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Your GA nomination of Megami Tensei

The article Megami Tensei you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Megami Tensei for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of PresN -- PresN (talk) 01:41, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

RPGs

I feel that I must bow down before your video game article history. Quite impressive! It's a shame that my reflexes are as bad as they are, otherwise I'd do more than just turn based RPGs (not that they're awful- they're freaking awesome!). Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:29, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 03:20, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

The article Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 07:00, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

The article Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 08:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Revelations: Persona

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Revelations: Persona you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 09:00, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Revelations: Persona

The article Revelations: Persona you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Revelations: Persona for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 07:40, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Revelations: Persona

The article Revelations: Persona you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Revelations: Persona for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 09:41, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy

The Square Enix Barnstar

Congratulations on getting Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy to FA status! A featured article on a video game subseries is an incredibly difficult task—this is the first FA for a subseries, and only the sixth on series at all—and you pulled it off wonderfully. --PresN 02:42, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 17:40, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

The article Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 21:20, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

The article Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 17:01, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Opinion needed

Yesterday I nominated Ash Crimson to GA. However, in less than an hour after this, a user called Czar stated the article should be merged. The discussion is in Talk:Ash Crimson#Merge. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 16:43, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Persona (series)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Persona (series) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rhain1999 -- Rhain1999 (talk) 07:00, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Persona (series)

The article Persona (series) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Persona (series) for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rhain1999 -- Rhain1999 (talk) 10:41, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Persona (series)

The article Persona (series) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Persona (series) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Rhain1999 -- Rhain1999 (talk) 13:01, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm giving up on doing Reception charts in video game articles

Well, ProtoDrake and Pres, I feel like it's getting to the point where I can't make Reception charts for video game articles anymore, all because of 81.158.229.85. He claims that I should only use multi-platform Reception charts to "fill in ALL of the platform review scores and NEVER leave any of them blank." And now he claims that I should use multi-platform boxes only "for the ones that have been released on 4 or less console platforms" and only use Standard Reception charts that "helps works when it's likes 5 to 10 console ports because it makes the reception section less of a hassle and more of an entertaining read." I tried arguing with him, telling him that using stanard Reception charts on 5-10 platforms is too much and "makes the Reception charts too tall and ruins the flow of game articles", but he never listens. Instead, he always creates multi-platform Reception charts for only less than four console versions like in Fight Club (video game), but always makes single Reception charts for over four or more (up to ten) console versions on Need for Speed: Underground, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and Need for Speed: Underground 2. But in trying to correct the Reception chart, the guy always makes Reception chart too thin in Need for Speed Underground; replaces Famitsu's scores with Edge's dead link in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory; and removes GameRankings' mobile score in Need for Speed Underground 2. I keep correcting the mistakes the guy has made. Isn't that enough? What am I supposed to do? If 81.x only gets his way, and if that is the case, then I may never do Reception charts on video game articles anymore. I feel so sad, and I feel like giving up and crying. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 00:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Please see my response for more info. [1] 81.158.229.85 (talk) 00:59, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for helping

Thanks for helping at the List of JRPGs article. I really appreciate it. I would be very grateful if you could continue filling in the sales column or other columns of your choice.--Misconceptions2 (talk) 23:39, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Am sure you already know this

If there is an edit conflict, your text changes will be at the very bottom text box--Misconceptions2 (talk) 12:34, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Re: Shadow Hearts

Sorry but I kinda lost the sparkle to work in those articles since my old PS2 damaged those games. Still thanks though.Tintor2 (talk) 21:52, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

About plot summaries

I have with delight seen you work on tons of great video game articles, with well done plot summaries (congrats and good job on the recent DDSaga GAN!). Meanwhile, plot summaries are the things I struggle the most with in "my" articles. And so I have to ask you - what's your method for making these? Your summaries take shape pretty quickly, so I'm guessing you're not playing through the games while taking notes. Do you watch let's play videos or something?--IDVtalk 22:03, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

