Forum:Appearances Listings

So for a while now, I've been putting what are essentially the same game on the same line in the Appearances sections, ie "Persona 3 / FES / Portable", but I still haven't really figured out an actual standard for it and mostly just going by feel. I figure its about time to come up with an actual standard for it because I'm seeing some instances that others are doing that just don't feel right.

Take SMT: if... for example; the game is broken up into different chapters depending on who you select as your partner, so putting Hazama's Chapter on the same line makes sense because its basically just a different chapter in the same game. DemiKids Light / Dark are meant to be a pair, so that makes sense too.

The ones I'm not sure about are things like SMT 20XX and its prequel Devil's Colosseum and Persona 4 Arena and its sequel Ultimax. Devil's Colosseum could probably be on the same line as SMT 20XX, but I'm not sure that Ultimax should be on the same line as P4 Arena. I think my guideline has probably been based on the amount of content added, and whether its actually a whole new game or just a supplementary game; its obvious for enhanced ports like P3/FES/P and P4/G that they're just supplementary, but what about P4A/U? Is there enough story in fighting games that they should be on separate lines?

Most of the cellphone games are just supplementary games, so most of them should be paired with their origin game, so maybe the guideline should be that just supplementary cellphone games (if.../Hazama's), remakes (P4/G), and games made in pairs (DemiKids) should be listed on the same line, but all proper, full-length console games should be listed separately (P4A and P4AU listed separate)? (This still leaves 20XX and 20XXDC iffy though)

I'd also like to suggest that non-game media be somehow separated in the appearances listings from their games. Should this be gone by different headings (h2 appearances, h3 games, h3 media) or just further indentation (listed with their inspiration game but with ** instead of * )? I think the latter would be the best way to go about it.

Thoughts? Tathra (talk) 21:13, August 31, 2014 (UTC)