Talk:Gradius (video game)

message: Gradius 2 on the MSX did not use the roman numeral "II". --Zilog Jones 01:53, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Gradius 2

message: Why in the world is there an entry for Sexy Parodius, but none for Gokujyo or Chikkyo? Melodia Chaconne 12:16, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～? 2fort5r (talk) 13:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Sexy Parodius

message: Isn't that the moniker of the Gradius series and not "*Shoot* the core!"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 161.38.223.219 (talk) 16:58, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Destroy the Core!"

message: This page really needs to be split up, I dont mind doing it but I just dont want to do it alone. 
This includes
Info boxes w/ arcade info for each one
Screenshots for ports
Innovations in gameplay for each (how they changed the formula)
Plot summary
And any other misc info and trivia
The gradius series is a FAMOUS series, and deserves not to have everything put together in one
A series template 
 --larsinio 20:29, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Page needs to be split

message: Is "Lord British" perhaps a reference to the creator of/character in the Ultima series of rpgs? Kelvingreen 15:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lord British? 

message: In early January, Konami reported to Famitsu magazine that Gradius and three other Playstation 3 games have been cancelled. I reported this in an update to the information about Gradius for the Playstation 3 on this Gradius page. You can read the official reference about these Playstation 3 cancellations at this IGN website: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/754/754307p1.html Mike mgoblue 23:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Gradius Cancelled for Playstation 3

message: Move Gradius (video game) to Gradius. The first game always gets the main article, and since there isn't even anything there, there's no reason to disambig like this. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would not move the page.  Please look at where Mega Man and Dr. Mario take you. Zelda is also a disambig page, although not titled as one. Jmfangio ► Talk  05:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you not heard of the person "Zelda Fitzgerald"? And your other examples are terrible. Mega Man refers to a character, a game, and a series, and Dr. Mario refers to a character, a game, and a series. And even if those were examples, who exactly can say "because these articles do this, I can do it too with this article!"? No one. That's as sensible of an argument as "because this article is vandalized, all articles should be". If you can name one single reason why we should have Gradius be nothing but a redirect page, then I'll drop the move. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

text: * Again, I would not move the page.  This was not about the content of Gradius (which should be adjusted), but whether or not this should be moved to that page. You can review WP:NAME for some moreo n the topic. Jmfangio ► Talk  05:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In video game articles, it's standard to give the original video game in a series naming preference over all other games in the series and the series itself. There's no reason to waste an article so it can be a redirect page. You failed to explain why Gradius should be a redirect page, or why it should be a page for the series. The original game is the by-far most well-known usage of the name, and I would say without thinking twice that Gradius with the first game is infinitely more well-known than it was with II, III, IV, or V. - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

text: * WP:NC-BK#Series addresses the same issue.  You might want to review that as well. Jmfangio ► Talk  06:06, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it doesn't. There's nothing to show any aspect of the Gradius series being nearly as important as the original game in it - so, voila, the original game gets preference. - A Link to the Past (talk) 16:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *I appreciate your enthusiasm and passion for this series.  However, there is nothing that I can find in wiki documentation that supports your request. While you may not like what is laid out in the examples I showed you, they do establish some precedent.  Jmfangio ► Talk  19:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How? How do these examples work? Why in the world does it work to say that because series pages get preference in some instances, that makes it the rule? Put vandalism in place of series, and the statement makes just as much sense. Let me give you some examples.
#Metroid
#The Legend of Zelda
#Bomberman
#Animal Crossing
#Ape Escape
#Banjo-Kazooie
#Breath of Fire
#Baldur's Gate
#Call of Duty
#Devil May Cry
#Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
#EarthBound
#Guitar Hero
#Kid Icarus
#The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
#F-Zero
#Destroy All Humans!
#Crazy Taxi
#Crash Bandicoot
#Golden Axe
#Guilty Gear
#Killer Instinct
#Colony Wars (video game) [note : disambigued March 2015, the 1st by ]
#AeroWings
#Alien Breed
#Battle Isle
#BloodRayne
#Dynasty Tactics
#Far Cry
#Icewind Dale
#Kingdom Hearts
#Doom
#Dragon Slayer
#Ecco the Dolphin
#Zone of the Enders
#Super Smash Bros.
#Perfect Dark
#Myst
#Quake
#Phantasy Star
#Ratchet & Clank
#Pikmin
#Prince of Persia
#Super Monkey Ball
#Rayman
#Tekken
#Syphon Filter
#Spyro the Dragon
#SimCity
#Mr. Do!
#Project Gotham Racing
#Time Crisis
Is that enough precedence? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

text: * Can you point to any wiki guidelines or policies that support this move? So far, everything I have seen suggests a disambig page or a "series" page being associated with Gradius.  I am not sure what the other editor looked at when discussing book series, but a book series, a movie series, a game series all function similarly.  They are all based on the same topic and released over a series of years.  That is why the reading is applicable.  The examples I pointed to were simply to show how one would create a disambig page for this.  I did not say that "because these three did it this way" everything else should be the same.  You can also take a look at WP:NC(F) for other guidelines. Jmfangio| ►Chat  23:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *At what point is a disambig needed for two articles? - A Link to the Past (talk) 23:36, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Support I personally feel that the first game should always get the main (unqualified) article, unless the game is based on something. But this discussion is about Gradius (see WP:Othercrapexists). ~ JohnnyMrNinja {talk} 17:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move 

message: I killed the description of the powerups. WP:NOT#GUIDE, WP:NOT#INFO, and WP:CVG/GL#Scope_of_information should sum it up. The description of how the powerup bar works is enough; what each of them does is only relevant if you're playing the game. Ong elvin 04:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info Blanking 

message: Considering that the Japanese transliteration of Gladius is グラディウス,
Gradius" appears to be an obvious case of Engrish. However, I can't validate that the creators chose Gladius in the naming convention. It just seems highly coincidental, considering "Gradius" proper doesn't really mean anything. 68.209.235.149 (talk) 15:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The mistransliteration appears to show up in at least one other Japanese game, Wonder Boy in Monster World. Based on that I think the article should link to Gladius in some way, but I'm not sure where. --DocumentN (talk) 19:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Wikipedia:Ignore all rules? --DocumentN (talk) 22:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I think it is best to avoid including WP:OR. If it is that obvious, obviously everyone should be able to see that without any OR inserted into the article.  I agree on removing the unsourced planet entry as well as including a link to gladius. —Preceding signed comment added by MythSearchertalk  00:23, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  グラディウス as a mistransliteration of [[Gladius]] 

message: Why is there no mention of this ramen-centric variation of Gradius in this article or the main series article? Kouban (talk) 05:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gradius Archimedes Hen? 

message: There is separate article for the Game Boy version, Nemesis (handheld game), which perhaps should be merged into the main article. Why is this particular port notable? 2fort5r (talk) 08:11, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Boy 

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