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Nostalgia 1907

Wow, thanks for expanding that article! It's such an obscure game I'm shocked anyone else has an interest in it as there isn't even a Japanese page! I'm fascinated by the history of Takeru, as it was an all-star team who made some interesting games but are really obscure. Did you know that Akira Kitamura, director of Mega Man 1-2 worked on the game?

I think the English language sources have been exhausted, and further expansion would require Japanese sources. Harizotoh9 (talk) 18:43, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

No problem. I first heard about this game from the Gaming Historian episode on Little Samson, so I thought this would be interesting to write about. Plus it was on shaky ground regarding notability, so I did whatever I could to establish it. I was going to bring this to GA but I didn't want to clog up the then-full backlog of GANs, so I decided not to. It looks like the problem still persists right now, so I'll have to wait further (plus I think this could use some cleanup and additional citations). Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 19:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Can you read Japanese? Gameside (also known as Yuge and Used Games in the past) was a Japanese mag for retro games that ended in 2010. For this game, they did publish a prequel script and republished the 2009 interview in Adventure Gameside Vol.0. Unfortunately nothing super cutting edge, but it's nice to actually have the interview rather than just relying on a fan site (i don't have the 2009 issue but I have adventure gameside). To expand the article needs a lot more sources, which I don't have right now. I added a few suggestions to the talk page, including the artbooks the artist released.

Also, thanks for expanding the Gradius Gaiden page. I seeded that and other pages with sources a while ago hoping that someone would expand it later. My thinking is that import reviews are enough to establish notability, and to expand articles for Japanese only games. Harizotoh9 (talk) 17:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Re: Alleyway and WP:MOS/VG

I think that needs a bit of discussion there...while it's an old FA, I'm not seeing anything in there stating that discussing in game score mechanics is against the MOS guidelines? Just feels a bit odd to just suddenly nuke a whole paragraph from the article.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 22:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Bravoman

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Your GA nomination of Bravoman

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Dave Frear

Can you link me to a page that identifies Frear as staff? When I check his page on Nintendo Life, it says that he is a user. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 17:25, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

If you go to his user page and hover your cursor over the star next to his name, it says "davefear is a member of staff". Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 17:39, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

All right, thank you. That's good to know. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 17:41, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

I mean, I had no concept that you were planning to nominate it, so I apologize for stepping on your toes. I was not intending to take credit for your work, merely trying to push articles to GA. Do not be so quick to lash out at people or speak in the tone that you have. I left Wikipedia primarily because of how you've spoken to me in the past, particularly on the Pokémon Pinball R&S GAR, so be mindful of that. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 18:03, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Also, I'll review Virtual Boy GANs upon sight, so you can just send me a link when you nominate one. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 18:17, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of SD Gundam Dimension War

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File:Sammy Corporation logo.svg at FFD

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Do you intend to nominate X (1992 video game) for Good article status

...Text - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 22:59, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

@Abryn: - At one point, yes. I was close to finishing it, but I noticed how big the GA backlog was and decided to just wait until it was cleared out some. It looks like it's gotten even bigger (seriously, can people slow down?), so I will wait further. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 01:59, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

A lot of Square Enix users are nominating to hit the milestone of half of SE articles being GA quality (I think it's pretty close now). I would offer to review it to not clog GAN, but I did do some work on it and added some sources so I'm not entirely impartial. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 03:13, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Space Invaders: The Original Game

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Article nominated for GA

I’m trying to get an article to pass good article review, it doesn’t help having you try to downgrade the quality of the article on the top page and add pointless clean up tags. If the GA reviewer Asks for these kinds of fixes I will do them. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:27, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

If it bothers you that much, you could be the GA reviewer for this article and I will do all the fixes that you say To achieve good article status. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:30, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

This is nowhere near GA quality, I would have failed it on the spot. There's plenty of unreliable sources like MobyGames, and lots of info that is not sourced (for example, the near-entirety of "Early life and career" is not even sourced). I'm honestly baffled you could consider this of the kind of quality that is needed for a GA, let alone coming onto my talk page acting authoritatively about a template you had no reason to remove until it was fixed. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 02:34, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

That’s what you’re not understanding, I fix articles and get them to GA status. I would’ve fixed all of those issues within a day probably less, and I find that GA review is extremely useful for surfacing exactly this kind of understanding of what needs to be done to improve an article. The green + is just a sign that the article has been greatly improved from where it was, and that’s what I’m trying to do. In fact I appreciate you letting me know some of the articles problems before it sees a GA reviewer. Why would you Insta fail an article when you have someone ready to do all the changes necessary to get it to GA status? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 03:02, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Valkyrie (series)

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TFL notification

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How do you archive links?

