Talk:LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game)/Archive 2

Media

Can someone add that it's as a download and BD? I don't know how to do that.

Added. —cmsJustin (talk|contribs) 02:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Updated --Real Kyzer (talk) 10:30, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

HD?

Will this run in 1080? 62.25.106.209 18:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes. -- 86.17.211.191 (talk) 02:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Source? 62.56.108.66 (talk) 15:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Locked at 30fps, 720p -- Real Kyzer (talk) 11:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Box Art

I am removing the box art for multiple reasons. First of all, Wikipedia is not a forum or soapbox (see the rules), and this includes being a forum for fan art, which is what the box is.

Second, both the Sony Computer Entertainment logo and the LittleBigPlanet logo are being used in violation of Trademark laws. Sony specifically states on their press website the rules for using their logos, and it states they must be used only for reference only, and must be on certain backgrounds. This image violates both those policies.

Last, the cover displays the ESRB Rating Everyone, or "E", and the ESRB strictly prohibits this, as they have not rated the game yet. Therefore it is false information.

If you object to my reasoning, feel free to bring it up with me :)

In my opinion, I would replace that box art with just the logo on a white background (therefore it would be in accordance with Sony's usage policies for their trademarks), and state the fair use reason as the image is the only image that could represent the game, and that there is no suitable replacement.

WIKIPEEDIO 03:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Unofficial Box Art?

If it's unofficial why is it there? This is an encyclopedic article, having something that's unofficial isn't very encyclopedic, in my opinion. I'll wait and see what others think before I remove it. --Mwutz 20:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I thought the same thing. I had uploaded the official logo a while ago and it got replaced with that. I think the logo should be reinstated in the absence of box art. (PS, i don't think you have a closing span tag on your signature :) )ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 20:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

You were right about the span tag, but not only that... one of my links led to another user. Is your logo still uploaded, I think you or I should replace it. --Mwutz 21:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done I had to re-uploaded it because it got orphaned and auto deleted before. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 23:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Good, that's much better. That boxart was ugly anyway >_> --Mwutz 18:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Japanese release date

Sorry for all the extra edits, I was trying to add the October 30th date to the release section, but ended up breaking the infobox. Could someone step in and offer a helping hand? Dragonscales (talk) 17:03, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

British English

The article is currently written in British English (eg "Character customisation"). I reverted a couple of edits that changed it to a Z because the article's topic is a British product. See WP:ENGVAR where it says "An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation uses the appropriate variety of English for that nation." Obviously it's not a big deal, I just thought I'd post something here to try and avoid lots of edits and reverts. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I've altered the dates to match ENGVAR as well. - X201 (talk) 15:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Little Big Planet Guide

LittleBigPlanet Guide, http://www.littlebigplanetguide.com was deleted from the External Links section of this page. The site was called "terrifyingly comprehensive" by Media Molecule, the developers of the game, as seen on this blog post: http://www.mediamolecule.com/2008/08/12/awesome-ice-cream-van-awesome-links. This community based site is just as relevant as the other sites listed in the External links section. Please reinstate the link or weigh in. Thank you.

michaelbeezner —Preceding undated comment was added at 16:38, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

You are free to submit your link to the Open Directory Project, which is linked to in the article. The consensus seems to be for all other listed links to be to official sites or Wikimedia sister sites. Dancter (talk) 16:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

According to this page, sister sites of Wikimedia are not the only types of sites that can be linked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EL. I also think that is an unfair consensus that prevents sites of high value from being listed appropriately and denies Wikipedia users of information and experiences that they are looking for.

In the “What should be linked” section, points 3 and 4 apply to Little Big Planet Guide. 3. Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks) or other reasons. There are many examples of this type of information on the site. A specific example is the LittleBigPlanet Definites page, which is sited on Wikipedia as a source: http://www.littlebigplanetguide.com/page/LittleBigPlanet+Definates

4. Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article: The site includes hundreds of videos including interviews with game developers, trailers, etc., along with areas where users can come together to share ideas about levels and provide feedback for the developers.

Please reconsider adding this site to the external links section. michaelbeezner —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

It also says: "Links in the 'External links' section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links, or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links." Again, if your article is as good as you say, it should have no problem getting listed in the ODP category, which is barren as it is. I would actually support moving the other links there, too, and just list the ODP link here, leaving the discussions about link-listing and fairness to a site that specializes in directory functions. Dancter (talk) 18:01, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

The number of external links was one of my concerns for removing it but my main reason was WP:EL#ADV. I don't mean to cause offence but I can only say the following in one way, your addition looked like yet another spammer trying to promote their own site by adding an external link. The fact that you've come here for a discussion obviously raises you above spammers, but look at it through my eyes, with your first three edits you placed a link on the article page and your user page. Now there's nothing wrong with that per se but those are the exact same actions we've seen time and time again from link spammers. So you can see how it looked to me. If over time your site becomes the site for LBP info then it will probably be worthy of an inclusion, but that will happen over time and will need to be by someone not connected to you or the site. You can propose it yourself on the talk page but adding it yourself, Its just not cricket - X201 (talk) 18:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

D-Pad actions?

Hi, just a question. The article states that the D-pad is used to display emotion on the avatars with down equalling 'sad'; the next section then states "The user can jump in and out of edit mode at any time by pressing the down button on the d-pad". Surely it's one or the other? 42Dentrassi (talk) 13:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

It's a combination of R1 and a directional button. I've added that to the article now. Cheers. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 15:04, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

There appears to be a lot of confusion regarding the use of the D-Pad. With the build currently distributed as a Public Beta, in Create mode, pressing down on the D-Pad toggles hover mode (which allows to float around your level while you build it, without obstructing any of the depths). In Play mode, each of the D-Pad's directions control an emotion displayed on the character's face (Up for happiness, Down for sadness, Left for fear or panic, Right for anger), you can press each of these up to three times to increase the expressed emotion's strength. Toggling between Create mode and Play mode is done via the pause menu and is only available when Create mode is initially selected by accessing a level on "My Moon". These may change before the final release. --193.121.99.41 (talk) 12:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

It seems the article is correct on all mentions of the D-pad now, I guess I'm a little late.--193.121.99.41 (talk) 12:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Beta

The information about the open beta being cancelled in the intro summary seemingly contradicts what it says later on in the Release Date section. Anyone know for sure? Phrenology (talk) 02:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I believe it was confirmed, then Sony said it was cancelled, then Media Molecule said it was happening. I'll try and find a source but remove the contradiction for the time-being. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 06:59, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

LittleBigPlanet release on PC

There's a rumor that LittleBigPlanet will be coming out for PC. Click here for rumor

Can anyone confirm or debunk this?-Blakjak664 (talk) 15:36, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I can debunk it. It is produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and if you look up the rights to the game, some logos and other material are property of SCEE. Also, Sony Computer Entertainment does not produce PC games. You cannot cite an unreliable blog for this, and you furthermore cannot link a the main page to the talk page, so that is being removed as well. WIKIPEEDIO 16:06, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I think this has been debunked. I believe it was in an interview on a podcast. When asked about the PC box, someone from Sony said something along the lines of "I don't know where they got that from. This game is exclusive to PS3". Besides, a photo of some placeholder box art on Kotaku is not a reliable source. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 18:54, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I saw one of these boxes in Gamestop. I don't think they would say it was coming out for PC if it wasn't. I think I'll go in there and ask what it means.-Blakjak664 (talk) 16:43, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Even if they gave you any speculation, you still need a citation or otherwise it would constitute original research. Additionally, Wikipedia is really not supposed to be a vehicle for this type of highly unlikely, and highly unsupported, scenario. It is a good find though. 68.43.194.195 (talk) 20:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Look at the official US Boxart, at the very top of it. What do you see? "Only On PlayStation". There you go. WIKIPEEDIO 02:30, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Archive bot

I've added an archive bot to the page to automatically archive old discussions. The parameters are as follows: any thread that has not received a comment within the last 150 days will be archived but there will always be 5 discussions left on the page to prevent new users from seeing a daunting blank discussion page. Hope this is OK with everyone. If not add a comment below. - X201 (talk) 10:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

RSS feeds generated by the game

I'm writing a Community section for the article which details the game's community and social networking features. I read an interview a couple of weeks ago where Alex Evans talks about RSS feeds which the game will generate for each player and can be acessed from outside the game (on the internet). I can't for the life of me find the interview now! Anyone know which one I'm talking about so I can cite it? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 20:52, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

LittleBigPlanet abbreviated to LBP?

