Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Reference library/Famitsu

Print resources vs Online resources

TarkusAB, thanks for the useful info from this edit. I wonder if this is the best place for it, though. I'm thinking that it's unlikely that people will go to the "Print resources" section if they are looking for online reviews. I think it might be better to shift it to the "Online resources" section - specifically the "Multi-platform subsection". We'd probably want to put it in a collapsible box something like this:

Famitsu
To find cross-review scores, issue numbers, and review excerpts:
Go to famitsu.com Click the search box at the top right, change the drop down to ゲーム, type in the game name in japanese, and hit search Click the game from the search results to go to its page On the right, click 旧ページへ You will arrive at the old Famitsu game page. The score is a little bit down the page in the box represented with a number followed by the 点 character. Remember that Famitsu scores are out of 40; it's a sum of four reviewers each scoring the game on a 1-10 scale. The issue number where the score came from is a few lines above with a number followed by the 号 character. If you scroll down a bit you will see a pile of question marks with a score. This is where quote excerpts from the cross review used to be, but they are broken now. If you want to see them, copy the whole URL except the "&redirect=no" at the end, and search the wayback machine. Remember that these are small excerpts, not the full reviews.

That's just a mock-up, but what do you think? -Thibbs (talk) 22:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Wherever you think the info should be is fine with me. Just remember that these aren't really "online reviews", the scores and review excerpts are from the print magazine. The website is just a reference of sorts. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 23:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Well maybe that makes sense then. I guess I'm comfortable either way too. I'll ask JimmyBlackwing (as a fellow WP:VG Reference librarian) for his thoughts. -Thibbs (talk) 14:23, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Hey! It's not uncommon for me to use online review databases to find the issue number and date of an old print magazine I'm looking for. I think it seems reasonable enough—a way to help users dig up reviews from Famitsu issues whose contents haven't been listed in the reference library yet. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 19:22, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

OK thanks JimmyBlackwing. Sounds good to me. Let's leave it then. Thanks again for the guide, TarkusAB! -Thibbs (talk) 23:14, 3 December 2020 (UTC)