Do you use a tool or something that rescues links in the article? I've been manually adding the links and changing the template and it just occurred to me that there might be an easier way to do it. Do you use the same method i do? Just manually adding the parameters to the refs and copy-pasting the links and dates? or is there some auto-tool that you use?Blue Pumpkin Pie ^{Chat Contribs} 22:17, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I do it the same way that you do, yeah. I've wondered if there was an easier method of doing it, but I have yet to find one. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 22:32, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

@Blue Pumpkin Pie: Oh jeez. I can't stand by knowing you guys will go continue going through that pain. Use IABot. It doesn't always catch everything but will archive most of it. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 02:21, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Good to see you again, Tarkus! Thanks for showing me this tool, this should make it much easier to archive stuff. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 02:32, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

This is really appreciated. i'm glad i asked. It's always a pleasure working with you both.Blue Pumpkin Pie ^{Chat Contribs} 06:54, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

@TarkusAB: Is there a tutorial on how to use this site? i'm looking at it, and i'm a little confused on how to use it.Blue Pumpkin Pie ^{Chat Contribs} 22:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

I used this for Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, and it was real easy. At the top of the page, click "Run bot" and then "Fix a single page". The just type the name of the article you want, check "Add archives to all non-dead references (Optional)", and then hit "Analyze". It might take a bit based on how long the article it is, but it doesn't need much time. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 00:18, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Lumines: Puzzle & Music

I think Lumines: Puzzle & Music is very close to becoming GA worthy. What are your current thoughts on the article? I'm open for making any adjustments before I nominate it. There are some refs I saved in the talk page, but I think most of them repeat the same thing. so I might remove them.Blue Pumpkin Pie ^{Chat Contribs} 07:19, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Dream Machine

You complain that "Dream Machine" can't be used because there wasn't a linked source for said translation, but I don't know how to do a proper source thing. Rather than remove valuable information, you could, you know, CONTRIBUTE. How about you add a source yourself? I mentioned where it says "Dream Machine". You just need to Google search, or ask in the talk page. Information like this shouldn't go left unknown just because I lack wiki-ing skills. 2601:601:9700:9500:7591:1B1A:90BA:DBE8 (talk) 22:04, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Please review WP:BURDEN. It is your duty to provide a source for your edit, not the other way around. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 22:10, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

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Hong Kong 97

I don't follow these two edits: 1, 2. Can you explain? Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 14:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

I don't know why I have to. Multiple discussions at WP:VG point to AVGN not being a reliable source, as it's a humor-driven web series that doesn't have any editorial oversight or experience in professional journalism. The same can largely be said for Ultra Happy Video Game Nerd. We shouldn't be using sources like these for articles. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 16:45, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

The video of the Ultra Healthy Video Game Nerd is the most detailed account on the game's history available. In fact, just a few weeks ago, UHVGN sat down with an interview with the man himself, Kowloon Kurosawa. According to a YouTube forum post he wrote yesterday, this interview will go online soon. This will probably be the first ever video footage of Kurosawa, publicly available.
The info in the AVGN video itself is not used in the article. The video as a whole is cited as proof that he covered the game. It is this video that shot Hong Kong 97 to cult status, and many people, including myself, first heard of it through AVGN. Therefore, the video should be cited. This is unrelated to reliability.
In your edit, you also removed the link to the Portuguese dub of the Japanese mondo film that was the source of the Game Over screen. The video is cited as evidence. Reliability is not an issue here. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 17:26, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

What do you mean "reliability is not an issue here"? That is exactly the problem here. I removed the AVGN video, the YouTube link, and the UHVGN video because neither of these are suitable for Wikipedia. I've already told you why AVGN shouldn't be used, I removed the UHVGN video because it's a non-notable reviewer, and I removed the Death File link because we can't use YouTube as a reliable source unless the person is a notable journalist, or it comes from a reliable news outlet like IGN or GameSpot. I am okay with using UHVGN's interview since it's Kurosawa himself speaking about the game, but not the history video. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 17:44, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

?!?!? Wow...! You got that completely backwards! I am not even going to respond to this. I've made a thread at Talk:Hong Kong 97 (video game). Hopefully, someone will come along who *does* understand what reliability means. You clearly don't, and your stringent notion of it is not at all constructive. - Manifestation (talk) 22:21, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Duck Hunt Date

April 21, 1984 is the near universally accepted release date for Duck Hunt. You can find it used on basically every corner of the internet. Even Japanese Wikipedia uses it.

