Talk:Dragon Quest (video game)/Archive 4

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Redirects etc

In the requested move above there was discussion of where the Dragon Warrior redirect should point. Having looked at this and also Dragon Quest (disambiguation), I'm not altogether sure. This move seems to be the start of a process rather than its end point.

I think those with more knowledge of the subject need to clean up the redirect(s). Feel free to contact me if I can help. Andrewa (talk) 15:23, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

I think that since Dragon Quest is the series page, and the first game is specified with "(video game)", Dragon Warrior should redirect to the series page, while a redirect should be set up at Dragon Warrior (video game) to point here. --PresN 00:00, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

After the redirect links get cleaned up, Dragon Warrior should probably be nominated for WP:RFD. I retargeted Dragon Warrior to Dragon Warrior (disambiguation) for now until the incoming links get resolved. In addition, I believe that Dragon Warrior should remain a redirect to Dragon Quest (video game) due to the strength of it being the WP:COMMONNAME for the first game in English-speaking countries, and possibly even more notable than the series itself when referring to it as "Dragon Warrior". Steel1943 (talk) 12:35, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Cover art of Dragon Quest

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Shall we keep the NES edition (Dragon Warrior) or change to the iOS edition (Dragon Quest)? Or maybe use the Famicom edition? --George Ho (talk) 01:41, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I would go with a version that was released in English.--69.157.253.160 (talk) 21:37, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

NES and iOS/Android versions are in English. The Famicon edition also uses an English title, even when the version is totally Japanese. --George Ho (talk) 22:39, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

I would go with the Famicom edition, given that the iOS/Android editions only show part of the picture. However, the "Dragon Warrior" picture should be kept somewhere separate so that readers can identify the original English release of the game. Steel1943 (talk) 22:56, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Keep the current iconic "Dragon Warrior" cover art. It is the first and most notable English release; the title clash is not an issue and will be explained in the lede. The iOS version wasn't sold in stores so doesn't really have cover art, and surely was played by far fewer people, and I'd be opposed to using the Japanese box art for a game wide-released in English. SnowFire (talk) 19:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Even though the Japanese versions title was written in English it is not an English language release. Also why not completely comparable this type of logic was rejected when there was a request to Move Case Closed to Detective Conan, the original Japanese title. A similar case happened when people tryed and failed in claiming that since 666 Satan was English it was a valid reason to not move the article to Oparts Hunter. Finally that line was reasoning was rejected when some people wanter Super Mario bros the lost levels moved the Super Mario bros 2.--69.157.253.160 (talk) 02:49, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

What about the other question: Dragon Warrior cover art or Dragon Quest iOS logo/artwork? --George Ho (talk) 03:49, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

The NES version is the standard cover art that most people will have seen; I see no reason why a game released on 8 platforms (4 in English) should use the tiny iOS logo instead of the cover art for the canonical English version. --PresN 23:51, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

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