I've been working on this for the past couple of weeks, although I'd wanted to expand it for a while before that. The
peer review was helpful but has since fizzled. I think the article's up to snuff, so tell me what you think. —
BrianSmithson21:04, 26 February 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Support. Very comprehensive, most sources are not game guides, but rather written works on history and critical evaluation of video games that are not cursory mentioning of Donkey Kong either.
Temporary account05:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. I'm not crazy about this sentence: "The game was the latest of Nintendo's efforts to break into the North American market." Isn't every new game "the latest" at the time of its release? That statement doesn't really mean anything. I'd recommend taking it out, but that's small potatoes compared with what a great article it is.
Kafziel14:47, 27 February 2006 (UTC)reply
"The game was the latest of Nintendo's efforts to break into the North American market." The key is that their previous attempts had failed and before DK they were a non-entity in American arcade gaming, not that this was their latest game. I think it's something worth noting, but I'm having trouble coming up with a way to clarify this. "The game was Nintendo's latest effort in what had until then been a string of unsuccessful attempts to break into the North American market" just sounds too wordy for my tastes. :) —
BrianSmithson15:11, 27 February 2006 (UTC)reply
I think the best way to make the sentence meaningful would be to state what it was about the game that was intended to appeal specifically to Americans. There have been many games that the Japanese didn't even try to sell over here, so was there something special about Donkey Kong that they hoped would grab the US market more than any of the other games they were putting out at the time? Phrasing could be something like, "Nintendo hoped the game would help them break into the North American market because [insert reason]." A simpler solution would just be to lose the sentence altogether, since it goes without saying that every video game released in any market is an attempt to increase the company's share of that market. Or you can just forget about it; like I said, it's not a crucial shortcoming. Doesn't seem to have bothered anyone else.
Kafziel15:42, 27 February 2006 (UTC)reply
Support: Although my interest in videogames only goes as far as Kirby now, this is the best one I've come across so far! (NB: I'm working on
another candidate right now.) May this be on the Main Page in a few weeks' time! --
Slgrandson18:12, 28 February 2006 (UTC)reply