@IDV: It's generally a combination of videos and other documents/articles I find online. For the Final Fantasy XIII games, Drakengard and many others, I found videos of the games' cutscenes and/or relevant stages (And let me tell you that I never want to have to go through a game like Drakengard ever again as that one's story progression gave me a headache!) and watched through them while typing out relevant dialogue and/or creating a more general reference. For Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, I found sources online (GameFAQs walkthroughs/scripts, Wikia transcripts) to do that. This was because either there was not appropriate video resources to use, or the video resources didn't outline the game's sections/chapters well enough for me to rely on them as a source. And of course, for the The 3rd Birthday, I had to rely on the series' Wikia and fan translations of the cited story interview as the story is overly chaotic and several key scenes cannot be posted online due to copyright claims by the company (quite right despite the inconvenience). The main reason for use of these resources is that I don't/can't/won't own the majority of these games. The rest is just using my writing experience to create a concise and neutral plot summery. --ProtoDrake (talk) 22:45, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Interesting. Thank you for the informative reply! Hadn't considered using GameFAQs and Wikia, but that sounds like it could be quite useful.--IDVtalk 23:00, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

The article Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 10:40, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

The article Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AdrianGamer -- AdrianGamer (talk) 12:41, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Development of Shin Megami Tensei?

Sorry for bothering you again, but since you're the editor that works on Megaten articles the most, I figured I should ask you. I've been working on the Shin Megami Tensei article a bit recently, and I'm astonished by how much information there is about the game's development. I thought the dev section was getting a bit big, and then I happened to notice your sandbox, where you currently have several refs that I didn't even know about until now. What I want to ask is, do you think a Development of Shin Megami Tensei article would be a good idea? There's so much interesting information here, and it's a shame to only mention a small portion of it, I think.--IDVtalk 06:34, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

@IDV: It is getting big, but I think I can fit everything into one article. Even after the edits I'm planning, it should still be well within the limit of an article's size with all relevant information included, so no need to worry about things being left out. The work you've done on it is nice, and it shall definitely remain and be incorporated into the work I'm doing. Also congratulations on your work on the Svenska version of Shin Megami Tensei II. And if you'd like to know where I got those sources you mentioned, here's the link. It has some stuff by Tsukasa Masuko about the music of Shin Megami Tensei II if that's any help to you in future editing. --ProtoDrake (talk) 07:09, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
All right, if you think it can be done within the size limits, I trust you on that. I look forward to seeing your edits on the article - I really appreciate the work you put into this. And thank you for that list of sources, it looks very useful. It truly is amazing to me how much information there is about these old Japanese games - most, if not all, of the Megaten articles seem to be able to reach GA. Also, I appreciate your appreciation of my work.--IDVtalk 07:34, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the Siliconera localization interview ref - I intentionally set dead-url to yes, as the currently live version doesn't include the bit about how Stephen and Gotou are based on Hawking and Mishima. If we don't want to use this ref for this statement due to them removing that part from the interview, I recall someone (Kaneko or Ito, I think) mentioning Stephen being based on Hawking in one of the texts from the google docs thing you posted, so we could use that instead.--IDVtalk 08:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

@IDV:Have no fear. Kazuma Kaneko Words III holds these facts within its pages. I'm using that. --ProtoDrake (talk) 09:11, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
All right, cool. I haven't actually read Works III yet, because I assumed it only contained information on SMTIII, which I haven't played (yes, I know... gonna play it after I'm done with SJ, probably, unless If... gets translated before that).--IDVtalk 09:31, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

SMT again, and SMTIV TFA

Hello, and sorry for bugging you again, but I thought you're more knowledgeable than I - you've done a lot of work on Shin Megami Tensei, and taken several articles to GA, while I haven't even attempted nominating any for GA yet. Do you think SMT would be ready for GA at this point, or is there any obvious omission or other problem that should be taken care of first? The one thing I can think of would be to change one of the Tokyo photos to one of the Echo building in Kichijoji - I remember seeing a link to a photo of it on Commons in one of the translations of the sources we used, so I'll look for that, but there might be other things I'm overlooking.

