Talk:Kanon (video game)/Archive 2

message: Is it explicitly stated anywhere what Piro's gender is? I also changed loved by the whole family to loved by everyone because Makoto and Ayu aren't blood related and that isn't clear to the reader. --Squilibob 06:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have never seen specifics on if Piro is male or female, so it's up in the air right now. I have seen sub groups say both so I really don't know.--(十八|talk) 06:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't there be a reference to the Megatokyo character somwhere? His name is Piro and he is a Kanon fan, after all.--SidiLemine 12:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe on the List of Kanon characters article? --Squilibob 13:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this was brought up once before. Piro the cat and Piro from Megatokyo have no real connection besides having Piro from Megatokyo named after the cat because one of the creators is a Kanon fan. If you want, say it on the Megatokyo article about the origins of Piro's name, but I don't think it has any bearing to Kanon.--(十八|talk) 21:48, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I thought it might be good to help establish the success of Kanon in the US: Megatokyo is pretty famous by now, and having the author's alter ego named after a character of the game is pretty notable, moreso if the fanhsip (?) is accepted and stated in interviews. Given that Kanon has a big importance in popular culture, I thought it should be reflected in the article, by more than visual-novels.net and some characters appearing in a random fighting game where every single anime has some characters present. And it is already specified in the MT article.--SidiLemine 11:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piro 

message: I have had another read of the article and have noticed problems with tense.
Do we want to use past or present tense in paragraphs like "Yuichi did not believe that he had a very strong connection with this city and the people that reside within it. When he finally returns to the city, it is decided that he is to live with his cousin Nayuki Minase and her mother Akiko Minase. After his long absence Yuichi had forgotten all but minor details of what happened seven years before and is in need of being reminded of what he had left behind."
It begins in past tense, uses present tense for a line and then goes back to using past tense again. --Squilibob 07:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Past tense would perhaps be the best choice. Thanks for the help with the tense.--(十八|talk) 08:10, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops, I should have put this on the peer review, sorry. --Squilibob 09:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know...I've been taught that we should use the present tense when describing fiction. _dk 16:08, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So then present tense is the right way to go? I really have no preference either way, as long as we can keep it consistent.--(十八|talk) 19:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I dunno, it seems alright as it is. The past tense parts are talking about events that happened before the story takes place. But yeah, tense is such a damn tricky thing with fiction.--SeizureDog 19:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I've rewritten the plot section in such a way that when referring to before the story's begininng (i.e. 7 or more years ago when Yuichi was a young boy) I have used the past tense to denote this. When referring to the present (i.e. as the story is taking place) I have used present tense to denote this. Is this alright?--(十八|talk) 07:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks great!--SidiLemine 11:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tense 

message: This article has been nominated for Good Article again today. --SidiLemine 17:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GAC 

message: http://psx.ign.com/articles/085/085779p1.html
:Dreamcast version of Kanon sells 42,379 copies in first week; 4th top selling console game in Japan.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-185388.html
:Famitsu review of PS2 Kanon = 29 (7/8/7/7); better source might be nice for it though (actual magazine is best obviously).
http://www.allrpg.com/cgi-bin/news/archives.cgi?category=1&view=1-02
: A special printer called the Tapis MPR-505 for the PS2 can be used to print game screens from a few games; one of the three supported games at launch was Kanon.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/098/098414p1.html
:Nothing really new to include, but a funny little IGN news posting on the game. But it got me wondering as to what NEC Interchannel actually did, as I'm seeing quite a few places credit it as a developer. Did they do anything to tweak the ports?
I still don't see mention of the fact that the PC game doesn't have voice acting while the other versions do. Though I'm now confused as if the Dreamcast version has full voice acting, as the Air article says that its DC version was only partially VAed.
Anyways, that's just some stuff I was able to round up from a couple of quick Yahoo searches.--SeizureDog 11:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I incorperated the first three links since they were more relavent than the last one, which may become usefull if we can indeed find some tweak that NEC did to the Kanon PS2 release. And even though a source for the "no VAing in PC version" hasn't been found, we know that is the case, so I'll keep searching for that as well. Guess I should start using something other than Google. Thanks for the help.---- (十八) 21:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Additionally, after doing some searching on some Japanese VA pages, I found that most if not all of the VAs for the anime versions also did the voices for the DC and PS2 games. I've already confirmed Yui Horie (Ayu), Mariko Kouda (Nayuki), Mayumi Iizuka (Makoto), Yukari Tamura (Mai), Ayako Kawasumi (Kaori) and Maaya Sakamoto (Mishio). Shiori's voice has already been noted by Hiroko Konishi on her page and at List of Kanon characters, so I'm going ahead and including the VAs I'm positive about in this article---- (十八) 21:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Got the voices from the DC game (and almost most likely for the PS2 version as well) at http://orangeday.net/kanon/information/kanongamefaq.txt ---- (十八) 22:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What about the PSP version? Any information as to if they're having to cut anything out to make it portable? Of course, it's not out yet, but maybe there's a press release or something on that. I'll also remind everyone that PSP games are region free if anyone has a PSP and wants to pick it up. Of course, like most visual novels, it will be overpriced... Anyways, I'm currently bidding on a Dreamcast version of the game so I'll let you know how that works out.--SeizureDog 01:38, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mmm, haven't seen much on the PSP version yet besides a sale date; I think some info will pop up once the game is released an properly reviewed in a gaming magazine (I hope). Also, thanks for the info on how PSP games are region free because I have a PSP I gave my brother, but I'm sure if I asked him for it back for a time he'd do it; it's going to retail at 5,040 yen ($42.48 tax included), so I may end up getting it this summer when I have some time. Amazon.co.jp is selling it for 4,284 yen ($35.89) after tax though they won't ship it out of Japan. :/ ---- (十八) 02:03, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Play-Asia has it for $48.90. They're reliable and ship (cheaply) anywhere. That's one of the things you have to look out for, you might find it cheaper somewhere else but it doesn't matter if the shipping ends up making it cost more (*cough* eBay*). Anyways, they're a good site and I'd recommend them. --SeizureDog 02:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useful information to work in