April 29 on the other is seemingly only used here.

I don’t think a random British gaming magazine from 2011 that doesn’t even have a link to a scan or even an issue number listed should trump the near universally accepted date. Where the April 21 date itself even comes from is a whole ‘nother can of worms however... But I’d assume it comes from somewhere considering every website uses it.

I really wish Nintendo had a list of release dates for all their games in their website or something. Would make everyone’s lives so much easier.

Anyway, I think the JP release date on the Duck Hunt page should be reverted back to April 21.Gravity Man from Mega Man 5 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (talk) 05:28, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Retro Gamer is a reliable source that is known for its fact-checking, so I would not refer to it as "a random British gaming magazine". The info you added into the article is not supported by the source, which is why it was reverted. Please don't add it back until you have a reliable source to confirm the release date. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 05:30, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

I found a scan of the cited issue and the date they list is April 21.

https://archive.org/stream/retro_gamer/RetroGamer_088#page/16/mode/2up

It’s clear that the user who changed the date clearly did so with malicious intent and hoped people wouldn’t look into it because they said it came from a reputable source. Even though one look at the cited source contradicts it.

(PS: Sorry for besmirching Retro Gamer’s good name.) (PSS: I was wrong about an issue number not being listed but I didn’t realize that it was until after combing over 87 issues of Retro Gamer before I found the right one because I’m a smart.)Gravity Man from Mega Man 5 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (talk) 11:43, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Entertainment Software Publishing

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F1 Youtube video

regarding this diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F-1_(arcade_game)&oldid=prev&diff=965337661&diffmode=visual i understand Youtube cannot be used as a source, but I would think it's OK as an external link in this specific case? I found the article difficult to understand without being able to see how the cabinet worked for myself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Linking_to_user-submitted_video_sites

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Thank You!

Hello, Namcokid47!

Thank you for politely asking me to stop working on the Scarlet Nexus page. Normally, people would forcedly remove me from the page, so, for that I thank you.

Sincerely, TechnoBladeSPX — Preceding unsigned comment added by TechnoBladeSPX (talk • contribs) 00:53, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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Request for screenshots

Hi! Hey, sorry if i'm bothering you right now (as i know you're very busy with the Namco and Banpresto pages) but if you ever need gameplay screenshots for articles you're working on then be sure to let me know! I can provide as such without isses. Roberth Martinez (talk) 22:40, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

KGRAMR: Thanks a bunch, I sure will. In fact, I could use a better-quality screenshot for Super Robot Spirits, an article I was able to expand and meet notability a while ago. I pulled that image from MobyGames, and it's of pretty low-quality. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 04:01, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Namcokid47: OK. Let me try to install an N64 emulator (most likely Project64) and I'll let you know when I replace that image. Roberth Martinez (talk) 04:22, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Namcokid47 Hey! i tried Super Robot Spirits on the Project64 emulator and the game does not display the visuals properly (the image gets distorded as soon as it starts). So, i'm really sorry for this one... Roberth Martinez (talk) 16:33, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

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About the Origami King discussion

Hey, I noticed you deleted the discussion me and Toa had today on Talk:Paper Mario: The Origami King. Why did you do that? Just wondering. CaptainGalaxy 20:50, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

That's real weird, I didn't intend to do that. I was replying to Gamerdude's absurd wall of text so I must have removed your discussion by mistake. I've reverted my edit so your conversation should be there now. Sorry about that. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 21:12, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

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Interesting Namco-releated findings

Hi Namcokid47. As you may know, in my sandbox I'm doing a start-from-scratch rewrite of Sega development studios that will be an actual article, not just a list of many tables. As I've done some research on Sega's early research and development, though, I found some interesting facts related to Namco that I thought you might want to use, whether in your rewrite of Namco or in related articles. Most of these are from Ken Horowitz' The Sega Arcade Revolution book, but where he's cited that from elsewhere, I'll provide that info too so the original source can be cited.