Who has abbreviated it as this? If it's just done that way by the fans (because people love to shorten things online), it's not notable for inclusion in the article. RobJ1981 (talk) 07:36, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

I think it's fairly common, like GTA. Not just among fans. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 07:49, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

By the press and by the media molecule in their blog. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.79.243.77 (talk) 17:57, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

yeah, on the littlebigplanet blog —Preceding unsigned comment added by Estemshorn (talk • contribs) 22:56, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Reversion of multiple edits by 98.216.84.218

I undid these edits because:

• They removed the European version of the box art without reason
• They added specific game controllers (ie, "SIXAXIS") where this field should only show the type of controller (ie "Gamepad")
• The publisher is SCEE and SCEA so SCE covers both of these (see comment by X201 below)
• They removed other images with no reason provided
• The date format was incorrect as article is written in British English
• Commentary comparing the two box arts is needed to justify fair use

ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 07:19, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Additional: Please stop changing Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to Sony Computer Entertainment.
SCEE are the publishers of the game, and the following quote is from the bottom of the official LBP US website "LittleBigPlanet ©2007 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Developed by Media Molecule. LittleBigPlanet is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe." - X201 (talk) 08:12, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Character Customization (Question)

I know all the characters will feature customization from other PlayStation games, but I'm wondering. Will it feature other clothing accessories from MotorStorm? yes, I know none of the characters have any names (because they are random), but I'm wondering if it will happen? 70.45.160.124 (talk) 22:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I guess if it's not been mentioned, then it won't be in at launch, but there's no reason why they can't add it in as downloadable content given the nature of the game, and I'm sure Sony would appreciate the extra tie-ins to their games. Anyway, we'd best leave this one here, as this is not supposed to be a discussion forum. SynergyBlades (talk) 23:03, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Question closed. Guess it seems fair for me that a question has been answered then. 70.45.160.124 (talk) 00:27, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Stop being biased.

I have noticed that this article is biased towards Europe. For the publisher, it says "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe". I find it easier to just write "Sony Computer Entertainment". Simply because I'm sure SCEE isnt going to distribute the game to the rest of the world. You have to consider the many people who read this article who don't live in Europe. I noticed this issue and changed the publisher to SCE, and it was changed back to SCEE. I'm not sure who edited that, but you're extremely stubborn, and because of that, the article was locked. This is a perfect example of being biased of your own area and not considering everyone else. -Clash836

To quote the user above: "the following quote is from the bottom of the official LBP US website "LittleBigPlanet ©2007 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Developed by Media Molecule. LittleBigPlanet is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe."" So unless you've got a source that says it won't be published by SCEE in the US, that's the way it stays. SynergyBlades (talk) 02:39, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

You've answered your own question "For the publisher, it says "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe".... I'm sure SCEE isnt going to distribute the game to the rest of the world."

SCEE are the publishers of LBP. SCEA are the distributors. The reverse is true for games developed in the US and published by SCEA. They always flip-flop, publisher for their own games, distributor for games from another region. The template has a distributor field that hasn't been filled in, that is all that needs to be added to resolve this. I'll add it with SCEE and SCEA as distributors and leave SCEE as the publisher. - X201 (talk) 08:28, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Assessment as of 2008-09-25

Remaining Start-class. This article is coming along well, but there's still plenty to deal with before even C-class can be given:

• Development information?
• Gameplay section needs to be compressed down. For such a significant game it's important to cover all the details, but be careful about covering too much to the point you make the article sound like an instruction manual. Think about subsections of it that can be slimmed down and combined.
• Citations, citations, citations. There's a lot of citation needed tags in there: solve the issue with them. Also the URL citations need to be in the correct format too. The appropriate cite template will give you a good idea how to handle them.
• Does release date really need an entire section? Could it and marketing be combined into the dev section?

So far it's a good start, but definitely needs some cleaning. Looking forward to the finished product.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 10:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Not to be confused with...

Not to be confused with the 1994 PC adventure game, Little Big Adventure. Is anyone really going to confuse it, or can we remove this? SynergyBlades (talk) 20:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I doubt it. LittleBigPlanet is pretty well-known now. I doubt that comment is needed. On the other hand, it does no harm (I know that's a bad arguament!) ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 22:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

If the rationale of whoever placed it there is that it may be confusing because it starts with the words "Little" & "Big", then why didn't they disambig Little Bighorn as well? - X201 (talk) 08:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Maybe because it's not a game? --roddie digital (talk) 18:57, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

japanese beta

product code were sent to selected testers on september 29. beta is working from september 29 to october 12. Cliché Online (talk) 07:08, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Do you have a source for that so it can be added to the article? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 07:16, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Already release in Oz

Should someone add that the game has already been released in australia? link : http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/10/16/yes_littlebigplanet_street_date_is_being_broken-2.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.105.162.22 (talk) 22:08, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

one retailer breaking a release date does not mean it has been released, like the linked article says, it happens all the time, so i dont think this should be added —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.161.174 (talk) 23:10, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

This appears to have happened in the US and in the UK and Europe too. Like the previous comment stated, this is fairly common and not really notable. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 07:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Delay in Europe

This game is being delayed in Europe and the PAL regions by one week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellohallo1 (talk • contribs) 15:15, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

No it is not. Some retaillers have sold out of their pre-order stock so informed people that it's been delayed. SCEE confirmed this is not true. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 15:18, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Wrong, http://www.gamereactor.eu/text.php?id=294 It's getting delayed because of Muslim chants and such. Research before posting plz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellohallo1 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

To be fair, this came up a few minutes ago. Neither Google nor my RSS feeds were picking this news up. Having said that, it's still a rumor as Sony haven't confirmed anything. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 15:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

It's not a rumor, every UK retailer (online and off) has delayed the release. Sony doesn't need to confirm anything, it's already happening. It's just the future release date that's unconfirmed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellohallo1 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Lets wait till we see it in the news. REPUTABLE, RELIABLE news.. not video game rumor sites. SirFozzie (talk) 17:13, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I re-added the info. The source is an official statement from Sony on their semi-official blog. They obtained it from a press release from the Community Manager for SCEE on the official forums. As much as I dislike it, this isn't a rumor anymore. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 17:22, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

It has now also been confirmed on the MediaMolecule website. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 17:29, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

there you go, can't be more reliable than game industry.biz: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/littlebigplanet-release-delayed-in-europe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.41.93.242 (talk) 22:00, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

FUCK, The game is pushed back worldwide!

http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/10/littlebigplanet-scees-official-statement/—Preceding unsigned comment added by Oktopublish (talk • contribs) 15:52, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I must have added this as you were typing. Thanks for the taseful title.ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:13, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

the page says that the release date has been moved to October 27th, which i dont think is entirly right, most places say Sony will begin shipping October 27th, i assume meaning to get the game into stores for a release of October 28th, isnt a Tuesday normal release for a Game in the US? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukeyy19 (talk • contribs) 02:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

The article is WRONG! http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/3962.html says that NA will get it 27th October (right) but Europe gets it November 14th (wrong in article of wiki). Ffgamera (talk) 07:56, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

PSextreme state MCVUK as a source. MCVUK have no such article on their site. - X201 (talk) 10:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

No need to swear in the title.

