the same problem in your GA nomination of Mario Kart Wii, so let me explain: the fair-use rationale is an explanation of why the screenshot (or image) falls under fair use. Take a look at the file page for the cover art, and note the difference. I'd suggest using this template.
• Everything else is copyvio-free, Earwig giving a 0.0% chance of plagiarism

Lead

• (referred to as "islanders") - get rid of this in the lead since they aren't referenced again in the lead. This should be in the Gameplay section to introduce the islanders
• Bill Trinen, the Senior Product Marketing Manager of Nintendo of America stated that he "wasn't sure he was going to get into it", but after playing, found himself "hooked into it". - Doesn't really belong in lead, I would remove it and put it in prose later if you want it
• it was the eleventh best-selling 3DS game of all time. - The source does not say 11th, it says 10th. There's disagreement between this page and the List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games, so it might be best to just drop this comment altogether (drop it from the reception section too), unless there's a better source. You can really just put the number of sales
• Releasing in Japan in April 2013, June 2014 in North America, Europe, and Australia, and July 2014 in South Korea, - I would change this to "It was released in Japan in..." and this should be a sentence ending with a period.
• The game received mixed reviews as users praised its gameplay and overall charm, - Critics, not users
• You could consider combining the second and third paragraphs (sales and reception). And maybe mention the controversy in the lead here as well. Give it one sentence
• Remember that nothing should be in the lead if it's not in the article's body. You should never have to cite things in the lead, since they should be cited in the body.

Gameplay

• who is referred to as the player's "look-alike". - Not supported by source
• The Miis are voiced by a Nuance-based text-to-speech software - Not supported by source
• The player will be prompted to give their look-alike with food to eat and a friend to interact with. After this, a short cutscene set in the future will play, showing the look-alike's possible future spouse and baby, whose faces are hidden. Afterward, the Town Hall will open, giving access to create more Miis. This whole thing seems too detailed -- the Gameplay section should really give an overview of the gameplay features and mechanics, not specific cutscenes, details, and events.
• {{|!xt|By interacting with the islanders and resolving their problems, their "Happiness" will increase, which rewards the player with in-game currency.}} - the source doesn't call this "Happiness"
• If an islander's happiness is high enough, they will level up, which lets the player give the islander a free gift, such as a new interior. Leveling up an islander creates more opportunities for islanders to interact within the game world and with other islanders. - cite this
• Over time, the islanders will interact and develop friendships with each other at random intervals. If 2 Islanders of the opposite gender and similar age interact, one may confess their love to the other, which upon success, sets them as their "Sweetheart", which can allow for marriage with them after more interaction. - This could (and probably should) be simplified to just "Islanders of the opposite gender can marry each other." or something
• Tomodachi Life is set in real time, and encourages players to interact at different times of the day in order to observe different interactions with islanders. - Not supported by ref 6
• Eventually, if a married couple is on the island, the player will receive a phone call from either the mother or the father, informing the player that they had a baby, and allowing the player to name it and edit its face. After this, the married couple may ask the player to babysit the child, which would start a minigame, changing depending on the age of the child. Eventually, the child will grow up, and the player is presented with 2 options. The player can either move the child to the apartments, or send the child off via Streetpass, to appear in other islands. - again, this is a lot of detail and should be condensed into like 1 sentence
• Refs 8 and 9 aren't reliable to use, so the Local and online capabilities needs more robust sources

Development

Reception

Legacy

• In my opinion, get rid of this whole section. Its information isn't vital, it's peppered with WP:OR, and doesn't contain much to begin with.

Sources

• The citation templates could do with some cleanup, there are many formatting issues present but these are not required for GA status, so I wouldn't worry about them for now.
• Here is the article version I reviewed
• Most sources are reliable, but there are some sources to avoid. See the list at WP:VG/RS
  • Ref 8 - GameFAQs should be avoided, as it's considered unreliable (user-generated content)
  • Ref 9 - same with My Nintendo News, considered unreliable
  • Ref 17 - same with Nintendo Everything
  • Ref 25 - careful with this site, although it's fine, you could consider removing it from the reviews

As you can see @PerryPerryD: this article has extensive issues still in the sourcing of information and needs more attention to what should and shouldn't be included. I haven't even reviewed two of the sections and there are already a great number of issues to address. I don't think this is a good fit for a Hold. I'm going to ✗ Fail this nomination and you should look to address primarily the sourcing concerns before nominating again. Bluecrystal004 (talk · contribs) 05:55, 17 June 2022 (UTC)