• Anecdote from Frank Fogleman, president of Gremlin Industries: While Gremlin was looking for a buyer before Sega acquired it in 1978, Nakamura came to visit as a prospective buyer and got to see Head On. Supposedly Fogleman gave the keys to Gremlin's office to Nakamura and he played the game for quite a bit of the night. Fogleman alleges that is part of the reason Head On is similar to Pac-Man. (Fogleman did an interview with Ethan Johnson of the "History of How We Play" blog for this and Johnson contributed the interview to Horowitz' book; he's also contributed to Alex Smith's "They Create Worlds"). (p.26)
• Galaga appeared on the monthly coin-op sales chart of RePlay magazine 61 times, the second most in the history of the publication. (p.28)
• Galaxian was the first video game to feature animated sprites, explosions, and enemies with individual attack patterns. (p. 31)
• More on Pac-Man - it was largely ignored at the Chicago AMOA show in November 1980 because it wasn't viewed at the type of game that would sell (cited to the 1983 book Screen Play: The Story of Video Games by George Sullivan, pages 44-45). Midway picked up manufacturing in North America because they needed titles and was inexpensive, and became the most successful arcade game up to that point (cited to Kent's Ultimate History of Video Games, page 143). Coincidentally, the same issue nearly plagued Sega/Gremlin on licensing Frogger from Konami, and an employee actually threatened Sega/Gremlin not to be the same executives that passed on Pac-Man.

I don't know if you'll make use of some of this or not, but I thought you might find it helpful. Red Phoenix ^talk 13:51, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Red Phoenix Thank you very much for these findings. I actually own this book myself, but admittedly I haven't looked much through it until recently (I used it as a source for the origins of Banpresto in another sandbox page). I had no idea there would be this much info on Namco in there, considering the book is centered on Sega. I'm not sure how useful this will be for Namco, but I can definitely see this being helpful for other articles.

• I really wanted to include something about Head-On in the article for Pac-Man, as I knew there was a connection between both games and that IPs and other users would likely keep trying to add it in. I might put in something like: "The gameplay of Pac-Man is believed to have been based on Head-On, an arcade game released a year prior by rival Sega." I'll also see about adding this to the article for Nakamura himself, since half the paragraph points to him anyway.
• The second fact is perfect for Galaga (probably one of my proudest works here), so I'll go ahead and add that in addition to sales figure I found from Boss Fight Book's interesting book on the game. I could see about adding something about Galaga to the legacy section, since it already mentions the success of Pac-Man, but I'll need to see how that plays out.
• Galaxian, an article I seriously need to crack down on, would really benefit with this. I feel I've heard of that tidbit before but can't remember where I got it from.
• Lastly, this would really help with Pac-Man again. Honestly, that entire section regarding Rally-X seems very dubious considering how underwhelming the game did, so hopefully this should help clear things up. I have more information to add regarding Pac-Man's release, especially in Japan, so this would help make the Release paragraph its own section.

Thank you very much for sharing this with me, I appreciate it. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 15:12, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Mr. Driller G ‎

Hi! I noticed that you did a great job at Mr. Driller G‎! However, I have one issue with it, and that is the use of the Medium (website) blog of a non-notable person/game writer (unlike the Parrish video). The problem is that a lot of the current text relies on it, so I am not sure what should be done here. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 06:28, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

I was concerned about that too. I guess I just assumed because Medium has editorial oversight that it would make this a usable source. Shame, since there's a lot of good info here. I'll see if the author themselves are notable, if not I'll look for a better source. There was an interview on Dengeki that had some info regarding Mr. Driller A and Drill Land that could possibly be used here as well. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 13:55, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Category:Number-one video games in the UK

Do you reckon you could create this?

No. It doesn't seem like a category that would have a large scope, and I don't see this as being helpful for a reader trying to navigate. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 19:58, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Publishers on Namco games

How come you allow certain companies on some pages (like Sony), but not any other ones? (like Virgin with the Dreamcast port of Dr. Driller in Europe), do they have to be reliably sourced in a way? Luigitehplumber (talk) 21:52, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Notability for Densha De Go!! (2017)

Hi, you repeatedly claim that the page does not suffice for notability. What exactly would make you see it fit for retention? A reception section? Irockz (talk) 17:33, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Notability of Rapid River