To get to the point: PSXExtreme was wrong, and it seems that game shops in my region (New Zealand) are changing their release date to TBA 2008. And we just have to wait and see on release day to report this. Or confirm an official report on the matter. In any case, we cannot risk trying to guess the release date any longer, until official word arrives. Ffgamera (talk) 02:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

New "release" date

The date that is being bandied around the media of the 27 October being the new NA release date is missing the point of Sony's statement. Sony said "We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in North America the week of October 27th." Meaning that they will be sending stock to store during the week beginning the 27th so the release date will actually be a date after the 27th. I'm going to remove any mentions of the 27th being the release date, pending an actual release date announcement from Sony. - X201 (talk) 10:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Have made the following changes:

• Removed claims for the 27th being the release date but have left claims for the 27th being the week-beginning shipping date
• Removed claims that the new PAL,UK & IRL release date is the 14th. PSextreme was cited as a source, they cited MCVUK. I checked MCVUK and they have removed the 14th claim and state that no release date has been announced

As it stands Sony have not announced any new release dates, they have only announced the week that they will start moving stock to retail stores. - X201 (talk) 10:18, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

That's better, that is what i was getting at up in the previous section.

The 14th seems ridiculous, why would it take so much longer in the UK —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukeyy19 (talk • contribs) 16:58, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

once again i have had to remove claims of October 27th being the Release Date, is it possible to lock the section or something? --Lukeyy19 (talk) 16:08, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Not really, it's a case of lock the whole article because of vandalism, or just stay on the ball reverting changes. We could add a note to the section, but in my experience people either don't see them or (as is more often the case) just plain ignore them. - X201 (talk) 16:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

We just have to wait until the game is released and/or officially re-announced. Ffgamera (talk) 02:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

according to this site http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/20/littlebigplanet-confirmed-for-november-3-in-uk-and-europe/ the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand release is NO LATER THAN the week of November 3rd, should the 'No Later Than' be added, it may mean some stores could have it by October 31st i would think... --Lukeyy19 (talk) 12:03, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

"W/C 3 November" has been added to the article already. Suggesting it might be available sooner would just be speculation so can't be added to the article. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I just added "no later than". ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Here's the full press release from SCEE... "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is pleased to confirm that LittleBigPlanet will start to appear in stores no later than the week commencing Monday 3rd November in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, on a country by country basis. We appreciate all the enthusiasm surrounding this much anticipated title and we would like to thank PlayStation fans for their support and understanding."

Good spot Lukeyy19

- X201 (talk) 12:17, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Reception : crystal ball gazing?

Article shows 10/10 score in December's EDGE. As said magazine isn't out yet, is this speculation? --Oscarthecat (talk) 16:13, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Nope, subscribers received their copies on Friday. - X201 (talk) 16:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Reception

Now that reviews are coming in, obviously this section would be editted the most in the next week or two... Given past experience with high profile games reception on wiki, can I quickly suggest the following to prevent it from becoming quickly unorganised and inducing edit warring? Basically, try to maintain a good amount of both of pros and cons as given the current positive reception many would skip the cons yet many featured articles on very well received games have AT LEAST one full paragraph. Another is don't use this rule to go over board with cons making it appear it wasn't received well as it was (same thing originally happened on Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Bioshock and Halo 3). And finally, I can't stress this enough, I strongly suggest NOT mentioning its "rank" on Game Rankings or Metacritic for a good month or so given they change so much so fast on release, many fans of the game might feel the need to add stuff like "is currently the highest rated etc" despite the fact that could change in a day... then go back again. Regardless, its looking good at the moment. Stabby Joe (talk) 12:58, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. I think there's quite a good balance of good/bad at the moment. I think it would be good to stick to that kind of ratio. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 13:26, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Basically you want a good paragraph or 2 on the pros and another on the cons (30% for good games most of the time). Also in terms of reviews mentioned, both in text and table, I'd go with the usual (eg IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy, PSM), foreign sources (eg Eurogamer, Edge) and any others that might have good points (eg Game Trailers, Game Pro), as just suggestions. Another thing I've noticed is the amount of points that people ad, more than needed most of the time. Stabby Joe (talk) 23:02, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

"foreign sources"? Maybe in the American Wikipedia. Not this one. - X201 (talk) 14:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Well the vast majority of articles use mostly US sources and I was reminding people to still use those elsewhere (I'm from the UK so I'd like less US central in wiki). Stabby Joe (talk) 00:22, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

The "foreign sources" bit threw me. It made them sound like a sop. I understand your angle now. - X201 (talk) 08:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, now we need more cons guys... Stabby Joe (talk) 14:29, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

I've added some more of the negative comments in an attempt to balance it out a bit. I may have added too much though as it seems like the article doesn't reflect the overall positive nature of the reviews. I think more positive points will need to be added as opposed to negative ones being taken out though as I believe all of the ones I included are fairly important. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:22, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Previous well recieved game articles usual have a balance of 30/25% negative, reflecting pros yet not being biased. Stabby Joe (talk) 19:28, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Release/Delay (proposed title change)

Should we change the title for the release section to include the delay. This may stop people from adding an extra section regarding the delay. I have noticed this occur twice now. People are obviously not reading the article so maybe if it said Release/Delay or something else in large letters readers would refrain from adding information already in the article. Dark verdant (talk) 13:33, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Good thinking ChimpanzeeUK, hopefully that will stop it happening or at least reduce it. Dark verdant (talk) 14:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Release date in infobox

I added the week commencing dates to the infobox. I believe that the dates provided are as close to a solid release date that we're going to get seeing as these have come from official Sony announcements. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 10:52, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I was going to suggest something along those lines. - X201 (talk) 11:30, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/3972.html confirms it as well. Ffgamera (talk) 06:01, 21 October 2008 (UTC) Can someone also add the fact that the game releases on the 7th november in New Zealand? http://ebgames.co.nz/PS3/product.cfm?ID=10875 Because I don't know how. Thanks. Ffgamera (talk) 06:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

We'll be happy to add it but store websites like the one given don't qualify as reliable sources. And the only other info I can find is week commencing info or sites that have mis-understood the week commencing info. Sony's only comment on the matter so far is that they are "working toward achieving" a November 7 release. So the 7th is not really set in stone yet. - X201 (talk) 08:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Also Media Molecule confirmed that Japan will be keeping it's October 30th Release and since i'm not a user can one of you change the release date for japan back to oct 30? 565WZ 11:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Have you got a link for the MM announcement? - X201 (talk) 11:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Here is the link http://www.mediamolecule.com/2008/10/20/new-release-dates/. 565WZ 15:58, 29 October 2008 (EST)

Song still present after patch

It has been reported that even after the European 1.01 patch the song that caused the problems is still present leading to a supposition that the offending lyrics have been dubbed out in some manner LBP Patched - X201 (talk) 08:36, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I heard they looped around it (used an instrumental part of the song for the verse where the offending lyrics were). ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 08:53, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Just found clarification. The song will be patched in the next patch LBP 1.01 patch doesn't update song - X201 (talk) 09:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Vocal track removed in Patch1.02. Two patches within 24 hours for a game that hasn't been released. Must be a record. - X201 (talk) 15:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I've added both bits of info. SynergyBlades (talk) 16:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

How the delay recall began

i agree that the personal information should be removed, there is no reason to open this person up for abuse from gamers because they dont understand his religion.