Also, thought you might be interested - your Shin Megami Tensei IV, which I translated into Swedish, is planned to be Today's Featured Article on svwp on the 16th (yeah, svwp FAs are different from enwp FAs, and are more like the GAs here in terms of quality/comprehensiveness/etc).--IDVtalk 22:54, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

@IDV: Congrats on the TFA. As for SMT, I don't see anything there that won't be sorted during GA, so go ahead and nominate. Since that article is very much now your pigeon (I did the rewrite in a spare moment more than anything else), you can make any changes you like with my blessing. After all, did a lot of the work here before I came alone. I'm more focused on bringing Final Fantasy Type-0 to GA status, then making preparations for bringing both Type-0 and Persona to FA status. --ProtoDrake (talk) 08:16, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Final Fantasy Type-0

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Final Fantasy Type-0 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 17:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Final Fantasy Type-0

The article Final Fantasy Type-0 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Final Fantasy Type-0 for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 15:40, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Final Fantasy Type-0

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Advice needed

I was working in K′ and I wondered if I could get some advices from you like where should I place sections like attributes, whether the reception is enough or whether another copyedit is needed before a GA nomination. Also, congrats on your work in the Megami Tensei articles. I kinda feel motivated to work. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 00:48, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

@Tintor2: The only thing I would recommend is archiving all references, as the anniversary site especially looks like the type of thing that won't last forever. Other than that, any other issues can be sorted at GA. --ProtoDrake (talk) 06:18, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
So, at the end of the article this appeared "Cite error: Invalid ref tag; name "kofanivkyoclone" defined multiple times with different content." Any idea what is it? Regards. Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:23, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
@Tintor2: Fixed. Just check the before/after thing. You didn't differentiate between two references using "kofanivkyoclone" despite the two refs having different links. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:23, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Precious again

Drakengard
Thank you, user whose "ideas become reality", for quality articles such as Drakengard and Music of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, for your mantra "added info and references", for "not giving up on something new and challenging", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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A barnstar for you!

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Persona 2

Hello again. Do you intend to do any more work on Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment? Is there any relevant information that you've come across that you haven't added to them? Because they look really good to me, which makes me wonder why they haven't gone to GAN yet. If you're not interested in taking them through GAN, I don't mind nominating them and taking care of any issues that might come up. (Speaking of GA and Megaten, feel free to add Shin Megami Tensei to the list on your user page - you did a lot of the work on it.)--IDVtalk 17:08, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Virtue's Last Reward GAN

Hi there,

Since it's been around three days, thought I might give you a "poke" . Famous Hobo (talk) 01:34, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Wait, sorry about that, didn't see you were dealing with an FAN, so take as long as you need to get to the review. Best of luck with with FAN. Famous Hobo (talk) 06:32, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

FA advice

There is a FLC titled here. Maybe you could provide comments and the user might comment in your article. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 15:46, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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Fatal Frame games

Hi Proto. After your recent edits on the Fatal Frame (series) page, I had a quick look at your contribution history (I get curious to see what people with similar interests to mine are), and I noticed that in your current sandbox, you're working on a new draft for the original Fatal Frame game. Me too! I've been working on it for some time, but I hurt my back and it's being lying dormant for a good while now. So, as I see it, there's three ways we can go about this. 1) Each frantically work on their own draft and then edit war about whose version is better, 2) Collaborate, 3) One of us could just stop and let the other go ahead. I think looking at your draft, and looking at mine, number 3 is the way to go; I'll cease and desist, and let you proceed with yours, which is much nearer completion than mine, and has far better sources (wish I'd known about that FFtranslation site when I started researching). Some excellent material there. And nice to find Japanese translations that actually read like they were translated by someone who can speak both English and Japanese.

So, anyhow, the main reason I'm contacting you is two-fold. Firstly, I wanted to ask you if you intend on doing all the Fatal Frame games. I was only going to rewrite the original, Crimson Butterfly and The Tormented, but I get the impression, you're going to do them all. The point is, there's no need for me to start on drafts of two articles if you're going to be doing the same thing down the road. The other reason I contact you is to tell you if you want to steal anything from my draft, please do. The reception section is obviously a mess (it's a first pass, where I literally copy and paste most of a review before I start whittling down quotes and paraphrasing), and your development section is much better than mine, but my lede is reasonably thorough, and the gameplay section, though requiring trimming, does cover the basics, and is fully referenced to the instruction manual and some reviews. I also did a little research into the whole "based on a true story" marketing ploy in North America if you wanted to take any of that material. It's entirely up to yourself, if you want to take absolutely nothing, I won't be offended, but if you do want to do a bit of copy and pasting, it might save you a half hour here and there.

