Talk:Sonic the Fighters/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: TheJoebro64 (talk · contribs) 22:14, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Time to review Sonic the Fighting Vi— uh, I mean Sonic the Fighters! JOEBRO64 22:14, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Lead

• convinced Sonic Team to approve—I'd link Sonic Team
  • Done
• A planned home console port for the Sega Saturn was canceled, and so the game never reached home consoles until 2005 on the Sonic Gems Collection compilation for GameCube and PlayStation 2. → A planned home console port for the Sega Saturn was canceled, and so the game never reached home consoles until 2005 on the Sonic Gems Collection compilation for GameCube and PlayStation 2.
  • Done
• As much as I loathe this game, "panned" pops out to me as potentially POV.
  • Changed to "criticized"

Gameplay

• Wasn't Eggman still Robotnik in this game? I might be thinking of something else.
  • Yea, changed to Doctor Robotnik. In the game it's strangely spelled with a C: Dr. Robotnic.
• Each character can punch, kick, and use a defensive barrier.[6] Combining these buttons also allows for a variety of special moves unique to each character.[7] Characters can raise a barrier to block themselves from attacks, but it can be damaged and eventually be destroyed by an opponent. The barrier also does not protect from being grabbed or thrown or attacks from behind.—I'd cut and use a defensive barrier from the first sentence. The sentence that's more in-depth reads like you've never mentioned it before.
  • I changed it a little differently but I think I fixed the problem. Some special moves use the barrier button.

Development

• AM2's fighting game, Fighting Vipers—I think you can cut off "fighting game".
  • Done
• using the Fighting Vipers engine—link to game engine
  • Done
• In a retrospective interview in 2006, Sonic the Fighters was the game Kataoka was most proud of.—Huh? How can Sonic the Fighters be inside a 2006 interview? I'd change to: "Kataoka stated in 2006 that Sonic the Fighters was the game he was most proud of."
  • Done

Release

• No biggies here, my only comment is that I think it's barebones enough to be merged into the development section. It's up to you if you think that's a good idea or not.
  • I merged it.

Reception

• Some websites, like GameSpot and Gaming Age, aren't italicized.
  • Done
• I'd also link to GameSpot.
  • Done
• This is somewhat minor, but Metacritic says the 2012 version received "generally unfavorable reviews" (47/100), not "mixed" as the article says.
  • Changed to unfavorable

References

• Reference 31: What makes Gaming Age a high-quality, reliable source?
  • Nothing much lol so I removed it.

Images

• All seem fine; the two non-free images have their rationales filled out, one is free.

@TarkusAB: Nice work! I actually considered working on this a few months ago, but never got to it. JOEBRO64 14:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

@TheJoebro64: Responded. Thanks TarkusAB^talk 22:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

@TarkusAB: Looks good. JOEBRO64 22:28, 27 February 2018 (UTC)