i think it should read The reason for the recall was due to the inclusion of a song that contained two passages from the Qur'an, something which could offend Muslims. A Muslim player brought this to attention in a post on the Playstation Community forum requesting that Sony and Media Molecule remove the offending song from the game. --Lukeyy19 (talk) 12:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I removed the ID of the user who made the post which prompted the recall. I can't see how this has any relevance to the situation being described in the article. If users do want to know the ID, they can simply follow the ref to the original post. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:46, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

It is relevant. First, solid08 voluntarily posted in a public forum with his first name and PSN ID. If he wanted privacy, he should not have posted it on a message board. Furthermore, numerous sources cite it as the beginning of the recall by using the guy's name and ID. Not including it in the article because some moron may use it to abuse the poor guy is utterly daft reasoning. The person who got the recall ball rolling is definitely worth including, as why should someone have to go to the citation to learn the facts when it can easily be included here. And I'm not putting the guy's name in to encourage people to hate him -- it's just a fact of the situation, folks. Nothing more. In my opinion, there are no good reason for not including him. It's a fair entry and should be included.JordanSealy (talk) 12:58, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

WP has strict policies on how we deal with living people, and require strong reliable sources to be able to talk about them, and respect, whenever possible, the privacy of the person even if it is a publically known fact through fan boards or forums. The person's name given is not necessary to understand the point of the delay. Furthermore, too much detail is given to this (my thoughts being that some editors wanted this game next week and think a week delay is a big deal now - but in the overall scheme of things, it's a delay like every other game gets once in a while). The version posted by Lukeyy19 is the best description of what occurred. --MASEM 13:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Masem, I presume you are referring to WP:BLP. If so, please note we are not writing a biography of the guy, and LBP is not a living person. By your logic, we should also disinclude the names of the game's creator's for their privacy reasons as well. Anyway, I disagree. Please find and cite some examples on WP where someone's privacy has been maintained for any of the above reasons. Thanks.JordanSealy (talk) 13:16, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

A forum post is not reliable for sourcing BLP. While you can ID the username that posted it, that may have no connection if the user is actually Muslim or anything other aspects (for all we know, the account could have been hacked and posted). If there was a source from like IGN or 1UP that talked to the posted in question and got his statement along with his name, that's completely different. The other thing to consider is that his name in the long run is not important. The game got delayed a week because there was a potentially offensive song in it. That is, at the end of the day, a very trivial matter, and the fact that people want to write a really long section about this is very questionable. --MASEM 13:25, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

First, if it's all so trivial, why the insistence it should be removed? That forum post is the post that kicked it all off, as cited by 1up (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170727) -- is that sufficient evidence? Here are some sources citing his name and PSN ID:

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/17/1754239&from=rss

http://www.qj.net/Qur-an-in-LittleBigPlanet-poster-feels-partially-responsible-for-delay-sends-apologies/pg/49/aid/125063

http://www.gamearena.com.au/news/read.php/4823609

I could find more, but I've really got to get going. JordanSealy (talk) 13:43, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

No one is saying that pointing to the original forum post is a bad thing, but all we can do it point to the forum post as the original complaint - it gives us absolutely no verifiable information about the poster. WP is not a collection of trivia, and we should only include major details that are useful to the end user (the identify of the poster is not one of them). Think about a year from now. If nothing else comes up from this, a week delay is a blip on the radar - it is not important - its worth noting its delay but not to go into volumes about it. If, on the other hand, there is significant backlash (see how Manchester Cathedral reacted to its use in Resistance: Fall of Man) then we can expand the section; maybe there will be a conversation with that person, but we don't know. But, we're still keeping the forum post reference, that's perfectly fine, and so we can add more information back if it becomes necessary. But I seriously doubt a week delay is going to muster any more press than it already has; it seems big now because we all wanted the game in our hands now, but a year from now, it 99% chance will not matter. --MASEM 13:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Masem's position on this. When writing WP articles, one should consider the relevance of events as they would be regarded a long time from now. Specific details regarding the online persona of the person who posted the instigating forum post only serves to distract from the real issue. -SirLamer (talk) 17:54, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

The BBC article says the song was by a Somalian musician that has is songs commercially available. Can anyone figure out who it might be? Thanks. - 129.97.180.233 (talk) 21:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

It might be worth mentioning in the article, actually, and I've found a link, so I'll put it in. SynergyBlades (talk) 21:40, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Added.SynergyBlades (talk) 21:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Arb Break: No longer as simple as it appears

Muslim Group Condemns LittleBigPlanet Qur'an Censorship

Now, I recommend not jumping the gun here - let's see how this develops, but there may be a reasonable amount of material to include more details on this. This may pass over in a month or so, but if there's followup coverage, then there's cause to expand a section. --MASEM 23:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Songwriter of removed song defends position. Just keeping track of these if this becomes a bigger deal. --MASEM 20:28, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

• Eurogamer reporting on BBC Report
• Harrison: "Sony took absolutely the right decision" to recall LBP

- X201 (talk) 08:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

• BBC Interview Heard an interview with him on The World Service the other night, this interview stems from that. - X201 (talk) 14:00, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Request for Clarification

One piece of information I felt was lacking here was additional information on exactly which sect of Islam takes issue with Qur'an verses accompanying music. Christians get a bad rap on Evolution because the smaller sects (e.g. Southern Baptists) make a lot of noise about Creationism and Intelligent Design, while the largest sect (Catholicism) believes in Evolution. While reading the article I felt this distinction was left wanting, since the article mentions that the musician is a devout Muslim, and the offended individual is also Muslim. To my (limited) knowledge the only Muslim group with similar issues are the Sunni Taliban, but they go a step further and ban all musical instruments entirely. Qur'an verses appear frequently in Nasheeds (the background music in resistance videos published by insurgent groups in Iraq and Afghanistan) but these are all a capella. I guess what I'm getting to here is how extreme/fringe is this, or is this part of the norm for all Muslims? - RobW77 (talk) 12:45, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

In all of the reporting of the recall I haven't seen a specific sect mentioned. There were Muslims saying "its offensive they've done the right thing" and Muslims saying "its not offensive, its wrong to get upset of the tiniest little thing" but during all no mention of any sects, just one big group called Muslims.

I don't know if you've seen the original forum post that started it all so I've posted it below. - X201 (talk) 13:34, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

To: Sony Computer Entertainment & Media Molecule

While playing your latest game, "LittleBigPlanet" in the first level of the third world in the game (titled "Swinging Safari", I have noticed something strange in the lyrics of the music track of the level. When I listened carefully, I was surprised to hear some very familiar Arabic words from the Quran. You can listen to part of the track here:

mt14.quickshareit.com/share/p...lip22503c0.wav

The words are:

1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" ("kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death').

2- Almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "كل من عليها فان" ("kollo man alaiha fan", literally: 'All that is on earth will perish').

I asked many of my friends online and offline and they heard the exact same thing that I heard easily when I played that part of the track. Certain Arabic hardcore gaming forums are already discussing this, so we decided to take action by emailing you before this spreads to mainstream attention.

We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Quran deeply offending. We hope you would remove that track from the game immediately via an online patch, and make sure that all future shipments of the game disk do not contain it.

We would also like to mention that this isn't the first time something like this happened in videogames. Nintendo's 1998 hit "Zelda: Ocarina of Time" contained a musical track with islamic phrases, but it was removed in later shipments of the game after Nintendo was contacted by Muslim organizations. Last year, Capcom's "Zack & Wiki" and Activision's "Call of Duty 4" also contained objectionable material offensive to Muslims that was spotted before the release of the final games, and both companies thankfully removed the content.