Hi, you claimed that the page does not suffice for notability. I feel like it was a fairly extensive and popular page, and simply 'not notable' doesn't qualify it for deletion without more substance to that claim :) Thank you for trying to clear up the pages though. KingJulianDO (talk) 15:53, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to open up a dialogue regarding what changes you believe would be sufficient for the Rapid River page to meet the notability requirement? :) I'd have appreciated a response first rather than immediately applying for the page deletion process. Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution "Talking to other parties is not a mere formality, but an integral part of writing the encyclopedia." Additionally, I'd like clarification around what you mean by 'not reliable'; are you talking about sources cited? KingJulianDO (talk) 17:02, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

@Namcokid47: apologies, didn't tag you so not sure if you're being notified KingJulianDO (talk) 17:05, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

It looks like you're new to this site, so I'll try my best to summarize it. In order for something to be able to get its own article, it needs to have received significant coverage (ie. a paragraph or more) from reliable, third-party publications (see WP:N). If it doesn't meet that, then it simply cannot receive its own page. I did a search for Rapid River on Google and the only reliable source that came up was the Killer List of Videogames entry - since it's a database site, it doesn't constitute significant coverage. Aside from some casual mentions of it in articles for unrelated subjects, there wasn't anything I can find on this game that makes it notable enough to have its own page. Because of that, I chose to nominate it for deletion. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 19:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Sorry yes, I'm fairly new to Wikipedia with an account, but trying to get to grips with things. Thank you for the explanation; I've had a chance to do my own research on the game with a friend and have significantly more and higher quality sources; can we revert putting the page up for deletion for just a little while, as I believe we have some sources that would make it notable enough? As a comparison, Golly!_Ghost! doesn't have as many sources, and has huge paragraphs of text with no references. KingJulianDO (talk) 09:33, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

why be so mean at me

may i ask you why get so mean at me on wikipedia do you own the game Namco Museum 50th Anniversary i am disappointed at how you are slamming me with harsh criticism i Don't appreciate you doing that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superusergeneric (talk • contribs) 02:43, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

You keep wasting my time with edit wars and continuing to add unsourced information to the Namco Museum article. You've now attempted to file a page protection request because of that, which I doubt will go through. I'm also frustrated with your repeated attempts to give me warnings on my talk page - warn me for what, removing trivia? Following guidelines? Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 02:45, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Rapid River; Mame Source Code Reversion

Hi, again @Namcokid47:! Just wanted to bring this up in more detail as it's too much for the page history. You've marked the Mame source code as unreliable as a source of information showing that the Namco System 22.5 (Gorgon) ran Namco Rapid River and Final Furlong. However, a compiled version of Mame emulating the System 22.5 will run both Namco Rapid River and Final Furlong which is proof that the games did in fact run on this system.

I'm unsure how this is unreliable, there is no way Mame could have accidentally managed to run a game on a system it wasn't originally intended to run on. Is it just an issue with GitHub as a source? kingjuliando :^) 23:01, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

• That's original research. This is reliable source: https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/02/04/namco-unveils-two-new-arcade-games MrMajors (talk) 11:13, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Removing Links

Hi there @Namcokid47:! - it seems you've removed links to the System 23 page from the Rapid River page, why is this? I feel the link is useful to be able to read up more about the system it runs on - am I violating an en.Wikipedia policy by doing this? Bobbydilley (talk) 16:14, 29 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbydilley (talk • contribs) 16:11, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Namco System 22 / 23

@Namcokid47:! "This doesn't seem to be the case". Please stop making edits on posts you clearly know nothing about. I physically own both the Namco System 22 and System 23 and know they are completely different machines, as I can read the processor labels on them. The circuit boards look entierly different - a quick google search will show you this. You're tainting Wikipedia with your incorrect opinions, rather than fact.

I'm not interested in putting up with this crap. "Dude trust me" isn't a valid argument, provide a reliable source that confirms such or don't add it at all. Stop spamming my talk page. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 22:23, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Pictures of Bandai Namco Studios

Bandai Namco Studios in 2018

Bandai Namco Studios in 2018

Bandai Namco Studios in 2018

I finally got around to uploading some pictures I took of Bandai Namco Studios in 2018. This is the building at 2-37-25 Eitai, Koto-ku, Tokyo, which according to bandainamcostudios.com, is there company headquarters. I don't know the appropriate places to use these images on Wikipedia so I'm leaving that to you, the expert. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 21:30, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

That's great! I've actually been working on an article for Bandai Namco Studios in my sandbox, so this will do nicely. The Bandai Namco Entertainment page could be a nice place for them too. Thank you for your work. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 21:55, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Namco Museum (2001 video game)

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