Talk:Sonic CD/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ed! (talk · contribs) 19:34, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Looking at this one. —Ed!^(talk) 19:34, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria) (see here for this contributor's history of GA reviews)

1. It is reasonably well written:

   • "Sonic CD marks the video game debuts of Amy Rose and Metal Sonic," -- well, technically no, because a robotic Sonic appeared in Sonic 2 which came out in 1992. "Mecha Sonic" I think is what the fans call that one. Better to say, I think, that this is where the Robot Sonic antagonist gains the speed that shows up in subsequent games.

   • Actually, Mecha Sonic is considered by Sega a separate character. Sonic CD is listed in the sources as the first appearance of Metal Sonic.

   • In Plot, surprised you didn't say anything about racing Metal Sonic in stardust speedway, and it seemingly being destroyed at the end.

   • I've mentioned it now.

   • Might be good to mention similar themes that appear in this game that tie it to the others (collecting seven stones via special stages as an optional side quest) and that others are missing (Super Sonic, Tails)

   • I don't think that's really in Wikipedia's scope. WP:GAMECRUFT says not to include content such as excessive fictional details and lists of series concepts.

   • Also spotting a ref that says it was supposed to be part of Sonic 2 but was split off? here

   • That book is unreliable; it violates WP:SPS. The sources say that Sonic CD was supposed to be merely a Sega CD port of Sonic 2, but was reworked after Sonic 2 flopped in Japan.

   • Also worth noting some of the differenced in the story ports, in the Archie comic for instance, Tails is featured and Metal Sonic can talk.

   • Done. I've expanded the paragraph.

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable:

   • Refs 11, 12, 22, 30, 48, 49, 50, 64, 65, 66 -- any ISSN or OCLC numbers? These are preferable when an ISBN number can't be found, and needed to locate the periodicals mentioned.

   • These are magazines, so there aren't any ISBNs, ISSNs, etc. However, most of them can be found at Sonic Retro.

3. It is broad in its coverage:

   Pass No problems there.

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy:

   Pass No problems there.

5. It is stable:

   Pass No problems there.

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate:

   Images appear to be properly cited as far as copyright.

7. Other:

   Dab links, dup links, disambig links and dead link tools all show no problems.

On Hold Pending a few fixes. —Ed!^(talk) 20:48, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

@Ed!: I think I've resolved everything. Responded above. JOEBRO64 22:38, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

This all sounds good to me. Passing GA. —Ed!^(talk) 23:13, 11 February 2018 (UTC)