We hope you act immediately to avoid any confusion and unnecessary controversy, and we thank you for making such an amazing game.

Regards,

yasser

Toumani Diabaté isn't a singer

The current, locked version of the article mislabels Toumani Diabaté as the singer of Tapha Niang. The track is by Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra; the group is named after him because he's the bandleader. He plays kora on the track. 209.204.188.184 (talk) 07:53, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Have removed "singer" for now, but I think we need to put something else up in its place "Bandleader"? or rephrase to "song by Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra" to point to the group as a whole. - X201 (talk) 09:24, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Sequel

Brief mention in BBC article that a sequel is already in the works - X201 (talk) 09:53, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, added it to the article before seeing this on the talk page. No reason not to have it in the article though, right? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 10:13, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Development

The Development section seems very sparse on actual development info, its all marketing and beta info. Im trying to find some stuff but my memory is fading as to where I read the stuff about the game thats in my head...(development wise). Im thinking 1up yours etc so I'll have a look. John.n-IRL 15:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll trawl through my old copies of Edge for some info. - X201 (talk) 15:49, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

The info on Craftworld is interesting, but needs a reliable source for its inclusion; there's also an interview about how MM were in talks with Valve to produce a portal-like game before approaching Sony. SynergyBlades (talk) 16:08, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I've been meaning to get around to that myself but the beta has been a bit of a distraction! I'll try and dig up some information this evening. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 16:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Have added a chunk about the initial development, LBP before it became LBP. We can drag some of the GDC stuff from the top down into here as well, seems a better place for it. Have found other MM & LBP related stuff and will add more at a later date. The start of development (Feb 06) to the GDC announcement seems a bit of a black hole as regards information.- X201 (talk) 19:08, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Great start. What exactly should I be looking for to add to the development section? I had a look last night but to be honest I didn't really know what I was looking for. Can someone recommend an example of a "good" Development section —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChimpanzeeUK (talk • contribs) 19:31 2 October 2008

There's no set in stone correct way to do it. Have a look at the Featured Articles listed at WP:VG/FA and it'll give you an idea of the general stuff that's required. - X201 (talk) 21:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Could we get some clarification on what exactly these "weird" aspects of the game were that were left out in the presentation to Phil Harrison? Sounds interesting, but looks terribly vague in the development section. SynergyBlades (talk) 22:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll have another look at the book when I get home, but I think that MM themselves failed to elaborate on the actual specifics of it. Will check and add info if there. - X201 (talk) 08:12, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Found out what "Weird" meant. MM were worried that the user created content part of the game would seem "weird" for a console game and so they toned down that aspect of the presentation. - X201 (talk) 18:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Marketing section break

What is that Marketing stuff doing in there anyway? There is nothing special whatsoever in there, the whole section just sounds like advertising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.56.193.181 (talk) 17:17, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

To be honest I've had my doubts about it for a while. Anyone oppose its removal? - X201 (talk) 17:42, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

The shop in the UK is notable as it shows how much Sony is plugging the game to the UK public, which gives it some real-world context. Not so sure about the videos for the various stores and such though, and the sackboy exclusives can fit in with the stuff already in Create which mentions how certain characters will appear, like Nariko and Sephiroth. SynergyBlades (talk) 17:44, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it's had a fairly notable marketing campaign what with all the exclusive "goodies" deals with retaillers and what-not. It could probably be cut down a bit though. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 17:47, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Proposed new version, opinions?

Both Sony Computer Entertainment and Media Molecule have undertaken a robust marketing campaign in the run-up to the game's release. In North America, SCEA have partnered with several of the major online retailers[31] [32] [33] to offer unique bonus gifts to customers pre-ordering the game. These gifts include codes to access additional in-game characters, a sticker book, a burlap pouch and an official game guide.[35]

In the UK, SCEE have partnered with an online store to offer a downloadable Nariko character (from Heavenly Sword) to customers who pre-order the game.[33] Also, a temporary shop has been set-up in Manchester's town centre where people will be able to play the game before its release. This shop is due to move to central London in early October.[37] - X201 (talk) 17:58, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

That seems to about sum it up. I agree there's really no need to mention the stores by name. I think it was mainly that that made it sound promotional. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 18:06, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

I've been asked and wondered myself what the neat little song that is used in the primary campaign for LBP in North America. I've also heard this song used on an episode of "Life" on NBC. People need at least one place where they can go to find out this type of information. It's certainly notable for a lot of people, just as notable as the "New Soul" entry on the MacBook Air air page. I am adding this to the Marketing section. Before you remove it, provide an alternative because this data should be easy to find for those who want to know. Rawlogic (talk) 16:18, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd argue that it's trivia, really, and not particularly notable for the game as a whole. SynergyBlades (talk) 16:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd agree with that. The actual music in the game isn't listed in the article so why is advert music used in a single country in the World notable? - X201 (talk) 16:57, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

You still haven't answered where would you put this information then? Like I said, it's just as notable as the song on the Mac Air page. Under the marketing section, it absolutely makes sense. The marketing will have nothing to do with the game itself--that's marketing. The information is trivial, yes, but also noteworthy. New information is often trivial until it become common knowledge. If you want to add the music that's in the game, then add it. I believe I've proven my case by citing the Mac Air page. It's the same thing. Rawlogic (talk) 14:53, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

It's trivial at best, and probably shouldn't be in the article. Wikipedia simply isn't the guide to everything. I know people sometimes think it is: but it's not. RobJ1981 (talk) 15:31, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow, that just clears everything up. Vagueness is the key to winning any argument. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.40.56 (talk) 14:01, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it should go anywhere. I'd argue that maybe the mention of the song on the Mac Air page isn't notable either. Although perhaps it can be justified because the adverts themselves are notable by the amount of attention they have received in the media. LittleBigPlanet's commercials are not particularly notable and neither them nor the music used in them (or that song in particular) has been discussed to a large extent. I don't disagree that maybe some people might be looking for the information, but that doesn't mean it should be on Wikipedia. As stated on WP:NOT, "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information" - "merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia". What makes this one song more notable than any of the other songs used in LBP trailers? If this song is to be mentioned then logically the music from every trailer released in an English-speaking country should be listed in the article too and these sorts of collections of random information are highly discouraged. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 15:42, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Release Week Goodies

I think I read somewhere that anyone who plays the game in the opening week gets some items in the game, cant see it in the article though. Is this actually happening and does anyone know when? Or has this been scrapped since the opening day was moved back from the 24th therefore we all missed the opening week? Dark verdant (talk) 09:09, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

They're via the PSN Store. PS Blog post. We should add something about DLC to the article. - X201 (talk) 09:52, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info, I shall look out for it. Yes I agree to adding stuff about DLC. Dark verdant (talk) 12:02, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Mulitplayer

Just noticed that the following quote was removed:

"Each local player is able to sign in to their own PlayStation Network account and individually collect for their own account; this is one of the few times such a feature has been included in a PlayStation 3 game."

