Talk:ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron/GA2

GA Review

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GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Lead

• I still think "selling-out" is simply not formal enough. Would you consider replacing it with something like "The game was criticized for being too sharp a departure from the first game, and some reviewers felt that the developers had been more interested in the publisher's wishes than the fans'."?
  • Done. bridies (talk) 13:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• Were you able to determine which regions the game was released in?
  • this (click on "editions") suggests it was released in Japan and Australia in addition to the US and UK. bridies (talk) 13:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Overview

• Who's Lamont the Funkapotomas? Why are Toejam & Earl concerned with him?
  • Source doesn't actually say. As such I just removed the sentence. bridies (talk) 14:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Is he important to the game's plot or the agenda of the protagonists? If so, I think something should be said about him. Vantine84 (talk) 09:14, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Not really, I gather, but I added some info on what the subplot involves (collecting bonus items). Presumably you get a bonus cut scene for finding them all, but none of the sources say. bridies (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Toejam "dons" clothes, another tone consideration. "Is dressed in" or "wears" may be better.
  • Fixed. bridies (talk) 14:42, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
• "Capturing Earthlings involves rummaging for them bushes and trees, before pelting the antagonist with "jars" which imprison the Earthling." - I think there needs to be an "in" before "bushes and trees". Also, the object in the sentence is mentioned twice with different names; consider changing the last part to "before pelting the antagonist with jars to imprison them and return them to Earth".
  • Fixed. bridies (talk) 14:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Development

• The first instance of the first video game (ToeJam & Earl) should be wikilinked.
  • Done. bridies (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
• Is that all of the information out there for development? A game with that much anticipation would surely have been covered by many publications. You may have to dig through some old print sources.
  • Added another source and some more info. Generally though early 1990s sources don't offer much technical development info (being that they were aimed mainly at kids; the prose style also reflects this). These ones are noteworthy because they cover gameplay elements that ended up being ditched. bridies (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

After chewing over this for a while, I've decided that the article is comprehensive enough to pass GAN. However, if you want to take it any farther, I think more research will be necessary. Vantine84 (talk) 10:19, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Reception and legacy

• I commend the use of an infobox, but there has to be more reliable reviews out there for both consoles.
  • I can't really find any more. There's a Gamepro review available on retromags but it's split into 2 zip files and I can't figure out how to work them. The Mobygames press list quotes from a Gamepro review, presumably that one, but then it's not reliably verifiable. Mobygames also lists an EGM review but that issue doesn't seem to available online. Mega and Mean Machines, the main UK publications, don't seem to have reviewed it and Google news turns up a lot less than it does for the first game. There may be a couple more VC reviews around (the Shacknews one for example) but it's a question of whether to add more rerelease reviews than those covering the original game. bridies (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Scores for the VC version are hard to come by anyways, it would seem. Vantine84 (talk) 10:19, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

• Scores in the infobox should have an inline.
  • Done. bridies (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

External links

• Is there a website for the Virtual Console release?
  • Pretty sure there's not. bridies (talk) 06:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

This article is on hold until these issues can be addressed. It has made a lot of progress since the first GAN. It will be on hold for one week or until all issues have been fixed. Let me know if you have any questions, and keep up the good work! Vantine84 (talk) 09:21, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

This article has been passed. Good work! Vantine84 (talk) 10:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)