All the best, anything you want, give me a shout. Bertaut (talk) 01:37, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

@Bertaut: Since you don't mind, I think I will poach some things from your rewrite: the lead, gameplay, and reception stuff with be extremely useful. To tell the truth, I have been losing steam on the rewrites. I had been planning to do all the Fatal Frame series and turn it into a Good Topic, but since I've got an FAC and two GAs on my hands and other things, I'm thinking of taking a lengthy hiatus from this when I've finished the rewrite on Fatal Frame. Plus, there's only so much tragic ghost stuff I can work on in a single month, not like the craziness I found while working the Drakengard series (bring it on for that). Since you were planning to do Crimson Butterfly and The Tormented, why don't we do this: once I've finished my rewrite of Fatal Frame, I can post the sources I found on the second and third games on their respective talk pages for you to access. Then you can do your rewrites for them at your leisure. I would dearly like someone other than me to tackle those last two, so would you be okay with that? --ProtoDrake (talk) 09:40, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm glad some of the stuff I had was of use to you. Had a read of your article, excellent stuff. The development section was particularly interesting. One (very) small point. The article is still at start-class. Shouldn't you bump it up to C or probably B? As regards going forward. It'll take me some time to get to the two sequels. My back is still playing up, and I've turned my immediate attentions to the first two games in the Call of Juarez series. We'd be talking months. I played through the first FF game a few years back, and played through it again before I started my draft. I've never actually played either of the sequels, so we'd be looking at least two playthroughs of both games, plus the research period before I'd be ready to go. However, having said that, if the time comes when I get back around to it, and you haven't started work on either of them, I'll certainly do so. I see you've posted some sources, so that'll be very handy. In the mean time, if you feel compelled to start working on them, please do so. I'll keep an eye open, and if and when I do get around to rewriting them, assuming you haven't done anything, I'll give you a heads up. But like I say, it'll definitely be the new year, so if you feel the pull of the Japanese undead, by all means, don't let me stop you. All the best. 01:59, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

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Fire Emblem 13?

This is how you the games of the franchise:

  1. Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
  2. Gaiden
  3. Mystery of the Emblem
  4. Genealogy of the Holy War
  5. Thracia 776
  6. The Blinding Blade
  7. Blazing Sword
  8. The Sacred Sword
  9. Path of Radiance
  10. Radiant Dawn
  11. Shadow Dragon
  12. New Mystery of the Emblem, Heroes of Light and Shadow
  13. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
  14. Awakening
  15. Fates

But THIS is how it SHOULD be:

  1. Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
  2. Gaiden
  3. Mystery of the Emblem
  4. Genealogy of the Holy War
  5. Thracia 776
  6. The Blinding Blade
  7. Blazing Sword
  8. The Sacred Sword
  9. Path of Radiance
  10. Radiant Dawn
  11. Shadow Dragon
  12. New Mystery of the Emblem, Heroes of Light and Shadow
  13. Awakening
  14. Fates

Unless you can give the 13th game.

MrWii000 (talk) 03:25, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

@MrWii000: I think I've found that thirteenth game. So this is the order that makes Nintendo's count make sense
  1. Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
  2. Gaiden
  3. Mystery of the Emblem
  4. Genealogy of the Holy War
  5. BS Fire Emblem: Archanea Senki
  6. Thracia 776
  7. The Blinding Blade
  8. Blazing Sword
  9. The Sacred Sword
  10. Path of Radiance
  11. Radiant Dawn
  12. Shadow Dragon
  13. New Mystery of the Emblem, Heroes of Light and Shadow
  14. Awakening
  15. Fates
That's the mystery. They're including the Satellaview gaiden game alongside the others. But then, they do include Fire Emblem Gaiden and the remakes, so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. --ProtoDrake (talk) 10:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

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