Is this just talking about users on the same system? I have two usernames on my PS3 and both have separate PSN IDs. Not sure if they both can sign in to PSN at the same time but I know you can use another profile on the PS3 to play as when a second player joins. Dark verdant (talk) 08:49, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I removed this. It was referring to trophies during a local multiplayer game. If user A starts the game, then someone else turns on a controller and selects user B from the list, only user A can achieve trophies during that game. In order for user B to collect them, he/she would have to quit the game, sign on to the PS3 system with their account and start the game again. This is contrary to what was erroneously implied in the article. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:13, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Ahh right, I should probably take more time to read things, thanks for the reply though.Dark verdant (talk) 11:03, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Another BBC source

From BBC Click, has an interview with a developer, regarding various development details. You may find it useful, you may not. -- Sabre (talk) 11:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

WPVG Assessment

I am bumping this up to B-Class, mid-importance. It is well-referenced, seems to be written well, and has a good sense of comprehensiveness. I see that this is currently a GA-nominee, so I will leave to the GA reviewers for further review/suggestions. If this does not pass GA, follow the suggestions the GA-reviewers made to improve, and request a peer review if necessary for further ironing out of any details. MuZemike (talk) 20:34, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Game Title

Shouldn't "LittleBigPlanet" read "LittleBIGPlanet" throughout, as per the official website and the boxart? A. Ogilvie (talk) 01:15, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Unusual capitalisation is usually avoided per MOS:TM, as with such game articles as the WipEout series (found instead at Wipeout). SynergyBlades (talk) 01:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

External link to SackBook.com?

Firstly, just to make it clear, I have no association with this website. I just discovered it this morning. I know that links to fansites are generally to be avoided, but I think this one is of note as it feeds (nearly) live data from the game such as top levels, comments, images, users etc. This sort of thing (the game intermingling with the web) was raised by Alex Evans in an interview a while ago but I can't find the link now. WP:VG/EL states that "if determined by consensus to be valuable, [fansites] may be included". Anyone have any objections to adding this? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 13:11, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Anyone got any comments on this? I'd like to form a consensus. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:04, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

No objections to adding, looks like quite a useful site for those with LBP. Dark verdant (talk) 19:48, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't a collaboration of fansites. And to Dark verdant, I suggest you should read WP:GAMECRUFT.--Megaman en m (talk) 20:18, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm aware of this, did you not read what I said, and what WP:VG/EL says? "if determined by consensus to be valuable, [fansites] may be included". The guidelines suggest that care is taken to avoid WP becoming a collection of fansites. It doesn't impose a blanket ban on them. I think this site is noteworthy (or at least it would be if it was still online), hence the discussion. According to the PlayStation Blog, SCE are now working with the site's creator to improve it and make sure it's secure. Anyway, no point in posting the link until it is back online.ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:13, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

FA Material?

I'm thinking about nominating the article for FA status. It appears to meet all the required criteria. I just wanted to check that there isn't anything that anyone thinks needs to be done before I do this? There weren't any points raised in the GA nomination. Anyone have any suggestions? ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

A peer review as a pre-cursor to an FA push might help point out any problems. - X201 (talk) 12:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I thought the assessment request = a peer review. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 13:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

They're basically the same, but different. Synergy is currently putting Drake's Fortune through a peer review prior to an FA attempt, so we can examine the outcome of that to check that the same problems don't exist in the LBP article. - X201 (talk) 13:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. I'll leave it for now. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 14:22, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

It would need some work on merging short paragraphs, of which there are a few, to make equal-sized ones. The reception section could also do with some work, perhaps splitting the larger two chunks up and cutting the larger quotes down a bit, to make a more readable whole by going over the points of the game and inserting quotes as appropriate (rather than just listing out quotes). Also, if we're aiming for 2 parts positive to 1 part negative for a very well-received game, as I think I read earlier on this talk page, then this would also need rebalancing as it's currently 50/50. Also, as far as I'm aware, featured game articles require reliable sales data; some further commentary might be appropriate as some outlets noted sales were probably not as high as expected (with Sony commenting officially on the matter, again, source could be found for this). SynergyBlades (talk) 05:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I've added some information about its sales (although actual numbers still aren't available). I'll work on evening-out the reviews bit when I get a chance. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I put it in the Reception section as I thought it is essentially about how well the game was received financially and it would be better than making another small section. If anyone thinks it would be better places elsewhere, please do so. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 14:39, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I just came to this article as I'm interested in how the game works, etc., and I think that the article is definitely in great shape right now. I was going to suggest nominating it for FAC in the near future, but now that I see this has already come up, I'll just voice my opinion here :) Good luck with a future FAC! Gary King (talk) 01:39, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

It's a very good article; I'd give it my "support" vote as it is. ^Tezkag₇₂ 23:10, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Gameplay

Section 1.2 may need a re-write for clarity and quality of information. Specifically, "...[The player] may create items for the character to wear such as masks and clothes..." as written may be misleading, implying costume items can be created by the user. While stickers and decorations can be used to customize a costume, base-level costume pieces cannot be edited or created in the present version of the software. What do you guys think? Chimerinn (talk) 20:16, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

A good point. I've edited it to ensure no reader is left thinking they can make their own masks or clothes. SynergyBlades (talk) 12:21, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Version 1.06

Ok, I have just found out that version 1.06 has been released. But I cant seem to find out any sources. It released some METAL GEAR OF SOLID material trophies. That's what it shows on my PS3. -LittleBigPlanet^Hello! 01:12, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I also downloaded the update yesterday but didn't see any new trophies (unless I'm being blind) is it a region specific thing? The only place I have seen info about the update is in the LBP forums.Dark verdant (talk) 08:46, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I've added a citation for this now. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:14, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

As I read it. 1.06 was the fix for the moderation issues and 1.07 will be the MGS stuff. - X201 (talk) 09:29, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I read that 1.07 would be the MGS stuff too, however people with v1.06 have trophies added in advance (I will have to look again later as I couldn't see them last night when I checked after the update)Dark verdant (talk) 10:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

They are only visible when you compare trophies with someone. Not when you just view your trophies. This suggests that it was probably a mistake on SCE's part and it wasn't actually meant to be shown yet. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 11:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification Dark verdant (talk) 12:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

1.07 is out now which apparently reveals the trophies properly and access to the store and DLC from within the game. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 12:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Update 1.07 has just been found! Someone find the source please! -LittleBigPlanet^Hello! 19:05, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Woops. Nevermind just saw it already there. -LittleBigPlanet^Hello! 19:06, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Update 1.09 is out. It fixes all the issues that 1.08 was sposed to. >_< and it fixes the issues introduced by 1.08. v.1.08 was a complete waste of time. But they realised their mistake, and the new patch solves all :) Ffgamera (talk) 02:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Similarities

Has anyone other than myself noticed this game takes various aspects from Phun, particularly in the create mode? It seems that this original concept is more of a good thing improved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.162.21.47 (talk) 01:11, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Official Merchandise

They are releasing official merchandise, and they are 4" scale sackboys. can someone add this Link —Preceding unsigned comment added by Estemshorn (talk • contribs) 02:59, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Gameplay section

Following the peer review comments about the Gameplay section, I think the best way to go would be to create a new Character section that describes the features and abilities of Sackboy, and move information like emotes and what kills him and customisation into it. That would then leave the Gameplay section to concentrate purely on gameplay. - X201 (talk) 16:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Yahtzee Croshaw's Review

he did a review of lbp, here is the link to the video. Estemshorn (talk) 22:18, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

PSP game

I removed "PSP" from the Platforms section of the infobox because the PSP game obviously won't be a port of the PS3 game. It will be significantly different and will therefore probably have it's own article. This article is about the PS3 game. The best comparison I can think of is like Resistance 2 and Resistance: Retribution. They're sister games but are significantly different. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 20:06, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

This entry on the Official PlayStation Blog explains that they're "Building the game from the ground up", "made just for gamers on-the-go". I think this confirms that the PSP game will not fit in with this article. ChimpanzeeUK - User | Talk | Contribs 09:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

LittleBigPlanet is on the Blu-ray Disc Dual Layer, so I highly doubt it could be even attempted to be ported to UMD. Ffgamera (talk) 07:51, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Delve deeper into user-generated content?

That is, mention specific notable user-created levels that got significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Assuming, of course, that such coverage exists. Comments? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

In case anyone IS interested, here are some specific entries that are somewhat notable... - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

American Gladiators

• [1]

Back to the Future

• [2]

Batman

• [3]

Buzz!

