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A short, but comprehensive and mostly well-written article about a very bad game (IMO). Here's what needs to be fixed:

Lead and infobox

• made for the PlayStation video game console. – Remove “video game”, as you’ve already mentioned that it’s a video game, so it’s assumed it’s for a video game console.
• It was released in North America on April 12, 2001, and in the PAL region on March 22, 2001. - The release date for PAL should come first as it's before the NA release date.
• sixteen – should be spelled out in numbers
• richly detailed – reads like POV to me. I’d remove it.
• This sentence sound weird to me: Video game critics gave the game a mixed reaction, and it receiving an aggregated score of 32% on Metacritic.” I’d change it to something like: Critics had mixed opinions about the game; it received an aggregated score of 32% on Metacritic.
• Pin (wrestling) redirects to Pin (amateur wrestling)
• Since the game was only released for the PlayStation, shouldn’t the image of the PS box art seen here be used? I know that when games are released for several consoles, clean artwork is preferred, but in this case it’s only one platform. I don’t know what the agreement is on this, so it’s your call.

IMO it looks better the way it is now.

• Single player redirects to Single-player
• Multiplayer redirects to multiplayer video game

Gameplay

• An image of the gameplay would be nice.
• The link to Bumblebee Man should be retargeted to List of celebrities in The Simpsons#Bumblebee Man as he is not featured in the list of recurring characters.
• Power-ups redirect to power-up.
• The game can be played in two modes, either a tournament style single player game or a grudge match where two players can interact. - switch the comma out with a colon, remove “either” as it’s unnecessary, and hyphenate single-player.
• Richly detailed – same as before
• Wikilink Springfield as it’s the first time it appears in the body.
• Wikilink taunt as some readers may not understand the term in this context.

Development

• At the E3 Media and Business Summit in 2000 – it was known as Electronic Entertainment Expo at that time
• PlayStation video game console – same as before
• March 12, 2001, - comma not necessary after the date
• United States and Canada – North America is better IMO
• I would wikilink "interactive entertainment".

Reception

• receiving an aggregated score of 32% on Metacritic. - This is already in the reviews table, so it seems unnecessary.
• Nothing from Game Rankings?

I replaced Metacritic with Game Rankings in the reception section.

• the game's gameplay – Cut ”game’s”
• and commented that game is "fun" because the comedy is straight from the television show, and that the characters will "bring a smile to your face". – Reads a little awkward to me. Change it to something like: and thought it was "fun" because the comedy is straight from the television show, and the characters will "bring a smile to your face".
• Reiner also commented positively on the audio track by saying that the only enjoyment garnered in the game is from it. – You’ve already used “audio track” so I suggest using “soundtrack” this time.
• British Broadcasting Corporation redirects to BBC. Also, I think most people recognise it by its acronym
• After reading through the reception section, it seems the game received mostly negative reviews and not a mixed reception. You may want to change that.

Once these issues have been addressed, I'll take another look at the article. The Prince (talk) 06:03, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! To make it easier, I crossed over the things I'm done with. Please take another look at the article now. :) Cheers, TheLeftorium 10:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Looks good. I'm passing the article. The Prince (talk) 12:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Great, thanks! —TheLeftorium 13:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)