• [4]

Calculator

• [5]
• [6]
• [7]

Contra

• [8]
• [9]
• [10]
• [11]
• [12]
• [13]

Escape from Alcatraz

• [14]

Final Fantasy

• [15]

Ghostbusters

• [16]

God of War

• [17]
• [18]

Gradius

• [19]
• [20]
• [21]
• [22]
• [23]
• [24]
• [25]
• [26]
• [27]

Grand Theft Auto

• [28]

ICO

• [29]
• [30]
• [31]

Indiana Jones

• [32]

Jurassic Park

• [33]

Mario

• [34]
• [35]
• [36]
• [37]
• [38]
• [39]

Mega Man

• [40]

Metal Gear

• [41]
• [42]
• [43]
• [44]
• [45]

Mirror's Edge

• [46]
• [47]
• [48]

Pac-Man

• [49]
• [50]

Phantasy Star

• [51]
• [52]

Resistance: Fall of Man

• [53]

Saw

• [54]

Shadow of the Colossus

• [55]
• [56]
• [57]
• [58]
• [59]
• [60]

Sonic

• [61]
• [62]

Star Wars

• [63]

Takeshi's Castle

• [64]
• [65]
• [66]
• [67]
• [68]

Tetris

• [69]
• [70]
• [71]
• [72]

Warcraft

• [73]

Worth mentioning. I'll add it in after I've cleared the list of recommendations from the peer review. - X201 (talk) 09:58, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

W/C

I don't get it. Why keep the W/C? There's no reason to...it doesn't have any significance. - Lalo22 16:11, 02 April 2009

The dates are Week Commencing dates. There was no absolute release date for LBP in those territories. Due to the problems Sony were having in getting the new version of the game to stores they basically said "the game will be available at certain stores at some point in the week commencing 3 November" The only region to have a rock solid date announced for it was the UK. So to remove the W/C and make the North American or PAL release dates look like an exact date is wrong. - X201 (talk) 22:07, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, ok. Thank you. - Lalo22 17:04, 3 April 2009

Sales section

The Sales Performance section starts with: "LittleBigPlanet failed to sell as favourably as anticipated during its first few weeks." Anticipated by whom? What is the (a?) source for this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.247.151.10 (talk) 02:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

This has been addressed. Sorry about deleting the talk page section (one I added); didn't know that was bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.247.151.10 (talk) 19:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Paragraph about Cornish Yarg and Creators pack

Is it worth including a paragraph underneath the "Future development" section about the upcoming Cornish Yarg patch and the Creators Packs that are going to be released? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.86.88 (talk) 18:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

PSP info link

Just putting this link here for when I've got time to search it for article info. Interview with Studio Cambridge - X201 (talk) 13:38, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Sackcast

Is this relevant to audience of this page? Looking at their forum shows this is a really small fan podcast site, with currently only 42 members.

Was added by a member of the forum http://www.sackcast.com/2009/06/wiki/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeouterlimits (talk • contribs) 18:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

No, it's not notable. It's spam. I've removed it now. Thanks. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 00:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

List of game packs?

Does anyone else think a List of LittleBigPlanet game packs article would be encyclopaedic? Their releases always get covered by news sites so it would be verifiable and DLC is certainly a very big and commonly discussed aspect of the game, making it notable. But on the other hand I'm not sure if it would fall under what Wikipedia is not, as in a guide or catalogue.

I'm thinking the page would be a table listing the names of the packs, the date of first release (along with a region code if not worldwide), and yes/no or count columns for costumes, levels, stickers/decorations and items to show which of these are included in the pack. Being sortable would allow the page to also serve as a chronology.

For precedent, pages such as List of songs in Wii Music, List of celebrity appearances in video games and various lists of video game characters exist. Thoughts? Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 13:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

If List_of_songs_in_Guitar_Hero_World_Tour can become a featured article then there's no reason why LBP can't have a DLC list. If you're going to build it in a user space first, let me know where and I'll give you a hand.- X201 (talk) 13:57, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I would agree with X201, if theres a list of songs for Guitar hero that I don't see why not for LBP, guitar hero also shows all the songs in the main game so maybe there cold be a list of content in the main game too if you set if out like guitar hero.Dark verdant (talk) 14:13, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

As many of the gamepack are tied to notable events (eg the Ghostbusters one tied closely with the 25th anniversary and the recent game), I see no reason why the list could not at least exist if not get featured. (I'm coming at this from the main person behind the GH lists :-) I recommend a brief background of the DLC aspect (what it envisioned as part of the game, what's MM's philosphophy on it, etc.), then the list of DLC, and then any general reception comments on them. I say this one is a no-brainer. --MASEM (t) 15:14, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I've made a start on it here User:X201/LBP List - X201 (talk) 15:10, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Just to round off this discussion: List of LittleBigPlanet downloadable content packs is the finished article. - X201 (talk) 10:32, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

help

Hi, Can anyone help me my son has this game who is 7 and the game has gone funny so think it might be best if we delete all of everything and start from scratch but can anyone tell me how? Thanks Adelle xx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.41.15.139 (talk) 16:02, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Delete everything for LBP in the 'Game Data Utility' on the XMB. But Wikipedia is not a forum so please end the discussion here. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 21:37, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Video Game Controversies?

What the heck...why is this game listed under "Video game controversies"? I don't see anything wrong, except maybe the whole copyrighted characters in levels...64.83.204.91 (talk) 04:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Because one of the songs had a muslim chant in it, so the game caused a controversy and was recalled, and the chant was taken out. estemshorn (talk|contrib) 04:53, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Like Estemshorn said. It's mentioned in the Release section. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 15:51, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Not to worry, I removed the video game controversies category. the category should be reserved only for stuff that recieves considerate attention like the Hot coffee minigame in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the No Russian level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Emigdioofmiami (talk) 00:24, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

This did receive considerable coverage. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 07:02, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Can you put a link to the news article? Otherwise, I'll just remove the category again. (Emigdioofmiami (talk) 05:06, 1 August 2010 (UTC))

There are links in the Release section of the article. The reason that LBP is fully warranted being in the Controversies Category is that it had some Muslims complaining, not about the content of the game, but about the fact that the game had been edited/delayed to avoid causing insult. - X201 (talk) 08:27, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Water needs updating

Water has been confirmed as being part of the Pirates of The Carribean level pack, coming out next Tuesday (22nd dec). This needs adding in to the article. If I get time, I'll do it. ★Sunny_bacon★ (talk) 21:00, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 23:35, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Fan games?

I think that fan stages should be covered to a certain point - there are clearly some notable ones that have not only been covered in secondary sources but, in "LittleBigContra's" case, winning the "outstanding achievement" award from Media Molecule for the quality of its design. Comments? My biggest problem is that it doesn't cover the popular thing of remaking games in LBP, which is pretty prevalent. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 06:50, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree. I started adding this (commented out) a while ago but it was removed at some point. I think Community projects would be a good heading for it as it could cover anything notable that has come out of the community. Contra's a good example as that received attention from a lot of sources when it was released, helping establish it's notability. We just have to be careful that it really does only mention particularly notable things otherwise I see it becoming a dumping ground for people to promote their own levels. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 08:38, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

No sequel?

In response to the IP who added the "dubious" tag to the sequel comment, I've just read the source article again and it seems pretty clear-cut to me: "Level designer Danny Leaver said that a sequel would fragment the LBP community. “We’d never want to do that. That’d be the most counterproductive thing you could do I think.” he said.". He says that they wouldn't want to fragment the community and a sequel would do this, vis-à-vis, they would not want to make a sequel. Chimpanzee - User | Talk | Contribs 08:36, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Couldn't see a problem with original ref, but have altered link to point to full interview. Text in new ref isn't open to any dispute so have removed tag. - X201 (talk) 09:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I think you mean ergo, not vis-a-vis 212.225.106.202 (talk) 19:51, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Sephiroth?

I just now saw that in the article, it mentioned that there was a Sephiroth costume. Is this true? I own the game and have never seen any DLC related to Final Fantasy.--24.158.128.227 (talk) 19:24, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah, the Sepiroth costume. :) It exists, (see here [74]) But it was never actually released. I think we need to edit the article. - X201 (talk) 20:49, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Playstation Move Compatibility

I don't believe they are really going to implement this. Especially since the sequel is out. Is there a more valid reference? Someone should update this, but i can't find anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firefoxian (talk • contribs) 23:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Shifting LittleBigPlanet to its series page rather than the PS3 game?

It may be more convenient for the page "LittleBigPlanet" to go to the series page rather than to here the page for the PS3 game. Reason being, although this is the original game. However there are 3 games with simply "LittleBigPlanet" as its name, and for ambiguity's sake. It may be clearer to redirect to the series page and from there they can see which of the 3 games they actually wish to view. KiasuKiasiMan 12:54, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

I've been keeping an eye on it, but we haven't met the requirements of the VG guidelines on moving it yet.

"the series page should reside at the primary name if the series possesses a minimum of 3 video game articles as well as at least one other unrelated video game or related media item. Otherwise, the first game in the series should occupy the primary name, and the series article should be disambiguated with "... (series)"

I suppose it might be the nudge we need to create the Sackboy article. - X201 (talk) 12:41, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Yup, I've shifted various pages based on the guideline. But the circumstances in our case in quite unique since all 3 games actually share the same name. Whereas in most cases that guideline is used for games with many sequels. So its worth noting the difference.KiasuKiasiMan 09:17, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, it is confusing and I think its a special case regarding the move. Move it. - X201 (talk) 16:31, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

As part of this discussion the topic of how LittleBigPlanet articles should be disambiguated was raised. This topic has been moved to the LittleBigPlanet series talk page.

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Page moved. Can someone look at the inbound links to make sure they are pointed to the correct article? Vegaswikian (talk) 21:49, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

• LittleBigPlanet → LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3)
• LittleBigPlanet (series) → LittleBigPlanet

– There are currently 3 games sharing the name "LittleBigPlanet", and its starting to get rather confusing and for disambiguity's sake. Its best if LittleBigPlanet brings them to the series' page isntead of the PlayStation 3 game, since users could be looking for the PSP or PS Vita games instead. KiasuKiasiMan 09:35, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Support - X201 (talk) 10:04, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Support - That makes sense. Chimpanzee ^{Us | Ta | Co} 10:41, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

I think it might be a good time to fix the disambig on the rest: we normally go by year first if there are name conflicts: eg:

• LittleBigPlanet (PSP) --> LittleBigPlanet (2009 video game)
• LittleBigPlanet (Playstation Vita) --> LittleBigPlanet (2012 video game)

And that would put the first move at (2007 video game). The redirects w/ console name should still remain, but bring this into consistancy with the project.

Even if that's not accept, the PSP needs then to be moved to LittleBigPlanet (Playstation Portable) to be consistent with the others, if this move request is done. --MASEM (t) 14:18, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:NCVG says that for ports/remakes the platform should be used to disambiguate games of the same name. I know these aren't really ports or re-makes but I think that makes more sense in this case. Most of the games are on different platforms and as they're released relatively close to each other (2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012) many people will not know which one is which from the year alone. Chimpanzee ^{Us | Ta | Co} 16:30, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

As long as the redirects are there, it will be searchable, and that's not an issue then. Eg "LittleBigPlanet PSP" can be explicitly redirected to the right game named by year rather than system. --MASEM (t) 16:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

I understand that redirects can be used. But I think its a much clearer definition if we separate them by platform rather than years. Years are also more commonly used for remakes or for games that are released many years apart. However these games are released rather close to each other, and its much more recognizable to identify them by platform. But LittleBigPlanet (PSP) definitely should be shifted to LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation Portable).KiasuKiasiMan 07:17, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

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Moved anyway

Regardless of the no consensus on the LBP (console) or LBP (year) disambig, someone has just imposed their own views on the matter. - X201 (talk) 15:30, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

12:42 . . CoolingGibbon moved LittleBigPlanet (PSP) to LittleBigPlanet (2009 video game) over redirect (More appropriate.)
12:40 . . CoolingGibbon moved LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation Vita) to LittleBigPlanet (2012 video game) (More appropriate.)

Yeah, I just spotted that too. Moved them back for now. Will start a new discussion on Talk:LittleBigPlanet#Article names as it potentially relates to all the articles. Chimpanzee ^{Us | Ta | Co} 15:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Gameplay details

Some of the detail on gameplay seem like they should be in the main LittleBigPlanet article, instead of here. --UserJDalek 00:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Overview section

I don't think the "overview" section at the front of the article is standard in Wikipedian video game articles. Could we gather a consensus? StewdioMACK (talk) 10:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: moved. Number 57 12:47, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

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• LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3) → LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game)
• LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation Portable) → LittleBigPlanet (2009 video game)

– Per WP:VGNC: disambiguation based upon year first, not system. Because the two games were released in two separate years, I don't see a problem (and if move not supported, I would like to see the word "video game" added to the original titles, so it would be LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3 video game)). soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 08:34, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Oppose; these titles are WAY more informative as they are then as the OP proposes. Year disambiguation is best used when there is a large gap between publications, not when things are published a couple years apart. The WP:NCVG guidelines don't actually say that it should only be done by year, as no mention is made about systems, they merely say that it can be done by year. In this case the main difference between these games is the system, and the closeness of the years makes a year disambiguation almost useless.I also don't see adding (video game) to be very necessary either, as it is heavily implied by the 'Playstation' disambiguation anyway, and is far less WP:CONCISE. From WP:NCVGDAB: "never make a disambiguation tag longer than necessary".  InsertCleverPhraseHere  13:51, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

• • I should've pointed to WP:NCVGDAB specifically. Emphasis in bold added by me. No. 2 says "For original video games: (...) Further disambiguation can be made by appending "(video game)" or "(YEAR video game)". The former is preferable." No. 3 says "For platform-specific remakes/ports: Disambiguate by appending "([platform])" to the title (e.g., "Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)")". Since LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3) and LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation Portable) are both original games and not remakes or ports, the guideline says we shouldn't use the platform to disambiguate. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 15:24, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
• Support – nominator has the stronger argument, based in policy, unless the 2009 game turns out to be a port...  czar 04:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

I was under the impression it was a port, but it apparently is not. Support.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  03:37, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

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• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.gamespot.com/news/6166988.html?tag=latestnews%3Btitle%3B0
• Added archive http://www.webcitation.org/6CjpFRs0m?url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/07/gamestop-lbp-pre-order-adds-more-god-of-war-sackness/ to http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/07/gamestop-lbp-pre-order-adds-more-god-of-war-sackness/
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://littlebigplanet.us.playstation.com/post/2008/10/Introducing-LittleBigWorkshop.aspx
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/26/lbp-killzone-2-and-resistance-2-dated-for-europe/
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://news.littlebigworkshop.com/en-us/post/2008/12/Metal-Gear-Solid-hits-LBP-for-the-Holidays--1223%21.aspx
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/22/gtaiv-gets-near-perfect-score-from-famitsu-beats-littlebigplanet/
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://uk.gamespot.com/psp/action/littlebigplanet/news.html?sid=6210928
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110816002034/http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en/ to http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en/

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